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Positive results from Anacor’s second of two Phase 3 trials of tavaborole for onychomycosis

Anacor Pharmaceuticals today announced positive preliminary results from the second of two Phase 3 trials of tavaborole (known as Study 302).

28 Feb 2013

Brown University develops new implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor

A team of neuroengineers based at Brown University has developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely moving subjects.

28 Feb 2013

Magazine ads may help promote hyper-masculinity in young men

Does advertising influence society, or is it merely a reflection of society's pre-existing norms? Where male attitudes are concerned, a new study implicates magazine advertisements specifically aimed at men as helping to reinforce a certain set of views on masculinity termed "hyper-masculinity." The article by Megan Vokey, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Manitoba, and colleagues is published in Springer's journal Sex Roles.

28 Feb 2013

Post-2015 development agenda should focus on accelerating progress made against HIV, TB, malaria

"In a little more than two years, the world will hit an important target: the date by which the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] are meant to be achieved," Lucy Chesire, executive director and secretary to the board of the TB ACTION Group, writes in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

28 Feb 2013

TikoMed, BRI partner to investigate IBsolvMIR in phase II trial for chronic pancreatitis

Baylor Research Institute (BRI), the research arm of Baylor Health Care System, and TikoMed AB announced today that an agreement has been established to investigate TikoMed´s product IBsolvMIR® in a phase II clinical trial.

28 Feb 2013

Britain children urgently need protection from alcohol marketing, say experts

Children in Britain are more exposed to alcohol promotion than adults and need much stronger protection, warn experts on bmj.com today.

28 Feb 2013

Viewpoints: Michelle Obama makes a business case for healthy food; Orszag weighs reforms to Medical malpractice

For years, America's childhood obesity crisis was viewed as an insurmountable problem, one that was too complicated and too entrenched to ever really solve. According to the conventional wisdom, healthy food simply didn't sell - the demand wasn't there and higher profits were found elsewhere - so it just wasn't worth the investment. But thanks to businesses across the country, today we are proving the conventional wisdom wrong.

28 Feb 2013

Researchers discover unrecognized mechanism by which PI3K sustains proliferation of cancer cells

New research published today in the Biochemical Journal describes the discovery of a new cancer target.

28 Feb 2013

FDA clears Philips’ MicroDose SI mammography system

Royal Philips Electronics today announces 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MicroDose SI system, the first full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system on the market with the capability to enable future Single-Shot Spectral Imaging applications.

From Philips Healthcare 28 Feb 2013

Interview highlights Kenya's first national health conference, examines role of women in building strong health systems

In a post in Management Sciences for Health's (MSH) "Global Health Impact" blog, Jonathan Quick, president and CEO of MSH, interviews Sylvia Vriesendorp, technical lead on leadership at MSH, about Kenya's First National Conference on Health Leadership, Management and Governance, which took place in February and "demonstrated the long-term vision of the Kenyans who are running the health system."

28 Feb 2013

Combined spinal-epidural technique offers faster and better-quality analgesia during early labor

During the first stage of labor, a combined spinal-epidural (CSE) technique offers faster and better-quality analgesia (pain relief) compared to traditional epidural analgesia, according to a report in the March issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

28 Feb 2013

Proposals to transform Medicaid spur enthusiasm, worries

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber pushes his state's model for "reinventing" Medicaid with coordinated care organizations, while a proposed expansion of Medicaid managed care in Texas sparks worries about care for the disabled.

28 Feb 2013

U-M to study how exercise, other therapies might work differently in lean and obese individuals

Researchers at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology have received a $1 million grant to study how exercise and other therapies might work differently in lean and obese individuals.

28 Feb 2013

IRIN examines access to reproductive health care in Uganda

"Boosting women's access to reproductive health care could significantly reduce both the number of unsafe abortions and the high cost of post-abortion medical care in Uganda, experts say," IRIN reports.

28 Feb 2013

Amyloid plaques take about 15 years to build up and then plateau: Study

Researchers have identified a possible treatment window of several years for plaques in the brain that are thought to cause memory loss in diseases such as Alzheimer's. The Mayo Clinic study is published in the Feb. 27 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

28 Feb 2013

Medicaid physician pay boost stalled by delay in federal regs

No states appear to have implemented a temporary Medicaid physician pay boost more than eight weeks after it was supposed to have gone into effect, according to provider groups tracking the issue.

28 Feb 2013

Jones & Bartlett Learning publishes 'Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders'

M. Hunter Manasco, Ph.D., C.C.C.-S.L.P., assistant professor of speech-language pathology at Misericordia University, has had the textbook and video combination, "Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders,'' published by Jones & Bartlett Learning.

28 Feb 2013

Arkansas governor vetoes bill banning abortion after 20 weeks

The move by the Democratic governor sets up an override fight with a Republican legislature that wants the ban to apply except in cases of rape, incest or if the mother's life is in danger.

28 Feb 2013

New implantable sensor holds promise for advancing personalized medicine

Rebecca Wachs has invented a new implantable sensor with the ability to wirelessly transmit data from the site of a knee replacement, spinal fusion, or other orthopedic surgery.

28 Feb 2013

Other governors pressured for and against Medicaid expansion

In North Carolina, lawmakers passed legislation barring the state from expanding the program for the poor, while in Pennsylvania, Kansas and West Virginia, supporters are pressing the economic and political advantages of the health law provision made optional by the Supreme Court.

28 Feb 2013

Medical News

Positive results from Anacor’s second of two Phase 3 trials of tavaborole for onychomycosis

Brown University develops new implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor

Magazine ads may help promote hyper-masculinity in young men

Post-2015 development agenda should focus on accelerating progress made against HIV, TB, malaria

TikoMed, BRI partner to investigate IBsolvMIR in phase II trial for chronic pancreatitis

Britain children urgently need protection from alcohol marketing, say experts

Viewpoints: Michelle Obama makes a business case for healthy food; Orszag weighs reforms to Medical malpractice

Researchers discover unrecognized mechanism by which PI3K sustains proliferation of cancer cells

FDA clears Philips’ MicroDose SI mammography system

Interview highlights Kenya's first national health conference, examines role of women in building strong health systems

Combined spinal-epidural technique offers faster and better-quality analgesia during early labor

Proposals to transform Medicaid spur enthusiasm, worries

U-M to study how exercise, other therapies might work differently in lean and obese individuals

IRIN examines access to reproductive health care in Uganda

Amyloid plaques take about 15 years to build up and then plateau: Study

Medicaid physician pay boost stalled by delay in federal regs

Jones & Bartlett Learning publishes 'Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders'

Arkansas governor vetoes bill banning abortion after 20 weeks

New implantable sensor holds promise for advancing personalized medicine

Other governors pressured for and against Medicaid expansion

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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