(University of California - San Diego) A grid of small arteries at the surface of the brain redirects flow and widens at critical points to restore blood supply to tissue starved of nutrients and oxygen following a stroke, a study published this week has found.
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(American Academy of Periodontology) In response to recent research findings, the American Academy of Periodontology has released a statement on periodontal treatment during pregnancy.
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(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) A century-old drug that failed in its original intent to treat tuberculosis but has worked well as an anti-leprosy medicine now holds new promise as a potential therapy for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) — The Justice Department has launched an investigation of Peanut Corporation of America, the peanut processor whose Blakely, Ga., plant has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 529 people in 43 states.
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(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) A survey study believed to be one of the first efforts to put hard numbers around long-held beliefs about diversity in medical school faculties has affirmed that awareness and sensitivity to racial and ethnic diversity are believed by most faculty to be poor and even poorer among faculty who are members [...]
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(University at Buffalo) To meet the needs of veterans with traumatic brain injury, the VA’s Health Services Research and Development Unit is funding a $1.4 million, four-year study of Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans, headed by University at Buffalo researchers at the Buffalo VA Medical Center.
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(Medical College of Georgia) Combining the benefits of multiple drugs in a single pill may hold the key to treating neurodegenerative diseases, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
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(Stevens Institute of Technology) Dr. S. Vincent Grasso, a member of the Stevens Healthcare Information Technology Management Advisory Board was selected to lead the technical team on a $5-million dollar grant application to develop a HIPAA compliant, web-based data entry and reporting platform.
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(University at Buffalo) A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month’s murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be “just the tip of the iceberg.”
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(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Brief but personal intervention reduces drinking among risky college drinkers, according to a research study at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Results of the study will be published in the February issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
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