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States continue to formulate Medicaid expansion strategies

As the Obama administration gives some states the OK to pursue alternatives to the health law's Medicaid expansion, the shape of the debate in state legislatures changes.

5 Mar 2013

U.S. researchers report 'functional cure' for infant born with HIV

"A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now two and a half and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of active infection," the Associated Press reports.

5 Mar 2013

Researchers explore factors associated with distress after sleep paralysis episodes

Ever find yourself briefly paralyzed as you're falling asleep or just waking up? It's a phenomenon is called sleep paralysis, and it's often accompanied by vivid sensory or perceptual experiences, which can include complex and disturbing hallucinations and intense fear.

5 Mar 2013

Nurse practitioners juggle scope-of-practice issues with providing care

A study published last week, for instance, notes that although scope-of-practice laws might not restrict nurse pratitioners' ability to provide primary care, it does impact how they are paid.

5 Mar 2013

Hiring nurses with four-year degrees decreases patient deaths, new research report says

When hospitals hire more nurses with four-year degrees, patient deaths following common surgeries decrease, according to new research by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research as reported in the March issue of the prestigious policy journal Health Affairs.

5 Mar 2013

Schizophrenic people with MIR137 tend to develop illness at younger age

Some of the dramatic differences seen among patients with schizophrenia may be explained by a single gene that regulates a group of other schizophrenia risk genes. These findings appear in a new imaging-genetics study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

5 Mar 2013

Much anticipation surrounds push to bring more transparency to medicine

After years of anticipation, all of the nation's drug and medical device makers must soon begin publicly reporting payments they make to U.S. physicians, according to final regulations announced this afternoon by the federal government.

5 Mar 2013

Idiopathic brood disease syndrome the largest risk factor for predicting bee colony deaths

A new long-term study of honey bee health has found that a little-understood disease study authors are calling "idiopathic brood disease syndrome" (IBDS), which kills off bee larvae, is the largest risk factor for predicting the death of a bee colony.

5 Mar 2013

New initiative aims to increase access to Jadelle reversible contraceptive

Writing in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Gary Darmstadt, head of the Family Health Division of the foundation, examines the Jadelle Access Program, announced last week, which aims to "reduce the price of Jadelle and make this effective, long-acting, reversible contraceptive more available to more than 27 million women in the world's poorest countries."

5 Mar 2013

KMO gene variant associated with increased production of kynurenic acid

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found an explanation for why the level of kynurenic acid (KYNA) is higher in the brains of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disease with psychosis. The study, which is published in the scientific periodical Molecular Psychiatry, identifies a gene variant associated with an increased production of KYNA.

5 Mar 2013

Health law implementation largely untouched by automatic spending cuts

The Associated Press reports that only a small fraction of the overhaul's funding is subject to the sequester's cuts. Meanwhile, the Obama administration indicates that insurers will have to report rate increases no matter how small and offers rules to clarify other provisions.

5 Mar 2013

Ten tips to reduce risk of colorectal cancer

With colorectal cancer the second leading cause of cancer death, it's a great time to take a look at the health of your colon. "Colorectal cancer surpasses breast and prostate cancers as a leading cause of cancer death in men and women," said Dr. James Yoo, assistant professor of surgery and chief of the colon & rectal surgery program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "It is largely preventable with early screening and detection."

5 Mar 2013

tRNA synthetases play unexpected and critical role in cancer metastasis

Studied for decades for their essential role in making proteins within cells, several amino acids known as tRNA synthetases were recently found to have an unexpected - and critical - additional role in cancer metastasis in a study conducted collaboratively in the labs of Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D., University of Vermont professor of pharmacology, and Christopher Francklyn, Ph.D., UVM professor of biochemistry.

5 Mar 2013

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

Medical News

States continue to formulate Medicaid expansion strategies

U.S. researchers report 'functional cure' for infant born with HIV

Researchers explore factors associated with distress after sleep paralysis episodes

Nurse practitioners juggle scope-of-practice issues with providing care

Hiring nurses with four-year degrees decreases patient deaths, new research report says

Schizophrenic people with MIR137 tend to develop illness at younger age

Much anticipation surrounds push to bring more transparency to medicine

Idiopathic brood disease syndrome the largest risk factor for predicting bee colony deaths

New initiative aims to increase access to Jadelle reversible contraceptive

KMO gene variant associated with increased production of kynurenic acid

Health law implementation largely untouched by automatic spending cuts

Ten tips to reduce risk of colorectal cancer

tRNA synthetases play unexpected and critical role in cancer metastasis

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

Voltammetry and machine learning for real-time neurotransmitter detection

How real-time off-gas analysis improves fermentation process control

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