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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Greater Health Risks Faced By Asian Canadian LGB Teens Asian Canadian teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are 30 times more likely to face harassment than their heterosexual peers - a factor that is linked to higher rates of alcohol or drug use, according to University of British Columbia research.	30 Mar 2012
Heavy Drinkers Should Be Advised By GPs To Keep A Daily Record Of Their Drinking The new UK alcohol strategy includes a plan to ensure that General Practitioners (GPs) advise heavy drinkers to cut down (The Government's Alcohol Strategy, 23 March 2012, downloadable*). There is good evidence that this can reduce how much people drink.	30 Mar 2012

Allergy News

Food Ingredients That Cause Milk Allergy May Be Missed By Standard Test The standard test used to detect milk-protein residues in processed foods may not work as well as previously believed in all applications, sometimes missing ingredients that can cause milk allergy, the most common childhood food allergy, which affects millions of children under age 3, a scientist reported at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society's (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.

30 Mar 2012

Anxiety / Stress News
Degree Of Lifetime Stress Exposure Linked To Inflammation In Heart Disease Greater lifetime exposure to the stress of traumatic events was linked to higher levels of inflammation in a study of almost 1,000 patients with cardiovascular disease led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.	30 Mar 2012

Autism News
1 In 88 Children May Have A Form Of Autism Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are developmental disabilities that include difficulties in social interaction and communication as well as restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped behavior patterns.	30 Mar 2012
The Annual Cost Of Autism Has More Than Tripled To $126 Billion In The U.S. And Reached £34 Billion In The U.K. Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, has announced preliminary results of new research that estimates autism costs society a staggering $126 billion per year (U.	30 Mar 2012

Biology / Biochemistry News
"Backpacking" Bacteria Ferry Nano-Medicines Scientists looking for ways to get minute doses of drugs, so-called "nano-medicines", into the right places in the human body have turned to "backpacking" bacteria to ferry the cargo. This week, at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in San Diego, Dr David H Gracias, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, gave an account of the progress he and his team are making in this area.	30 Mar 2012
Huge Cancer Knowledge Resource Made Public Bringing the goal of personalized medicine a step closer, scientists who design anti-cancer treatments and clinical trials now have access to a huge cancer knowledge resource, thanks to a collaboration between industry and academia.	30 Mar 2012

Breast Cancer News
Roche's Trastuzumab Emtansine Has Positive Results Against Metastatic Breast Cancer Roche released an announcement today in regards to its phase three trial called EMILIA. The program compared performance of its new drug Trastuzumab Emtansine against standard treatments for HER2-positive Metastatic Breast Cancer that use lapatinib plus Xeloda® (capecitabine).	30 Mar 2012
Recurring Breast Cancer Diagnosed A Year Earlier With New, More Sensitive Blood Test A new blood test is twice as sensitive and can detect breast cancer recurrence a full year earlier than current blood tests, according to a scientist who reported at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).	30 Mar 2012
In Breast Cancer, Protein 'Jailbreak' Helps Cancer Cells Live If the fight against breast cancer were a criminal investigation, then the proteins survivin, HDAC6, CBP, and CRM1 would be among the shadier figures. In that vein, a study to be published in the March 30 Journal of Biological Chemistry is the police report that reveals a key moment for keeping cancer cells alive: survivin's jailbreak from the nucleus, aided and abetted by the other proteins.	30 Mar 2012

Cancer / Oncology News
Huge Cancer Knowledge Resource Made Public Bringing the goal of personalized medicine a step closer, scientists who design anti-cancer treatments and clinical trials now have access to a huge cancer knowledge resource, thanks to a collaboration between industry and academia.	30 Mar 2012
New Cancer Rates In Adults Fell And In Children Rose, USA New cancer rates among men fell 0.6% annually from 1994 to 2008, among women they dropped 0.5% yearly from 1998 to 2006, and among children rose from 1992 to 2008, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, which was published in the journal Cancer.	30 Mar 2012
First Volume Of The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia Made Public The goal of cancer treatment is to match the right drug to the right target in the right patient. But before such "personalized" drugs can be developed, more knowledge is needed about specific genomic alterations in cancers and their sensitivity to potential therapeutic agents.	30 Mar 2012
Public Health Researchers Outline Obstacles Standing In The Way Of Cancer Prevention More than half of all cancer is preventable, and society has the knowledge to act on this information today, according to Washington University public health researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center in St.	30 Mar 2012
Potential New Way Of Preserving Fertility For Boys Undergoing Cancer Treatment Treatments for childhood cancers are increasingly successful with cure rates approaching 80%, but success often comes with a downside for the surviving men: the cancer treatments they received as boys can leave them sterile as adults.	30 Mar 2012
BMI Not Found To Play A Role In Surgical Complications Or In Survival Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found - contrary to previous studies linking inferior outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies to higher body mass index (BMI) - that in their study of BMI and negative outcomes, there was no such link.	30 Mar 2012
Diagnostic Hope For Children's Cancer Following Discovery Of Genetic Abnormality A chromosomal abnormality in children with a deadly form of brain cancer is linked with a poorer chance of survival, clinician scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered.The study led by experts at Nottingham's Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre as part of a European collaboration could potentially lead to a new diagnostic test to allow doctors to identify youngsters who are at the highest risk associated with an ependymoma tumour and may need aggressive life-saving treatments.	30 Mar 2012

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
Using Antiplatelet Therapy After Coronary Interventions - Study Researchers have clinically applied the first point-of-care genetic test in medicine. Results from the study confirm that the test successfully identifies the CYP2C19*2 allele, a common gene mutation linked to higher rates of major side effects in patients receiving clopidogrel following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), thus preventing complications in those patients.	30 Mar 2012
Atrial Fibrillation Patients On Warfarin Have Low Risk of Residual Stroke A study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who take the stroke prevention drug warfarin have a low risk of stroke or non-central nervous system (CNS) embolism.	30 Mar 2012
Sleep Deprivation Does Not Disturb Interventionist Performance A single-center study found that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures performed during the middle of the night do not adversely affect the safety and effectiveness of procedures performed the next day by the same operator.	30 Mar 2012

Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News
Roche's Trastuzumab Emtansine Has Positive Results Against Metastatic Breast Cancer Roche released an announcement today in regards to its phase three trial called EMILIA. The program compared performance of its new drug Trastuzumab Emtansine against standard treatments for HER2-positive Metastatic Breast Cancer that use lapatinib plus Xeloda® (capecitabine).	30 Mar 2012
First Volume Of The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia Made Public The goal of cancer treatment is to match the right drug to the right target in the right patient. But before such "personalized" drugs can be developed, more knowledge is needed about specific genomic alterations in cancers and their sensitivity to potential therapeutic agents.	30 Mar 2012

Conferences News
Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Global Transparency Initiatives Conference, 21-22 May 2012, Boston, MA This summer, Q1 Productions will bring together pharmaceutical and medical device industries' leading minds in discussions of regulatory, industry and legal matters related to the present and future of disclosure and transparency regulations.	30 Mar 2012
2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Forum, 6-8 May 2012, Jacksonville, FL This May, Q1 Productions brings pharmaceutical companies together in Jacksonville, Florida to examine the challenges faced, best strategies employed and future ahead for pharmaceutical manufacturing.	30 Mar 2012
Medical Device Public Relations And Corporate Communications Conference, 14-15 May 2012, Chicago, IL This summer, public relations (PR) professionals from around the nation, representing medical device companies large and small, will come together in Chicago to discuss management strategies in an industry that necessitates tight control.	30 Mar 2012
Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Sales Training & Development In Latin America Conference, 7-8 May 2012, Miami, FL This summer in Miami, Q1 Productions will host an executive-level conference, bringing together seasoned professionals and pioneers in sales training from all sides of industry to discuss the opportunities presented in Latin American medical device and pharmaceutical markets to create effective and successful sales programs.	30 Mar 2012
Pharmaceutical Regulatory Writing & Submissions Conference, 14-15 May 2012, Baltimore, MD This May, Q1 Productions will host leaders and innovators from pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in Baltimore to discuss challenges and following with management strategies to best navigate the regulatory submissions process.	30 Mar 2012
Third Annual European Medical Device & Diagnostic Sales Training & Development Conference, 14-15 May 2012, Berlin, Germany This summer, Q1 Productions will host for a third year its medical device and diagnostic sales training program specifically for executives working in European markets. Leading companies and industry experts will come together to share the latest in their understanding and challenges in developing a sales force in the medical device and diagnostic industries.	30 Mar 2012

Diabetes News
The Health Of Obese Diabetic Mice Improved By Compounds In Hops A class of compounds found in hops, the crop generally known for its role in beer production, reduces weight gain in obese and diabetic mice, according to a study published Mar. 28 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.	30 Mar 2012
Weight Loss And Increased Fitness Slow Decline Of Mobility In Adults Weight loss and increased physical fitness nearly halved the risk of losing mobility in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, according to four-year results from the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.	30 Mar 2012

Epilepsy News
Early Autoimmune Therapy Helps Autoimmune Epilepsy Patients A study published Online First by Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that patients with autoimmune epilepsy are more likely to have improved seizure outcomes if immunotherapy is initiated early.	30 Mar 2012

Eye Health / Blindness News
Not Enough Qualified Eye Doctors Globally According to a study published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology there are over 200,000 eye doctors in practice across the world. However, this is not enough to keep up with the current needs of developing countries and the increasing demands of aging populations.	30 Mar 2012

Fertility News
Potential New Way Of Preserving Fertility For Boys Undergoing Cancer Treatment Treatments for childhood cancers are increasingly successful with cure rates approaching 80%, but success often comes with a downside for the surviving men: the cancer treatments they received as boys can leave them sterile as adults.	30 Mar 2012

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Adjuvanted Flu Vaccine Associated With Child Narcolepsy In Finland A sudden increase in narcolepsy in Finnish children at the beginning of 2010 was likely related to the Pandemrix vaccine used in response to the H1N1 2009 flu pandemic, according to two reports published in the open access journal PLoS ONE.	30 Mar 2012

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News
BMI Not Found To Play A Role In Surgical Complications Or In Survival Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found - contrary to previous studies linking inferior outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies to higher body mass index (BMI) - that in their study of BMI and negative outcomes, there was no such link.	30 Mar 2012
Accidental Ingestion Of Wire Grill Brush Bristles Has Led To The Need For Surgery Rhode Island Hospital physicians identified six cases of accidental ingestion of wire grill brush bristles that required endoscopic or surgical removal. The paper calls attention to the need for the public and physicians to be aware of this potential danger.	30 Mar 2012

Genetics News
Using Antiplatelet Therapy After Coronary Interventions - Study Researchers have clinically applied the first point-of-care genetic test in medicine. Results from the study confirm that the test successfully identifies the CYP2C19*2 allele, a common gene mutation linked to higher rates of major side effects in patients receiving clopidogrel following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), thus preventing complications in those patients.	30 Mar 2012
Huge Cancer Knowledge Resource Made Public Bringing the goal of personalized medicine a step closer, scientists who design anti-cancer treatments and clinical trials now have access to a huge cancer knowledge resource, thanks to a collaboration between industry and academia.	30 Mar 2012
Genetic Basis Of Tropical Foot And Leg Lymphedema Identified Farmers in the highlands of southern Ethiopia scratch out a subsistence living from the region's volcanic red clay. The soil supports the farms, but fine-grained, volcanic rock particles in the dirt threaten the farmers and their families.	30 Mar 2012

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News
How Insurance Status Influences Emergency Department Visit Rates A study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that newly insured and newly uninsured adults are more likely to go to the emergency department (ED) due to recent changes in health insurance status.	30 Mar 2012

Heart Disease News
Using Antiplatelet Therapy After Coronary Interventions - Study Researchers have clinically applied the first point-of-care genetic test in medicine. Results from the study confirm that the test successfully identifies the CYP2C19*2 allele, a common gene mutation linked to higher rates of major side effects in patients receiving clopidogrel following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), thus preventing complications in those patients.	30 Mar 2012
Degree Of Lifetime Stress Exposure Linked To Inflammation In Heart Disease Greater lifetime exposure to the stress of traumatic events was linked to higher levels of inflammation in a study of almost 1,000 patients with cardiovascular disease led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.	30 Mar 2012

HIV / AIDS News
Using Incentives To Encourage Adherence To Health Interventions The suggestion to pay for individuals to engage in pro-health behaviors and the question if this idea is an effective, sustainable, as well as cost-efficient tool to promote individual and public health is a controversial issue.	30 Mar 2012
Can Early Temporary HIV Treatment Delay Start Of Long Term Therapy? In people with a primary HIV infection, the need to restart treatment during chronic HIV infection can be delayed if they receive a 24-week long temporary therapy with antiretroviral drugs (cART).	30 Mar 2012

Immune System / Vaccines News
Genetic Basis Of Tropical Foot And Leg Lymphedema Identified Farmers in the highlands of southern Ethiopia scratch out a subsistence living from the region's volcanic red clay. The soil supports the farms, but fine-grained, volcanic rock particles in the dirt threaten the farmers and their families.	30 Mar 2012

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
"Backpacking" Bacteria Ferry Nano-Medicines Scientists looking for ways to get minute doses of drugs, so-called "nano-medicines", into the right places in the human body have turned to "backpacking" bacteria to ferry the cargo. This week, at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in San Diego, Dr David H Gracias, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, gave an account of the progress he and his team are making in this area.	30 Mar 2012
Organ Transplant Fluid May Be Contaminated, UK The Department of Health in England says that Viaspan, a manufactured fluid used to preserve some donor organs when they are moved, could have been contaminated with the bacterium, Bacillus cereus since last July.	30 Mar 2012

Lymphology/Lymphedema News
Genetic Basis Of Tropical Foot And Leg Lymphedema Identified Farmers in the highlands of southern Ethiopia scratch out a subsistence living from the region's volcanic red clay. The soil supports the farms, but fine-grained, volcanic rock particles in the dirt threaten the farmers and their families.	30 Mar 2012

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
Many Medical Implants Have Never Been Safety Tested First Breast Implants came under scrutiny, then hip replacements, and now a shocking new research from Consumer Reports declares that many medical devices are not tested for safety at all. Car manufacturers spend millions testing their vehicles for every imaginable accident, drinking water and food must meet certain standards, and even cell phones have had research as to the ramifications of their microwave radiation.	30 Mar 2012
"Backpacking" Bacteria Ferry Nano-Medicines Scientists looking for ways to get minute doses of drugs, so-called "nano-medicines", into the right places in the human body have turned to "backpacking" bacteria to ferry the cargo. This week, at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in San Diego, Dr David H Gracias, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, gave an account of the progress he and his team are making in this area.	30 Mar 2012

Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News
In Hospitals With Pay-For-Performance Programs, No Improvement In Patient Outcomes Seen Paying hospitals to improve their quality of care, known as pay-for-performance, has gained wide acceptance in the U.S. and Medicare has spent tens of millions of dollars on bonuses and rewards for hospitals to improve.	30 Mar 2012

Melanoma / Skin Cancer News
Intralesional PV-10 Treatment Shows Promise For Some Melanoma Patients At the 2012 Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Provectus Pharmaceuticals Inc. presented non-clinical information on PV-10s immunologic mechanism, which confirms that the drug's chemoablation of melanoma lesions results in a systemic response and initiates systemic anti-tumor immunity.	30 Mar 2012

Men's health News
Potential New Way Of Preserving Fertility For Boys Undergoing Cancer Treatment Treatments for childhood cancers are increasingly successful with cure rates approaching 80%, but success often comes with a downside for the surviving men: the cancer treatments they received as boys can leave them sterile as adults.	30 Mar 2012

Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News
Motor Neurone Disease Sees Stem Cell Breakthrough A breakthrough in a stem-cell programme funded by the UK-based MND Association has greatly improved the chances of developing effective treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) of which the predominant form is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).	30 Mar 2012

Neurology / Neuroscience News
Memory Consolidation Damaged By Sleep Disturbance Sleep disturbance negatively impacts the memory consolidation and enhancement that usually occurs with a good night's sleep, according to a study published in the open access journal PLoS ONE.	30 Mar 2012
Motor Neurone Disease Sees Stem Cell Breakthrough A breakthrough in a stem-cell programme funded by the UK-based MND Association has greatly improved the chances of developing effective treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) of which the predominant form is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).	30 Mar 2012
Diagnostic Hope For Children's Cancer Following Discovery Of Genetic Abnormality A chromosomal abnormality in children with a deadly form of brain cancer is linked with a poorer chance of survival, clinician scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered.The study led by experts at Nottingham's Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre as part of a European collaboration could potentially lead to a new diagnostic test to allow doctors to identify youngsters who are at the highest risk associated with an ependymoma tumour and may need aggressive life-saving treatments.	30 Mar 2012

Nutrition / Diet News
Food Ingredients That Cause Milk Allergy May Be Missed By Standard Test The standard test used to detect milk-protein residues in processed foods may not work as well as previously believed in all applications, sometimes missing ingredients that can cause milk allergy, the most common childhood food allergy, which affects millions of children under age 3, a scientist reported at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society's (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.	30 Mar 2012
The Health Of Obese Diabetic Mice Improved By Compounds In Hops A class of compounds found in hops, the crop generally known for its role in beer production, reduces weight gain in obese and diabetic mice, according to a study published Mar. 28 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.	30 Mar 2012
Knowing The Nutritional Content Of Foods Doesn't Equate To Healthy Eating A study by Universite Laval's Maurice Doyon and French and American researchers shows that U.S. consumers know surprisingly more about the fat content of the foods they buy than their French counterparts.	30 Mar 2012

Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News
The Health Of Obese Diabetic Mice Improved By Compounds In Hops A class of compounds found in hops, the crop generally known for its role in beer production, reduces weight gain in obese and diabetic mice, according to a study published Mar. 28 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.	30 Mar 2012
Weight Loss And Increased Fitness Slow Decline Of Mobility In Adults Weight loss and increased physical fitness nearly halved the risk of losing mobility in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, according to four-year results from the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.	30 Mar 2012
Public Health Researchers Outline Obstacles Standing In The Way Of Cancer Prevention More than half of all cancer is preventable, and society has the knowledge to act on this information today, according to Washington University public health researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center in St.	30 Mar 2012
BMI Not Found To Play A Role In Surgical Complications Or In Survival Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found - contrary to previous studies linking inferior outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies to higher body mass index (BMI) - that in their study of BMI and negative outcomes, there was no such link.	30 Mar 2012
Knowing The Nutritional Content Of Foods Doesn't Equate To Healthy Eating A study by Universite Laval's Maurice Doyon and French and American researchers shows that U.S. consumers know surprisingly more about the fat content of the foods they buy than their French counterparts.	30 Mar 2012

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
Children Who Develop Asthma Have Lung Function Deficits As Neonates Children who develop asthma by age seven have deficits in lung function and increased bronchial responsiveness as neonates, a new study from researchers in Denmark suggests."Previous research on the relationship between neonatal lung function and the development of asthma has been conflicting," said lead author Hans Bisgaard, MD, DMSci, professor of pediatrics at the University of Copenhagen and head of the Danish Pediatric Asthma Centre.	30 Mar 2012
Adjuvanted Flu Vaccine Associated With Child Narcolepsy In Finland A sudden increase in narcolepsy in Finnish children at the beginning of 2010 was likely related to the Pandemrix vaccine used in response to the H1N1 2009 flu pandemic, according to two reports published in the open access journal PLoS ONE.	30 Mar 2012
Diagnostic Hope For Children's Cancer Following Discovery Of Genetic Abnormality A chromosomal abnormality in children with a deadly form of brain cancer is linked with a poorer chance of survival, clinician scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered.The study led by experts at Nottingham's Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre as part of a European collaboration could potentially lead to a new diagnostic test to allow doctors to identify youngsters who are at the highest risk associated with an ependymoma tumour and may need aggressive life-saving treatments.	30 Mar 2012

Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News
E.coli Bacteria Help Produce Faster And Cheaper Medications A discovery published in the March 25 issue of Nature Chemical Biology reveals that biomolecular engineers from Cornell University have discovered that Escherichia coli, a bacteria that is considered to be a severe threat in terms of food safety by restaurateurs, grocers and consumers, is in fact, a friendly bacteria.	30 Mar 2012

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
Giving Birth Takes Longer Than It Did Half A Century Ago Giving birth takes hours longer today than it did 50 years ago in the USA, according to a report issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The authors wrote that most likely, changes in delivery room practice, as well as some other factors have made labor longer today.	30 Mar 2012

Primary Care / General Practice News
Sleep Deprivation Does Not Disturb Interventionist Performance A single-center study found that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures performed during the middle of the night do not adversely affect the safety and effectiveness of procedures performed the next day by the same operator.	30 Mar 2012
Calls To Increase Testing of EU Doctors, NHS Managers Ignore them, UK In October 2010, a Pulse investigation caused a national stir after releasing figures that just 23% of EU doctors that are registered as GPs in the UK had been tested for language skills and only 17% for clinical competence.	30 Mar 2012
Heavy Drinkers Should Be Advised By GPs To Keep A Daily Record Of Their Drinking The new UK alcohol strategy includes a plan to ensure that General Practitioners (GPs) advise heavy drinkers to cut down (The Government's Alcohol Strategy, 23 March 2012, downloadable*). There is good evidence that this can reduce how much people drink.	30 Mar 2012
Federal Agencies Should Take Advantage Of Opportunities To Promote Integration Of Primary Care And Public Health The traditional separation between primary health care providers and public health professionals is impeding greater success in meeting their shared goal of ensuring the health of populations, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.	30 Mar 2012

Psychology / Psychiatry News
Greater Health Risks Faced By Asian Canadian LGB Teens Asian Canadian teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are 30 times more likely to face harassment than their heterosexual peers - a factor that is linked to higher rates of alcohol or drug use, according to University of British Columbia research.	30 Mar 2012

Public Health News
Greater Health Risks Faced By Asian Canadian LGB Teens Asian Canadian teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are 30 times more likely to face harassment than their heterosexual peers - a factor that is linked to higher rates of alcohol or drug use, according to University of British Columbia research.	30 Mar 2012
In Hospitals With Pay-For-Performance Programs, No Improvement In Patient Outcomes Seen Paying hospitals to improve their quality of care, known as pay-for-performance, has gained wide acceptance in the U.S. and Medicare has spent tens of millions of dollars on bonuses and rewards for hospitals to improve.	30 Mar 2012
Knowing The Nutritional Content Of Foods Doesn't Equate To Healthy Eating A study by Universite Laval's Maurice Doyon and French and American researchers shows that U.S. consumers know surprisingly more about the fat content of the foods they buy than their French counterparts.	30 Mar 2012
Accidental Ingestion Of Wire Grill Brush Bristles Has Led To The Need For Surgery Rhode Island Hospital physicians identified six cases of accidental ingestion of wire grill brush bristles that required endoscopic or surgical removal. The paper calls attention to the need for the public and physicians to be aware of this potential danger.	30 Mar 2012
Federal Agencies Should Take Advantage Of Opportunities To Promote Integration Of Primary Care And Public Health The traditional separation between primary health care providers and public health professionals is impeding greater success in meeting their shared goal of ensuring the health of populations, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.	30 Mar 2012

Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News
Many Medical Implants Have Never Been Safety Tested First Breast Implants came under scrutiny, then hip replacements, and now a shocking new research from Consumer Reports declares that many medical devices are not tested for safety at all. Car manufacturers spend millions testing their vehicles for every imaginable accident, drinking water and food must meet certain standards, and even cell phones have had research as to the ramifications of their microwave radiation.	30 Mar 2012
Commercially Confidential Information And Personal Data - Europeans Agree Common Approach For the first time, Europe can enjoy a consistent approach to identifying commercially confidential information and personal data in marketing authorization applications. The move comes after the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) decided to implement a joint guidance document, which is a key step in achieving transparency.	30 Mar 2012

Respiratory / Asthma News

Children Who Develop Asthma Have Lung Function Deficits As Neonates Children who develop asthma by age seven have deficits in lung function and increased bronchial responsiveness as neonates, a new study from researchers in Denmark suggests."Previous research on the relationship between neonatal lung function and the development of asthma has been conflicting," said lead author Hans Bisgaard, MD, DMSci, professor of pediatrics at the University of Copenhagen and head of the Danish Pediatric Asthma Centre.

30 Mar 2012

Seniors / Aging News
Elderly Falls - Emergency Services Responses Vary Widely, UK In the UK, falls are the leading cause of injury among people over 65 years of age, with approximately 1 in 3 sustaining a fall each year. However, according to a study published online in Emergency Medicine Journal, the ambulance service response to these 999 calls varies considerably.	30 Mar 2012
Weight Loss And Increased Fitness Slow Decline Of Mobility In Adults Weight loss and increased physical fitness nearly halved the risk of losing mobility in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, according to four-year results from the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.	30 Mar 2012

Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News
Sleep Deprivation Does Not Disturb Interventionist Performance A single-center study found that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures performed during the middle of the night do not adversely affect the safety and effectiveness of procedures performed the next day by the same operator.	30 Mar 2012
Memory Consolidation Damaged By Sleep Disturbance Sleep disturbance negatively impacts the memory consolidation and enhancement that usually occurs with a good night's sleep, according to a study published in the open access journal PLoS ONE.	30 Mar 2012
Adjuvanted Flu Vaccine Associated With Child Narcolepsy In Finland A sudden increase in narcolepsy in Finnish children at the beginning of 2010 was likely related to the Pandemrix vaccine used in response to the H1N1 2009 flu pandemic, according to two reports published in the open access journal PLoS ONE.	30 Mar 2012

Smoking / Quit Smoking News
Public Health Researchers Outline Obstacles Standing In The Way Of Cancer Prevention More than half of all cancer is preventable, and society has the knowledge to act on this information today, according to Washington University public health researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center in St.	30 Mar 2012

Stem Cell Research News
Motor Neurone Disease Sees Stem Cell Breakthrough A breakthrough in a stem-cell programme funded by the UK-based MND Association has greatly improved the chances of developing effective treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) of which the predominant form is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).	30 Mar 2012

Stroke News
Atrial Fibrillation Patients On Warfarin Have Low Risk of Residual Stroke A study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who take the stroke prevention drug warfarin have a low risk of stroke or non-central nervous system (CNS) embolism.	30 Mar 2012

Transplants / Organ Donations News
Organ Transplant Fluid May Be Contaminated, UK The Department of Health in England says that Viaspan, a manufactured fluid used to preserve some donor organs when they are moved, could have been contaminated with the bacterium, Bacillus cereus since last July.	30 Mar 2012

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