Ten years ago, Stanford University School of Medicine scientist Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and his colleagues made headlines when they identified the culprit behind the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Now Mignot and his collaborators have shown for the first time that a specific immune cell is involved in the disorder—confirming experts’ long-held suspicion that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease.

The American Medical Association reports that females typically put the health care of her spouse and children ahead of their own well-being. This May, in honor of National Women’s Health Care Month, Symmetry is encouraging women to rethink their approach.

A nationwide survey of health care executives released today by Identity Force indicates that approximately 80 percent of hospitals are still not in compliance with federal Red Flags Rules that require businesses and organizations to create identity theft prevention programs. The Federal Trade Commission has set May 1, 2009 as the enforcement deadline for the new regulations. The survey also found that 63.3 percent of facilities have data breaches each year, with 18.8 percent reporting 10 or more breaches annually.