A study published in the April 2009 issue of the medical journal Acta Pædiatrica is the first to report that birth defect rates in the United States were highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer. The researchers also found that this period of increase risk correlated with increased levels of pesticides in surface water across the United States. Studying all 30.
Fluidigm Corporation announced a sample quantification system that allows researchers to sequence their libraries of rare samples and also dramatically lower costs, improve data quality and speed up time-to-results for scientists performing next-generation DNA sequencing.
The California Medical Association praised the governor and state legislators for restoring Medi-Cal eligibility rules, an action that allows the state to collect $10 billion from the federal stimulus package for health care. Last week, the Legislature passed SB 3X 24, and Friday the governor signed it.
The national leaders of the UK's general dental practitioners described as 'derisory' the 0.21 per cent increase in earnings awarded by the government following today's recommendation of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Pay. The Retail Prices Index is currently at 3.2 per cent-anything less than this is effectively a pay cut.
First came the news of the tragic death of Tony-award-winning actress Natasha Richardson from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a fall on a Canadian ski slope. Then came the article about Janice Jackson, of Cincinnati, who died from a head injury after being thrown off a motor scooter while vacationing in Cozumel, Mexico.
A study published in a special issue of Photochemistry and Photobiology examines the emerging practice of drug delivery systems which use the application of light to activate medications in the body. The process uses biocompatible materials that are sensitive to certain physiological variables or external physicochemical stimuli.
Novartis announced that Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after failure of treatment with Sutent® (sunitinib)* or Nexavar® (sorafenib)**.
A new study appearing in Congenital Heart Disease compares the careers and long-term occupational successes of men and women who underwent surgery for congenital heart disease to those of the general population. The project has produced evidence that shows how medicine may provide preconditions for individuals with congenital defects to live a successful life.
A new research study, published in the March/April issue of the journal Nursing Economics, has determined what factors can help keep new nurses from leaving their jobs and - in doing so - save health systems money.
In a genetic engineering breakthrough that could help everyone from bed-ridden patients to elite athletes, a team of American researchers - including 2007 Nobel Prize winner Mario R. Capecchi - have created a "switch" that allows mutations or light signals to be turned on in muscle stem cells to monitor muscle regeneration in a living mammal.
