December 12, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Unvalidated health information received from online forums could be placing people at risk according to recently published research from the University of Melbourne. The study of nearly 600 postings in a range of online health communities (OHCs) … Read More
December 12, 2014
(New York Times) – A federal judge has decided to block for now an attempt by the drug company Actavis to halt sales of an older form of its Alzheimer’s disease drug Namenda in favor of a newer version with … Read More
December 12, 2014
(Science Daily) – Researchers have devised a way to replace the knee’s protective lining, called the meniscus, using a personalized 3D-printed implant, or scaffold, infused with human growth factors that prompt the body to regenerate the lining on its own. … Read More
December 12, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – French legislation introduced Friday to ease restrictions on doctor-assisted death risks further diversifying the range of clashing national laws on euthenasia across Europe. Following is a round-up of the state of current euthanasia regulations in Europe.
December 12, 2014
(The Boston Globe) – The Senate Intelligence Committee issued a sweeping indictment Tuesday of the Central Intelligence Agency’s program to detain and interrogate terrorism suspects in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, drawing on millions of internal CIA … Read More
December 12, 2014
(MedPage Today) – A government report finding that more than half of Medicaid managed care providers weren’t seeing Medicaid patients touches on an important issue but doesn’t tell the full story, according to Medicaid trade groups. The report, issued Tuesday … Read More
December 12, 2014
(The Atlantic) – These numbers were just published as part of a massive study in the New England Journal of Medicine, led by Amal Trivedi, an associate professor of medicine at Brown University. The researchers reviewed more than 12 million … Read More
December 12, 2014
(Times of India) – As the government announced its decision to move towards decriminalizing suicide, Lok Sabha MP A Sampath pushed the envelope by calling for a debate on legalizing euthanasia. Coincidentaly, CPM’s Sampath had asked the government to delete … Read More
December 12, 2014
(Phys.org) – A walking molecule, so small that it cannot be observed directly with a microscope, has been recorded taking its first nanometre-sized steps. It’s the first time that anyone has shown in real time that such a tiny object … Read More
December 12, 2014
(Phys.org) – Researchers have identified a new class of lab-engineered stem cells-cells capable of transforming into nearly all forms of tissue-and have dubbed them F-class cells because they cluster together in “fuzzy-looking” colonies. The discovery, which was described in a … Read More
December 12, 2014
(Forbes) – When Apple and Facebook made news recently for paying the expenses of their female employees to freeze their eggs, chances are you didn’t think it would have any effect on your estate plan. But if you have a daughter … Read More
December 12, 2014
(Phys.org) – Future technology will be more intelligent and more living than most people can imagine today. We need clear guidelines on how to implement and use technology, or else citizens will lose their rights to their identity and their … Read More
December 11, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – The U.N. Ebola chief said Thursday it will take several more months before the outbreak in West Africa is under control, an assessment that makes clear the World Health Organization’s goal of isolating 100 percent of Ebola … Read More
December 11, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Growing resistance to malaria drugs in Southeast Asia is caused by a single mutated gene inside the disease-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasite, according to a study led by David Fidock, PhD, professor of microbiology & immunology and of … Read More
December 11, 2014
(New York Times) – As the price of chemotherapy now routinely reaches $100,000 for a full treatment course, my patients are forced more and more into making the equivalent of Sophie’s Choice when it comes to treating their cancer: Spend … Read More
December 11, 2014
(Scientific American) – People may think of the plague as a disease from centuries past, but more than 1,000 people in the United States have become infected with plague in the last 100 years, according to a new study. The … Read More
December 11, 2014
(BBC) – The clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine in Switzerland has been interrupted after some patients complained of joint pains in their hands and feet. The trial was stopped one week early in all 59 volunteers “as a measure … Read More
December 11, 2014
(Associated Press) – California is battling the worst whooping cough epidemic recorded in the state in seven decades. A total of 9,935 cases of whooping cough cases were reported to the California Department of Public Health from Jan. 1 to … Read More
December 11, 2014
(World Health Organization) – Under the name “Assumptions and Policy Responses to Human Trafficking”, the Austrian Regional Implementation Initiative on Preventing & Combating Human Trafficking has brought key stakeholders together to discuss the current status and future challenges for the … Read More
December 11, 2014
(Retraction Watch) – A Korean stem cell journal has retracted a paper on a controversial Italian treatment that involves harvesting stem cells from bone marrow and injecting them back into the patient. “Stamina therapy” has been pitched as a treatment … Read More
December 11, 2014
(The Telegraph) – Half of women in England are regularly taking prescribed drugs, costing the NHS more than £15 billion a year, a major study has found. The comprehensive Health Survey for England, which provides a snapshot of the nation’s … Read More
December 11, 2014
(Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News) – Scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) report that a nonsurgical injection of a programmable biomaterial that spontaneously assembles in … Read More
December 11, 2014
(Eurekalert) – New research reports that liver transplant recipients with less understanding of treatment information and improper use of medications may be more likely to have trouble following the prescribed regimen. According to the study published in Liver Transplantation, a … Read More
December 11, 2014
(Phys.org) – Stem cells in early embryos have unlimited potential; they can become any type of cell, and researchers hope to one day harness this rejuvenating power to heal disease and injury. To do so, they must, among other things, … Read More
December 11, 2014
(MIT Technology Review) – Elite athletes do whatever it takes to win. Lately, that’s meant getting an injection of their own stem cells. The treatments, developed over the last eight years, typically involve extracting a small amount of a player’s … Read More
