Day: January 19, 2017

Anavex Life Sciences Receives Grant From Rettsyndrome.org to Commence U.S. Phase 2 Trial in 2017

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. and the International Rett Syndrome Foundation, doing business as Rettsyndrome.org today announced that Rettsyndrome.org has committed a financial grant of a minimum of $0.6 million to cover the majority of a planned U.S. multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial of ANAVEX 2-73 for the treatment of Rett syndrome. Scheduled to begin in 2017, the trial will be a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study of ANAVEX 2-73 in patients with Rett syndrome lasting up to 12 weeks.

State of Rio de Janeiro to Receive 250,000 Yellow Fever Vaccines

The Health Department in Rio de Janeiro state published a technical note yesterday raising the level of vigilance to patients with symptoms characteristic of yellow fever in the fourteen municipalities in the North and Northwest Fluminense regions that border Minas Gerais and EspA rito Santo states. Municipalities of the North and Northwest of Rio state will receive vaccination 250,000 doses of the yellow fever vaccine as a precaution, photo by Caru Ribeiro/IMPRENSA RJ.

President Bush moved to ICU

… this month that the couple would not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration because of the former president’s age and health. “My doctor says if I sit outside in January, it likely will put me six feet under. Same for Barbara. So I guess we’re stuck in …

Puerto Rico Ophthalmologist Group Settles FTC Charges that Members…

The complaint charges that OFTACOOP – also known as Cooperativa de MA dico OftalmA3logos de Puerto Rico – unlawfully orchestrated an agreement among competing ophthalmologists to refuse to deal with a health plan, MCS Advantage, Inc., and its network administrator, Eye Management of Puerto Rico, LLC. OFTACOOP’s concerted refusal to deal forced MCS to abandon its plan to engage Eye Management to create a lower-cost network of ophthalmologists. MCS was also forced to maintain its then-current reimbursement rates paid to ophthalmologists.

Asthma tied to childhood obesity

… Jan. 20, in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. They are based on a project tracking the health of 2,171 Southern California children in 13 communities that started in 2001. “Obesity actually makes asthma worse, …

Republican senator would let states keep Obamacare if they want

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy is making an offer to Democrats he hopes they won’t refuse: If their states like Obamacare, they can keep it. A doctor who worked for decades in charity hospitals and clinics before joining Congress, Cassidy plans to introduce soon an updated version of his health care plan aimed at giving states flexibility to keep Obamacare, nix it entirely or transition to a new system of health savings accounts and automatic health plan enrollment.

MSD for Mothers Commits $10 Million and Business Expertise to the…

MSD for Mothers Commits $10 Million and Business Expertise to the Global Financing Facility to Help End Preventable Deaths of Mothers MSD, known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A., inside the United States and Canada, announced today its $10 million commitment to the Global Financing Facility in support of Every Woman Every Child to improve maternal and child health in low- and lower-middle-income countries worldwide through its MSD for Mothers initiative.

AppleMark

… the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year – and it turns out, I’m right. According to mental health experts, Blue Monday has turned into nothing but a PR stunt, encouraged by companies trying to sell stuff (Never!) I’m not …

A new lease on life

Due to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, Mrs. Lewis was forced out of her home to receive care. First to a daughter’s home and then to The Bridge at St. Joe Bay.

UQ graduate leads way in teaching psychology in Maldives

The University of Queensland Master of Counselling graduate is a lecturer at the Maldives National University, teaching neuropsychology, forensic psychology, cognitive psychology, and counselling psychology. Having the opportunity to educate the very first batch of Bachelor of Psychology students trained in the Maldives is something I’ll never forget, “And I’m now involved in the development of a Masters of Clinical Psychology program for the university – another first of its kind in the Maldives.”

Red Tent Retreat Saturday

Saturday will be a celebration of women across the United States, from the Women’s March on Washington to the Red Tent Retreat right here in Marietta. The first Red Tent Retreat at the Lafayette Hotel will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature several stations for women to take a break and give themselves a gift of relaxation.

Food firms to use imported powdered eggs

Major South Korean baking and confectionery companies will begin using powdered eggs instead of fresh eggs for their products starting next month, industry officials said Thursday.According to the officials, they plan to import a combined 400 tons of powdered eggs from China and the United States in February. The companies include food conglomerate SPC Group which operates bakery brand Paris Baguette, Lotte Confectionery Co., Haitai Confectionery Co.

Bodywide immune response important for fighting cancer, Stanford researchers say

Fighting off cancer requires the concerted efforts of immune molecules throughout the body, rather than just in the tumor itself, according to a new study of laboratory mice by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding helps settle an ongoing dispute among clinicians as to whether systemic, or whole-body responses, are as important as a robust response by immune cells in the tumor itself.

Bodywide immune response important for fighting cancer, Stanford researchers say

Fighting off cancer requires the concerted efforts of immune molecules throughout the body, rather than just in the tumor itself, according to a new study of laboratory mice by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding helps settle an ongoing dispute among clinicians as to whether systemic, or whole-body responses, are as important as a robust response by immune cells in the tumor itself.

Curb your immune enthusiasm

… Sekiguchi, Clodagh C. O’Shea, and Greg Lemke of Salk. The work was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health; the Rita Allen, Whitehall, Brain Research, Waitt, Hearst, and Richard Allan Barry Family foundations; the Leona M. and Harry …