Report shows rise in nursing home abuse nationwide
Washington AP report notes nearly a third of U S nursing homes cited for abuse from 1999 to 2001, with 5 283 homes cited for about 9 000 abuse violations. Waxman urges reestablishing the Boren amendment and backing criminal background checks for staff.
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DHA and AA Enriched Formula Aims for Breast Milk Parity
FDA approves addition of DHA and AA fatty acids to infant formula to boost brain and visual development, targeting year end rollout. Early studies show IQ and visual gains, especially for premature babies, with price increases and consumer debate over lasting impact and practical significance.
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Children's Nutrition Research Center
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National Institutes of Health
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Martek
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Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
Fat cell hormone adiponectin fights insulin resistance
Researchers in New York and Tokyo report adiponectin or Acrp30 improves insulin sensitivity in diabetic mice. Two independent Nature Medicine papers show short and longer term blood sugar reductions, suggesting fat tissue releases factors influencing liver sugar production, with implications for future therapies.
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Japan
Nature Medicine
Philipp E. Scherer
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Takashi Kadowaki
University of Tokyo
Scherer
Hopkins probes cancer study in India amid Roche death
Johns Hopkins University faces a probe of a biology professor Ru Chih C. Huang over human subjects rules after the death of Ellen Roche, a healthy lab worker in a Hopkins asthma study. DHHS human research office halted most of Hopkins federally funded human studies pending review. Huang’s cancer study in Kerala, India, lacked Hopkins board approval, though he says the center’s panel cleared it.
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Hopkins Review Board
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