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Cell Conversion Shows Promise for Diabetes Treatment

But researchers must figure out how to keep new beta cells under control FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- European scientists have identified a transcription factor that plays a key role in the conversion of pancreas cells into insulin-producing beta cells, and the finding could lead...

Red Cross Poll Shows Parents Still Lack H1N1 Information From Schools

The poll results come on the heels of the federal government's new H1N1 guidelines for schools WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A poll conducted by the American Red Cross shows that while a majority of Americans are planning to take precautions against the H1N1 viru...

New Study Shows That Pharmacogenomics Could Benefit Patients, Spur Investment in Innovation

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study funded by the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) shows that pharmacogenomics -- the field of scientific research focused on learning how genetic profiles predict the body's response to medicines - has the potential to lead to h...

Study Shows Divorced, Widowed Adults Have Increased Health Risks

Sexpert Genie James Has Solution: Stay Married and Have More SEX! Jacksonville, Fla. (Vocus) -- A new study shows that men and women who are divorced or widowed have an increased chance of facing health risks in the future as opposed to those who are married. ...

Ongoing Study Shows That Endovascular Therapy is Associated With High Cure Rate for Childhood Eye Cancer

Same Day Procedure May Transform Treatment Approach to Retinoblastoma BOCA RATON, Fla., July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Expanded results of a study conducted on children with eye cancer (retinoblastoma) shows that chemotherapy delivered through endovascular (through the ...

Report Shows New York City Companies Playing Key Role In Development of New Medicines for Wide Range of Diseases

NEW YORK, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A record 488 new, innovative medicines are being developed by biopharmaceutical research companies with facilities in New York City, according to a new report released today at the Bronx-Lebanon Medical Center. The medicines are awaiting app...

Investigation Shows Threats, Restrictions Impose Severe Obstacles for Abortion Providers, Women Seeking Abortions

Center for Reproductive Rights Urges Governments, Public, Medical Community to Support Abortion Providers as Human Rights Defenders NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Aggressive harassment, discriminatory legal restrictions and serious stigma are reducing the number of ...

National Health Information Exchange Survey Shows Increased Activity, Cost Savings, Positive Impact on Physician Practices

More Initiatives Exchanging Data Leads to New Improvements in Quality and Returns on Investment WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The exchange of health information electronically between physicians, hospitals, health plans, and patients has increased substan...

New Diagnostic Biomarker Test Shows Promise in Monitoring Ovarian Cancer

CHICAGO, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ovarian malignancies are a leading cause of cancer death in women because they are usually detected in the late stages when the disease is incurable. Encouraging new research presented by Abbott today at the American Association for Clinical Ch...

Breast cancer drug shows promise against serious infections

An FDA-approved drug used for preventing recurrence of breast cancer shows promise in fighting life-threatening fungal infections common in immune-compromised patients, such as infants born prematurely and patients with cancer. Some scientists suspected that tamoxifen has antifungal properties; no...

New HIV Study Shows That Large Numbers of Women and People of Color Can Be Successfully Enrolled In U.S. HIV Clinical Studies

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Data from a historic HIV study demonstrate that it is possible to recruit large numbers of women, African Americans and Latinos into U.S.-based HIV-1 treatment studies. The study, known as GRACE, is the largest study to date in treatment-experi...

Study Shows a Link Between Schizophrenia & Genetic Mutations

LOS ANGELES, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A link between schizophrenia and ultra-rare variants in microRNA genes on the X-chromosome has been identified. Mutations in a subset of these regulatory RNA genes may strongly predispose to schizophrenia. The recently published study in PLoS ONE by ...

New Lewin Report Shows Need for National Medicaid Out-of-Network Claims Policy

WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lewin Group today released a new report assessing the financial impact and administrative burden that out-of-network claims pose in Medicaid managed care. The authors of the report recommend a federally mandated payment standard for ...

Blood Test Shows Statistically Significant Association With Alzheimer's Disease (AD), May Predict Conversion of Mild Cognitive Impairment to AD

LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, England and VIENNA, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Zsuzsanna Nagy of the University of Birmingham today presented data from a clinical study, funded by Cytox Limited, demonstrating that a simple blood-based biomarker discriminated between patients with Alzheimer's d...

Kaiser Permanente Survey Shows Seniors Embrace Internet to Manage Their Health

OAKLAND, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- New data show that Medicare beneficiaries registered to use My Health Manager, Kaiser Permanente's personal health record, are overwhelmingly satisfied with using the Internet to manage their health care online. Results from the recent ...

Risks of Delaying ACL Reconstruction in Young Athletes May Be Too High, Study Shows

A new study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 's (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Keystone, Colorado, (July 9-12) details the benefits and risks of repairing a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in young athletes under the age of 14. Keyston...

Easy Strength Training Exercise May Help Treat Tennis Elbow, Study Shows

People with pain in the elbow or forearm from playing sports or just from common everyday activities, might be able to use a simple bar and strengthening exercise to alleviate pain, say researchers who are presenting their study results at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's A...

New Poll Shows Americans Continuing to Move Toward Pro-Life Position on Abortion

NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American people continue to move to the pro-life perspective on abortion according to the latest Moral Compass survey by the Knights of Columbus and Marist Poll. The poll mirrored findings of other recent surveys, showing that more Amer...

Poll of Business Executives Shows Most Companies Not Aware of True Costs of Healthcare

MARIETTA, Ga., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Contrary to a conventional perspective among business executives that the top healthcare cost drivers for employers are pharmacy and medical expenses, research presented during a recent online webinar, hosted by Source Media, showed that los...

Newly Obtained Information Shows That Ousted Union Leaders Plotted and Covered Up Wrongdoing

OAKLAND, Calif., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of SEIU UHW will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 9 outside the Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, to release newly obtained information showing that ousted union President Sal Rosselli and other former top union ...

Drug Shows Promise in Nervous-System Tumor Treatment

In small study, some patients had their hearing restored WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers report the first successful drug treatment of tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). In people with NF2, benign tumors develop throughout the nervous sy...

Study shows endoscopic surgery as effective open surgery for nasal cancer

(Boston) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that endoscopic surgery is a valid treatment option for treating esthesioneuroblastoma (cancer of the nasal cavity), in addition to traditional open surgery and nonsurgical treatments. These findings appear in the Ju...

Independent Laboratory Testing Shows BioNeutral's Hospital Grade Ygiene(TM) Eliminates Aspergillus Niger (Black Mold) Spores

NEWARK, N.J., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioNeutral Group, Inc. ("BioNeutral") (OTC Bulletin Board: BONU), a chemical technology-based Life Science company announced today that independent laboratory testing performed by ATS Labs shows that Aspergillus Niger mold spores are completely elimin...

CU-Boulder study shows brain's immune system may cause chronic seizures

Chronic seizures caused by traumatic head injuries may result from chemicals released by the brain's immune system attempting to repair the injured site, according to a study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. The findings could help prevent one of the most common forms of adult epil...

New Study Shows Daily Sex Can Increase Sperm Count

New research reported at this week's meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction found that men with a history of fertility problems can improve their sperm count by having sex every day. According to Genie James, M.M.Sc., Executive Director of The Natural Hormone Institute, "Envir...

Study shows PET can measure effectiveness of novel breast cancer treatment

RESTON, Va.A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended. Researchers successfully used PET and a specially-dev...

New Study Shows Many Unplanned Quit Smoking Attempts are Successful

PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 1 - Data published in the journal, Nicotine and Tobacco Research , shows that many U.S. quit attempts are unplanned and can be a successful route to cessation. In the study, almost 40 percent of subjects reported that their most recent quit attempt started without any advan...

Study shows 1 in 25 deaths worldwide attributable to alcohol

(Toronto) Research from Canada's own Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) featured in this week's edition of the Lancet shows that worldwide, 1 in 25 deaths are directly attributable to alcohol consumption. This rise since 2000 is mainly due to increases in the number of women drinking....

National Survey Shows 70% of Women Have Experienced a Sexual Health Issue

Women Say Sexual Health Issues Impact Multiple Aspects of Their Lives WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey released today shows 70 percent of women report having experienced a sexual health issue, of which 22 percent felt very or extremely concerned. The survey also found that ma...

New Study Shows that Prebiotics, as Used by Jackson GI Medical, Increases Lifespan by 33%

In a revolutionary healthcare finding, a peer-reviewed clinical study published in the British Journal of Nutrition (a Cambridge University Journal), clearly shows that Prebiotics reduce cholesterol and triglycerides, control body weight, and increase lifespan by 33%. (...

VHA Citizenship and Sustainability Scorecard Shows Progress in the Health Care Network's Earth-Friendly Business Practices

VHA Releases "Go Green" Principles to Change the Nature of Business Operations IRVING, Texas, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- VHA Inc., the national network of not-for-profit, community-owned hospitals, today released its second annual Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability Scorecard...

xpedx Shows U.S. Property Managers and Owners How to Achieve Building Health and Environmental Goals Without Increasing Total Cleaning Costs

Company also begins U.S. initiative to provide building managers with required documentation to help them obtain - and maintain - LEED-EB certification xpedx exhibits at BOMA International Conference, Philadelphia, June 28-30 PHILADELPHIA, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- xpedx(R), one of the la...

New theraplex SA FACIAL PEEL Shows True Colors at Cosmetic Boot Camp

MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Theraplex Company, makers of the Theraplex line of medical moisturizers, unveiled the new theraplex SA FACIAL PEEL last week at the Cosmetic Boot Camp in Aspen, Colorado. It sparked a lot of excitement among dermatologists attending the camp. The ...

Video: Gabrielle Reece Shows Natural is Beautiful in New PureVia(TM) Campaign

Ads for New All Natural, Zero Calorie Sweetener Made from the Stevia Plant to Appear in August Magazines CHICAGO, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Excited to put a face on its great tasting, all natural, zero calorie sweetener PureVia (TM), Whole Earth Sweetener Company today announced health icon ...

New EPI Healthcare Study by June O'Neill Shows Uninsured 'Crisis' Wildly Overestimated

Former CBO Director and Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors' Authors New Report Titled "Who are the Uninsured?" WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new study which shows that the widely employed estimate of...

HIV 'Atlas' Shows Virus Targeting Minorities

80% of U.S. cases occur in just 20% of counties, report finds MONDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Your chances of getting infected with HIV may largely depend on where in America you live, a new report finds. The HIV/AIDS Atlas found that 80 percent of U.S. cases are clustered in ...

MapHIV.org Shows Six Counties in Louisiana Seriously Impacted by AIDS

National Minority Quality Forum Launches First U.S. HIV/AIDS Atlas WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Minority Quality Forum today launched a groundbreaking HIV/AIDS Atlas ( http://www.MapHIV.org ) that highlights the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in communities acr...

MapHIV.org Shows Nearly 24% of Counties in New Jersey Seriously Impacted by HIV and AIDS

National Minority Quality Forum Launches First U.S. HIV/AIDS Atlas WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Minority Quality Forum today launched a groundbreaking HIV/AIDS Atlas ( http://www.MapHIV.org ) that highlights the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in communities...

MapHIV.org Shows Massachusetts' Suffolk County Seriously Impacted by HIV and AIDS

National Minority Quality Forum Launches First U.S. HIV/AIDS Atlas WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Minority Quality Forum today launched a groundbreaking HIV/AIDS Atlas ( http://www.MapHIV.org ) that highlights the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in communit...

MapHIV.org Shows Eight Counties in Virginia Seriously Impacted by AIDS

National Minority Quality Forum Launches First U.S. HIV/AIDS Atlas WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Minority Quality Forum today launched a groundbreaking HIV/AIDS Atlas ( http://www.MapHIV.org ) that highlights the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in communities...