Breast Cancer Survivors, Activists Head To Capitol Hill To Marshall Support For Comprehensive Cancer Legislation

Members of the Northeast Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure traveled to the nation's capital June 5 to help make the case for more funding for cancer research and access to screening and treatment.

Congress To Address A Heart Condition Whose Prevalence Is Increasing With 'Exponential Growth': Heart Failure 2008

Heart failure is by far the single biggest reason for acute hospital admission. Around 30 million people in Europe have heart failure and its incidence is still increasing: more cases are being identified, more people are living to an old age, and more are surviving a heart attack but with damage to the heart muscle.

A Simple Modification Of The Hodgkin Huxley Equations Explains Type 3 Excitability In Squid Giant Axons

This paper describes an unusual finding from a well known preparation in neuroscience - squid giant axons. Specifically, the cell fires once and only once in response to a sustained depolarizing current pulse, a result Alan Hodgkin referred to as Type 3 in a classic paper on crustacean axons published in 1948.

Washington Post Examines Medicare's 'Growing Fraud Problem'

The Washington Post on Friday examined Medicare's "growing fraud problem and the need to devote more resources to theft prevention." According to the Post, law enforcement officials estimate that health care fraud costs taxpayers more than $60 billion annually. HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson has said repeatedly that Medicare is "highly vulnerable" to fraud.

Need Help Losing Weight? Dietitians Aren't One-size Fits All

If you've tried to lose weight, you know that there are many options and each one seems to have its own book and product line.Registered dietitians at UT Southwestern Medical Center say that a better and cheaper idea is to follow a plan designed specifically for you by a registered dietitian.

Worldwide Pharmaceutical Industry, Aid Organizations Warn Of Second Disaster In Myanmar

In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar is facing a second crisis from the threat of diseases resulting from standing water, destroyed sanitation infrastructure and the lack of comprehensive medical systems.

Chew On This: Watermelon Packs A Mean Punch

It's hard to beat a slice of watermelon at a holiday picnic. One can almost taste the sweet red flesh and feel the fruit's succulent juices dripping down your chin.Nutrition experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center say you shouldn't fret if your seed doesn't arc its way into the watermelon seed-spitting record books. The fleshy fruit is a nutritional award-winner on its own.

Worldwide Mission To Solve Iron Deficiency

A University of Adelaide researcher will lead an Australian project to help address the world's biggest nutritional deficiency - lack of iron.Dr Alex Johnson has been awarded nearly $300, 000 to work with the Bill Gates-funded HarvestPlus Challenge Program to increase iron content in rice and other cereal grains.

Comment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer Re Lapatanib Tyveb Offers Hope After Herceptin Has Failed In Her2 Positive Advanced Breast Cancer

Comment from Breakthrough Breast Cancer following the announcement that lapatinib (Tyverb) has been given a licence in the European Union as a treatment for women with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer, whose disease has stopped responding to Herceptin.

Promising Results For VX-770, An Oral Investigational Agent That Targets A Defective Protein Responsible For Cystic Fibrosis

At the 31st European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Annual Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, researchers presented interim results from the first clinical trial of the investigational oral agent VX-770 in cystic fibrosis patients.