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Project SEARCH interns become part of NIH fabric

When Project SEARCH interns enter the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md., they are immediately recognizable—from their matching, sky-blue polo shirts to their smiling faces. "People know these interns," says Steve Blanks, program director at SEEC, Seeking Equality, Empowerment and Community for People with Developmental Disabilities.

24 Jan 2013

Contention, hearings dominate state efforts to implement health law's requirements

Lawmakers in Mississippi, Missouri, Wyoming, Kansas, Florida and California are considering the effects of expanding Medicaid and establishing health insurance exchanges -- both major tenets of the health law for states.

24 Jan 2013

Researchers discover unique hairpin-like structure that facilitates Abeta clumping

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of late-life dementia. The disorder is thought to be caused by a protein known as the amyloid-beta protein, or Abeta, which clumps together in the brain, forming plaques that are thought to destroy neurons. This destruction starts early, too, and can presage clinical signs of the disease by up to 20 years.

24 Jan 2013

New GOP-led state legislatures ready more legislation to further restrict abortions

Republican legislatures around the nation are readying new legislation to further restrict abortion on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade -- and looking back on how they've already significantly restricted the procedure in recent years.

24 Jan 2013

Pomalidomide safe, effective and extends overall survival for patients with multiple myeloma

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have investigated the safety, efficacy and the maximum tolerated dose of pomalidomide for patients with multiple myeloma who have disease relapsed after treatments with other drugs, such as bortezomib and lenalidomide.

24 Jan 2013

Medicare initiative for enhanced community care helps lower readmission, study finds

The pilot project in 14 communities looked at a variety of strategies, including patient coaches, medication-management and better hospital discharge plans.

24 Jan 2013

Biomedical engineers identify natural switch that controls breast cancer metastasis

With a desire to inhibit metastasis, Cornell biomedical engineers have found the natural switch between the body's inflammatory response and how malignant breast cancer cells use the bloodstream to spread.

24 Jan 2013

Studies in JAMA examine hospital readmissions and effects of new Medicare penalties

Research shows that poor coordination among providers can lead to patients returning to the hospital. In addition, the new payment procedures are likely to affect academic medical centers and safety net hospitals.

24 Jan 2013

Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, IBM reveal new antimicrobial hydrogel

Researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology revealed today an antimicrobial hydrogel that can break through diseased biofilms and completely eradicate drug-resistant bacteria upon contact.

24 Jan 2013

NIH panel recommends name change for polycystic ovary syndrome

An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health has concluded that the name of a common hormone disorder in women, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), causes confusion and is a barrier to research progress and effective patient care. The current name focuses on a criterion - ovarian cysts - which is neither necessary nor sufficient to diagnose the syndrome.

24 Jan 2013

Smoking could be reduced by plain packaging of tobacco products: Study

Experts believe that plain packaging of tobacco products would cut smoking, a new study has found. Tobacco control experts from around the world estimate that two years after the introduction of generic packaging the number of adult smokers would be reduced by one percentage point (in the UK - from 21 to 20%), and the percentage of children trying smoking would be reduced by three percentage points (in the UK - from 27 to 24%).

24 Jan 2013

Inspiration, Ipsen and Baxter enter Asset Purchase Agreement for OBI-1

Ipsen and Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Inc. today announced they entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) whereby Baxter International (Baxter) agrees to acquire the worldwide rights to OBI-1, a recombinant porcine factor VIII (rpFVIII) in development for congenital hemophilia A with inhibitors and acquired hemophilia A, and Ipsen's industrial facility in Milford (Boston, MA).

24 Jan 2013

New systems of classification of mental disorders may supplement diagnostic formulations

This paper introduce new systems of classification of mental disorders that may supplement diagnostic formulations. Characterizing each stage of an illness demarcates major prognostic and therapeutic differences among patients who otherwise seem to be deceptively similar since they share the same psychiatric diagnosis.

24 Jan 2013

Wiley publishes Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Published by Wiley, this new 10-volume set captures every aspect of the interdisciplinary nature of magnetic resonance and provides the most complete and up-to-date source in the field. It includes many articles from the print editions of Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and recent EMR Books, as well as new and updated articles published online in the Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance.

24 Jan 2013

Study may help predict which multiple myeloma patients will respond better to certain treatments

A study led by Robert G. Hawley, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of anatomy and regenerative biology at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), may help predict which patients with multiple myeloma will respond better to certain treatments.

24 Jan 2013

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Project SEARCH interns become part of NIH fabric

Contention, hearings dominate state efforts to implement health law's requirements

Researchers discover unique hairpin-like structure that facilitates Abeta clumping

New GOP-led state legislatures ready more legislation to further restrict abortions

Pomalidomide safe, effective and extends overall survival for patients with multiple myeloma

Medicare initiative for enhanced community care helps lower readmission, study finds

Biomedical engineers identify natural switch that controls breast cancer metastasis

Studies in JAMA examine hospital readmissions and effects of new Medicare penalties

Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, IBM reveal new antimicrobial hydrogel

NIH panel recommends name change for polycystic ovary syndrome

Smoking could be reduced by plain packaging of tobacco products: Study

Inspiration, Ipsen and Baxter enter Asset Purchase Agreement for OBI-1

New systems of classification of mental disorders may supplement diagnostic formulations

Wiley publishes Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Study may help predict which multiple myeloma patients will respond better to certain treatments

Boosting estrogen levels may help reduce urinary infections in menopausal women

UTHealth NRC to sponsor forum on sports-related concussions

Study examines associations between blood calcium and ovarian cancer

Normalizing p62 protein levels in immune system cells could reduce infection in CF patients

Mice with reduced caloric intake accumulate longer telomeres

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

The importance of ketones from a clinical and medical perspective

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