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Association for Gerontology in Higher Education announces new officers, fellows and awardees

The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) - the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America - is proud to announce its newest elected officers, fellows, and awardees.

16 Feb 2013

The Y rolls out new health program targeting diabetes

YMCAs will advance the program nationally with support from insurers and employers. Also in the news, researchers express concern about the increasing costs likely to accompany soaring Alzheimer's disease rates.

16 Feb 2013

Researchers develop nano-machines that recreate principal activities of proteins

Physicists of the University of Vienna together with researchers from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna developed nano-machines which recreate principal activities of proteins.

16 Feb 2013

Within the health care sector, data viewed in new light

Under pressure to do more with less, insurers, pharmacy benefit managers and health care providers are all pushing data analysis to new heights.

16 Feb 2013

Better risk models needed for estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer

A breast cancer risk prediction model developed for African Americans tends to underestimate risk in certain subgroups, according to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University.

16 Feb 2013

Colorectal cancer outcomes could be improved with regular genetic screening for Lynch syndrome

Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that colorectal cancer outcomes could be improved with regular genetic screening for Lynch syndrome, the most common hereditary, adult-onset cause of colorectal cancer, as published in the online version of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

16 Feb 2013

Researchers create new ultra-sensitive tool for chemical, DNA and protein analysis

Utilizing optical characteristics first demonstrated by the ancient Romans, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a novel, ultra-sensitive tool for chemical, DNA, and protein analysis.

16 Feb 2013

U.S. should provide additional humanitarian aid to Syria

"As Syria burns, Washington has begun a debate over the supply of humanitarian assistance to the millions displaced, injured or penniless from civil war," Morton Abramowitz, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and a former ambassador to Turkey, writes in an opinion piece in The Atlantic.

16 Feb 2013

'Vaccine patch' could make immunizations cheaper, easier

"An innovative new way to deliver vaccines could drastically improve the health of the third world, and even the first world, by making vaccines cheaper and easier to distribute and use," Business Insider reports, adding, "The 'vaccine patch' would be as easy to apply as a Band-Aid, and would be stable for weeks at room temperature."

16 Feb 2013

Research involves new, safer ways to deliver biomedical agents against tumors

Jeremy L. Steinbacher, PhD, is among a new generation of scientists trying to improve their aim and approach to killing cancer cells. The Canisius College professor of chemistry/biochemistry is working to develop biomedical agents that more accurately target and attack tumors.

16 Feb 2013

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee gets 4 new members

"The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, with oversight that includes funding for the State Department and USAID, has four new members announced this week with diverse approaches and backgrounds in global health issues," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

16 Feb 2013

Meridian Health, Bayshore Community Hospital announce $5 million charitable contribution

Bayshore Community Hospital and Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations today announced a $5 million charitable contribution from Mrs. Janice Mitchell Vassar, whose sole desire, in her words, is to "make my hospital the best hospital it can be."

16 Feb 2013

U.N. officials mark campaign against violence against women

U.N. officials on Thursday "joined millions of people around the world who are taking a stance against violence against women as part of the One Billion Rising campaign," the U.N. News Centre reports.

16 Feb 2013

Gut microbes can affect severity of kidney disease brought on by melamine poisoning

Microbes present in the gut can affect the severity of kidney disease brought on by melamine poisoning, according to an international study led by Professor Wei Jia at the University of North Carolina in collaboration with the research group of Professor Jeremy Nicholson at Imperial College London.

16 Feb 2013

U.N. joint meeting addresses issues surrounding food security

"Scaling up the global response to food security and nutrition topped the agenda [Thursday] at a special joint meeting between the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the General Assembly, world experts and the U.N. food agencies aimed at identifying steps to build a future free of hunger," the U.N. News Centre reports, noting the meeting "included the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP)."

16 Feb 2013

Self-objectification associated with reduced women's involvement in social activism

Women who live in a culture in which they are objectified by others may in turn begin to objectify themselves. This kind of self-objectification may reduce women's involvement in social activism, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

16 Feb 2013

WHO holds 2-day meeting to discuss need for global health statistics

"At a two-day meeting organized and hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) [in Geneva], 60 leaders in the field of global health statistics drew up a set of proposals to improve the world's ability to count the sick and the dead," ScienceInsider reports.

16 Feb 2013

Parkinson's-related mutations may also affect vision

The most common genetic cause of Parkinson's is not only responsible for the condition's distinctive movement problems but may also affect vision, according to new research by scientists at the University of York.

16 Feb 2013

Hearing raises questions about how to replace Medicare's SGR formula

Opinions on what to replace Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula with and how to get there vary greatly, comments during a Thursday hearing showed. Lawmakers looking to pull the trigger on finally doing away with the SGR, which is used to determine physician payments, must iron out many of the details that came to light during a hearing Thursday before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee.

16 Feb 2013

rEVO Biologics announces results from Atryn phase 3 studies on pregnant AT-deficient women

rEVO Biologics announced today the results of a major retrospective study analysis of its pivotal phase 3 studies which demonstrate that pregnant patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency (HD) benefit from ATryn Antithrombin (Recombinant) therapy to prevent venous thromboembolic events (VTE).

16 Feb 2013

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Association for Gerontology in Higher Education announces new officers, fellows and awardees

The Y rolls out new health program targeting diabetes

Researchers develop nano-machines that recreate principal activities of proteins

Within the health care sector, data viewed in new light

Better risk models needed for estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer

Colorectal cancer outcomes could be improved with regular genetic screening for Lynch syndrome

Researchers create new ultra-sensitive tool for chemical, DNA and protein analysis

U.S. should provide additional humanitarian aid to Syria

'Vaccine patch' could make immunizations cheaper, easier

Research involves new, safer ways to deliver biomedical agents against tumors

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee gets 4 new members

Meridian Health, Bayshore Community Hospital announce $5 million charitable contribution

U.N. officials mark campaign against violence against women

Gut microbes can affect severity of kidney disease brought on by melamine poisoning

U.N. joint meeting addresses issues surrounding food security

Self-objectification associated with reduced women's involvement in social activism

WHO holds 2-day meeting to discuss need for global health statistics

Parkinson's-related mutations may also affect vision

Hearing raises questions about how to replace Medicare's SGR formula

rEVO Biologics announces results from Atryn phase 3 studies on pregnant AT-deficient women

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