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Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Breathing Problems During Sleep Linked To Dementia Or Cognitive Impairment A study published in the August 10 issue of JAMA revealed, that older women with sleep-disordered breathing, as indicated by measures of hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), were more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia than women without this disorder.	09 Aug 2011

Flu / Cold / SARS News

Does Multi-Strain Antibody Mean The End Of Annual Flu Vaccinations? The annual flu vaccine only lasts a season because it triggers immune antibodies that specifically target a part of the flu virus that changes every year. But what if it were possible to target a part that did not change so frequently, and this part was the same in different strains so that one antibody could target many flu strains: go for breadth as opposed to specificity? It seems that one team of Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists may have found such an antibody, called CH65.

09 Aug 2011

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News

"Safety-Net Facilities" For Medical Care Demands Increase Since Health Care Reform Law Endorsed By Massachusetts Care from safety-net providers in Massachusetts, such as community health centers and public hospitals, from patient demand has increased. Despite an increasing number of patients with health insurance following the state's passage of health care reform, according to a study in the August 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, part of the journal's Health Care Reform series.

09 Aug 2011

Heart Disease News
UCSD's Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center Opens To Public UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center (SCVC) will officially open its doors to the public on Monday, August 8 after the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) certified the SCVC for patient care.	09 Aug 2011
Stem Cell Researchers Uncover Reason Why The Adult Human Heart Cannot Regenerate Itself Stem cell researchers at UCLA have uncovered for the first time why adult human cardiac myocytes have lost their ability to proliferate, perhaps explaining why the human heart has little regenerative capacity.	09 Aug 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Walgreens Set To Make Move Into Health Insurance Market Walgreen Co., the nation's largest drugstore chain, is planning to start selling health insurance to customers this fall. The giant will sell health insurance products with different price ranges and coverage levels nationwide through a private health insurance exchange, according to people familiar with the matter.	09 Aug 2011

Seniors / Aging News
Breathing Problems During Sleep Linked To Dementia Or Cognitive Impairment A study published in the August 10 issue of JAMA revealed, that older women with sleep-disordered breathing, as indicated by measures of hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), were more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia than women without this disorder.	09 Aug 2011
Age And Heart Failure Linked To Reduction In Verbal Memory According to a report in the August issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, older patients with lower rates of left ventricular ejection fraction (measurement of heart pumping efficiency of the left ventricle with each contraction) appear more likely to have a significantly reduced verbal memory function compared with patients of a younger age.	09 Aug 2011
Walking Around Is The Simplest Way To Shorten Hospital Stay Walking around the ward during hospitalization reduces the length of geriatric patients' stay in internal wards. This has been shown in a new study by Dr. Efrat Shadmi and Dr. Anna Zisberg of the University of Haifa's Department of Nursing, funded by the Israeli Science Foundation and published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.	09 Aug 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News
If Teenage Girl Gets Pregnant, Younger Sister More Likely To Become Pregnant Too A girl whose older teenage sister becomes pregnant is more likely to become pregnant herself, British and Norwegian researchers revealed in a new study. The closer the age gap the higher the risk, they added.	09 Aug 2011

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