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Stroke :: MIT brace aids stroke recovery

At age 32, Maggie Fermental suffered a stroke that left her right side paralyzed. After a year and a half of conventional therapy with minimal results, she tried a new kind of robotic therapy developed by MIT engineers. A study to appear in the April 2007 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation shows that the device, which helped Fermental, also had positive results for five other severe stroke patients in a pilot clinical trial.

Health Plan :: US New Health Plan covers uninsured Americans, reduces US health spending

A new analysis of health reform bills in Congress prepared for the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System shows that many current Congressional health care proposals could significantly reduce the number of uninsured Americans and also decrease overall health care expenditures including those for insurance administration and prescription drugs.

Medicare :: Physicians commonly play main role in deciding where Medicare patients will have surgery

A survey of Medicare patients who had major elective surgery found that although most participated in the decision regarding the hospital at which they would undergo their procedures, physicians served as the main decision-makers one-third of the time, according to an article in the March issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Pharmaceutical :: Bristol-Myers Squibb Investment is the First to Span Discovery and Development in India

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced the company is expanding its research and development (R&D) capabilities in India. The increase is an integral part of the company?s overall R&D global strategy of accessing top-talent around the world in support of its goal of achieving sustainable, cost-effective growth.

Diabetes :: World diabetes leaders committed to confronting global diabetes pandemic

World diabetes leaders left the Global Changing Diabetes Leadership Forum, which took place in New York City on 13?14 March 2007, with a sense of activism to return home to start changing diabetes.

Drug Safety :: National experts and nonprofit organizations call to end FDA user fees and to improve drug safety

Opposition to current drug safety legislation is growing, as a group of 22 experts on drug safety and regulation and a coalition of 12 patient, consumer, science, and public health organizations issue two separate open letters to lawmakers.

Aging :: US businesses not prepared for aging workforce

More than a quarter of U.S. businesses have failed to plan for the effects of the aging American workforce, according to the results of a new national survey by researchers at Boston College.

Exercise :: Viagra improves exercise capacity in pulmonary fibrosis patients

UCLA researchers have found that Viagra may help patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable disease characterized by progressive scarring in the lungs, which often leads to a lung transplant.

Child :: US child health system needs total overhaul

When it comes to health care for our kids, we live in a hardscrabble world that is only going to get tougher. That is the underlying message from three UCLA professors who are calling for a complete overhaul of the U.S child health care system, which they describe as a “patchwork of disconnected programs, policies and funding” that lacks “clear accountability or performance goals.”

Sleep :: Gene predicts decline of performance during sleep deprivation

People are known to differ markedly in their response to sleep deprivation, but the biological underpinnings of these differences have remained difficult to identify. Researchers have now found that a genetic difference in a so-called clock gene, PERIOD3, makes some people particularly sensitive to the effects of sleep deprivation.