Solomon Islands floods: Thousands remain in Honiara evacuation centres

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ABC People walk through debris resulting from days of heavy rain in the Solomon Islands, which caused flash flooding and the Mataniko River in Honiara to burst its banks, April 4, 2014.

Authorities in Solomon Islands say 23 people have died and 9,000 are homeless following disastrous flash floods, landslides and strong winds.

The Solomon's National Disaster Council says the victims who lost their homes occupying 24 evacuation centres around Honiara.

The National Emergency Operations Centre says the numbers are continuing to increase across all centres.

The director of the National Disaster Management Office, Loti Yates, has raised concerns over sanitation at the evacuation centres, which are lacking proper water supply.

"There is a very real risk of an outbreak of disease - including dyentry, malaria, dengue fever and other diseases related to poor sanitation," Mr Yates said.

The Solmon Islands government has allocated $5million in emergency funds for the relief effort.

Australia and New Zealand have sent aircraft, equipment and specialist teams, as well as money, to assist in the clean up.

Cherise Chadwick from Solomon Islands Red Cross has told Asia Pacific thousands are still in evacuation centres in the capital, Honiara.

"Many of those people are not sure what they're returning back to," she said.

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Healing the Health Care Blues

A festival to support Healthcare for All Oregon, the coalition sponsoring legislation for single-payer health care, brings together the hottest and most-loved blues artists in the area Saturday, April 5 at the Melody Ballroom.

Featuring Norman Sylvester and a host of all-star Northwest musicians, (pictured) the Third Annual Healing the Healthcare Blues festival returning for a night of music that will benefit Health Care for All-Oregon, to get simple, fair, affordable, high quality health care for all Oregonians.

Celebrity Masters of Ceremonies for the evening are Paul Knauls, a NE Portland businessman and former owner of legendary blues/jazz clubs Genevas and the Cotton Club, and Renee Mitchell, former columnist for The Oregonian and renowned poet and author.

Joanne Cvar of HCAO says making real, affordable healthcare for all is the point.

Right now we have multi-tiered insurance, so some people have insurance, and they have the opportunity pay a premium every month, but they don't have the money to pay the deductible the deductible is so high that they don't have access to healthcare.

So the premium that might only be $100 some people have premiums as high as $500

depending on their age, but I still don't have access to healthcare, they just have access

to the opportunity to pay for insurance they can't use, she says.

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Ertel Medicine now offering genetic testing

Ertel Medicine and Pediatrics is now offering special genetic testing called pharmocogenetic testing. The test helps the medical provideradminister the most accurate treatment based on each patients unique science.

Since everyone processes medications differently, this may be the key to help my patientsget to the sweet spot sooner, Dr. Larry Ertel said in a news release. Whether it is Plavix (a heart medicine) which is known to havesevere adverse reactions if the dose is too high or just a common reflux medicine or even anti-depressants I will be able to see how a patient metabolizes medicine and adjust accordingly.

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Cleft palate discovery in dogs to aid in understanding human birth defects

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UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine researchers have identified the genetic mutation responsible for a form of cleft palate in the dog breed Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.

They hope that the discovery, which provides the first dog model for the craniofacial defect, will lead to a better understanding of cleft palate in humans. Although cleft palate is one of the most common birth defects in children, affecting approximately one in 1,500 live human births in the United States, it is not completely understood. The findings appear this week online in the journal PLOS Genetics and are available at https://tinyurl.com/knr8wb3.

"This discovery provides novel insight into the genetic cause of a form of cleft palate through the use of a less conventional animal model," said Professor Danika Bannasch, a veterinary geneticist who led the study. "It also demonstrates that dogs have multiple genetic causes of cleft palate that we anticipate will aid in the identification of additional candidate genes relevant to human cleft palate."

Bannasch, who holds the Maxine Adler endowed chair in genetics, explains that common breeding practices have made the dog a unique animal model to help understand the genetic basis of naturally occurring birth defects.

By conducting a genome-wide study of these particular retrievers with a naturally occurring cleft palate, researchers identified a mutation responsible for the development of cleft palate in the breed. Dogs with this mutation also have a shortened lower jaw, similar to humans who have Pierre Robin Sequence. The disorder, a subset of cleft palate, affects one in 8,500 live human births and is characterized by a cleft palate, shortened lower jaw and displacement of the tongue base.

Cleft palate condition occurs when there is a failure in the formation of the secondary palate, which makes up all of the soft palate and the majority of the hard palate. A disruption in the sequential steps of palate development causes a cleft palate and leads to the spectrum of cases that are observed. Children born with cleft palate may develop hearing loss and difficulties with speech and eating. They also may be at increased risk for neurological deficits.

Additional UC Davis researchers include: Zena T. Wolf, a graduate student in the Department of Population Health and Reproduction at the School of Veterinary Medicine, whose thesis topic is the study of craniofacial clefts in dogs; and Assistant Professor Boaz Arzi from the Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine.

Funding was provided by the Center for Companion Animal Health at the School of Veterinary Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

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Irvine, CA (PRWEB) April 07, 2014

Proove Biosciences, the leader in Personalized Pain Medicine testing services, exhibited and presented research from three studies at the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians' (ASIPP) 16th annual meeting in New Orleans. The event took place at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel, this weekend, April 4-6.

Proove submitted abstracts on three IRB-approved clinical studies to ASIPP for presentation at the annual meeting. Out of many abstracts submitted by various researchers, ASIPP only accepted 20 studies for presentation and publication. All three Proove study abstracts were accepted for poster presentation, and one of Proove's study abstracts was selected in the "Top 5 Posters" presented before the general session on Saturday afternoon.

Specifically, the company plans to present: Predictive Risk of Injury Complications Enduring Over one Year Using Genetic Predisposition (P.R.I.C.E.) Study, MED Scale to Predict Hydrocodone Efficacy versus the Pain VAS Score Study, and Perception of Analgesia in Narcotic Users with Chronic Pain: A Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Genotype to Pain VAS (P.A.I.N.) Study.

On Saturday afternoon, Proove's Medical Director for Pain and Addiction, Daniel Schwarz, MD, MROC presented information on Prooves P.R.I.C.E. study during the "Top 5 Posters" session.

The PRICE Study demonstrates how a proprietary algorithm can identify workers' compensation claims that are at risk for extending beyond one-year. In this study of 272 patients, a PRICE score of 3 was able to predict claims extending beyond 1 year with an accuracy of 52% positive predictive value (+PPV) and a sensitivity of 88% and specificity of 92%.

The MED Scale to Predict Hydrocodone Efficacy versus the Pain VAS Score Study validates the Proove proprietary MED Scale to identify therapeutic outcomes in pain medicine. This abstract demonstrates how the MED Scale used with chronic non-cancer pain patients taking hydrocodone correlates with the commonly used Pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Proove research exhibited findings on how the MED Scale may be a reliable assessment of therapeutic efficacy for chronic pain patients treated with hydrocodone.

The purpose of the PAIN Study is to evaluate whether genotype, or SNP variations can help objectively stratify patient perception of pain among chronic pain patients taking narcotics. Statistical data supports Prooves findings that a proprietary genotypic analysis from Proove can stratify pain perception, and may be a more objective method to define subjective numerical rating scales based on patient perceptions.

ASIPP was created to support the needs of physicians who practice interventional pain management. The society offers extensive opportunities to train and educate physicians on the latest science behind interventional pain management, and is one of the most I involved and influential medical political action groups.

Proove Biosciences is excited to be participating in ASIPPs Annual Meeting, and to share and present our clinical data on how our Proove Genetic tests have been helping to improve clinical outcomes in pain medicine and reducing costs within our healthcare system, stated Brian Meshkin, President of Proove Biosciences and author of the three studies. "Collaborating with our Medical Advisory Board members who are leaders in ASIPP like Dr. Andrea Trescot and Dr. Sandy Silverman, we are very pleased to continue leading the industry in pain medicine genetics testing and research."

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