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International Operation Combats The Online Supply Of Counterfeit And Unlicensed Medicines An international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines has highlighted the dangers of buying such medicines online. Due to an ever-increasing number of websites supplying dangerous and illegal medicines, INTERPOL and the World Health Organisation's (WHO) International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) have this week co-ordinated 24 countries to launch Operation Pangea II. ...more	21 Nov 2009
Laser Therapy Can Aggravate Skin Cancer High irradiances of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) should not be used over melanomas. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Cancer studied the pain relieving, anti-inflammatory 'cold laser', finding that it caused increased tumour growth in a mouse model of skin cancer. Jan M. Bjordal from Bergen University College, Norway worked with a team of Brazilian researchers to carry out the in vitro and in vivo experiments. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Economics, Neuroscience And Hormones Workshop A workshop on "Neuroeconomics and Endocrinological Economics," being held Nov. 20 and 21 at UC Davis, will be the first to bring together experts in neuroscience, economics and hormone physiology in one event, according to organizers. Neuroeconomics has emerged as a new field in recent years, as both economists and neuroscientists have used brain scanning technology such as functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how people make decisions. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Kansas Pilot Program To Use Electronic Medical Records To Coordinate Care A health information technology project "may revolutionize how health care is managed" by using medical records to coordinate patients' records. The Kansas City Star reports: "A pilot program is helping 13 area doctors' offices convert to doing that for their patients. ...more	20 Nov 2009
FDA Issues 22 Warning Letters To Web Site Operators The U.S. Food and Drug Administration completed a coordinated, weeklong, international effort, called the International Internet Week of Action (IIWA), intended to curb illegal actions involving medical products. ...more	20 Nov 2009
'Fly Paper' To Capture Circulating Cancer Cells Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, can provide critical information for examining and diagnosing cancer metastasis, determining patient prognosis, and monitoring the effectiveness of therapies. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Oscar Pistorius' Artificial Limbs Give Him Clear, Major Advantage For Sprint Running The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like intact limbs. That's the conclusion - released to the public for the first time - of human performance experts Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Matthew Bundle of the University of Wyoming. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Projects Designed To Advance Understanding Of Molecular Networks NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a molecular barcoding detection system, has announced that it is collaborating with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to investigate molecular networks involved in immune response and other important biological processes. ...more	19 Nov 2009
When It Comes To Brains Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite only having a brain the size of a pinhead, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. "Animals with bigger brains are not necessarily more intelligent," according to Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology at Queen Mary's Research Centre for Psychology and University of Cambridge colleague, Jeremy Niven. ...more	18 Nov 2009
Technology To Help Elderly People Stay Healthy At Home In a collaboration between Kaiser Health News and ...more	18 Nov 2009
New Technology Drives Therapies For Older Patients, Those With Alzheimer's Technology advances are making life better for the elderly and those with Alzheimer's disease by allowing the older to stay in their homes and giving the ill a way to interact with society again. Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with ...more	18 Nov 2009
Indiana University Receives NIH Grant To Improve Health Care In East Africa A $1.3 million grant to Indiana University from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center will establish the East African Center of Excellence in Health Informatics. ...more	18 Nov 2009
Pitt Researcher To Co-Direct National Consortium On Facial Birth Defects Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Iowa will lead a $9 million, five-year initiative to study the cause of facial birth defects. The FaceBase Consortium will create an encyclopedic database of how the faces of children develop and what goes wrong to cause malformations. FaceBase will build a list of the genes and proteins that drive embryonic cell differentiation around the forming mouth. ...more	18 Nov 2009
$100 Million NHLBI 'Bench To Bassinet' Effort In Congenital Heart Disease Developmental biologists at the University of Pittsburgh have been chosen to participate in a $100 million federal "Bench to Bassinet" network that is dedicated to learning about the formation of the cardiovascular system and applying that knowledge to create new diagnostic and intervention strategies for congenital heart disease. The Pitt team, led by Cecilia Lo, Ph.D. ...more	18 Nov 2009
Cell-Phone Use -- But Not Music -- Reduces Pedestrian Safety Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger one's health. Older pedestrians, in particular, are impaired when crossing a busy (simulated) street while speaking on a mobile phone, the researchers found. The studies, in which participants crossed a virtual street while talking on the phone or listening to music, found that the music-listeners were able to navigate traffic as well as the average unencumbered pedestrian. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Hand-Held Computer May Help Improve Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis Pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition most often caused by a blood clot breaking off from a vein and entering the circulatory system. While evidence-based guidelines exist to help physicians safely and efficiently evaluate patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, testing often differs from what is suggested. Researchers sought to determine if a computer program for use on a mobile, handheld device could improve diagnostic decision-making. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Innovative Strategy Could Help People Follow Doctors' Orders, Take Medications People who received daily text messages reminding them to apply sunscreen were nearly twice as likely to use it as those who did not receive such messages, a new study led by a UC Davis Health System dermatologist has found. Researchers hope their findings, which appear in the November issue of the Archives of Dermatology, will inspire other health-care providers to use text messaging to encourage healthy habits in their patients, such as taking prescribed medications properly. ...more	17 Nov 2009
2009/068 New NICE Programme To Evaluate Medical Technologies Established The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is launching a new programme focusing specifically on the evaluation of innovative medical technologies (including devices and diagnostics). This new programme will both compliment and operate in conjunction with NICE's existing technology appraisal capacity, which will continue to evaluate new pharmaceutical and biotechnology products. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Playing Active Video Games Can Equal Moderate-intensity Exercise Active Wii sports™ video games and some Wii fit™ activities may increase adults' energy expenditure as much as moderately intense exercise, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. The study, funded by Nintendo™, demonstrated that about one-third of the virtual physical activities require an energy expenditure of 3.0 METs or above, considered moderate-intensity exercise. ...more	17 Nov 2009
Electronic Health Records Not Yet Making Impact, Patients Turn To Web For Advice As the United States launches "an ambitious program, backed by $19 billion in government incentives, to accelerate the adoption of computerized patient records in doctors' offices and hospitals," a new study of 3,000 hospitals "has found little difference in the cost and quality of care," The New York Times reports. "Dr. ...more	17 Nov 2009
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