Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, but work being conducted by a team of University of Georgia researchers aims to help physicians diagnose the disease early, when it’s more easily treated.Funded by a $2. [click link for full article]

A common reason for people to come to an allergist is for an evaluation of a “severe allergic reaction”. This term can mean many different things, from urticaria and angioedema…

Restless legs syndrome is a common problem in children 8 years of age and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a new report from an international team of researchers.Nearly 2 percent of children aged 8 to 17 are affected, and a significant proportion of those experience moderate to severe symptoms, including sleep disturbance and negative moods. The report appears in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics. [click link for full article]

Family lifestyles and their impact on the health of individual family members will be the focus of a new approach to preventing diabetes.In the first study of its kind in Britain, researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow will test whether involving whole families in weight loss and fitness initiatives is effective in preventing the development of type 2 diabetes among high-risk family members. [click link for full article]

“State Medicaid Agencies’ Initiatives on Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange,” [click link for full article]

A Minnesota law that requires pharmaceutical companies to report certain payments to physicians is “shining a rare light onto the big money” spent on Medicaid drug formulary panel members, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The state is one of three in the U.S. [click link for full article]

Massachusetts municipalities should be allowed to bypass negotiations with labor unions to join the state’s health insurance program, according to a joint report released on Monday by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau and the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the [click link for full article]

An increased number of Gulf Coast residents have experienced suicidal thoughts or symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as the recovery from Hurricane Katrina continues, according to the preliminary results of a new survey, the AP/Los Angeles Times reports. [click link for full article]

A program created in Atlanta by CDC and Emory University is providing “a template for cities trying to improve cardiac arrest survival rates” by allowing them to use an Internet database to compile data on the performance of emergency medical services, USA Today reports. The $1. [click link for full article]

Physicians “who have turned surgery into a popular treatment for obesity are setting their sights on a burgeoning new market: diabetes patients,” the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, diabetes can “quickly recede” when bariatric surgery “alters the intestinal tract and diverts food away” from hormones in the small intestine that help regulate blood sugar levels. [click link for full article]