Lehigh University's Pre-Medical Chapter of AMSA

A good op-ed to get focused on as health care policies will change drastically with the new administration. See what you think about it!

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/trump-price-plans-for-obamacare-medicare-and-medicaid-commentary.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160224151404.htm

And for those watching the debates, keep up with the candidate plans to see who's on top of their game.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/final-gop-debate-before-super-tuesday-who-came-out-on-top-for-healthcare.html

Groundbreaking discovery made use skin cells to kill cancer: Skin cells turned cancer-killing... In a first for medical science, pharmacy researchers turn skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as glioblastoma -- a discovery that can offer, for the first time in more than 30 years, a new and more effective treatment for the disease.

Take a look at this new "Cut-and-Paste" system researchers are using to treat and edit genetic liver disease in newborn mice.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160201122852.htm

Viral gene editing system corrects genetic liver disease in newborn mice: Penn study has... For the first time, researchers have treated an animal model of a genetic disorder using a viral vector to deliver genome-editing components in which the disease- causing mutation has been corrected. Delivery of the vector to newborn mice improved their survival while treatment of adult animals, une…

I know this isn't a current article/event, but it'd be very wise to take a look at this archived Reddit post on Obamacare. It's pretty old, but it breaks down the logistics without oversimplifying the content. Very useful to know if you're preparing for interviews for med schools.

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/vb8vs/eli5_what_exactly_is_obamacare_and_what_did_it/c530lfx

ELI5: What exactly is Obamacare and what did it change? • /r/explainlikeimfive Okay, explained like you're a five year-old (well, okay, maybe a bit older), without too much oversimplification, and (hopefully) without sounding...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/11/23/pfizer-allergan-merger/76248478/

Pfizer and Allergan merge in $160B tax inversion deal Record-breaking deal is the largest using a cost-saving yet controversial tax inversion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/gene-drive-mosquitoes-malaria.html?ref=health&_r=0

Engineering Mosquitoes’ Genes to Resist Malaria Two teams of biologists have created a novel breed of mosquito with modified genes in hopes of eradicating the disease.

A well, much-needed op-ed piece that fronts a lot of fine tuning changes to be done between the health care providers, our medical system and the big pharm businesses.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/opinion/sunday/how-doctors-helped-drive-the-addiction-crisis.html?smid=pl-share

How Doctors Helped Drive the Addiction Crisis Opioid painkillers are deadly, overprescribed and often ineffective.

http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/10/29/781390/10154451/en/thromboDx-collaborators-show-Blood-Platelets-offer-all-in-one-cancer-diagnostics-platform-study-published-in-Cancer-Cell.html

thromboDx collaborators show Blood Platelets offer all-in-one cancer diagnostics platform; study... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- thromboDx, a molecular diagnostic company based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands announced that a 283 subject study shows that its' blood platelet based diagnostic platform enables accurate detection, classification and subtyping of cancer in th…

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/poor-sleep-may-spur-college-weight-gain/?ref=health

4 o'clocks coming up... Remember to get some sleep people.

Poor Sleep May Spur College Weight Gain The “freshman 15” weight gain among college students is more like five or 10, researchers say, and an underlying cause may be inconsistent bedtimes.

REMINDER TO SIGN UP FOR DANCE MARATHON!! It's for a great cause, there'll be lots of food, loads of fun. GET HYPE!!

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/news/records/2015/October/Gene-could-hold-key-to-treating-Parkinsons-disease.aspx

There's going to a ton of research on this. A bit rudimentary on the initial findings but interesting to know the gene's potential for treating Parkinson's.

King's College London - Gene could hold key to treating Parkinson's disease

Hello Everyone!

LUAMSA will have the opportunity to volunteer in the Walk to Stop Diabetes which is the signature fundraising walk of the American Diabetes Association. Formerly Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes and America’s Walk for Diabetes, the event has been taking place for more than 20 years and has raised more than $175,000,000 to Stop Diabetes.

As volunteers, we will be helping with route marshals, food tents, registration, kids' zone, t-shirt tents, and event set-up/clean-up.

It will be on October 10 from 7:30AM-1:30PM at the IronPigs Stadium at the Coca Cola Park in Allentown, PA. I know this is the Saturday of Pacing Break so it may interfere with your trip back home. However, it would be great to have some members who are staying at Lehigh to come out or even members to leave for home after this event!

I have attached a google doc for people to sign up as volunteers/drivers.


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RbEmpRJmrHKslSB9KClf2nvwqE9JNxQjkdK_vQrkl3Y/edit =0

Walk to Stop Diabetes - Google Sheets