Archive: 12/10/2012

Use of more costly diabetes medications varies widely

(HealthDay)—Even within an integrated Veterans Affairs (VA) system with a uniform national formulary and established criteria for drug use, there is substantial variation in the use of thiazolidinediones and long-acting ...

Oct 12, 2012

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Could stem cells treat autism? Newly approved study may tell

(HealthDay)—Autism researchers have been given the go-ahead by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to launch a small study in children with autism that evaluates whether a child's own umbilical cord blood may be an effective ...

Oct 12, 2012

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Pre-test jitters might boost scores, study says

(HealthDay)—For students with a good memory, feeling anxious before taking an exam might actually lead to a higher test score, researchers have found.

Oct 12, 2012

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Official: pharmacy tied to meningitis outbreak may have broken state law

(HealthDay)—The company at the center of the ongoing meningitis outbreak appears to have violated Massachusetts law by producing and distributing large quantities of a contaminated steroid compound, a state health official ...

Oct 12, 2012

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Rats recruited to hunt for TB in Mozambique

A swarm of trained rats is on its way to Mozambique to help the country's over-stretched health system detect tuberculosis in patients, officials said Friday.

Oct 12, 2012

New study to combat the most common form of liver cancer

Scientists at the University of Southampton are to investigate the best way to use natural killer cells (NK) to target the most common form of liver cancer.

Oct 12, 2012

White construction workers in Illinois get higher workers' comp settlements, study finds

White non-Hispanic construction workers are awarded higher workers' compensation settlements in Illinois than Hispanic or black construction workers with similar injuries and disabilities, according to researchers at the ...

Oct 12, 2012

Study links hippocampus with unconscious bias

(Medical Xpress)—A new US study into brain function has found links between preferences and the regions of the brain involved in connecting new memories to old ones. The associations formed provide shortcuts the subconscious ...

Oct 12, 2012 report

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Suicide attempts by poisoning found to be less likely around major holidays

A joint study by University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Emergency Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center researchers has found that, in contrast to popular opinion, major holidays are associated ...

Oct 12, 2012

Teens don't like danger, just don't understand consequences, study shows

(Medical Xpress)—A new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues finds that adolescents commonly take more risks than younger children and adults because they are more willing to accept risks when ...

Oct 12, 2012

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Archive: 12/10/2012

Use of more costly diabetes medications varies widely

Could stem cells treat autism? Newly approved study may tell

Pre-test jitters might boost scores, study says

Official: pharmacy tied to meningitis outbreak may have broken state law

Rats recruited to hunt for TB in Mozambique

New study to combat the most common form of liver cancer

White construction workers in Illinois get higher workers' comp settlements, study finds

Study links hippocampus with unconscious bias

Suicide attempts by poisoning found to be less likely around major holidays

Teens don't like danger, just don't understand consequences, study shows

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