The government’s Healthy People program met 71% of its objectives. A particular success is a drop in cardiovascular deaths in people with chronic kidney disease. Going forward there are 24 objectives. Medscape Medical News
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Implementation of a varicella vaccination program in the United States has led to a decrease in the incidence of varicella disease in infants younger than 12 months. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) — A bitter dispute between a prominent medical researcher and her former employer, related to the largely discredited theory that a mouse virus known as XMRV causes chronic fatigue syndrome, has turned even uglier with the scientist’s arrest and jailing.
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(MedPage Today) — Roughly 10% of apple and grape juice samples tested by Consumer Reports contained total levels of arsenic that exceeded federal standards set for drinking water, according to results of an investigation released today.
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(MedPage Today) — Silent cerebral infarction is common for children with sickle cell anemia, but now researchers have identified risk factors associated with those silent strokes, according to a large cross-sectional study.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Following up on a proposal CMS issued in September, Medicare will now fully cover intensive behavioral counseling related to obesity, the agency announced late Tuesday.
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(MedPage Today) — Despite advances in the treatment of HIV, only 28% of infected Americans have the virus under control, the CDC said.
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(MedPage Today) — Conrad Murray, MD, was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for his role in legendary pop singer Michael Jackson’s death in 2009.
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Combination treatment with everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target rapamycin (mTOR), and octreotide has shown to improve progression-free survival for patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors and a history of carcinoid syndrome, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Neogenix Oncology, Inc. has announced that the company’s novel antibody NEO-101, which targets pancreatic and colorectal cancer cells, has been selected as one of Windhover’s 2011 Top 10 Projects to Watch.
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