| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| Worrying Rise In Heroin Use Among Young Adults Across Washington State New data from the University of Washington's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute indicates increases in heroin availability, abuse and deaths across the state, particularly among young adults ages 18-29. | 15 June 2013 |
| Arthritis / Rheumatology News | |
| The Impact Of Rheumatoid Arthritis On Joint Replacement Surgery Outcomes Two new studies by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have shed light on joint replacement outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One study overturns the common belief that RA patients have worse outcomes after a total knee replacement (TKR) than patients who undergo the operation for osteoarthritis. | 15 June 2013 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| First Guidelines For Treating Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassaemia Introduced At European Haematology Association Meeting New guidelines released by the Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) address the Management of Non-Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemias (NTDT) and are a first of their kind in the field of medical haematology. | 15 June 2013 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| The Impact Of Rheumatoid Arthritis On Joint Replacement Surgery Outcomes Two new studies by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have shed light on joint replacement outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One study overturns the common belief that RA patients have worse outcomes after a total knee replacement (TKR) than patients who undergo the operation for osteoarthritis. | 15 June 2013 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Drug Action In Pancreatic Cancer Tracked And Improved By Nanotechnology UK and Australian scientists have been able to show ways in which we can markedly improve drug targeting of solid tumours, using tiny 'biosensors' along with new advanced imaging techniques.In real time and in three dimensions, these technologies can show us how cancers spread and how active cancer cells respond to a particular drug. | 15 June 2013 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News | |
| Firmer Silicon Gel Implant Gets FDA Go Ahead The FDA has approved the firmer MemoryShape Breast Implants for breast augmentation in women aged 22 years or more, and for females of any age who require breast reconstruction.The MemoryShape Breast Implants are manufactured and marketed by Mentor Worldwide LLC, Santa Barbara, California. | 15 June 2013 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| New Array Measures Vibrations Across The Skin, May Help Engineers Design Optimal, Wearable Tactile Displays In the near future, a buzz in your belt or a pulse from your jacket may give you instructions on how to navigate your surroundings.Think of it as tactile Morse code: vibrations from a wearable, GPS-linked device that tell you to turn right or left, or stop, depending on the pattern of pulses you feel. | 15 June 2013 |
| Age-Related Vision Loss May Be Related To Low Birth Weight Medical researchers at the University of Alberta recently published their findings that rats with restricted growth in the womb, causing low birth weights when born, were most susceptible to developing age-related vision loss, compared to their normal weight counterparts. | 15 June 2013 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| MERS Coronavirus, 28th Death Announced In Saudi Arabia The Saudi Ministry of health has announced another two deaths from MERS-CoV infection, the new SARS-like coronavirus, plus two new human infections. So far, 46 people have become ill with MERS-CoV infection and 28 have died in Saudi Arabia. | 15 June 2013 |
| Hypertension News | |
| Vitamin D Can Help Prevent Hypertension The world's largest study to examine the link between vitamin D levels and hypertension has found that low levels of Vitamin D can be a major cause of hypertension.Researchers presented their findings at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG). | 15 June 2013 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| MERS Coronavirus, 28th Death Announced In Saudi Arabia The Saudi Ministry of health has announced another two deaths from MERS-CoV infection, the new SARS-like coronavirus, plus two new human infections. So far, 46 people have become ill with MERS-CoV infection and 28 have died in Saudi Arabia. | 15 June 2013 |
| New Mechanism Of TB Drug Resistance Identified Pyrazinamide (PZA) - a frontline tuberculosis (TB) drug - kills dormant persister bacteria and plays a critical role in shortening TB therapy. PZA is used for treating both drug susceptible and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) but resistance to PZA occurs frequently and can compromise treatment. | 15 June 2013 |
| Worrying Rise In Heroin Use Among Young Adults Across Washington State New data from the University of Washington's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute indicates increases in heroin availability, abuse and deaths across the state, particularly among young adults ages 18-29. | 15 June 2013 |
| Lupus News | |
| UCB Announces New Results From Phase 2b Open-Label Extension Study Evaluating The Long-Term Effects Of Epratuzumab In SLE UCB have announced new data from an open-label extension (SL0008) of the EMBLEM™ phase 2b study evaluating the long-term effects of epratuzumab treatment in adult patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). | 15 June 2013 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Firmer Silicon Gel Implant Gets FDA Go Ahead The FDA has approved the firmer MemoryShape Breast Implants for breast augmentation in women aged 22 years or more, and for females of any age who require breast reconstruction.The MemoryShape Breast Implants are manufactured and marketed by Mentor Worldwide LLC, Santa Barbara, California. | 15 June 2013 |
| Progress In Medical Technology Can Support The Sustainability Of The Healthcare System The European Health Technology Institute investigated the conjecture of medical technology progress being the key driver of rising health expenditure in order to disentangle the relationship. | 15 June 2013 |
| Drug Action In Pancreatic Cancer Tracked And Improved By Nanotechnology UK and Australian scientists have been able to show ways in which we can markedly improve drug targeting of solid tumours, using tiny 'biosensors' along with new advanced imaging techniques.In real time and in three dimensions, these technologies can show us how cancers spread and how active cancer cells respond to a particular drug. | 15 June 2013 |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| Primary Care Shortage Will Grow Unless US Reforms Graduate Medical Education System Despite a critical shortage of primary care in the United States less than 25 percent of newly minted doctors go into this field and only a tiny fraction, 4.8 percent, set up shop in rural areas, according to a study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). | 15 June 2013 |
| Menopause News | |
| Some Women Suffer Hot Flashes Before Menopause More than half of middle-aged women who still have regular cycles have hot flashes. Asian and Hispanic women are less likely to have them than white women, but compared with previous studies, the figures are surprisingly high, showed a survey of some 1,500 women published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). | 15 June 2013 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Proof Gulf War Illness Does Exist Scans have shown loss of brain matter in two regions of the brain associated with pain regulation in Gulf War veterans, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center reported in the journal PLoS One. | 15 June 2013 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Vitamin D Can Help Prevent Hypertension The world's largest study to examine the link between vitamin D levels and hypertension has found that low levels of Vitamin D can be a major cause of hypertension.Researchers presented their findings at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG). | 15 June 2013 |
| Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction May Improve With Vitamin C Vitamin C may substantially reduce bronchoconstriction caused by exercise, says Dr. Harri Hemila from the University of Helsinki, Finland. Hemila's meta-analysis "Vitamin C may alleviate exercise-induced bronchoconstriction" was published in BMJ Open. | 15 June 2013 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Rate Of Children Treated For Obesity-Related Conditions Shows Four-Fold Rise The number of children admitted to hospital for problems related to obesity in England and Wales quadrupled between 2000 and 2009, a study has found.Nearly three quarters of these admissions were to deal with problems complicated by obesity such as asthma, breathing difficulties during sleep, and complications of pregnancy, rather than obesity itself being the primary reason. | 15 June 2013 |
| Pancreatic Cancer News | |
| Drug Action In Pancreatic Cancer Tracked And Improved By Nanotechnology UK and Australian scientists have been able to show ways in which we can markedly improve drug targeting of solid tumours, using tiny 'biosensors' along with new advanced imaging techniques.In real time and in three dimensions, these technologies can show us how cancers spread and how active cancer cells respond to a particular drug. | 15 June 2013 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Rate Of Children Treated For Obesity-Related Conditions Shows Four-Fold Rise The number of children admitted to hospital for problems related to obesity in England and Wales quadrupled between 2000 and 2009, a study has found.Nearly three quarters of these admissions were to deal with problems complicated by obesity such as asthma, breathing difficulties during sleep, and complications of pregnancy, rather than obesity itself being the primary reason. | 15 June 2013 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| New Report Examines Efforts To Reduce The Impact Of Generic Competition For Popular Drug Lipitor AARP's Public Policy Institute have released a new Rx Price Watch report examining efforts by Pfizer to reduce the impact of generic competition for the popular anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor. | 15 June 2013 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Age-Related Vision Loss May Be Related To Low Birth Weight Medical researchers at the University of Alberta recently published their findings that rats with restricted growth in the womb, causing low birth weights when born, were most susceptible to developing age-related vision loss, compared to their normal weight counterparts. | 15 June 2013 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Primary Care Shortage Will Grow Unless US Reforms Graduate Medical Education System Despite a critical shortage of primary care in the United States less than 25 percent of newly minted doctors go into this field and only a tiny fraction, 4.8 percent, set up shop in rural areas, according to a study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). | 15 June 2013 |
| A&E Visits Increase Where Access To GPs Is Worse Patients with more timely access to GP appointments make fewer visits to accident and emergency departments, a study suggests.In the largest analysis of its kind to date, researchers at Imperial College London related A&E attendance figures in England to responses from a national survey of patients' experience of GP practices in 2010-11. | 15 June 2013 |
| Public Health News | |
| World Population 9.6 Billion By 2050 There will be 9.6 billion people on this planet by 2050, according to the United Nations. In just over the next ten years another 1 billion people will be added to our population.The United Nations report, titled "World Population Prospects: the 2012 Revision", states that most of this growth will occur in developing nations, especially in Africa. | 15 June 2013 |
| New Report Examines Efforts To Reduce The Impact Of Generic Competition For Popular Drug Lipitor AARP's Public Policy Institute have released a new Rx Price Watch report examining efforts by Pfizer to reduce the impact of generic competition for the popular anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor. | 15 June 2013 |
| A&E Visits Increase Where Access To GPs Is Worse Patients with more timely access to GP appointments make fewer visits to accident and emergency departments, a study suggests.In the largest analysis of its kind to date, researchers at Imperial College London related A&E attendance figures in England to responses from a national survey of patients' experience of GP practices in 2010-11. | 15 June 2013 |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| Firmer Silicon Gel Implant Gets FDA Go Ahead The FDA has approved the firmer MemoryShape Breast Implants for breast augmentation in women aged 22 years or more, and for females of any age who require breast reconstruction.The MemoryShape Breast Implants are manufactured and marketed by Mentor Worldwide LLC, Santa Barbara, California. | 15 June 2013 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Rate Of Children Treated For Obesity-Related Conditions Shows Four-Fold Rise The number of children admitted to hospital for problems related to obesity in England and Wales quadrupled between 2000 and 2009, a study has found.Nearly three quarters of these admissions were to deal with problems complicated by obesity such as asthma, breathing difficulties during sleep, and complications of pregnancy, rather than obesity itself being the primary reason. | 15 June 2013 |
| Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction May Improve With Vitamin C Vitamin C may substantially reduce bronchoconstriction caused by exercise, says Dr. Harri Hemila from the University of Helsinki, Finland. Hemila's meta-analysis "Vitamin C may alleviate exercise-induced bronchoconstriction" was published in BMJ Open. | 15 June 2013 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Age-Related Vision Loss May Be Related To Low Birth Weight Medical researchers at the University of Alberta recently published their findings that rats with restricted growth in the womb, causing low birth weights when born, were most susceptible to developing age-related vision loss, compared to their normal weight counterparts. | 15 June 2013 |
| Tuberculosis News | |
| New Mechanism Of TB Drug Resistance Identified Pyrazinamide (PZA) - a frontline tuberculosis (TB) drug - kills dormant persister bacteria and plays a critical role in shortening TB therapy. PZA is used for treating both drug susceptible and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) but resistance to PZA occurs frequently and can compromise treatment. | 15 June 2013 |
| Veterans / Ex-Servicemen News | |
| Proof Gulf War Illness Does Exist Scans have shown loss of brain matter in two regions of the brain associated with pain regulation in Gulf War veterans, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center reported in the journal PLoS One. | |
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