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Lung congestion increases dialysis patients' risks of premature death or heart attacks

Asymptomatic lung congestion increases dialysis patients' risks of dying prematurely or experiencing heart attacks or other cardiac events, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

1 Mar 2013

Arkansas, Michigan advance payment plans for health exchanges

Today's headlines include reports that Arkansas will use federal funds to pay for its state-based health exchange while action in Michigan suggests momentum might be building to pursue a partnership exchange that will be run by the federal government.

1 Mar 2013

Study links grape seed and skin extracts with high-fat-diet-induced renal disease

New insight into grape seed extract as a therapeutic and preventative measure to fight obesity-induced kidney damage is presented in a new study. Grape seed and skin extract (GSSE) is known to contain powerful antioxidants.

1 Mar 2013

Health law, Medicare benefit design draw congressional attention

House GOP doctors released a "health care state of the union" video that included health law criticisms, but no talk of repeal. Meanwhile, issues like Medicare copays and quality were discussed during a Ways and Means hearing earlier this week.

1 Mar 2013

RNA interference identifies function of genes linked with cardiovascular disease

Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

1 Mar 2013

Speculation continues over possible changes to U.S. food aid program

"The U.S. Food for Peace, a food aid program with an annual $2 billion price tag, is reportedly being considered to be replaced with a more direct cash donation system, angering [some] senators and grassroots organizations," Devex's "Pennsylvania Ave." blog reports.

1 Mar 2013

Study shows how theranostic nanoparticles can effectively deliver cancer drugs to tumour cells

Tiny particles filled with a drug could be a new tool for treating cancer in the future. A new study published by Swedish scientists in Particle & Particle Systems Characterization shows how such nanoparticles can be combined to secure the effective delivery of cancer drugs to tumour cells - and how they can be given properties to make them visible in MR scanners and thus rendered trackable.

1 Mar 2013

State lawmakers' positions on Medicaid expansion key to plans' future

Even after governors -- both Republican and Democrat -- express their interest in opting for the health law's Medicaid expansion, the action that follows in state legislatures is important to watch. News reports follow from states including California, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Virginia.

1 Mar 2013

Toshiba launches new Aquilion ONE/ ViSION Edition

The Toshiba family of Aquilion CT scanners has recently been expanded to include the new Aquilion ONE/ ViSION Edition, a faster version of the very successful Aquilion ONE, of which over 700 have been ordered globally.

1 Mar 2013

Weekend reading: Navigating treatment; Can a robot replace your doctor?

Your pathology report indicates that you have stomach cancer. Hearing those words conveying yet another cancer-related diagnosis - my fourth since the age of 20 - I felt, at the age of 57, as though I had been airdropped into a foreign country.

1 Mar 2013

Researchers elucidate how Fgf8 is controlled by multiple regulatory elements in mammal embryos

During embryo development, genes are dynamically, and very precisely, switched on and off to confer different properties to different cells and build a well-proportioned and healthy animal. Fgf8 is one of the key genes in this process, controlling in particular the growth of the limbs and the formation of the different regions of the brain. Researchers at EMBL have elucidated how Fgf8 in mammal embryos is, itself, controlled by a series of multiple, interdependent regulatory elements.

1 Mar 2013

World Bank proposes agenda for improving status of women, addressing GBV

"The World Bank is ramping up its efforts for global policymakers to address gender-based violence [GBV], proposing an agenda for improving the status of women and directing more research toward the economic and social costs of violence," TrustLaw reports.

1 Mar 2013

Macrophages allow entry of HIV in the urethra

Having suggested in 2011 that the urethra is a novel entry site for HIV, a team from the Institut Cochin, has now confirmed this hypothesis and identified the cells and mechanisms brought into play: the immune system cells macrophages, present in the epithelium of the urethra, allow the entry of HIV. This work, published online on the website of the journal Mucosal Immunology, could make it possible to test novel HIV/AIDS prevention strategies.

1 Mar 2013

Examining community health workers' value in saving lives, improving health

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog features "a Q&A between Julia Bluestone of Jhpiego and the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and Dr. Henry Perry of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on a recently released report examining community health workers' effectiveness in saving lives and improving health."

1 Mar 2013

Study identifies six markers in the breath that could become stress-detector

The perennial stress-buster - a deep breath - could become stress-detector, Loughborough University researchers claim. According to a new pilot study, published today, 28 February, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Breath Research, there are six markers in the breath that could be candidates for use as indicators of stress.

1 Mar 2013

Associated Press examines international aid to Afghanistan as troops withdraw

The Associated Press examines how the "impending withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign combat forces" from Afghanistan is affecting international aid to the country, which is "on the decline because of donor fatigue and fears of deteriorating security after nearly 12 years of war."

1 Mar 2013

Wright Medical Group acquires BioMimetic Therapeutics

Wright Medical Group, Inc. today announced that it has completed its acquisition of BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. The transaction combines BioMimetic's breakthrough biologics platform and pipeline with Wright's established sales force and product portfolio, to further accelerate growth opportunities in Wright's Extremities business.

1 Mar 2013

Amoxicillin effectiveness: an interview with Prof Paul Little, University of Southampton

Amoxicillin is a broad spectrum penicillin, and in the UK is one of the most frequently used antibiotics. It is commonly used either on its own or, where there are particular concerns about resistance, in combination as Co-amoxiclav (as Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid) which extends its anti-bacterial spectrum.

1 Mar 2013

Pivotal study of olesoxime in Spinal Muscular Atrophy receives positive interim review

Trophos SA, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics from discovery to clinical validation for under-served medical needs in neurology and cardiology, announced the completion of the interim analysis of the pivotal efficacy study of olesoxime in the rare neurodegenerative condition Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

1 Mar 2013

Grand Challenges Brazil seeks innovation in preventing, managing preterm birth

Writing in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Steven Buchsbaum, Gary Darmstadt, and Rachel Lenington of the foundation state, "Announced this week, the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have launched a call for proposals to promote innovation in health research to tackle some of the biggest challenges of maternal and child health."

1 Mar 2013

Medical News

Lung congestion increases dialysis patients' risks of premature death or heart attacks

Arkansas, Michigan advance payment plans for health exchanges

Study links grape seed and skin extracts with high-fat-diet-induced renal disease

Health law, Medicare benefit design draw congressional attention

RNA interference identifies function of genes linked with cardiovascular disease

Speculation continues over possible changes to U.S. food aid program

Study shows how theranostic nanoparticles can effectively deliver cancer drugs to tumour cells

State lawmakers' positions on Medicaid expansion key to plans' future

Toshiba launches new Aquilion ONE/ ViSION Edition

Weekend reading: Navigating treatment; Can a robot replace your doctor?

Researchers elucidate how Fgf8 is controlled by multiple regulatory elements in mammal embryos

World Bank proposes agenda for improving status of women, addressing GBV

Macrophages allow entry of HIV in the urethra

Examining community health workers' value in saving lives, improving health

Study identifies six markers in the breath that could become stress-detector

Associated Press examines international aid to Afghanistan as troops withdraw

Wright Medical Group acquires BioMimetic Therapeutics

Amoxicillin effectiveness: an interview with Prof Paul Little, University of Southampton

Pivotal study of olesoxime in Spinal Muscular Atrophy receives positive interim review

Grand Challenges Brazil seeks innovation in preventing, managing 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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