University of Florida researchers have helped to develop a device that quickly identifies genes and proteins in body fluids – a technique that could make a vital difference to the trauma patients…
Month: August 2010
A Federal Judge’s Decision On Embryonic Stem Cell Research ‘Sets Back’ Vital Work And Handcuffs American Science
Against a backdrop of some of the world’s most sophisticated biological research labs, Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) this morning issued a challenge to his colleagues in Congress: immediately upon their return from…
Detroit Medical Center pegs EMR savings at $5M a year
Detroit Medical Center executives say they have achieved improved patient safety and saved $5 million to boot, thanks to DMC’s system-wide electronic medical system. It is the second year in a row…
A.D.A.M. deal with Ebix pushes more data to payers
The merger of two Atlanta-based technology firms with extensive footprints in the payer sector is designed to provide health plans and insurers with access to more consumer health data. Ebix, an international…
Health Risks To Infants Outweigh Convenience Of Elective Deliveries
Medical experts point to a disturbing trend of expectant mothers who are choosing to deliver their babies for non-medical reasons before 39 weeks of pregnancy. Research published in the July 2010 issue…
Children Put At Risk By Widespread Parental Misuse Of Medicines
Many children are being put at risk by parents’ over-use of widely-available over the counter (OTC) medicines for fever, coughs and colds, says a study from Australia to be presented to the…
New Insights Into Detecting Osteoarthritis Via Sodium MRI, NYU Researchers Find
Researchers at New York University have developed an innovative way to look at the development of osteoarthritis in the knee joint – one that relies on the examination of sodium ions in…
Revolutionary Way To Treat Eye Cancer May Prevent Blindness
Rare but devastating, eye cancer can strike anyone at any time and treating it often requires radiation that leaves half of all patients partially blind. But a new technique developed by Scott…
BMI And Thrombogenic Factors In Newly Menopausal Women
Although having a high body mass index (BMI) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, researchers are only beginning to understand how BMI affects the physiological processes involved in the development…
Reports Of Problems With Blood-Thinner Contradicted By McMaster Study
New findings by McMaster University researchers contradict earlier reports that people with a certain genetic make-up don’t benefit from the blood-thinner clopidogrel, also known as Plavix. After researchers from the United States,…
University And Hospital Associations Respond To Injunction On Funding Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
The judicial injunction blocking federally funded human embryonic stem cell research not only blocks potential life-saving research but also threatens to undermine the system of peer-reviewed science that has helped make America…
A Step Closer To Development Of Drug To Prevent Deadly Immune Response
Researchers have isolated a molecule, small enough to be used as a drug, that can shut down a dysfunctional immune response that causes deadly hemorrhagic shock, results in delayed death of heart…
Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology Sees Growth, Promise Of Tumor Ablation
The unprecedented growth and promise of using thermal ablation to target and kill cancer is the subject of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology’s August supplement, “Thermal Ablation 2010: At the…
The ‘Defense’ Cells That Help Throughout The Body – Macrophages
The term “macrophage” conjures images of a hungry white blood cell gobbling invading bacteria. However, macrophages do much more than that: Not only do they act as antimicrobial warriors, they also play…
Roughly One In Six Cancer Survivors Forgo Some Medical Care Due To Cost
“Two years after undergoing a double mastectomy and chemotherapy so severe she was hospitalized in intensive care for several weeks, breast cancer survivor Denise Hicks should be following what her doctors call…