This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Click here to advertise in this news brief.   Mobile version   RSS   Subscribe   Unsubscribe   Archive  Media Kit Home   About   Scholarships   Meetings   Publications   Resources   Dec. 4, 2012   New DNA-based blood test may spot signs of cancer HealthDay News    Share    A new study raises the possibility of a DNA-based blood test that doctors could routinely use to determine whether a patient has cancer. There are many caveats. The research is preliminary, and the test is not cheap. Even if it does detect cancer, the test — like the one currently used to detect prostate cancer — could raise big questions about how to deal with the results. Even so, a genetic test for cancer would be a major advance, experts say. More We've got you covered Dealing with infectious samples is risky enough. Why increase your risk by overlooking transport regulations? Saf-T-Pak provides the solutions required for 49 CFR compliance: Compliance Training for Shipping Division 6.2 Infectious Substances Compliant Packaging (Category A, Category B, Exempt and Temperature Controlled shipping systems) Infected and unaware: HIV hitting America's youth Reuters    Share    More than half of young people in the United States who are infected with HIV are not aware of it, according to a new report by government health officials that zeroes in on one of the remaining hot spots of HIV infection in America. Young people ages 13 to 24 account for 26 percent of all new HIV infections, according to the report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More Hepatitis C screening benefit still uncertain MedPage Today via Everyday Health    Share    The value of screening for hepatitis C remains an open question, according to three analyses intended to form the basis for new recommendations on the topic. The analyses, based on systematic reviews of medical literature, are intended to help update guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which recommended in 2004 against screening in adults not at increased risk, but found there wasn't enough evidence to come down for or against screening in high-risk adults. More Changing clinical picture of meningitis outbreak Medscape Medical News    Share    More than two months after three lots of injectable methylprednisolone acetate produced by the New England Compounding Center were implicated in the fungal meningitis outbreak and recalled, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to receive reports of fungal meningitis and other infections in exposed patients, the CDC said. Exserohilum rostratum continues to be the predominant fungus identified in patients and confirmed by the CDC laboratory. More Deadly 'superbugs' invade US health care facilities USA Today    Share    A new family of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, known as CRE, is raising concerns across the medical community because of its ability to cause infections that defy even the strongest antibiotics. The antibiotic resistance is spread by mobile pieces of DNA that can move between different species of bacteria, creating new, drug-defying bugs. More Social media can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases Medical News Today    Share    Social media can be a major asset for preventing infectious diseases from spreading by informing the public of outbreaks, according to researchers from Kansas State University. The experts who conducted the new study looked at whether posts placed online by public figures can have a large impact on awareness of infectious disease and boost knowledge of the benefits of flu shots, washing of hands or sneezing into elbows for preventing the spread of illnesses. 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Grifols’ Diagnostic products take the complexity out of clinical diagnostic testing. 1-800-379-0957. diaginfo@grifols.com Trust in Cleveland Clinic Laboratories Cleveland Clinic Laboratories is a full-service, national reference lab dedicated to providing world class care. We have a dedicated staff of more than 1,300 employees, including board-certified subspecialty pathologists, PhDs, technologists, technicians, and support personnel. Cleveland Clinic Laboratories is proud to serve hospitals, outpatient facilities and physician offices worldwide. For more information, please visit clevelandcliniclabs.com. Prediction model combines Google Flu Trends, weather forecasting techniques FierceHealthIT    Share    A model using data from Google Flu Trends and weather forecasting techniques could predict the peak of flu outbreaks in specific areas more than seven weeks in advance, according to researchers from Columbia University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Previously, researchers in Pakistan asserted that while Google Flu Trends serves as a good "baseline indicator" of epidemic trends, it could become an effective early warning system through application of "sophisticated statistical analysis." More Whooping cough vaccine safe for elderly UPI    Share    The tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine risk is similar to the tetanus and diphtheria vaccine for those ages 65 and older, U.S. researchers say. Hung Fu Tseng and his team at Kaiser Permanente Southern California found adverse events following the Tdap vaccination in seniors were mostly minor. More Hillary Clinton unveils 'blueprint' to combat AIDS CNN    Share    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled what she described as a "blueprint" to guide global efforts in wiping out the AIDS virus, focusing on improving treatment and prevention practices to "get ahead of the pandemic." The initiative is part of a plan to "usher in an AIDS-free generation," said Clinton, who hailed a 200 percent increase in U.S.-funded antiretroviral drug treatments since 2008. More Partner treatment 'cuts HIV transmission' BBC    Share    Treating people with HIV who have uninfected partners significantly reduces transmission rates, researchers in China have found. A clinical trial had shown benefits of antiretroviral treatment before. But this trial, reported in the Lancet, is the first "real-life" public health program of its kind. More Protein 'partner' helps breast cancer spread Futurity    Share    Breast cancer cells preparing to spread disease around the body must first team up with a protein to activate the needed genes, researchers have learned. The discovery, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may also have implications for understanding the metastasis of other forms of cancer and may also light a path to a new treatment strategy. More Hatching ideas, and companies, by the dozens at M.I.T. The New York Times    Share    How do you take particles in a test tube, or components in a tiny chip, and turn them into a $100 million company? Dr. Robert Langer, 64, knows how. Since the 1980s, his Langer Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has spun out companies whose products treat cancer, diabetes, heart disease and schizophrenia, among other diseases, and even thicken hair. More Simple measures cut infections caught in hospitals The Associated Press via Bloomberg Businessweek    Share    Preventing surgery-linked infections is a major concern for hospitals and it turns out some simple measures can make a big difference. A project at seven big hospitals reduced infections after colorectal surgeries by nearly one-third. It prevented an estimated 135 infections, saving almost $4 million, the Joint Commission hospital regulating group and the American College of Surgeons announced. 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