Researchers disprove long-held theory about nervous system

MU researchers have disproved a 15-year-old theory about how the nervous system develops. Scientists previously thought certain proteins are key in the development of the nervous system, but researchers have found that they actually do not play a significant role at all.
These researchers hope that their research on how the nervous system develops will eventually [...]

Senate passes bill that provides health insurance for children

The Senate approved a bill yesterday  that will provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children. The bill gave the State Children’s Health Insurance Program an additional $32.8 billion in funding so that the program could cover an additional 4 million children.
All together now, the program will have $57.8 billion to use to provide health insurance [...]

MU Researcher studies chicken hearts to find solutions for human heart ailments

Luis Polo-Parada, an assistant professor at the MU Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology in the MU School of Medicine, has been doing research on how chicken hearts develop to find out more about how heartbeats are regulated. So far, Parada has identified some certain proteins in the heart muscle that regulate embryonic heartbeat control, according to [...]

Gov. Nixon’s State of the State

Health care in Missouri was certainly on Gov. Nixon’s mind during his State of the State speech last night. He stated the importance of providing a health care system that would attract new businesses to Missouri, but said there are too few people trained in providing such care.
To remedy this, Nixon has “called for the [...]

Healthcare in the Netherlands

Today, I covered an online panel discussing the feasibility of President-Elect Barack Obama’s healthcare plan. Check out the ColumbiaMissourian.com for the story.
One discussion the panel had that I found interesting was how the US could learn from a country like the Netherlands, which has a high rate of satisfaction with health care.
“We need to look [...]