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Recent study shows drinking coffee protects against head and neck cancer

Data on the effects of coffee on cancer risk have been mixed. However, results of a recent study add to the brewing evidence that drinking coffee protects against cancer, this time against head and neck cancer.

23 Jun 2010

Researchers identify promising gene therapy for DMD

CureDuchenne, the Orange County non-profit focused on finding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one step closer to that goal through the work of Dr. Jeff Chamberlain.

23 Jun 2010

Healthcare technology innovation projects to receive $3M in CIMIT medical research grants

A wide variety of early-stage, healthcare technology innovation projects in NeuroHealth, Traumatic Stress Disorders, and integrated clinical environments were among those chosen to receive more than $3 million in CIMIT seed grants for FY11.

23 Jun 2010

Weight gain after age of 50 is associated with increased risk of diabetes after 65 years

For individuals 65 years of age and older, obesity, excess body fat around the waist and gaining weight after the age of 50 are associated with an increased risk of diabetes, according to a study in the June 23/30 issue of JAMA.

23 Jun 2010

Children who experience maltreatment more likely to have frequent headaches as adults, say scientists

Children who experience maltreatment such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse are more likely to experience frequent headaches, including chronic migraine, as adults, say scientists presenting data at the American Headache Society's 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles this week.

23 Jun 2010

Understanding HIV viral protein structure could lead to new molecular medicines: Study

The UK's National Physical Laboratory is involved in a collaborative project that is helping to further the understanding of HIV viral protein structure which could lead to new molecular medicines.

23 Jun 2010

Sleep quality is poor in soldiers with chronic headaches, find researchers

Some 19 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq have migraine and migraine is suspected in another 17 percent. While prevalence of migraine among the U.S. military is well documented , little is known about sleep quality in soldiers with chronic headaches including post-traumatic headache and migraine.

23 Jun 2010

REM sleep deprivation leads to changes in levels of key proteins that increase risk of migraine: Study

Reporting at the American Headache Society's 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles this week, new research shows that sleep deprivation leads to changes in the levels of key proteins that facilitate events involved in the underlying pathology of migraine.

23 Jun 2010

Mayo Clinic, University of Illinois announce strategic alliance for technology-based health care

Mayo Clinic and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are announcing a strategic alliance designed to promote a broad spectrum of collaborative research, development of new technologies and clinical tools, and design and implementation of novel education programs. Both parties recently signed an agreement establishing the formal relationship.

23 Jun 2010

Local health clinics in U.S. do not offer diabetes screening, obesity prevention programs to poor clients: Study

A new nationwide study finds that some local health clinics do not offer diabetes screening or obesity prevention programs to their clients, who tend to be poor. The clinics need to be "armed and equipped" to respond to the growing threat from type 2 diabetes and obesity in the United States, said researcher and study co-author Ann Albright. "These are huge problems that we're facing. We want to be sure that we're responding effectively."

23 Jun 2010

Study investigates benefits of filtering blood to create safer approaches to transfusion therapy

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have discovered yet another reason to filter the foreign white cells from donor blood: The resulting blood product is associated with dramatically fewer cardiopulmonary complications for patients who received a transfusion.

23 Jun 2010

Psychotropic medications associated with pediatric ADRs in Denmark: Researchers

Between 1998 and 2007, psychotropic medications were associated with 429 adverse drug reactions in children under 17 in Denmark. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Research Notes found that more than half of these were serious and several were birth defects - suggesting that tighter controls on the prescription of psychotropic medications to pregnant women may be required.

23 Jun 2010

Exposure to chlordecone associated to increased risk of prostate cancer: Researchers

In an article to be published on 21 June 2010 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers from Inserm (Inserm unit 625 - Research Group on Human and Mammalian Reproduction, University of Rennes 1), the CHU (University Hospital Centre) in Pointe - Pitre (urology department, University of the French West Indies and Guiana) and from the Center for Analytical Research and Technology (University of Li-ge, Belgique), show that exposure to chlordecone (also named Kepone), an organochlorine chemical with well defined estrogenic properties used in the French West Indies until 1993, is associated to a significant increased risk of prostate cancer.

23 Jun 2010

Ricerca's Lyon facility obtains ISO 9001:2008 certification

Ricerca Biosciences, a uniquely integrated preclinical contract research drug development company providing services to the pharmaceutical industry, is pleased to announce that its Ricerca France, Lyon facility, has recently obtained the ISO 9001:2008 certification for all activities performed at the site.

22 Jun 2010

Ethicon Endo-Surgery renews research collaboration agreement with UC and Metabolic Diseases Institute

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES) today announced it has renewed its research collaboration agreement with the University of Cincinnati (UC) and its Metabolic Diseases Institute (MDI). The three-year, $13.5M grant extension, is part of the EES Metabolic Applied Research Strategy (MARS), which also includes research from GI Metabolism Laboratory and Weight Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

22 Jun 2010

Probactive Biotech, Dalat Nuclear Research Institute enter agreement to co-develop cancer drugs

Probactive Biotech, Inc., a Garden Grove, California-based corporation, has entered into an agreement with Dalat Nuclear Research Institute to co-develop a number of cancer drugs, utilizing combinations of antitumor antibodies and antitumor radioactive compounds. Antitumor antibodies have the ability to take antitumor compounds directly to the tumor sites within the body.

22 Jun 2010

Scientists complete comparative analysis of bacterial communities living in human nose, throat

Scientists have completed the most comprehensive comparative analysis to date of bacterial communities inhabiting the human nose and throat, which could provide new insights into why some individuals become colonized with pathogens while others do not. They release their findings today in mBio- the online open-access journal published by the American Society for Microbiology.

22 Jun 2010

Teens to call upon Congress to fund drug research for rare diseases

Teens from across the United States whose siblings have cystic fibrosis will press their elected officials in Washington, D.C., June 24, to fund drug research and increase access to clinical trials for those with rare diseases.

22 Jun 2010

Fructose makes cells mature into fat cells in belly fat, study finds

Fructose, the sugar widely used as high-fructose corn syrup in soft drinks and processed foods, often gets some of the blame for the widespread rise in obesity. Now a laboratory study has found that when fructose is present as children's fat cells mature, it makes more of these cells mature into fat cells in belly fat and less able to respond to insulin in both belly fat and fat located below the skin.

22 Jun 2010

NCI awards GeneGo Phase II SBIR grant for development of MetaMiner(Oncology) platform

GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of databases, software and services in systems biology and chemistry, announced today that they were awarded with a Phase II SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for further development of an analytical platform for translational research and data analysis in oncology.

22 Jun 2010

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Recent study shows drinking coffee protects against head and neck cancer

Researchers identify promising gene therapy for DMD

Healthcare technology innovation projects to receive $3M in CIMIT medical research grants

Weight gain after age of 50 is associated with increased risk of diabetes after 65 years

Children who experience maltreatment more likely to have frequent headaches as adults, say scientists

Understanding HIV viral protein structure could lead to new molecular medicines: Study

Sleep quality is poor in soldiers with chronic headaches, find researchers

REM sleep deprivation leads to changes in levels of key proteins that increase risk of migraine: Study

Mayo Clinic, University of Illinois announce strategic alliance for technology-based health care

Local health clinics in U.S. do not offer diabetes screening, obesity prevention programs to poor clients: Study

Study investigates benefits of filtering blood to create safer approaches to transfusion therapy

Psychotropic medications associated with pediatric ADRs in Denmark: Researchers

Exposure to chlordecone associated to increased risk of prostate cancer: Researchers

Ricerca's Lyon facility obtains ISO 9001:2008 certification

Ethicon Endo-Surgery renews research collaboration agreement with UC and Metabolic Diseases Institute

Probactive Biotech, Dalat Nuclear Research Institute enter agreement to co-develop cancer drugs

Scientists complete comparative analysis of bacterial communities living in human nose, throat

Teens to call upon Congress to fund drug research for rare diseases

Fructose makes cells mature into fat cells in belly fat, study finds

NCI awards GeneGo Phase II SBIR grant for development of MetaMiner(Oncology) platform

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