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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Steroid Testing For New Jersey Police Officers In response to a report that revealed officers routinely using state health benefits to acquire steroids, New Jersey Attorney General, Paula Dow announces plans to test police officers for illegal steroid use.	08 July 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News

New Guidelines On Genetic Counseling And Testing For Alzheimer Disease When is it appropriate to perform genetic testing for Alzheimer disease (AD), and what information do patients need to understand their risk? The June issue of Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) presents a new practice guideline on genetic counseling and testing for AD.

08 July 2011

Anxiety / Stress News
A Child's Socioeconomic Status Dictates Response To Stress As Adult When faced with threat, people who grew up poor are more likely to make risky financial choices in search of a quick windfall, according to new research from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.	08 July 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
New Research States Smoking Decreases Hip Replacement Risk Smoking is bad for your health, but also bad for your hips? A new study from down under Australia has found that men who smoke are less likely than nonsmokers to require total hip or knee replacement.	08 July 2011

Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News
Exploring Memories Of The London Bombing Six years on from the devastating 7/7 London bombings and in the wake of the inquest into the attacks, a special issue of the journal Memory Studies, published by SAGE, explores new research into our collective memories of this tragic event.	08 July 2011

Biology / Biochemistry News
"Genetic Dimmer Switch" Regulates Wiring In The Developing Brain The gene Foxp2 acts like a "genetic dimmer switch" that regulates wiring in the developing brain. It does this by controlling the products of other genes, resulting in changes in the length and number of connections between brain cells, say the authors of a new study published in the 7 July issue of the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.	08 July 2011
Stem Cells Know Where They Want To Go Human stem cells have the ability to become any cell type in the human body, but when it comes to their destination they know where they want to go.This finding by McMaster University researchers sheds new light on how these regenerative cells turn into more specialized cell types, such as neural or blood cells.	08 July 2011
"Unnatural" Chemical Allows Researchers To Watch Protein Action In Brain Cells Researchers at the Salk Institute have been able to genetically incorporate "unnatural" amino acids, such as those emitting green fluorescence, into neural stem cells, which then differentiate into brain neurons with the incandescent "tag" intact.	08 July 2011
Pathway Activation Discovery Could Lead To New Cancer Drugs A discovery by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers about a how a common cell pathway that helps regulate cell survival and production is turned on could lead to new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.	08 July 2011
Scripps Research Scientists Find 'Brake-Override' Proteins That Enable Development Of Some Cancers Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered a basic mechanism that can enable developing cancer cells to sustain abnormal growth. The finding is expected to lead to the targeting of this mechanism with drugs and diagnostic techniques.	08 July 2011
Structural Analysis Uncovers Mechanisms Of Gene Expression The diverse functions of living cells are all based on the information encoded in the structure of the hereditary material DNA. Gene expression must therefore be tightly controlled, and this task is accomplished by the binding of regulatory proteins to, and their removal from, specific DNA sequences.	08 July 2011
Research Team Finds Similarities In Genomes Across Multiple Species By mapping various genomes onto an X-Y axis, a team comprised mostly of Kansas State University researchers has found that Charles Darwin and a fruit fly - among other organisms - have a lot in common genetically.	08 July 2011
Researchers Apply NMR/MRI To Microfluidic Chromatography By pairing an award-winning remote-detection version of NMR/MRI technology with a unique version of chromatography specifically designed for microfluidic chips, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have opened the door to a portable system for highly sensitive multi-dimensional chemical analysis that would be impractical if not impossible with conventional technologies.	08 July 2011
Energy-Storage Capacity Of Ancient Microorganism Could Lead To Power Source For Synthetic Cells Archaea are among the oldest known life-forms, but they are not well understood. It was only in the 1970s that these single-celled microorganisms were designated as a domain of life distinct from bacteria and multicellular organisms called eukaryotes.	08 July 2011

Blood / Hematology News
"Pure" Human Blood Stem-Cell Discovery Opens Door To Expanding Cells For More Clinical Use For the first time since stem cells were discovered here 50 years ago, scientists have isolated a human blood stem cell in its purest form as a single stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system.	08 July 2011

Bones / Orthopedics News
New Research States Smoking Decreases Hip Replacement Risk Smoking is bad for your health, but also bad for your hips? A new study from down under Australia has found that men who smoke are less likely than nonsmokers to require total hip or knee replacement.	08 July 2011
Gene Implicated In Craniosynostosis, Delayed Tooth Eruption And Supernumerary Teeth Researchers have described a new, recessively inherited human syndrome featuring craniosynostosis, maxillary hyperplasia, delayed tooth eruption and extra teeth. They also identified causative mutations in a gene IL11RA.	08 July 2011

Cancer / Oncology News
Idera Pharmaceuticals Provides Update On IMO-2055 Clinical Development Program Idera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IDRA) today provides an update on the clinical development of IMO-2055 (EMD 1201081), a TLR9 agonist for cancer treatment being developed by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, under its collaboration with Idera.	08 July 2011
Synta Announces Presentation Of Ganetespib Phase 2 Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Results At IASLC 14th World Conference On Lung Cancer Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: SNTA) today presented results at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer from a Phase 2 single agent clinical trial of ganetespib in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that showed promising clinical activity in patients with progressive disease.	08 July 2011
Mediator MED26 Shifts An Idling Polymerase Into High Gear In The Control Of Gene Expression Look up "transcription" - the copying of a gene's DNA into RNA intermediaries - in any old molecular biology text book, and it all seems very simple: RNA polymerase II, the enzyme that catalyzes the reaction, assembles at the start site and starts motoring down the strand, cranking out the RNA ribbon used to construct proteins.	08 July 2011
Identification Of Cellular Origin Of Deadly Brain Cancer Using a mouse genetic system co-developed by researchers at the University of Oregon and Stanford University, a research team led by UO biologist Hui Zong has isolated the cellular origin for malignant glioma, a deadly human brain cancer.	08 July 2011
Targeting Stem Cells To Combat Deadly Brain Cancer Researchers have uncovered a new target that could stop the growth of glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. In the July 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, a new study identifies an enzyme found in glioma stem cells that allows them to grow and seed tumors.	08 July 2011
Cancer In The Elderly In many American families, including those from minority populations, people from a wide range of ages live together under the same roof. The elder folk in these homes face what are called the diseases of aging, including hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, and cancer.	08 July 2011
Pathway Activation Discovery Could Lead To New Cancer Drugs A discovery by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers about a how a common cell pathway that helps regulate cell survival and production is turned on could lead to new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.	08 July 2011
Scripps Research Scientists Find 'Brake-Override' Proteins That Enable Development Of Some Cancers Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered a basic mechanism that can enable developing cancer cells to sustain abnormal growth. The finding is expected to lead to the targeting of this mechanism with drugs and diagnostic techniques.	08 July 2011
Charité Establishes NanoTherm® Therapy For The Treatment Of Recurrent Brain Tumors Universitätsmedizin Berlin has established a new treatment at the Clinic for Radiooncology, Campus Virchow, which offers selected patients a nanomedicine approach for the treatment of recurrent brain tumors.	08 July 2011

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
Multaq Permanent Atrial Fibrillation Trial Stopped - Causes Increased Cardiovascular Problems Multaq, which is already approved for temporary irregular heartbeat, was being tested on patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. The trial was stopped because it was causing increased cardiovascular problems.	08 July 2011
Phase Two Study Suggests Use Of Adult Autologous Stem Cells May Improve Cardiac Function In Angina Patients New research published online today in Circulation Research found that injections of adult patients' own CD34+ stem cells reduced reports of angina episodes and improved exercise tolerance time in patients with chronic, severe refractory angina (severe chest discomfort that did not respond to other therapeutic options).	08 July 2011
New Study At HEART UK Shows Additional Benefits Of Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCDs) Building on the recent findings that VLCDs can reverse Type 2 diabetes, a new study[i] presented at HEART UK's 25th Annual Conference today reveals that VLCDs also help to reduce cardiovascular disease risk by lowering waist circumference.	08 July 2011
Stem Cell Breakthrough; Injected Into Chest Improves Cardio Condition In a stem cell usage breakthrough, it has been discovered that an injection of these cloned cells can in fact create new vessels in a diseased heart muscle, improving blood flow to the area and diminish chest pains.	08 July 2011

Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News
Multaq Permanent Atrial Fibrillation Trial Stopped - Causes Increased Cardiovascular Problems Multaq, which is already approved for temporary irregular heartbeat, was being tested on patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. The trial was stopped because it was causing increased cardiovascular problems.	08 July 2011

Colorectal Cancer News
Large State Disparities In Progress Against Colorectal Cancer, Report Reveals Progress in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality rates varies significantly across states, with rates in the Northeast showing the most progress and those in the South showing the least progress, according to a new study.	08 July 2011
Southern U.S. States Lag In Reducing Death Rates From Colorectal Cancer Improvements in colorectal cancer mortality rates are concentrated in the northern part of the United States, while southern states continue to fall behind, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.	08 July 2011

Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News
Teaching The Neurons To Meditate In the late 1990s, Jane Anderson was working as a landscape architect. That meant she didn't work much in the winter, and she struggled with seasonal affective disorder in the dreary Minnesota winter months.	08 July 2011

Conferences News

Stellar Speakers At Eyeforpharma's 3rd Annual Market Access Canada - 1 - 3 November 2011 On November 1-3, provincial and private drug plan managers will engage pharma leaders to discuss key market access issues in a fantastic speaker line-up. For CEOs, VPs, Directors and senior managers and rising stars involved in market access, you'll be happy to know speakers include: - Bob Nakagawa (Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Pharmaceutical Services) - Reiner Banken (Associate Executive Director, INESSS) - Chander Sehgal (Director of Common Drug Review, CADTH) - Ronnie Miller (CEO, Roche Canada) - Helen Stevenson (CEO, Reformulary Group)The agenda this year covers all the key issues on market access.

08 July 2011

Dentistry News
New Study Shows Gum Disease Can Extend The Time That It Takes For A Woman To Become Pregnant The importance of maintaining a sound oral hygiene is often underestimated by women but new research has shown that presence of gum disease can by an average of two months extend the time that it takes for a woman to become pregnant.	08 July 2011
Gene Implicated In Craniosynostosis, Delayed Tooth Eruption And Supernumerary Teeth Researchers have described a new, recessively inherited human syndrome featuring craniosynostosis, maxillary hyperplasia, delayed tooth eruption and extra teeth. They also identified causative mutations in a gene IL11RA.	08 July 2011
Craniosynostosis, Delayed Tooth Eruption And Supernumerary Teeth One Gene In Background Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have described a new, recessively inherited human syndrome featuring craniosynostosis, maxillary hyperplasia, delayed tooth eruption and extra teeth.	08 July 2011

Diabetes News
Exenatide TQT Study Showed No Prolongation Of QT Interval Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) today announced results from a thorough QT (tQT) study that assessed the potential of exenatide to increase the QT interval across a wide range of plasma concentrations.	08 July 2011
New Study At HEART UK Shows Additional Benefits Of Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCDs) Building on the recent findings that VLCDs can reverse Type 2 diabetes, a new study[i] presented at HEART UK's 25th Annual Conference today reveals that VLCDs also help to reduce cardiovascular disease risk by lowering waist circumference.	08 July 2011
Novo Nordisk Partners With Children With Diabetes, Inc. To Help Newly Diagnosed Children With Type 1 Diabetes Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, and the advocacy organization Children with Diabetes, Inc. (CWD) announced a two-year partnership to develop and distribute resources that will help newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes adjust to their new lifestyle.	08 July 2011

Ear, Nose and Throat News
Idera Pharmaceuticals Provides Update On IMO-2055 Clinical Development Program Idera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IDRA) today provides an update on the clinical development of IMO-2055 (EMD 1201081), a TLR9 agonist for cancer treatment being developed by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, under its collaboration with Idera.	08 July 2011

Eating Disorders News

Alkermes Announces Results From Phase 2 Study Of ALKS 33 For Treatment Of Binge Eating Disorder Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) today announced topline results from a phase 2 clinical study of ALKS 33 in the treatment of binge eating disorder. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 12-week study was designed to assess the safety and efficacy of daily oral administration of ALKS 33 or placebo in 68 patients with binge eating disorder.

08 July 2011

Endocrinology News
Mice Without Cortisol Receptor Lose Weight And Suffer From Gallstones Nature sees to it that we do not have "too much choler" (bile) in our body. A delicately equilibrated regulation system ensures that there is always exactly the right amount of bile in the gallbladder.	08 July 2011

Fertility News
Women Less Than 38 Years Of Age More Likely To Give Birth To A Live Baby After ICSI, Shows New Research A new research study conducted at a single fertility clinic led by researchers from Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UZ Brussel (Brussels, Belgium), has found that women undergoing fertility treatment who are less than 38 years of age are more likely to give birth to a live baby after ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) if 11 or more eggs have been retrieved from their ovaries in one ovarian stimulation cycle.	08 July 2011
Simple Test Can Help Accurately Predict Most Fertile Days To Help Women Conceive Although calendar method is the most commonly used method to anticipate when a woman will be most capable of reproducing, a commercially available Clearblue Digital ovulation test is more reliable.	08 July 2011

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Broadly Acting Antibody Against Influenza Viruses Discovered Annually changing flu vaccines with their hit-and-miss effectiveness may soon give way to a single, near-universal flu vaccine, according to a new report from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell.	08 July 2011

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News
Mice Without Cortisol Receptor Lose Weight And Suffer From Gallstones Nature sees to it that we do not have "too much choler" (bile) in our body. A delicately equilibrated regulation system ensures that there is always exactly the right amount of bile in the gallbladder.	08 July 2011

Genetics News
"Genetic Dimmer Switch" Regulates Wiring In The Developing Brain The gene Foxp2 acts like a "genetic dimmer switch" that regulates wiring in the developing brain. It does this by controlling the products of other genes, resulting in changes in the length and number of connections between brain cells, say the authors of a new study published in the 7 July issue of the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.	08 July 2011
Mediator MED26 Shifts An Idling Polymerase Into High Gear In The Control Of Gene Expression Look up "transcription" - the copying of a gene's DNA into RNA intermediaries - in any old molecular biology text book, and it all seems very simple: RNA polymerase II, the enzyme that catalyzes the reaction, assembles at the start site and starts motoring down the strand, cranking out the RNA ribbon used to construct proteins.	08 July 2011
Researchers Examine How Genes And Proteins Affect Therapeutic Treatments For Lung Cancer The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) presented two key studies at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer, July 3-7 in Amsterdam.One study involved a gene called GLI1, which may limit the effectiveness of the most common combination chemotherapy given to patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).	08 July 2011
Identification Of Cellular Origin Of Deadly Brain Cancer Using a mouse genetic system co-developed by researchers at the University of Oregon and Stanford University, a research team led by UO biologist Hui Zong has isolated the cellular origin for malignant glioma, a deadly human brain cancer.	08 July 2011
Gene Implicated In Craniosynostosis, Delayed Tooth Eruption And Supernumerary Teeth Researchers have described a new, recessively inherited human syndrome featuring craniosynostosis, maxillary hyperplasia, delayed tooth eruption and extra teeth. They also identified causative mutations in a gene IL11RA.	08 July 2011
In Women, Sexual Orientation And Gender Conforming Traits Are Genetic Sexual orientation and 'gender conformity' in women are both genetic traits, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.It is well recognised that there consistent differences in the psychological characteristics of boys and girls; for example, boys engage in more 'rough and tumble' play than girls do.	08 July 2011
Early Embryos Have The Ability To Correct Their Own Genetic Abnormalities, Reveals New Study Early embryos have the ability to correct their own genetic abnormalities. This remarkable revelation was made at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology by Professor William G.	08 July 2011
Connectivity Of The Developing Brain Regulated By A Gene Implicated In Speech Foxp2, a gene involved in speech and language, helps regulate the wiring of neurons in the brain, according to a study which was published on July 7th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.	08 July 2011
New Guidelines On Genetic Counseling And Testing For Alzheimer Disease When is it appropriate to perform genetic testing for Alzheimer disease (AD), and what information do patients need to understand their risk? The June issue of Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) presents a new practice guideline on genetic counseling and testing for AD.	08 July 2011
Craniosynostosis, Delayed Tooth Eruption And Supernumerary Teeth One Gene In Background Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have described a new, recessively inherited human syndrome featuring craniosynostosis, maxillary hyperplasia, delayed tooth eruption and extra teeth.	08 July 2011
Structural Analysis Uncovers Mechanisms Of Gene Expression The diverse functions of living cells are all based on the information encoded in the structure of the hereditary material DNA. Gene expression must therefore be tightly controlled, and this task is accomplished by the binding of regulatory proteins to, and their removal from, specific DNA sequences.	08 July 2011
Research Team Finds Similarities In Genomes Across Multiple Species By mapping various genomes onto an X-Y axis, a team comprised mostly of Kansas State University researchers has found that Charles Darwin and a fruit fly - among other organisms - have a lot in common genetically.	08 July 2011
Energy-Storage Capacity Of Ancient Microorganism Could Lead To Power Source For Synthetic Cells Archaea are among the oldest known life-forms, but they are not well understood. It was only in the 1970s that these single-celled microorganisms were designated as a domain of life distinct from bacteria and multicellular organisms called eukaryotes.	08 July 2011

Heart Disease News
Multaq Permanent Atrial Fibrillation Trial Stopped - Causes Increased Cardiovascular Problems Multaq, which is already approved for temporary irregular heartbeat, was being tested on patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. The trial was stopped because it was causing increased cardiovascular problems.	08 July 2011
Phase Two Study Suggests Use Of Adult Autologous Stem Cells May Improve Cardiac Function In Angina Patients New research published online today in Circulation Research found that injections of adult patients' own CD34+ stem cells reduced reports of angina episodes and improved exercise tolerance time in patients with chronic, severe refractory angina (severe chest discomfort that did not respond to other therapeutic options).	08 July 2011

HIV / AIDS News

University Maryland Building 'Team Approach' Model For Gender Violence And HIV/AIDS A critical link between the HIV/AIDS epidemic and an epidemic of intimate partner violence (IPV) can be fatal to victims, yet is not fully understood by health and human service workers, concluded a symposium panel of doctors, nurses, lawyers, social workers, police, and shock trauma specialists at the University of Maryland (UM) in Baltimore.

08 July 2011

Hypertension News
Spirituality May Soothe Hypertension Lisa Lewis, PhD, RN, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has received funding from the Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation, Inc., for her proposal "Spiritual Vignettes to Increase Medication Adherence among Hypertensive Black Church Members.	08 July 2011

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
Broadly Acting Antibody Against Influenza Viruses Discovered Annually changing flu vaccines with their hit-and-miss effectiveness may soon give way to a single, near-universal flu vaccine, according to a new report from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell.	08 July 2011
Energy-Storage Capacity Of Ancient Microorganism Could Lead To Power Source For Synthetic Cells Archaea are among the oldest known life-forms, but they are not well understood. It was only in the 1970s that these single-celled microorganisms were designated as a domain of life distinct from bacteria and multicellular organisms called eukaryotes.	08 July 2011

Lung Cancer News
Synta Announces Presentation Of Ganetespib Phase 2 Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Results At IASLC 14th World Conference On Lung Cancer Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: SNTA) today presented results at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer from a Phase 2 single agent clinical trial of ganetespib in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that showed promising clinical activity in patients with progressive disease.	08 July 2011
Researchers Examine How Genes And Proteins Affect Therapeutic Treatments For Lung Cancer The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) presented two key studies at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer, July 3-7 in Amsterdam.One study involved a gene called GLI1, which may limit the effectiveness of the most common combination chemotherapy given to patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).	08 July 2011
Amrubicin Improved Response Rate And Progression-Free Survival Vs. Topotecan For Lung Cancer Patients In Phase III Trial Lung cancer patients given amrubicin (Calsed) as a second-line therapy had a significantly improved response rate and longer progression-free survival than patients treated with topotecan (Hycamtin), according to research presented at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).	08 July 2011
In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients, TEMLA Shows Higher Diagnostic Yield Than EBUS Or EUS In Largest Reported Series To Date In the largest reported series yet to compare transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy (TEMLA) with endoscopic and surgical primary staging and restaging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), TEMLA showed a significantly higher diagnostic yield, according to research presented at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).	08 July 2011
For Lung Cancer Patients Endosonography Followed By Surgical Staging Improves Quality Of Life, According To ASTER Study Patients who underwent endoscopic testing prior to surgery for lung cancer had significantly better quality of life at the end of the staging process, with no significant difference in costs between the two strategies, according to data presented at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).	08 July 2011
Adding IVCF To Fondaparinux Does Not Benefit Cancer Patients With Blood Clots Cancer patients with blood clots - which occur in one of every 200 cancer patients and are the second most common cause of death among cancer patients - gain no benefit from the insertion of an inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) to the anticoagulant medication fondaparinux (Arixtra), according to research presented at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.	08 July 2011

Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News
Half-Matched Transplants Widen Pool Of Donors For Leukemia And Lymphoma Identifying a suitable donor for leukemia and lymphoma patients who need bone marrow transplants may be far easier now that results of two clinical trials show transplant results with half-matched bone marrow or umbilical cord blood are comparable to fully matched tissue, thanks in large part to the availability of effective antirejection drugs and special post-transplant chemotherapy.	08 July 2011
Ching-Hon Pui, M.D., Honored By The American Society Of Hematology For Contributions To Childhood Cancer Treatment Ching-Hon Pui, M.D., an eminent leader in the research and treatment of pediatric leukemia at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, has been named the recipient of the 2011 Henry M. Stratton Medal from the American Society of Hematology (ASH).	08 July 2011

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients, TEMLA Shows Higher Diagnostic Yield Than EBUS Or EUS In Largest Reported Series To Date In the largest reported series yet to compare transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy (TEMLA) with endoscopic and surgical primary staging and restaging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), TEMLA showed a significantly higher diagnostic yield, according to research presented at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).	08 July 2011
FDA Proposes New Policy For Some Diagnostic And Radiology Devices The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance describing its intent to exercise enforcement discretion with respect to the premarket notification requirements for certain in vitro diagnostic and radiology devices with well-established safety and effectiveness profiles.	08 July 2011
Researchers Apply NMR/MRI To Microfluidic Chromatography By pairing an award-winning remote-detection version of NMR/MRI technology with a unique version of chromatography specifically designed for microfluidic chips, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have opened the door to a portable system for highly sensitive multi-dimensional chemical analysis that would be impractical if not impossible with conventional technologies.	08 July 2011

Medical Practice Management News
Physicians Must Post Prices For Walk-Ins Says New Law Doctors may be shocked to find out they could be fined up to $1,000 a day for not posting fees for patients without appointments. The new "Health Care Transparency Bill" just passed by the Florida Legislature, requires the posting of rates charged by urgent care centers, walk-in clinics and any physicians who accept walk-ins.	08 July 2011

Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News
Expanded Medicaid Working; Increases Health, Reduces Financial Strain Well it seems that The Obama Administration is getting some aspects of expanded healthcare right as new information released proves that low income adults' access to Medicaid substantially increases health care use, reduces financial strain on covered individuals, and improves their self-reported health and well-being.	08 July 2011
Medicaid Increases Use Of Health Care, Decreases Financial Strain, Improves Health Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Providence Health & Services have found that expanding low income adults' access to Medicaid substantially increases health care use, reduces financial strain on covered individuals, and improves their self-reported health and well-being.	08 July 2011
To Prevent Disruption Of Care For Medicare & Medicaid Patients A Debt Ceiling Agreement Is Essential "A debt ceiling agreement must be reached in time to avert an unprecedented suspension of funding for the millions of patients who rely on Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health programs," Virginia Hood, MBBS, MPH, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP) told the president, vice president and Congressional leaders today.	08 July 2011

Mental Health News
Europe's Suicide Rates Up Following Financial Crisis Suicide rates among the under-65s in the European Union (EU) rose markedly between 2007 and 2009, with Greece, Ireland and Latvia rising the most, say researchers who have been taking a first look at how the financial crisis affected deaths in the EU.	08 July 2011

MRI / PET / Ultrasound News

Researchers Apply NMR/MRI To Microfluidic Chromatography By pairing an award-winning remote-detection version of NMR/MRI technology with a unique version of chromatography specifically designed for microfluidic chips, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have opened the door to a portable system for highly sensitive multi-dimensional chemical analysis that would be impractical if not impossible with conventional technologies.

08 July 2011

Neurology / Neuroscience News
"Genetic Dimmer Switch" Regulates Wiring In The Developing Brain The gene Foxp2 acts like a "genetic dimmer switch" that regulates wiring in the developing brain. It does this by controlling the products of other genes, resulting in changes in the length and number of connections between brain cells, say the authors of a new study published in the 7 July issue of the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.	08 July 2011
InVivo Therapeutics Submits IDE Application To FDA For Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial InVivo Therapeutics (OTCBB: NVIV) today announced that the Company has submitted an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a proprietary biopolymer scaffolding device to protect and support spinal tissue and prevent secondary injury, including inflammation and glial scarring, following traumatic spinal cord injury.	08 July 2011
Identification Of Cellular Origin Of Deadly Brain Cancer Using a mouse genetic system co-developed by researchers at the University of Oregon and Stanford University, a research team led by UO biologist Hui Zong has isolated the cellular origin for malignant glioma, a deadly human brain cancer.	08 July 2011
Establishing Concussion Baseline Important For Accurate Future Assessment In At-Risk Youth Athletes Creating a baseline for each youth athlete is a critical part of accurate future concussion assessment, according to researchers presenting their study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Diego.	08 July 2011
Injured Spinal Cord Repaired By Unexpected Cell Lesions to the brain or spinal cord rarely heal fully, which leads to permanent functional impairment. After injury to the central nervous system (CNS), neurons are lost and largely replaced by a scar often referred to as the glial scar based on its abundance of supporting glial cells.	08 July 2011
Connectivity Of The Developing Brain Regulated By A Gene Implicated In Speech Foxp2, a gene involved in speech and language, helps regulate the wiring of neurons in the brain, according to a study which was published on July 7th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.	08 July 2011
Targeting Stem Cells To Combat Deadly Brain Cancer Researchers have uncovered a new target that could stop the growth of glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. In the July 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, a new study identifies an enzyme found in glioma stem cells that allows them to grow and seed tumors.	08 July 2011
"Unnatural" Chemical Allows Researchers To Watch Protein Action In Brain Cells Researchers at the Salk Institute have been able to genetically incorporate "unnatural" amino acids, such as those emitting green fluorescence, into neural stem cells, which then differentiate into brain neurons with the incandescent "tag" intact.	08 July 2011
Charité Establishes NanoTherm® Therapy For The Treatment Of Recurrent Brain Tumors Universitätsmedizin Berlin has established a new treatment at the Clinic for Radiooncology, Campus Virchow, which offers selected patients a nanomedicine approach for the treatment of recurrent brain tumors.	08 July 2011

Nutrition / Diet News
A Study Of Ethnicity And Health In recent years, the UK government has made bold statements regarding the recommendations for living a healthy life; including guidelines for how much fruit and how many vegetables we should eat daily, along with the ideal amount of physical activity we should do in order to avoid the risks of obesity.	08 July 2011

Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News
Most Obese States, Least Active Named In New Fitness Reports In two new reports, the most obese and the least active states have been named. Sixteen out of the 50 U.S. states have gotten fatter according to a new report released this week. Thus, obesity rates in a dozen states have risen about 30% with Mississippi being the largest state in the commonwealth overall.	08 July 2011
A Study Of Ethnicity And Health In recent years, the UK government has made bold statements regarding the recommendations for living a healthy life; including guidelines for how much fruit and how many vegetables we should eat daily, along with the ideal amount of physical activity we should do in order to avoid the risks of obesity.	08 July 2011
Is Obesity Contagious? Authors Explain How Obesity "Spreads" Researchers out of Arizona State University recently published an article in the American Journal of Public Health titled "Shared Norms and Their Explanation for the Social Clustering of Obesity".	08 July 2011

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
New Kids Study Facts: Teen Births, Binge Drinking Down, Math Scores Up A brand new government funded 223 page report released this week has some positive and negative news for parents. Teen health and well being is on the rise, with fewer teens having babies or engaging in binge drinking, preterm birth rates are dropping and deaths from injury are declining.	08 July 2011
New Research Can Accurately Predict The Outcome Of Pregnancies Threatening To Miscarry Predicting the outcome of pregnancies that threaten to miscarry has always been a difficult task for healthcare providers. Scientists in the UK who have been researching fertility have stated that the outcome of such pregnancies can now be predicted accurately.	08 July 2011
Protective Factors Identified That Help Women Recover From Childhood Violence Children who witness domestic violence are more likely to be in abusive intimate relationships and experience psychological problems such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.	08 July 2011
Early Embryos Have The Ability To Correct Their Own Genetic Abnormalities, Reveals New Study Early embryos have the ability to correct their own genetic abnormalities. This remarkable revelation was made at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology by Professor William G.	08 July 2011
Establishing Concussion Baseline Important For Accurate Future Assessment In At-Risk Youth Athletes Creating a baseline for each youth athlete is a critical part of accurate future concussion assessment, according to researchers presenting their study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Diego.	08 July 2011
Graft Size And Patient Age May Be Predictor Of Need For Future ACL Revisions A smaller sized hamstring graft in an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction patient less than 20 years old may increase revision rates, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Diego.	08 July 2011
Novo Nordisk Partners With Children With Diabetes, Inc. To Help Newly Diagnosed Children With Type 1 Diabetes Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, and the advocacy organization Children with Diabetes, Inc. (CWD) announced a two-year partnership to develop and distribute resources that will help newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes adjust to their new lifestyle.	08 July 2011
A Child's Socioeconomic Status Dictates Response To Stress As Adult When faced with threat, people who grew up poor are more likely to make risky financial choices in search of a quick windfall, according to new research from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.	08 July 2011

Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News
How To Engage With The New NHS? Eyeforpharma Asked Grunenthal, Genzyme, The NHS, GP Consortia And The National Pharmacy Association Eyeforpharma recently interviewed Christine O'Connor, chief executive, Catch On Group, Allan Mackintosh, PMAP Coach, Grunenthal, Julian Given, Julian Given, Head of Informatics, Newcastle Bridges GP Consortia, Michael Holden, chief executive, National Pharmacy Association, Mark Wilkinson, director, Life Sciences Innovation, NHS Trust and Richard Lomas, national commissioning specialist, Genzyme Therapeutics to see what they will be focusing on for the next 12 months.	08 July 2011
Stellar Speakers At Eyeforpharma's 3rd Annual Market Access Canada - 1 - 3 November 2011 On November 1-3, provincial and private drug plan managers will engage pharma leaders to discuss key market access issues in a fantastic speaker line-up. For CEOs, VPs, Directors and senior managers and rising stars involved in market access, you'll be happy to know speakers include: - Bob Nakagawa (Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Pharmaceutical Services) - Reiner Banken (Associate Executive Director, INESSS) - Chander Sehgal (Director of Common Drug Review, CADTH) - Ronnie Miller (CEO, Roche Canada) - Helen Stevenson (CEO, Reformulary Group)The agenda this year covers all the key issues on market access.	08 July 2011
Novo Nordisk Partners With Children With Diabetes, Inc. To Help Newly Diagnosed Children With Type 1 Diabetes Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, and the advocacy organization Children with Diabetes, Inc. (CWD) announced a two-year partnership to develop and distribute resources that will help newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes adjust to their new lifestyle.	08 July 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News

How To Engage With The New NHS? Eyeforpharma Asked Grunenthal, Genzyme, The NHS, GP Consortia And The National Pharmacy Association Eyeforpharma recently interviewed Christine O'Connor, chief executive, Catch On Group, Allan Mackintosh, PMAP Coach, Grunenthal, Julian Given, Julian Given, Head of Informatics, Newcastle Bridges GP Consortia, Michael Holden, chief executive, National Pharmacy Association, Mark Wilkinson, director, Life Sciences Innovation, NHS Trust and Richard Lomas, national commissioning specialist, Genzyme Therapeutics to see what they will be focusing on for the next 12 months.

08 July 2011

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
Women Less Than 38 Years Of Age More Likely To Give Birth To A Live Baby After ICSI, Shows New Research A new research study conducted at a single fertility clinic led by researchers from Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UZ Brussel (Brussels, Belgium), has found that women undergoing fertility treatment who are less than 38 years of age are more likely to give birth to a live baby after ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) if 11 or more eggs have been retrieved from their ovaries in one ovarian stimulation cycle.	08 July 2011
New Research Can Accurately Predict The Outcome Of Pregnancies Threatening To Miscarry Predicting the outcome of pregnancies that threaten to miscarry has always been a difficult task for healthcare providers. Scientists in the UK who have been researching fertility have stated that the outcome of such pregnancies can now be predicted accurately.	08 July 2011
New Study Shows Gum Disease Can Extend The Time That It Takes For A Woman To Become Pregnant The importance of maintaining a sound oral hygiene is often underestimated by women but new research has shown that presence of gum disease can by an average of two months extend the time that it takes for a woman to become pregnant.	08 July 2011
Early Embryos Have The Ability To Correct Their Own Genetic Abnormalities, Reveals New Study Early embryos have the ability to correct their own genetic abnormalities. This remarkable revelation was made at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology by Professor William G.	08 July 2011

Prostate / Prostate Cancer News
Canary Foundation Researchers Receive Department Of Defense Grants For Over $2 Million To Fund Prostate Cancer Research Canary Foundation's Canary Prostate Team has been awarded two Department of Defense (DOD) grants issued by the United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA). Totaling $2.	08 July 2011

Psychology / Psychiatry News
Protective Factors Identified That Help Women Recover From Childhood Violence Children who witness domestic violence are more likely to be in abusive intimate relationships and experience psychological problems such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.	08 July 2011
Our Extraordinary Perceptual Abilities Help Us To Understand Bodily Motion "Our visual system is tuned towards perceiving other people. We spend so much time doing that - seeing who they are, what they are doing, what they intend to do," says psychology professor Nikolaus F.	08 July 2011
Teaching The Neurons To Meditate In the late 1990s, Jane Anderson was working as a landscape architect. That meant she didn't work much in the winter, and she struggled with seasonal affective disorder in the dreary Minnesota winter months.	08 July 2011
In Women, Sexual Orientation And Gender Conforming Traits Are Genetic Sexual orientation and 'gender conformity' in women are both genetic traits, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.It is well recognised that there consistent differences in the psychological characteristics of boys and girls; for example, boys engage in more 'rough and tumble' play than girls do.	08 July 2011
The Brain Co-Opts The Body To Promote Pro-Social Behavior The human brain may simulate physical sensations to prompt introspection, capitalizing on moments of high emotion to promote moral behavior, according to a USC researcher.Mary Helen Immordino-Yang of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and the USC Rossier School of Education found that individuals who were told stories designed to evoke compassion and admiration for virtue sometimes reported that they felt a physical sensation in response.	08 July 2011
Europe's Suicide Rates Up Following Financial Crisis Suicide rates among the under-65s in the European Union (EU) rose markedly between 2007 and 2009, with Greece, Ireland and Latvia rising the most, say researchers who have been taking a first look at how the financial crisis affected deaths in the EU.	08 July 2011
Exploring Memories Of The London Bombing Six years on from the devastating 7/7 London bombings and in the wake of the inquest into the attacks, a special issue of the journal Memory Studies, published by SAGE, explores new research into our collective memories of this tragic event.	08 July 2011
A Child's Socioeconomic Status Dictates Response To Stress As Adult When faced with threat, people who grew up poor are more likely to make risky financial choices in search of a quick windfall, according to new research from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.	08 July 2011

Public Health News
Steroid Testing For New Jersey Police Officers In response to a report that revealed officers routinely using state health benefits to acquire steroids, New Jersey Attorney General, Paula Dow announces plans to test police officers for illegal steroid use.	08 July 2011
Most Obese States, Least Active Named In New Fitness Reports In two new reports, the most obese and the least active states have been named. Sixteen out of the 50 U.S. states have gotten fatter according to a new report released this week. Thus, obesity rates in a dozen states have risen about 30% with Mississippi being the largest state in the commonwealth overall.	08 July 2011
New Book By Indiana University Physicians Slays Health Myths We All Thought Were True Don't Cross Your Eyes...They'll Get Stuck that Way!, a new book by myth-fighting Indiana University School of Medicine pediatricians Aaron Carroll, M.D., M.S., and Rachel Vreeman, M.D., M.S., debunks the pearls of medical wisdom that many people and even their physicians believe are true.	08 July 2011
Quality Of Care And Patient Outcomes Poor In Small Rural Hospitals In a study published in the July 6 issue of JAMA, it was revealed that critical access hospitals (CAHs) had poor clinical capabilities, sub-standard processes of care and a higher mortality rate due to conditions such as heart attack, congestive heart failure or pneumonia, compared to non-CAHs.	08 July 2011
Medicaid Increases Use Of Health Care, Decreases Financial Strain, Improves Health Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Providence Health & Services have found that expanding low income adults' access to Medicaid substantially increases health care use, reduces financial strain on covered individuals, and improves their self-reported health and well-being.	08 July 2011
A Study Of Ethnicity And Health In recent years, the UK government has made bold statements regarding the recommendations for living a healthy life; including guidelines for how much fruit and how many vegetables we should eat daily, along with the ideal amount of physical activity we should do in order to avoid the risks of obesity.	08 July 2011
Europe's Suicide Rates Up Following Financial Crisis Suicide rates among the under-65s in the European Union (EU) rose markedly between 2007 and 2009, with Greece, Ireland and Latvia rising the most, say researchers who have been taking a first look at how the financial crisis affected deaths in the EU.	08 July 2011
Pilot Commuting Practices Could Pose Safety Risk Commuting practices among airline pilots could potentially contribute to their fatigue, and because fatigue can reduce performance, pilots, airlines, and the Federal Aviation Administration should take steps to reduce the likelihood that commuting will pose a safety risk, says a new report from the National Research Council.	08 July 2011

Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News
FDA Proposes New Policy For Some Diagnostic And Radiology Devices The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance describing its intent to exercise enforcement discretion with respect to the premarket notification requirements for certain in vitro diagnostic and radiology devices with well-established safety and effectiveness profiles.	08 July 2011

Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News
InVivo Therapeutics Submits IDE Application To FDA For Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial InVivo Therapeutics (OTCBB: NVIV) today announced that the Company has submitted an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a proprietary biopolymer scaffolding device to protect and support spinal tissue and prevent secondary injury, including inflammation and glial scarring, following traumatic spinal cord injury.	08 July 2011
FDA Proposes New Policy For Some Diagnostic And Radiology Devices The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance describing its intent to exercise enforcement discretion with respect to the premarket notification requirements for certain in vitro diagnostic and radiology devices with well-established safety and effectiveness profiles.	08 July 2011

Respiratory / Asthma News
Positive Results Of Study Evaluating Accuracy And Safety Of ThromboView(R) Diagnostic Featured In Leading US Peer Review Medical Journal Drug and diagnostic company Agenix Limited (ASX: AGX), today announced the positive results of a study to evaluate the efficacy and accuracy of its lead diagnostic, ThromboView® , in patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism has been published ahead of print by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM) and will be highlighted in an upcoming edition.	08 July 2011
Man Receives New Windpipe Made From His Own Stem Cells And Artificial Material Last month in Sweden, a man suffering from late-stage tracheal cancer received a new windpipe made in the lab from a synthetic scaffold with flesh grown from his own stem cells. This is the first successful transplant in the world of a tissue-engineered trachea that does not use a scaffold made from a donor organ.	08 July 2011

Seniors / Aging News
Cancer In The Elderly In many American families, including those from minority populations, people from a wide range of ages live together under the same roof. The elder folk in these homes face what are called the diseases of aging, including hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, and cancer.	08 July 2011

Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News
Pilot Commuting Practices Could Pose Safety Risk Commuting practices among airline pilots could potentially contribute to their fatigue, and because fatigue can reduce performance, pilots, airlines, and the Federal Aviation Administration should take steps to reduce the likelihood that commuting will pose a safety risk, says a new report from the National Research Council.	08 July 2011

Smoking / Quit Smoking News
New Research States Smoking Decreases Hip Replacement Risk Smoking is bad for your health, but also bad for your hips? A new study from down under Australia has found that men who smoke are less likely than nonsmokers to require total hip or knee replacement.	08 July 2011

Sports Medicine / Fitness News
Establishing Concussion Baseline Important For Accurate Future Assessment In At-Risk Youth Athletes Creating a baseline for each youth athlete is a critical part of accurate future concussion assessment, according to researchers presenting their study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Diego.	08 July 2011
Graft Size And Patient Age May Be Predictor Of Need For Future ACL Revisions A smaller sized hamstring graft in an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction patient less than 20 years old may increase revision rates, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Diego.	08 July 2011

Stem Cell Research News
Phase Two Study Suggests Use Of Adult Autologous Stem Cells May Improve Cardiac Function In Angina Patients New research published online today in Circulation Research found that injections of adult patients' own CD34+ stem cells reduced reports of angina episodes and improved exercise tolerance time in patients with chronic, severe refractory angina (severe chest discomfort that did not respond to other therapeutic options).	08 July 2011
Targeting Stem Cells To Combat Deadly Brain Cancer Researchers have uncovered a new target that could stop the growth of glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. In the July 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, a new study identifies an enzyme found in glioma stem cells that allows them to grow and seed tumors.	08 July 2011
Man Receives New Windpipe Made From His Own Stem Cells And Artificial Material Last month in Sweden, a man suffering from late-stage tracheal cancer received a new windpipe made in the lab from a synthetic scaffold with flesh grown from his own stem cells. This is the first successful transplant in the world of a tissue-engineered trachea that does not use a scaffold made from a donor organ.	08 July 2011
Stem Cells Know Where They Want To Go Human stem cells have the ability to become any cell type in the human body, but when it comes to their destination they know where they want to go.This finding by McMaster University researchers sheds new light on how these regenerative cells turn into more specialized cell types, such as neural or blood cells.	08 July 2011
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Protect And Heal A stem cell that can morph into a number of different tissues is proving a natural protector, healer and antibiotic maker, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and their peers have found.	08 July 2011
"Pure" Human Blood Stem-Cell Discovery Opens Door To Expanding Cells For More Clinical Use For the first time since stem cells were discovered here 50 years ago, scientists have isolated a human blood stem cell in its purest form as a single stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system.	08 July 2011
"Unnatural" Chemical Allows Researchers To Watch Protein Action In Brain Cells Researchers at the Salk Institute have been able to genetically incorporate "unnatural" amino acids, such as those emitting green fluorescence, into neural stem cells, which then differentiate into brain neurons with the incandescent "tag" intact.	08 July 2011
Stem Cell Breakthrough; Injected Into Chest Improves Cardio Condition In a stem cell usage breakthrough, it has been discovered that an injection of these cloned cells can in fact create new vessels in a diseased heart muscle, improving blood flow to the area and diminish chest pains.	08 July 2011

Swine Flu News
Broadly Acting Antibody Against Influenza Viruses Discovered Annually changing flu vaccines with their hit-and-miss effectiveness may soon give way to a single, near-universal flu vaccine, according to a new report from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell.	08 July 2011

Transplants / Organ Donations News
Man Receives New Windpipe Made From His Own Stem Cells And Artificial Material Last month in Sweden, a man suffering from late-stage tracheal cancer received a new windpipe made in the lab from a synthetic scaffold with flesh grown from his own stem cells. This is the first successful transplant in the world of a tissue-engineered trachea that does not use a scaffold made from a donor organ.	08 July 2011

Vascular News
Positive Results Of Study Evaluating Accuracy And Safety Of ThromboView(R) Diagnostic Featured In Leading US Peer Review Medical Journal Drug and diagnostic company Agenix Limited (ASX: AGX), today announced the positive results of a study to evaluate the efficacy and accuracy of its lead diagnostic, ThromboView® , in patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism has been published ahead of print by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM) and will be highlighted in an upcoming edition.	08 July 2011
Adding IVCF To Fondaparinux Does Not Benefit Cancer Patients With Blood Clots Cancer patients with blood clots - which occur in one of every 200 cancer patients and are the second most common cause of death among cancer patients - gain no benefit from the insertion of an inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) to the anticoagulant medication fondaparinux (Arixtra), according to research presented at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.	08 July 2011

Veterinary News
Bariatric Surgery Study Looks At Survival Impact In Older Veterans In the first study to compare survival associated with bariatric surgery in mostly male patients, bariatric surgery was not significantly associated with decreased mortality, according to a research study published in the June 15 issue of theJournal of the American Medical Association.	08 July 2011
UPenn Initiates Canine Osteosarcoma Study With Advaxis HER2 Advaxis, Inc. (OTCBB: ADXS), a leader in developing the next generation of immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases, announces that the first dog has entered a dose-ranging in canine osteosarcoma at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.	08 July 2011

Women's Health / Gynecology News
Women Less Than 38 Years Of Age More Likely To Give Birth To A Live Baby After ICSI, Shows New Research A new research study conducted at a single fertility clinic led by researchers from Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UZ Brussel (Brussels, Belgium), has found that women undergoing fertility treatment who are less than 38 years of age are more likely to give birth to a live baby after ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) if 11 or more eggs have been retrieved from their ovaries in one ovarian stimulation cycle.	08 July 2011
Simple Test Can Help Accurately Predict Most Fertile Days To Help Women Conceive Although calendar method is the most commonly used method to anticipate when a woman will be most capable of reproducing, a commercially available Clearblue Digital ovulation test is more reliable.	08 July 2011
New Research Can Accurately Predict The Outcome Of Pregnancies Threatening To Miscarry Predicting the outcome of pregnancies that threaten to miscarry has always been a difficult task for healthcare providers. Scientists in the UK who have been researching fertility have stated that the outcome of such pregnancies can now be predicted accurately.	08 July 2011
Protective Factors Identified That Help Women Recover From Childhood Violence Children who witness domestic violence are more likely to be in abusive intimate relationships and experience psychological problems such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.	08 July 2011
New Study Shows Gum Disease Can Extend The Time That It Takes For A Woman To Become Pregnant The importance of maintaining a sound oral hygiene is often underestimated by women but new research has shown that presence of gum disease can by an average of two months extend the time that it takes for a woman to become pregnant.	08 July 2011
In Women, Sexual Orientation And Gender Conforming Traits Are Genetic Sexual orientation and 'gender conformity' in women are both genetic traits, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.It is well recognised that there consistent differences in the psychological characteristics of boys and girls; for example, boys engage in more 'rough and tumble' play than girls do.	08 July 2011

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