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Gates blog examines link between access to contraceptives, women's empowerment

"In my line of work -- improving the health and well-being of women and girls -- 'empowerment' is both the end we seek and the means we use to get there," Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes in the foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog.

5 Mar 2013

Secretary Clinton worked to elevate women's rights; Kerry should continue her work

Writing in the Huffington Post's "College" blog about Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of State, Alecia deCoudreaux, president of Mills College, states that Clinton "pushed for recognition of women's rights as a worldwide humanitarian cause, identifying the connection between the advancement of women's equality and global stability."

5 Mar 2013

FES cycling associated with improvements in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury

A new study by Kennedy Krieger Institute's International Center for Spinal Cord Injury finds that long-term lower extremity functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling, as part of a rehabilitation regimen, is associated with substantial improvements in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI).

5 Mar 2013

Special envoy for malaria Ray Chambers to help secure investment for achieving health-related MDGs

"Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tasked Ray Chambers, who has served as his special envoy for malaria since 2008, with promoting and securing greater investment to achieve the health-related targets within the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)," the U.N. News Centre reports.

5 Mar 2013

Sanofi, DBV Technologies partner to produce Viaskin's Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

DBV Technologies, creator of Viaskin, a new standard in the treatment of allergies, announced today that it entered into a strategic manufacturing agreement with Sanofi to produce Viaskin's Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), such as the peanut protein extract.

5 Mar 2013

Commission urges big changes in Medicare doctor pay, including the elimination of fee-for-service approach

The panel, the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform, released a dozen recommendations to ultimately change how physicians are paid.

5 Mar 2013

Five scientists aim to make strides in predicting and preventing preterm birth

Five researchers from four states are investigating how genetics and infections interact to cause preterm birth as well as how proteins and hormones regulate a healthy pregnancy, all with the goal of giving more babies a healthy start in life, the March of Dimes announced today.

5 Mar 2013

Hospital costs under microscope

An article that appeared in Time Magazine, "Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us," has fueled a new round of discussions about health care cost excesses -- especially in the hospital setting.

5 Mar 2013

Discovery provides clues for potentially eliminating HIV infection in children

A two-year-old child born with HIV infection and treated with antiretroviral drugs beginning in the first days of life no longer has detectable levels of virus using conventional testing despite not taking HIV medication for 10 months, according to findings presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta.

5 Mar 2013

Automatic budget cuts lead Republicans to sharpen focus on Medicare cost-cutting plans

With the deadline for averting sequestration having come and gone, lawmakers and the White House are jockeying for position in the next round of budget battles.

5 Mar 2013

Medicare patients enrolled in hospice receive better care at lower cost

Medicare patients who enrolled in hospice received better care at a significantly lower cost to the government than those who did not use the Medicare hospice benefit.

5 Mar 2013

Mirabegron reduces frequency of incontinence episodes in phase III trial

In a new phase III trial mirabegron, a β3-adrenoceptor agonist, given once daily for 12 weeks, reduced the frequency of incontinence episodes and number of daily urinations, and improved urgency and nocturia in adults with overactive bladder compared to those in a placebo group.

5 Mar 2013

Focus on growth, good governance will transform African continent

Writing in the Guardian's "Comment Is Free" blog, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair examines advances made in health and development across Africa since the Gleneagles G8 meeting in 2005, writing, "Today, the positive legacy of that summit is still being felt across Africa: aid was doubled and developing world debt dropped."

5 Mar 2013

HIV might promote aging and disease progression in people with HCV, study results suggest

Infectious disease experts at Johns Hopkins have found that among people infected with the hepatitis C virus, co-infection with HIV, speeds damage and scarring of liver tissue by almost a decade.

5 Mar 2013

Sanford-Burnham enters into partnership to test furin for treatment of dengue fever

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and 60- Pharmaceuticals, LLC, have entered into a partnership to test furin, a human proteinase, as a drug target for the treatment of dengue fever, one of the most common infectious diseases in the tropics and subtropics.

5 Mar 2013

Medical News

Gates blog examines link between access to contraceptives, women's empowerment

Secretary Clinton worked to elevate women's rights; Kerry should continue her work

FES cycling associated with improvements in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury

Special envoy for malaria Ray Chambers to help secure investment for achieving health-related MDGs

Sanofi, DBV Technologies partner to produce Viaskin's Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Commission urges big changes in Medicare doctor pay, including the elimination of fee-for-service approach

Five scientists aim to make strides in predicting and preventing preterm birth

Hospital costs under microscope

Discovery provides clues for potentially eliminating HIV infection in children

Automatic budget cuts lead Republicans to sharpen focus on Medicare cost-cutting plans

Medicare patients enrolled in hospice receive better care at lower cost

Mirabegron reduces frequency of incontinence episodes in phase III trial

Focus on growth, good governance will transform African continent

HIV might promote aging and disease progression in people with HCV, study results suggest

Sanford-Burnham enters into partnership to test furin for treatment of dengue fever

Researchers map links between human genome, metabolism

Study shows publicly reported quality of care measures leads to improved care for patients

Editorial, opinion piece address efforts to eradicate polio

Cognitive behavioral therapy brings relief to people with diabetic neuropathies, researchers find

Researchers identify distinctive brain patterns associated with general anesthesia drug

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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