Protestors hold placards challenging the Affordable Care Act outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 in Washington, D.C. The court faces a momentous case on the sweeping health insurance reform law that President Barack Obama wants to leave as part of his legacy. How many politicians, aides, lobbyists, lawyers, insurance moguls, professional groups and interns — both the political and medical kind — agonized over the details in the Affordable Care Act? The number is big.
Category: HEALTHCARE/MEDICAL
Ebola Vaccine Candidate Promising in Early Study
Ebola Vaccine Candidate Promising in Early StudyAn experimental Ebola vaccine called VSV-ZEBOV was safe and produced robust antibody responses in all the healthy adults who received it. It’s now being tested in Liberia.
Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression
Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma ProgressionUsing an advanced genetic test, researchers detected diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in blood before it could be seen on CT scans. The technique could improve disease monitoring.
Insights into Energy-Burning Fat Cells
Insights into Energy-Burning Fat CellsResearchers identified beige fat cells, which burn energy rather than store it, in humans. The finding may lead to new ways to engineer fat cells to fight obesity.
National strategy aims to address rise in allergic diseases
The rise in the number of people with allergies in Australia prompts a new national strategy to help address the problem.
ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale assists oncology clinicians in evaluating anti-cancer medicines
ESMO, the European Society for Medical Oncology, has announced today the publication of the ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS), a tool to assist oncology clinicians in evaluating the most effective anti-cancer medicines for their patients.
Prosthetic hands with a sense of touch? ‘Sensory feedback’ from artificial limbs
Researchers are exploring new approaches to designing prosthetic hands capable of providing “sensory feedback.” New advances have been made toward developing prostheses with a sense of touch.
Blueberry tea attracts attention as possible diabetes treatment
A herbal tea with blueberry as its base attracts the attention of medical researchers at the Menzies Institute for its potential to reduce insulin dependence in diabetics.
Sensor measures properties of tiny amounts of fluid
Researchers have developed fiber-based “optofluidic” sensors for measuring the properties of tiny amounts of fluid. The innovation increases the sensitivity of measurements and makes it less expensive for researchers and clinicians to study the properties of fluids.
A collection of images from Lauren Black and Dr Sorrel Standish-White have found diseases through art
A collection of images from Lauren Black and Dr Sorrel Standish-White have found diseases through art
Hobart artist and pathologist discover diseases through art
Bones, bladder stones, and body parts are the subject of a collaboration between an artist and a pathologist on display in Hobart.