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Potential Medicaid funding cuts drawing concerns – Gwinnettdailypost.com

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

ATLANTA The potential cuts in the Medicaid program, as outlined in the GOP health care bills, have a deeply felt meaning for Mitzi Proffitt and her family. Shes employed by a nonprofit that provides services to Georgia families impacted by disabilities or special health care needs. And at home, Mitzi arranges for help at her east Georgia home for her son, Joshua, 22, who has cerebral palsy and gets around with a power wheelchair. I live it and work it, she says. Joshua receives Medicaid services through a waiver program for people with developmental disabilities. Because of his physical limitations, Joshua gets help with dressing, eating and transportation, among other services, through the COMP waiver. He now attends college. Hes smart as a tack mentally, Mitzi says. He can talk but cant move. The aid also allows her to work at the nonprofit Parent to Parent of Georgia. So when the House Republican bill and the somewhat different Senate version unveiled last week outline cuts to Medicaid, Mitzi fears the potential impact on her son if the legislation becomes law. Eventually, through a reduction or elimination of the waiver services, Joshua would be put in a nursing home, she says. … Continue reading →

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Brain injury a factor in crime spree? – Rappahannock News

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

Judges sympathy only goes so far Her son charged with a felony count of breaking and entering, the mother of Derek Murray appeared as a witness at his sentencing hearing in Rappahannock County Circuit Court on June 15 and spoke only as a mom could. Mrs. Murray recounted to Judge Jeffery W. Parker a story of her son, both tragic and encouraging. Tragic for the effects of a childhood brain injury, but encouraging for the improvements he has made with treatment. Until the last couple years, she explained, she didnt realize that a brain injury her now 29-year-old son suffered when he was a child might have been a factor in his alcohol and drug abuse and the crimes he committed in Rappahannock and surrounding counties. On April 6, Derek, a Castleton resident, pleaded guilty in Rappahannock County Circuit Court to a felony charge of breaking into and entering Hope Hill Baptist Church in Castleton on Sept. 16, 2015. Besides damage to the doors, the only evidence of his presence were two empty juice boxes. He did not take anything from the church. After hearing from Mrs. Murray and three other witnesses, Parker sentenced Derek to four years in the … Continue reading →

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Quick cooling ThermoSuit may prevent brain damage in stroke patients – News from Tulane

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

Dr. Justin Salerian, ThermoSuit co-inventor Robert Schock and Dr. Aimee Aysenne are leading a phase II clinical trial of ThermoSuit, which uses mild hypothermia to treat stroke patients. Not pictured is Dr. Robert Freedman, also a co-inventor of ThermoSuit. (Photo provided by Life Recovery Systems) Tulane researchers are investigating therapeutic hypothermiaa method of cooling the body that often works for cardiac arrest patientsas a treatment for stroke. Dr. Justin Salerian, the new director of the Tulane Comprehensive Stroke Center, and his team are currently testing the Life Recovery System ThermoSuit in phase II trials. Were the first center in the world testing this device on stroke patients, said Salerian, who is working with Dr. Aimee Aysenne and ThermoSuit co-inventors Robert Schock and Dr. Robert Freedman in the trials. This device is the first to use thin liquid convection to cool skin directly. Dr. Justin Salerian, director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center The patient stays inside ThermoSuit around half an hour; its cooling effects can last up to 24 hours after the patient has been treated. Like this story? Keep reading: Stroke: The minutes that matter most Go here to read the rest: Quick cooling ThermoSuit may prevent brain damage in … Continue reading →

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Quick cooling ThermoSuit may prevent brain damage in stroke … – News from Tulane

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

Dr. Justin Salerian, ThermoSuit co-inventor Robert Schock and Dr. Aimee Aysenne are leading a phase II clinical trial of ThermoSuit, which uses mild hypothermia to treat stroke patients. Not pictured is Dr. Robert Freedman, also a co-inventor of ThermoSuit. (Photo provided by Life Recovery Systems) Tulane researchers are investigating therapeutic hypothermiaa method of cooling the body that often works for cardiac arrest patientsas a treatment for stroke. Dr. Justin Salerian, the new director of the Tulane Comprehensive Stroke Center, and his team are currently testing the Life Recovery System ThermoSuit in phase II trials. Were the first center in the world testing this device on stroke patients, said Salerian, who is working with Dr. Aimee Aysenne and ThermoSuit co-inventors Robert Schock and Dr. Robert Freedman in the trials. This device is the first to use thin liquid convection to cool skin directly. Dr. Justin Salerian, director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center The patient stays inside ThermoSuit around half an hour; its cooling effects can last up to 24 hours after the patient has been treated. Like this story? Keep reading: Stroke: The minutes that matter most The rest is here: Quick cooling ThermoSuit may prevent brain damage in stroke ... … Continue reading →

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Mac Engel: It’s time for baseball to allow the use of PEDs – Winona Daily News

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

A former Major League Baseball trainer is fairly certain that ballplayers are using steroids again. Thats if they ever really stopped, the trainer, who worked for more than 10 seasons with a big league ballclub, recently told me. It wouldnt surprise me. Established guys like Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak protest otherwise. People wouldnt feel that way if they knew how often we are tested, Smoak told me last week. Weve had blood drawn already this season and urinalysis, too. I dont know how many times already, but its a lot. As players, it is something we fought for to get the bad stuff out of the game. Just because we dont have a Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa home run chase that is sponsored by MLB and fueled by a syringe doesnt mean we are not witnessing another historic home run pursuit in 2017. Theyve moved the fences in, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said last week. San Diego, Detroit, Houston ... I dont have any earth-shattering theories. I just think we are ahead of the pace this year than years past. Yeah ... no. Im not buying its the ball, either. I know people say its the … Continue reading →

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New Texas Law on Stem Cell Treatments: Showdown With FDA Coming? – Regulatory Focus

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

Posted 28 June 2017 By Zachary Brennan With a new Texas law now in the books to allow companies to sell unproven stem cell treatments without US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, some experts wonder when FDA will step in to shut down companies and clinics exposing people to unapproved medical products. Similar to the Right to Try laws spreading across the US and attempting to undercut FDAs regulation of investigational products, the Texas law, which had been brewing in some form since 2012, applies to certain investigational stem cell treatments for patients with certain severe chronic diseases or terminal illnesses. And though the Texas law says that it applies to stem cell treatments currently under investigation in clinical trials, it also blocks the Texas Medical Board from revoking, failing to renew or suspending a physicians license based solely on the physicians recommendations to an eligible patient regarding access to or use of an investigational stem cell treatment. An investigation by Nature in 2012 uncovered unproven and costly stem cell treatments being sold in Texas. Leigh Turner, anassociate professorat the University of Minnesotas Center for Bioethics and School of Public Health and co-author of a paper in Cell on … Continue reading →

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Turning point: Tumour tactician – Nature.com

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

Emma Hodson Neurosurgeon Harry Bulstrode at the University of Cambridge, UK, is eager to research new treatments for glioblastoma, an aggressive yet common type of brain tumour. In May, he won a 200,000 (US$255,000) Cancer Research UK Pioneer Award to investigate whether the Zika virus, which has been linked to thousands of cases of microencephaly in newborns, offers a promising treatment pathway. What attracted you to glioblastomas? They are the most aggressive of primary brain tumours. Fewer than 5% of the 2,300 people diagnosed in England each year survive for 5 or more years. These tumours have rather unusual biology. They are mainly creatures of brain tissue; they don't usually spread throughout the body. All through my PhD programme, a recurring theme was the parallels between how glioma stem cells drive tumour development and how neural stem cells grow in fetuses. As a rule, adult brain cells don't display this rapid growth pattern. Glioblastoma tumours are the exception. My PhD work left one question unanswered how to specifically target these tumour-causing cells. How did you get the idea to test Zika as a possible brain-tumour treatment? As soon as published papers confirmed that Zika caused specific damage to the developing … Continue reading →

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Could Shift Work Damage Your DNA? – WebMD

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 27, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- When people work the night shift, their bodies might have less capacity to repair everyday damage to cells' DNA, a small study hints. The research found that people excreted lower levels of a chemical called 8-OH-dG when they worked at night. That might be a sign that the body's ability to repair DNA damage is diminished. While this is all theoretical, a number of studies have tied shift work to higher risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers. The new findings might point to one reason for those risks, said lead researcher Parveen Bhatti, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle. He explained that 8-OH-dG is excreted in the urine when the body repairs DNA damage that occurs during normal body processes. "So we think lower clearance [of 8-OH-dG] likely reflects a reduced ability to repair DNA damage," Bhatti said. "Over time, such DNA damage might contribute to cancer or other diseases," Bhatti added. And, he said, the whole process might be due to insufficient levels of melatonin -- a hormone that helps regulate the body's internal "clock." The brain churns out melatonin in … Continue reading →

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I Tried A Diet And Fitness Plan Based On My DNA And Couldn’t Believe The Results – BuzzFeed News

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

1. My suspicion was correct. Genetically, I do have a slower metabolism. Dr. Dan described this in scientific terms as an "efficient metabolism," meaning that I store energy more than someone with a fast or "inefficient metabolism." 2. I also have a gene variation for the FTO gene that is linked to a hormone called ghrelin, which controls hunger. My gene variation implies that I am someone who becomes hungry very easily, therefore creating a higher risk of overeating. Dan said that eating small frequent meals throughout the day to control hunger would be important. 3. I also have a gene variation in the APOA2 gene, indicating that I am sensitive to saturated fats, meaning that it sticks to me more easily! I asked Dr. Dan what foods have saturated fats and he said things like animal products, butter, dairy products, palm oil and coconut oil. Coconut oil?! I ate so much coconut oil because of how often it's promoted as a healthy oil. No wonder I was having trouble. 4. I am someone who would benefit from working out later in the day because my CLOCK gene variations imply that I am a night owl. This made perfect sense … Continue reading →

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To find new drugs, make ‘libraries’ from DNA – Futurity: Research News

Posted: Published on June 28th, 2017

Anew technology can clone thousands of genes at once and compile libraries of proteins from DNA samples, potentially speeding up the search for new drugs. Discovering the function of a gene requires cloning a DNA sequence and expressing it. Until now, this was performed on a one-gene-at-a-time basis, causing a bottleneck. We think that the rapid, affordable, and high-throughput cloning of proteins and other genetic elements will greatly accelerate biological research to discover functions of molecules encoded by genomes and match the pace at which new genome sequencing data is coming out, says Biju Parekkadan, an associate professor in the biomedical engineering Department at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. In a study published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, the researchers show that their technologyLASSO (long-adapter single-strand oligonucleotide) probescan capture and clone thousands of long DNA fragments at once. As a proof-of-concept, the researchers cloned more than 3,000 DNA fragments from E. coli bacteria, commonly used as a model organism with a catalogued genome sequence available. We captured about 95 percent of the gene targets we set out to capture, many of which were very large in DNA length, which has been challenging in the past, Parekkadan says. I think there will … Continue reading →

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