NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- If personalized treatments are poised to change the face of medicine, that may be news to almost three-quarters of US consumers. In a 2013 study by GfK Bridgehead, a division of GfKs Health team, only 27% of respondents said they had heard of the term personalized medicine, and just 8% considered themselves very knowledgeable about the concept. More than half (53%) said that personalized medicine refers to medical care somehow geared to individual needs, while others thought the phrase had something to do with doctor/patient collaboration. Just 4% associated personalized medicine with genetics, which is generally considered a key element. To download a free report about this study, click here. After being given more information about personalized medicine, consumers varied widely in their receptivity, as well as their openness to genetic testing. Those who perceived their health as poor were less likely to embrace personalized medicine; but people diagnosed with life-threatening cancer were more open to genetic testing, perhaps because of their own experiences with the imperfections of the current system. The study showed that respondents who are more interested in genetic testing are likely to have Over half (55%) of those with a work-sponsored health plan … Continue reading →

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Public release date: 22-Aug-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Bob Miranda cogcomm@aol.com Cell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair Putnam Valley, NY. (Aug. 22, 2013) Patients receiving cranial irradiation treatment for brain cancer may find the treatment life-saving, but often suffer progressive and debilitating cognitive detriments, including spatial learning and memory deficits. The cognitive deficits are a contributing factor to the often significant adverse impacts on the surviving patients' quality of life after radiation therapy. In an effort to improve post-irradiation cognitive impairment, scientists at the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues at Neuralstem, Inc. (Rockville, MD), have transplanted fetal stem cells into laboratory animals with radiation-induced cognitive impairments and found that this led to a number of cognitive improvements. The study appears as an early e-publication for the journal Cell Transplantation, and is now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct/pre-prints/ct1048acharya. "Multiple mechanisms contribute to disrupted cognition following irradiation for patients with central nervous system malignancies. These include the depletion of radiosensitive populations of stem and progenitor cells in the hippocampus," said study co-author Dr. Charles L. Limoli of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California, Irvine. "Interventions to combat long-term brain damage … Continue reading →

Posted On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:07:20 AM In order to bridge the gap between epilepsy cares provided in India and abroad, an Indo-US collaborative effort is taking place which is likely to help millions of patients in India. Ten neurologists from the country will be trained for a period between one and three months on epilepsy treatment. The initiative was unveiled at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) on Sunday as part of a Colloquium on Drug Resistant Epilepsy. The idea is the brainchild of Nimhans Director P Sathischandra, jointly with the Association of American Epileptologists of Indian origin and the Indian Epilepsy Association (Bangalore Chapter). The young neurologists will be trained by eminent neurosurgeons in America on the latest advancement in the treatment of epilepsy. They will come back and apply their learning to the patients. We have also been planning service projects like free epilepsy clinics in rural areas where neurosurgeons from the USA will come and conduct camps, Dr Sanjay P Singh of the American Epileptologists of Indian Origin said. India has about 1,000 neurosurgeons. It is important for them to be well equipped with the latest treatment. There is a growing need … Continue reading →

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Consumer Watchdog argues for proper autism treatment before the CA Court of Appeals A case before the California Court Of Appeals could affect the healthcare treatment of over 13000 children with autism. By: consumerwatchdog … Continue reading →

Children who have an older sibling with autism are seven times more likely than other kids to be diagnosed with the disorder themselves, according to a new study from Denmark. That extra risk is smaller than had been suggested in earlier studies. Researchers also found a higher-than-average risk among children whose older half-sibling had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - especially if the two kids shared the same mother. "I think a lot of autism researchers agree that the causes of autism are many and it's very complex," Therese Gronborg, who led the study at Aarhus University, said. "If it was only genetics we would see a much higher recurrence rate" among siblings, she told Reuters Health. About one in every 88 U.S. children has an ASD, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For their new study, Gronborg and her colleagues used birth, civil and psychiatric registries to track 1.5 million children born in Denmark between 1980 and 2004. Through 2010, just over 13,000 of them had been diagnosed with an ASD. That included 276 children with an older sibling with autism who were also diagnosed with the disorder. The researchers found the likelihood of a younger … Continue reading →

Children who have an older sibling with autism are seven times more likely than other kids to be diagnosed with the disorder themselves, according to a new study from Denmark. That extra risk is smaller than had been suggested in earlier studies. Researchers also found a higher-than-average risk among children whose older half-sibling had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) especially if the two kids shared the same mother. I think a lot of autism researchers agree that the causes of autism are many and its very complex, Therese Gronborg, who led the study at Aarhus University, said. If it was only genetics we would see a much higher recurrence rate among siblings, she said. About one in every 88 U.S. children has an ASD, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For their new study, Gronborg and her colleagues used birth, civil and psychiatric registries to track 1.5 million children born in Denmark between 1980 and 2004. Through 2010, just more than 13,000 of them had been diagnosed with an ASD. That included 276 children with an older sibling with autism who were also diagnosed with the disorder. The researchers found the likelihood of a younger sibling being … Continue reading →