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US Army awards $2.8M contract for project focusing on brain and eye injuries in military personnel

The Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics (www.cib.vt.edu) has been awarded a $2.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command for phase 2 of an overall project focusing on brain and eye injuries in military personnel. Specifically, blast induced brain trauma will be investigated using experimental and computational models.

14 Jan 2011

First Round Table Meeting on Metabolomics & Diabetes takes place in Vienna

Metabolomic biomarker research is a young research area that carries great hopes for both medicine and the nutritional sciences, particularly for the early detection of genetically determined diseases.

14 Jan 2011

Researcher tests new method of treatment for both humans and dogs with back trouble

Both humans and dogs can develop back problems. Slipped discs have similar symptoms and can be treated with the same methods regardless of whether the patient has two legs or four.

14 Jan 2011

First Edition: January 14, 2011

Today's headlines include reports that House GOP leaders are poised to return to work on repealing the health law. A vote has been scheduled for next week.

14 Jan 2011

Unintended direct conflict between pharmaceutical marketing and public health

Drugs that pharmaceutical companies market most aggressively to physicians and patients tend to offer less benefit and more harm to most patients - a phenomenon described as the "inverse benefit law" in a paper from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

14 Jan 2011

Noncombatant military personnel at greater risk of developing PTSD

Noncombatant military personnel do not engage in direct combat with the enemy during war, but they still face trauma that elevates their risk for developing combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), new research shows.

14 Jan 2011

CINJ clinical trial explores anti-malaria drug against melanoma

Building upon recent laboratory discoveries on resistance by cancer cells to therapies that attempt to starve cancer, scientists at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are conducting a clinical trial that further explores how to prevent that action.

14 Jan 2011

Why minor details of an episode are linked to long-term memories

Neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute of Learning and Memory have uncovered why relatively minor details of an episode are sometimes inexplicably linked to long-term memories. The work is slated to appear in the Jan. 13 issue of Neuron.

14 Jan 2011

ICON announces acquisition of Oxford Outcomes

ICON plc,, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced the expansion of its Late Phase and Outcomes Research services through the acquisition of Oxford Outcomes, a leading international health outcomes consultancy.

14 Jan 2011

USDA revises corn, soybean crop estimates driving up prices

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday "reported that last year's corn and soybean crop was smaller than its earlier estimates," Minnesota Public Radio reports. "As a result, prices for corn, soybeans and wheat are rising quickly, sparking concern about higher food prices" (Steil, 1/13).

14 Jan 2011

World marks Haiti earthquake anniversary

Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary since a massive earthquake struck Haiti, the Miami Herald reports.

14 Jan 2011

Better understanding of rotational motion in living cells may help researchers study causes of deadly diseases

Advancements in understanding rotational motion in living cells may help researchers shed light on the causes of deadly diseases, such as Alzheimer's, according to Ning Fang, an associate scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and faculty member at Iowa State University.

14 Jan 2011

Sleep medications increase risk for nighttime falls and potential injury

Adults who take one of the world's most commonly prescribed sleep medications are significantly more at risk for nighttime falls and potential injury, according to a new study by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

14 Jan 2011

Women's eNews examines launch of U.N. Women

Women's eNews examines U.N.'s new agency U.N. Women, which officially got off the ground on Jan. 3. According to the news service, U.N. Women's "Manhattan headquarters remain unoccupied, said U.N. Women spokesperson Gretchen Luchsinger"; employees from the previous U.N. entities that focused on women's issues remain in "scattered offices around the U.N. Secretariat building"; and "[s]even high-level staff positions" remain unfilled.

14 Jan 2011

ShangPharma opens new multi-purpose pharma development and cGMP manufacturing facility in Fengxian

ShangPharma Corporation, a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, today announced commencement of operations on the initial phase of production at the Company's Fengxian facility. This new multi-purpose pharmaceutical development and cGMP manufacturing facility is located in Fengxian in the suburbs of Shanghai, China.

14 Jan 2011

65% of Americans oppose Medicaid cuts

Coming on the heels of a major research report finding that long term care is paid less on an hourly basis than the national minimum wage, a new nationwide poll shows that 65 percent of Americans would oppose further cuts to funding for long term care.

14 Jan 2011

Study finds racial disparities in weight-related counseling

When it comes to advising obese patients, blacks receive less weight reduction and exercise counseling from physicians than their white counterparts. This is according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who examined the impact of patient and doctor race concordance on weight-related counseling.

14 Jan 2011

Medicaid payments under scrutiny in New York City, on Maryland's eastern shore

New York City is defending its authorization of in-home care for thousands of patients. Meanwhile, in Maryland, investigators disclosed that they had uncovered evidence of fraud at a drug treatment and mental health clinic. In the background, Wisconsin legislators greenlight plans for a sweeping audit of the state's health program for the poor.

14 Jan 2011

Banned chemicals found in pregnant women

The bodies of virtually all U.S. pregnant women carry multiple chemicals, including some banned since the 1970s and others used in common products such as non-stick cookware, processed foods and personal care products, according to a new study from UCSF. The study marks the first time that the number of chemicals to which pregnant women are exposed has been counted.

14 Jan 2011

Kidney transplant failure patients can opt for home-based dialysis therapy

According to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology, despite complications, these patients can choose to undergo dialysis in the comfort of their own homes.

14 Jan 2011