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| Abortion News | |
| Abortion Rate Declines To Lowest Level Since 1974; Disparities Persist, Study Finds Although abortion rates have declined among all racial and ethnic groups and are at the lowest level since 1974, the rate for black and Hispanic women remains three to five times higher than that of whites, according to an analysis by the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Blogs Comment On HHS Rule, Colo. 'Personhood' Measure, Obama Campaign, Sex Education The following summarizes recent women's health-related blog entries. ~ "New HHS Regs Would Hit Low-Income Women, Women of Color Hardest," Bethany Sousa, RH Reality Check: HHS claims its recently proposed regulations "will protect federally-funded health care providers from discrimination," but "in reality" the regulations will "further limit a woman's ability to obtain health services and increase the number of providers and institutions allowed to refuse her care," Sousa writes in a blog entry. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Google Allows 'Abortion' As Keyword In Ads After Settling Lawsuit With U.K. Antiabortion Group Religious organizations will be allowed to use the keyword "abortion" in advertisements on Google after the company settled a lawsuit with a British antiabortion group, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Conservative Group Asserts Causal Link Between Parental Involvement Laws, Declining Abortion Rates Abortion rates drop by an average of 13.6% in states that have enacted laws requiring minors to notify their parents or obtain parental consent before having an abortion, according to a recent 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Physicians, Politicians In Russia Increasing Efforts To Discourage Abortion, Los Angeles Times Reports Physicians and politicians in Russia are "quietly" increasing efforts to dissuade patients from abortion in the country, which is believed to have the highest abortion rate worldwide, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Washington Post Examines South Dakota Abortion Ban Ballot Initiative The Washington Post on Sunday examined South Dakota's 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Guttmacher Report Documents 30-Year Low In Abortion Rates, Major Shift In Abortion Demographics A Guttmacher Institute analysis of 30 years of data since the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling on Roe v. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Acid Reflux / GERD News |
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| ADHD News | |
| Autism, Learning Disabilities And ADHD Experts Convene At The Help Group Summit On Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27, 2008 at The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, The Help Group will host its Summit 2008, Advances and Best Practices in 24 Sept 2008 | |
| NICE Guidelines Are Set To Improve Care And Management Of Children, Young People And Adults With ADHD, UK The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health have today (24 September 2008) published a guideline on the diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, young people and adults. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Aid / Disasters News | |
| Urgent Assistance Needed To Help Haitian Children Affected By The Hurricanes, Says UNICEF Urgent assistance is needed to bring life-saving help to children in Haiti affected by the four successive hurricanes. According to the Government of Haiti, an estimated 300,000 children are in need of aid throughout the country. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Texas TERT Activation For Hurricane Ike A Success The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), the founding partners of the National Joint TERT Initiative (NJTI), today reported the results of the Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) activation in Texas following Hurricane Ike. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| VA Announces Changes To The Disability Rating Schedule For Traumatic Brain Injuries And Burn Scars The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced changes in the way VA will evaluate traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and burn scars for purposes of determining the appropriate level of compensation veterans receive for these injuries. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| Chronic Hepatitis C Infection In A Patient With Bone Marrow Hypoplasia HCV is acquired by intravenous drug abuse, sexually or via blood transfusion (rare nowadays due to the effective screening of blood products before transfusion). HCV is known to cause chronic infection in 80% - 90% of the patients becoming infected. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Estimated 3 Million Injecting Drug Users Worldwide Could Be HIV Positive New research suggests there could be 3 million injecting drug users (IDUs) worldwide who are HIV positive; and that the number of countries reporting injecting drug use has increased over the last decade. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Peptide Ghrelin May Be Involved In Both Alcohol Dependence And Overeating Ghrelin is a peptide, mainly produced in the stomach, but also found in small amounts in the brain. It is known to affect food intake by increasing feelings of hunger and the urge to eat. A new study has examined ghrelin's role in addictive behaviors. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Increased Risk Of Hazardous Drinking And Alcohol-Use Disorders In 'Casual' Smokers Non-daily or "casual" smokers tend to slip through the cracks of prevention efforts. Yet casual smoking and heavy drinking are prevalent behaviors among young adults and, furthermore, casual smoking occurs primarily in the context of alcohol use. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Link Between The Neuropeptide Y System And A More Severe Form Of Alcohol Dependence Previous animal research showed an association between the neuropeptide Y (NPY) pathway and its three receptor genes and response to alcohol and cocaine. A new study has examined the relationship of the human NPY system with alcohol dependence (AD), with and without withdrawal symptoms, and cocaine dependence. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| More Than 80% Back 'alcopops' And Tobacco Tax: Newspoll Survey, Australia Australians would overwhelmingly support increased 'alcopops' and tobacco tax if funds raised were used for preventive health programs, according to Newspoll research published today (24/9). A survey of more than 1200 Australian adults showed 84 per cent supported the Government's proposed 'alcopops' tax and 88 per cent backed increased tobacco tax, if most of the revenue funded programs to help prevent diseases such as heart disease and cancer. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Allergy News | |
| FDA Approves Nasacort AQ(R) Nasal Spray For Children Aged 2 - 5 Years Old Sanofi-aventis announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nasacort AQ Nasal Spray (triamcinolone acetonide) for children aged 2 - 5 years old for the treatment of nasal symptoms associated with seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| World Alzheimer's Day 2008 Special Report: New Alzheimer Targets Take Center Stage AlzheimerVideoNews.comdebuts with a World Alzheimer's Day 2008 Special Report, discussing the most significant developments which occurred in 2008 in the field of Alzheimer's disease research. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Compounds That Prevent Nerve Damage Discovered By Duke Team Duke University Medical Center scientists have made a significant finding that could lead to better drugs for several degenerative diseases including Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Alzheimer's Society Response To Gordon Brown's Speech At The Labour Party Conference, UK Rarely have we heard Alzheimer's singled out in such an important speech. With the numbers of people living with dementia set to rise to over a million in the next 15 years, the need to find new cures and treatments could not be greater. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Anxiety / Stress News |
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| Arthritis / Rheumatology News |
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| Autism News | |
| Autism, Learning Disabilities And ADHD Experts Convene At The Help Group Summit On Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27, 2008 at The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, The Help Group will host its Summit 2008, Advances and Best Practices in 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News | |
| Delivering Toxic Genes To Effectively Kill Pancreatic Cancer Cells A research team, led by investigators at the Department of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, has achieved a substantial "kill" of pancreatic cancer cells by using nanoparticles to successfully deliver a deadly diphtheria toxin gene. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Photonic Crystal Biosensors Detect Protein-DNA Interactions Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions. Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors are suitable for the rapid identification of inhibitors of protein-nucleic acid and protein-protein interactions. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| News From The Journal Of Neuroscience 1. Synaptic Properties of Corticothalamic SynapsesAlexander Groh, Christiaan P. J. de Kock, Verena C. Wimmer, Bert Sakmann, and Thomas KunerIn rodents, neurons in layer 5 of somatosensory (barrel) cortex project to, and form giant terminals on, neurons in the posterior medial thalamus. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Scientists Develop New, More Sensitive Nanotechnology Test For Chemical DNA Modifications Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a novel test to screen for chemical modifications to DNA known as methylation. The technology potentially could be used both for early cancer diagnoses and for assessing patients' response to cancer therapies. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A Big Future For Tiny Medicine - Nanotechnology The newest and upcoming micro-devices used to healWHO: Hosted by the Cornell NanoScale Facility and Weill Cornell Medical CollegeWHEN: Wednesday, September 24, from 2:00-5:30 PMWHERE: Weill Auditorium, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue (at 69th Street)The symposium will examine the use of nano-and micro-fabrication tools and explore techniques for clinical and basic life sciences research, including the development of drug delivery systems, biosensors and fluidic devices, implantable devices, and tissue scaffolds with applications in medical diagnostics and imaging, treatment of cancer and other degenerative diseases, and in orthopedics and wound repair. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| 2 UCSF Scientists Recognized For Transformative Research Two UCSF scientists are among the 31 nationwide who have received 2008 New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health. The awards are designed "to enable recipients to pursue exceptionally innovative approaches that could transform biomedical and behavioral science. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Worm Genome Offers Clues To Evolution Of Parasitism The genome of a humble worm that dines on the microbial organisms covering the carcasses of dead beetles may provide clues to the evolution of parasitic worms, including those that infect humans, say scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| How Do The Choline Compounds Change When Apoptosis Occurs? Apoptosis is a programmed, active, highly selective mechanism of cell death. Abnormal regulation of apoptosis can lead to disorders such as cancer. The field of apoptosis research has undergone an explosion of new knowledge over the past decade. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| 250th Peer-Reviewed Publication Documents The Success Of 454 Sequencing 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, announced the publication of the 250th peer-reviewed study using the Genome Sequencer System. Researchers are taking advantage of the high accuracy and long reads that the Genome Sequencer FLX System provides to quickly generate high quality, biologically relevant results. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Support For A Pluralistic View Of Behavioural Evolution Can male ejaculate improve the quality of offspring? Researchers from the University of Virginia have found that the accessory gland of male fruit flies (similar to the prostate in humans) produces proteins which increase the fitness of daughters. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Helping Behavior And Regard For Others In Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella) There has been much scientific debate in recent years about whether our closest evolutionary relatives, the non-human primates demonstrate altruistic behavior, willingly taking costs to themselves to deliver benefits to others. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The First 50 Million Years Of Dinosaur Evolution: Macroevolutionary Pattern And Morphological Disparity The rise of the dinosaurs between 230-180 million years ago was a pivotal event in earth history. The initial expansion of dinosaurs in the Triassic enabled them to dominate ecosystems for the next 110 million years, but much about the early history of these animals remains poorly known. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Incomplete Reproductive Isolation Following Host Shift In Brood Parasitic Indigobirds Distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, ten species of brood parasitic indigobirds reproduce by laying their eggs in the nests of other birds. Because both male and female indigobirds learn host songs, populations associated with different hosts are behaviourally isolated from one another, allowing for rapid speciation whenever a new host is colonized. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Inheritance And Diversification Of Symbiotic Trichonymphid Flagellates From A Common Ancestor Of Termites And The Cockroach Cryptocercus Wood-feeding termites and cockroaches harbour obligate, diverse and unique symbiotic cellulolytic flagellates responsible for digestion of recalcitrant cellulose. The acquisition of the symbionts is critical in the development of their social behaviour. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Lake Warming Favors Small-sized Planktonic Diatom Species Diatoms are important microscopic plants in the oceans and many lakes and depend on water-column mixing to proliferate. As climate warming affects the vertical temperature profile and limits the normal mixing process, it is expected that these non-motile cells will decline because of reduced nutrient supply from deep-water layers and increased sinking. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| High Dispersal Potential Has Maintained Long-term Population Stability In The North Atlantic Copepod Calanus Finmarchicus The effect of global climate change on the planet's ecosystems is one of the key scientific issues of the present day. This article describes new findings on the potential response of Calanus finmarchicus, a key component of North Atlantic food webs, to current and future periods of climate change. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Lifespan, Lifetime Reproductive Performance And Paternity Loss Of Within-pair And Extra-pair Offspring In The Coal Tit Periparus Ater Female birds frequently engage in extra-pair mating behaviour and may thereby increase the genetic quality of offspring in terms of either viability or sexual attractiveness. In contrast to the first idea, extra-pair offspring did not differ in lifespan from within-pair offspring in the socially monogamous coal tit. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Size-structured Risk-assessments Govern Daphnia Migration A fascinating phenomena in nature is animal mass-migrations and in oceans and freshwaters, diel migration among zooplankton has intrigued scientists for more than a century. Here we show that zooplankton are able to assess the threat level of ultraviolet radiation (UV) and accordingly adjust their depth distribution. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Link Between The Neuropeptide Y System And A More Severe Form Of Alcohol Dependence Previous animal research showed an association between the neuropeptide Y (NPY) pathway and its three receptor genes and response to alcohol and cocaine. A new study has examined the relationship of the human NPY system with alcohol dependence (AD), with and without withdrawal symptoms, and cocaine dependence. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Constraining Free-riding In Public Goods Games: Designated Solitary Punishers Can Sustain Human Cooperation We take it for granted in modern society that having leaders is a necessity. Yet hunter-gatherers, those probably living most like how humans did as we evolved, do not have leaders and dislike anyone trying to do so. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Fungi Spores Travel At Very High Speeds Researchers Nik Money (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio) and Diana Davisand Mark Fischer (College ofMount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio) have discovered some fascinatinginformation about the survival skills of a type of fungus that feeds onfeces. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Bipolar News |
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| Bird Flu / Avian Flu News |
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| Blood / Hematology News | |
| PolyMedix Initiates Dosing In Phase I Clinical Study Of Novel Anticoagulant Antagonist Compound PolyMedix, Inc., an emerging biotechnology company developing new therapeutic drug products to treat infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders based on biomimetics, has initiated dosing and commenced a Phase I clinical study in the U. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| DKMS And The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's New York City Chapter Announce Partnership DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's New York City Chapter will team up at this year's Light The Night Walk(R) to pay homage to patients battling cancer and to recruit bone marrow donors needed to give hope to more patients suffering from life-threatening blood diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Zibor(R), A Second-generation Low Molecular Weight Heparin, Only One Licensed In The UK Archimedes Pharma UK Limited, the UK based, pan-European specialty pharmaceutical company, announces the launch of Zibor® (bemiparin sodium) to the UK market. A second-generation low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), Zibor is the only LMWH licensed in the UK for post-operative initiation of thromboprophylaxis in any patients undergoing orthopaedic and general surgery. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital To Become Leader In Stem Cell Research, Canada Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital (MRH), which is affiliated to the Université de Montréal, plans to open the Centre d'excellence en thérapie cellulaire (CETC) in 2010. The CETC will focus on stem cell research, regenerative medicine and different types of blood cancers. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Nice Approves Pradaxa(R)(Dabigatran Etexilate) - 1st New Oral Anticoagulant In UK For Over 50 Years Clinicians and patient groups have welcomed today's announcement by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommending Pradaxa(R) (dabigatran etexilate) as an option for the primary prevention of venous thrombembolic events in adults who have undergone elective total hip or total knee replacement surgery. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| AdvanDx Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH AdvanDx announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance of the Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH™ to identify Candida yeast species directly from positive blood cultures. The Yeast Traffic Light™ is the latest addition to AdvanDx's easy-to-use, molecular-based PNA FISH™ diagnostics platform that provides rapid identification of bloodstream pathogens in hours instead of days. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Beaumont Doctor Invents Device To Improve Blood Clot Treatment Outcomes The Beaumont Commercialization Center, a medical device development company within Beaumont Hospitals, has a new surgical instrument available for licensing. Paul J. Arpasi, M.D., a Beaumont radiologist, developed a device that will help reduce the risk for excessive bleeding and infection by allowing multiple catheters or other devices to be connected to a patient from a single puncture site. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Body Aches News |
| No news for this category today. |
| Bones / Orthopaedics News |
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| Breast Cancer News | |
| Can The Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio Predict Survival Rate In Gastric Cancer Patients? Previous studies have proven that the MLR is an excellent predictor for survival outcome in patients with colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and other carcinomas. Some related studies on gastric cancer also found the potential of the MLR on prognostic evaluation. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Breast Cancer Treatment Can Be Undermined By The Dietary Supplement Genistein Women taking aromatase inhibitors to treat breast cancer or prevent its recurrence should think twice before also taking a soy-based dietary supplement, researchers report.Genistein, a soy isoflavone that mimics the effects of estrogen in the body, can negate the effectiveness of aromatase inhibitors, which are designed to reduce the levels of estrogens that can promote tumor growth in some types of breast cancer. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Relapse In Early Breast Cancer Patients Following Endocrine Therapy, Prediced By New Model Researchers have developed and validated a model that predicts relapse in women with stage 2 or 3 breast cancer who have been treated with endocrine therapy prior to surgical removal of the tumor, according to a study published online September 23 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Hormone Therapy Safe For Postmenopausal BRCA Mutation Carriers According To Observational Study The use of hormone therapy was associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women who carry BRCA mutations, according to a case-control study published online September 23 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Breast Cancer Treatment Resistance Linked To Signaling Pathway Activation of the Src signaling pathway may cause resistance to standard medical treatment in some patients with breast cancer, and inhibition of this pathway holds the potential to overcome that resistance, according to data presented here at the American Association for Cancer Research Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development meeting. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Determining Treatment Of Breast Cancer Patients Using New Predictive Tool A new predictive measurement, called a PEPI score, could bring good news to many women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer - a low PEPI (preoperative endocrine prognostic index) score could show that they have little risk of relapse and can safely avoid chemotherapy after surgery. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, Sept. 23 Breast Cancer Incidence Rate Predicted to Climb Dramatically in ChinaThe breast cancer incidence in China is predicted to climb from the current rate of 10 cases per 100,000 women aged 55+ years to more than 100 cases per 100,000 women in 2021. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Monogram And Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Initiate Evaluation Of HERmark(TM) Breast Cancer Assay In Metastatic Breast Cancer Monogram Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGRM) announced that it has initiated a study, in collaboration with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), to evaluate Monogram's HERmark(TM) Breast Cancer Assay in metastatic breast cancer. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Racial Disparities Decline For Cancer In Missouri Cancer death rates in the United States are highest among African Americans, but a new report shows that in Missouri the disparity in cancer incidence and death between African Americans and whites is declining. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Why Does Gecko, A Chinese Traditional Medicine, Have Anti-Tumor Effects? The incidence and mortality of tumors keep ascending all over the world. Gecko had a positive effect on malignant tumors in clinical practice reports. However, there was no study on the pharmacological studies of Gecko and its mechanisms of anti-tumor action remained unclear. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Is Endoscopic Ultrasound A Better Choice For Staging Of Gastric Cancers? Puli et al carried out a search to evaluate the accuracy of EUS in staging gastric cancers, and their results were published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.Puli identified 1620 reference articles and 376 relevant articles were selected and reviewed. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Intraperitoneal Metastasis After Spontaneous Rupture Of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies in the world. It is usually manifested in the 6th and 7th decade of life. Extrahepatic metastases are seen in 64% of patients with HCC. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Effect Of Curcuma Wenyujin On Human HepG2 Cancer Cells Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer with more than 1 million fatalities occurring annually worldwide. Nowadays in China, the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin (CWO) has been used as an injection to cure paediatric diseases such as acute upper respiratory infections, viral myocarditis and acute pneumonia. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Is Mirtazapine And Fluoxetine Helpful In Treating Pancreatic Cancer? The treatment of pancreatic cancer remains a great challenge. The majority of patients with pancreatic cancer developed major depression. Antidepressant treatment has been accepted as one of the new strategies in cancer adjuvant therapy. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A New Therapeutic Option For Human Hepatocyte Cancer Tumors that are p53-impaired may be particularly suitable to parvovirus H-1-induced therapy. Although the p53 deficiency in tumors may induce resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, this will not affect the tumor cell susceptibility to H-1 PV-induced oncolytic infections. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Delivering Toxic Genes To Effectively Kill Pancreatic Cancer Cells A research team, led by investigators at the Department of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, has achieved a substantial "kill" of pancreatic cancer cells by using nanoparticles to successfully deliver a deadly diphtheria toxin gene. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Long-Term Cancer Survivors At Greater Risk Of Severe Stress Long-term survivors of adult cancers are almost twice as likely to report psychological distress severe enough to cause moderate to serious problems functioning in social, work or school situations, compared to the general population, according to a large, national study presented September 24, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| UNC Charlotte To Evaluate Potential Adjuvant Activity Of ImmuneRegen's Viprovex(R) With Cancer Vaccine ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IRBS), today announces a collaborative relationship with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to evaluate ImmuneRegen's Viprovex as a possible cancer-vaccine adjuvant. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Massage Therapy May Have Immediate Positive Effect On Pain And Mood For Advanced Cancer Patients A new study found that massage therapy may have immediate benefits on pain and mood among patients with advanced cancer. The study, sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, was a randomized trial of 380 advanced cancer patients at 15 U. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Amplified Gene In Cells Found In Urine Reveals Presence Bladder Cancer Counting the copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, a team led by researchers at The University of Texas M. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| News From The Journal Of The National Cancer Institute, Sept. 23 Breast Cancer Incidence Rate Predicted to Climb Dramatically in ChinaThe breast cancer incidence in China is predicted to climb from the current rate of 10 cases per 100,000 women aged 55+ years to more than 100 cases per 100,000 women in 2021. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Instrument Can Quickly Examine Multiple Proteins In A Single Cancer Sample Researchers have demonstrated a new instrument that makes it possible to detect and quantify multiple different clinically important proteins in a single tumor sample using conventional staining. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Scientists Develop New, More Sensitive Nanotechnology Test For Chemical DNA Modifications Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a novel test to screen for chemical modifications to DNA known as methylation. The technology potentially could be used both for early cancer diagnoses and for assessing patients' response to cancer therapies. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Research Into Deadly Cancer In Dogs May Also Have Human Applications A new study jointly conducted by Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute may one day help not only our canine friends with cancer, but also people with the human form of the disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Macmillan Cancer Support Response To Gordon Brown's Speech, UK Responding to Gordon Brown's announcement that prescriptions charges are to be scrapped for cancer patients in England Ciaran Devane, Chief Executive at Macmillan Cancer Support said: "We are absolutely delighted the Government has listened to us. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Recruitment Completed In Ofatumumab NHL Pivotal Study Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced it has completed recruitment of patients in the pivotal Phase III study of ofatumumab (HuMax-CD20(R)) in rituximab refractory follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Skin Disorder Vitiligo Could Yield Clues In Fight Against Melanoma About 1 million Americans suffer a skin disorder called vitiligo, which causes unsightly white patches on the face, hands and other parts of the body.A Loyola University Hospital researcher has won a five-year, $1. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Methylation Levels Key To Glioblastoma Survival A new study analyzing gene expression among patients with glioblastomas has found that not all of the common, deadly brain tumors appear the same upon closer examination.The research, directed by scientists at The University of Texas M. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Risk For Cardiac Events, Cardiac Death Increased By Popular COPD Treatment New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that use of the most commonly prescribed once-a-day treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for longer than one month increases the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Covidien Announces FDA Approval For Its Generic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Kit Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for its Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Injection. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Clinical Data Show CVRx(R) Rheos(R) Therapy Improved Heart Structure And Function In Early-Stage Heart Failure Patients Clinical data on the use of the CVRx® Rheos® System in treating early-stage heart failure patients shows Rheos Therapy significantly improved heart structure and function. John D. Bisognano, M. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| PolyMedix Initiates Dosing In Phase I Clinical Study Of Novel Anticoagulant Antagonist Compound PolyMedix, Inc., an emerging biotechnology company developing new therapeutic drug products to treat infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders based on biomimetics, has initiated dosing and commenced a Phase I clinical study in the U. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Half A Bar Of Dark Chocolate Per Week To Keep At Bay The Risk Of Heart Attack Maybe chocoholics are not jumping for joy. Probably they would have preferred bigger amounts to support their passion. Though the news is still good for them: 6.7 grams of chocolate per day represent the ideal amount for a protective effect against inflammation and subsequent cardiovascular disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Zibor(R), A Second-generation Low Molecular Weight Heparin, Only One Licensed In The UK Archimedes Pharma UK Limited, the UK based, pan-European specialty pharmaceutical company, announces the launch of Zibor® (bemiparin sodium) to the UK market. A second-generation low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), Zibor is the only LMWH licensed in the UK for post-operative initiation of thromboprophylaxis in any patients undergoing orthopaedic and general surgery. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Saving Lives More Efficiently: Cardiac Arrest Study May Help EMS And ERs When someone's heart suddenly stops beating - a condition called cardiac arrest - there's a lot that bystanders and ambulance crews can do to get it started again. But if the victim doesn't respond, when should such efforts stop?And when should emergency crews rapidly transport a patient to a hospital with lights and sirens on, potentially endangering the lives of paramedics and other motorists and pedestrians - even though the care provided by the emergency crew is the same as what can be provided in the emergency department?Currently, there's no one "right" answer to these questions, which arise in the majority of the cardiac arrests that strike 166,000 Americans each year - and kill 93 percent of them. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Use Of Proven Heart Failure Therapies Not Standardized In The United States New analysis from the largest outpatient study of heart failure patients in the United States shows they are receiving inconsistent care. These findings from the Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting (IMPROVE HF), sponsored by Medtronic, Inc. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Study Highlights Possible Risk Of Heart Attack Linked To COPD Medication But More Research Is Needed, British Lung Foundation British Lung Foundation statement in response to research showing that medications commonly prescribed for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Nice Approves Pradaxa(R)(Dabigatran Etexilate) - 1st New Oral Anticoagulant In UK For Over 50 Years Clinicians and patient groups have welcomed today's announcement by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommending Pradaxa(R) (dabigatran etexilate) as an option for the primary prevention of venous thrombembolic events in adults who have undergone elective total hip or total knee replacement surgery. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Study Finds Antioxidant Deficiency Linked To Pulmonary Hypertension A recent study shows that a loss of antioxidants in the endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the lungs contributes to the loss of vasodilator effects and, ultimately, to the development of pulmonary hypertension. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| InspireMD Announces Enrollment Of First Patients In The MGuard(TM) Acute Myocardial Infarction Clinical Trial Data Will Be Used To Confirm Results InspireMD, Ltd. announced the enrollment of the first 3 patients in its study of MGuard(TM) coronary stent in acute myocardial infarction. The GUARD Study (MGuard(TM) in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study) is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MGuard(TM) in patients suffering from ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Palatin Technologies Presents PL-3994 Clinical Trial Results At The 12th Annual Scientific Meeting Of The Heart Failure Association Of America Palatin Technologies, Inc. (Amex: PTN) announced it presented results from a Phase 1 clinical study with PL-3994, a novel, long-acting natriuretic peptide receptor A (NPRA) agonist under development for treatment of the chronic treatment of heart failure, at the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Association of America at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 22, 2008. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| First European Patients Treated With The Percutaneous MitraClip(R) System Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced that the first two patients have been treated with its MitraClip(R) system in Hamburg, Germany. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Isoflavone Dietary Supplement Improves The Functioning Of The Arteries In Stroke Patients A dietary supplement containing isoflavone - a chemical found in soybeans, chickpeas, legumes and clovers - can improve artery function in stroke patients according to new research published online in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] today (Wednesday 24 September). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Caregivers / Homecare News |
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| Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News | |
| HPV Test Found To Be 90% Effective In Detecting Cervical Cancer In Rural Area Of China, Study Finds A new low-cost, rapid cervical cancer screening test, called careHPV, was 90% accurate in identifying women who have CIN2+, which includes moderate or severe cervical disease and cancer, according to a 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Cholesterol News |
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| CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News |
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| Cleft Palate News |
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| Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News | |
| Clinical Data Show CVRx(R) Rheos(R) Therapy Improved Heart Structure And Function In Early-Stage Heart Failure Patients Clinical data on the use of the CVRx® Rheos® System in treating early-stage heart failure patients shows Rheos Therapy significantly improved heart structure and function. John D. Bisognano, M. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Inspire Initiates Special Protocol Assessment Process For Prolacria™ Trial For Dry Eye Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISPH) announced today it has submitted a clinical protocol and request for Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a pivotal Phase 3 environmental trial with Prolacria™ (diquafosol tetrasodium ophthalmic solution) for the treatment of dry eye disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Start Of Clinical Trial For MB07803, A Novel Product Candidate For The Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes, Metabasis Therapeutics Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBRX) announced today that it has initiated a clinical trial to evaluate higher doses of MB07803 in patients. MB07803 is Metabasis' second-generation FBPase inhibitor product candidate for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Melbourn Scientific Launches Fast Track Formulation And Analysis Service At ICSE An alternative approach to formulation and accelerated feasibility testing is being launched by contract research organisation Melbourn Scientific, which is well respected for its analytical services. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Merck Serono Completes Enrollment In The REFLEX Trial Of Rebif(R) In Patients At Risk Of Developing Multiple Sclerosis Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that patient enrollment has been completed in the REFLEX trial (REbif FLEXible dosing in early multiple sclerosis). This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, international Phase III trial is designed to evaluate the therapeutic benefit of Rebif® (interferon beta-1a) on the time to conversion to multiple sclerosis (MS) in people with a first clinical event suggestive of the disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Galmed Medical Research Initiates Phase I Study Of Aramchol, Leading Drug Candidate For Fatty Liver Disease Galmed Medical Research Ltd., a leading biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative proprietary drugs for the treatment of cholesterol and liver diseases, announced today that it has started its Phase-I study in healthy human volunteers of its novel drug, Aramchol, developed for Fatty Liver Disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Phosphagenics Announces Initiation Of Phase 1 Clinical Trial In Humans For Its Transdermal Lidocaine Phosphagenics Limited ("Phosphagenics") (ASX: POH; AIM: PSG; OTCQX: PPGNY) announced that it has initiated a phase 1 human clinical trial using its patented drug delivery system, TPM, for the targeted delivery of a leading pain relief drug, lidocaine. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Palatin Technologies Presents PL-3994 Clinical Trial Results At The 12th Annual Scientific Meeting Of The Heart Failure Association Of America Palatin Technologies, Inc. (Amex: PTN) announced it presented results from a Phase 1 clinical study with PL-3994, a novel, long-acting natriuretic peptide receptor A (NPRA) agonist under development for treatment of the chronic treatment of heart failure, at the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Association of America at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 22, 2008. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Insmed And Premacure Cite Study Results Demonstrating Potential Effectiveness Of IPLEX(TM) In Preventing Blindness In Premature Infants Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM), a developer of follow-on biologics (FOBs) and biopharmaceuticals, and Premacure AB, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of diagnosis and prevention of complications in neonates due to premature birth, noted the presentation of clinical study results demonstrating that Insmed's IPLEX(TM) product, a complex of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor (rhIGF-I) and its predominant binding protein IGFBP-3 (rhIGFBP-3), increased serum IGF-I levels into the normal range in significantly premature infants. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Recruitment Completed In Ofatumumab NHL Pivotal Study Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced it has completed recruitment of patients in the pivotal Phase III study of ofatumumab (HuMax-CD20(R)) in rituximab refractory follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Colorectal Cancer News | |
| A Promising Possibility For The Treatment Of The Esophageal Carcinoma Recent work demonstrates that GSK-3 beta is involved in the process of tumorigenesis, and inhibition of the expression and activity of GSK-3 beta attenuates cell proliferation and causes apoptosis in colorectal, pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Immunohistochemical Localization Of Glutathione-S-Transferase-Pi In Human Colorectal Polyps Specific molecular forms of GST are known to be expressed in preneoplastic cells, and have been known to participate in their resistance to drugs. GST-pi are present in most epithelial tissues of the human gastrointestinal tract. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Can The Metastatic Lymph Node Ratio Predict Survival Rate In Gastric Cancer Patients? Previous studies have proven that the MLR is an excellent predictor for survival outcome in patients with colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and other carcinomas. Some related studies on gastric cancer also found the potential of the MLR on prognostic evaluation. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A Mixed Rectal Tumor And Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report Prof. John M. Carethers reported an unusual case of a mixed rectal tumor containing a superficial tubulovillous adenoma with deeper areas of high grade malignant spindle cells and an invasive adenocarcinoma. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Is Bcl-2 Protein A Major Obstacle In Treating Colorectal Carcinoma? Apoptosis resistance has been shown to contribute to the development of different cancer entities, such as colorectal carcinoma (CRC). Moreover, apoptosis resistance of carcinoma cells provides an explanation for low response rates in patients with advanced cancer receiving chemotherapy. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Study Finds That Quality Of Colon Cancer Surgery Is An Important Factor In Patient Survival A research study has suggested for the first time that the quality of surgery for colon cancer is associated with patient survival. UK researchers found marked variability in the plane of surgery - the directions in which dissection is carried out - in operations to remove colon cancers, with direct impact on survival, when they analysed the tissue removed during cancer surgery in nearly 400 patients. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Facts Hispanics Need To Know About Colon Cancer Each year approximately 150,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with colon cancer and nearly 50,000 will die from the disease. All men and women are at risk for colon cancer. However, because of disproportionate screening rates, minorities, including Hispanics, are more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer in advanced stages. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Medicsight Announces American College Of Radiology Imaging Network ("ACRIN") Trial Shows CT Colonography Now An Option For Colon Cancer Screening Medicsight PLC, a subsidiary of MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (Amex: MGT), and an industry leader in the development of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and image analysis software, announced that the National U. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News | |
| Research Evaluates Acupressure For Chemo Induced Nausea New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme is evaluating acupressure wristbands for the management of chemotherapy-induced acute and delayed nausea. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Compliance News |
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| Conferences News | |
| American Society Of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Oct. 31- Nov. 5 From innovative facial reanimation procedures that restore patients' ability to smile to new data suggesting it may be safe and effective to use fat injections to enhance breast reconstruction results, the latest research, procedures, and technologies will be presented at Plastic Surgery 2008, the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Science 2008, Pitt's Eighth Annual Science Showcase, To Highlight Contemporary Research And New Technology Science 2008, the University of Pittsburgh's eighth annual showcase of science and technology, will focus this year on how contemporary science can adapt the legacy of past achievements to meet future challenges in diverse disciplines for the benefit of generations to come. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Epstein-Barr Virus Predicts Outcome In Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Researchers in Hong Kong report that testing patient blood for DNA from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) during treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma effectively predicts clinical outcome. A biomarker test like this, when perfected, could identify patients whose treatment could be intensified after a month or so of standard therapy as well as those who might benefit from lighter treatment. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Latest Biotechnologies Gather From More Than 23 Countries At BioJapan 2008 - World Business Forum BioJapan is the oldest international biotechnology event in Japan held since 1986. It consists of three pillars of exhibition, seminar, and business partnering and attracts a great number of key people in the industry from all over the world every time. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| DIA/FDA/PhRMA Drug Safety Conference: Planning The Lifecycle Of Safety Evaluation Recent reports have brought attention to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) plan to list those drugs whose safety is under investigation because of complaints brought to the agency's attention by drug companies, physicians, and patients. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News | |
| American Society Of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Oct. 31- Nov. 5 From innovative facial reanimation procedures that restore patients' ability to smile to new data suggesting it may be safe and effective to use fat injections to enhance breast reconstruction results, the latest research, procedures, and technologies will be presented at Plastic Surgery 2008, the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Leading Expert Says Claims About Cosmetic Vaginal Surgery Not Substantiated A leading UK expert has expressed concern about the rise of vaginal surgery for purely cosmetic reasons, saying that while there are lots of claims in the popular press, and perhaps more alarmingly, made by some surgeons quoting comments from "satisfied clients", these are not supported by the medical literature. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Patient-Specific Botox Rules Are "Common Sense", Says Medical And Dental Defence Union Of Scotland New GMC guidance that warns GPs to prescribe Botox to named patients only is common sense and errs appropriately on the side of caution, says the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) today (Wednesday, 24 September 2008). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Crohn's News |
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| Cystic Fibrosis News |
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| Dentistry News | |
| USC School Of Dentistry Teachers Hypnosis As An Alternative To Novocain What if it were possible to undergo a root canal filling or tooth extraction without feeling the pinch of a needle or the after affects of general anesthesia? Hypnosis could uncover a new world for patients seeking dental care. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| More U.S. Kids Getting Government Dental Insurance About 30 percent of U.S. children and adolescents were covered by government-sponsored dental insurance in 2006, a significant increase from the 18 percent covered in 1996, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| ADA Asks Congress To Strengthen Medicaid Oral Health Programs The American Dental Association (ADA) called on Congress and other stakeholders to work together to get more dentists to participate in Medicaid and help the program provide necessary dental care to vulnerable low-income children. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Depression News |
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| Dermatology News | |
| Dyax Announces Completion Of Biologics License Application For DX-88 for Hereditary Angioedema Dyax Corp.(NASDAQ:DYAX) announced the completion of its Biologics License Application (BLA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of Dyax's lead product candidate DX-88 (ecallantide) for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Pilot Study Of Wellstar's Thermal Imaging Device Completed By Duke University Medical Center Wellstar International, Inc. (OTCBB: WLSI), a developer of thermal imaging, diagnostic software and equipment, announced today that an important, pilot evaluation of the Company's TMI infrared thermal imaging device has been completed by Duke University Medical Center. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Skin Disorder Vitiligo Could Yield Clues In Fight Against Melanoma About 1 million Americans suffer a skin disorder called vitiligo, which causes unsightly white patches on the face, hands and other parts of the body.A Loyola University Hospital researcher has won a five-year, $1. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Joslin Professional Education Consortium Offers Support And Education To Implement Best Practices In Diabetes Care Joslin Diabetes Center announced the introduction of the Joslin Professional Education Consortium (JPEC), a unique, comprehensive, Web-based resource and community for primary care physicians (PCPs) focused on treating diabetes and its complications. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Start Of Clinical Trial For MB07803, A Novel Product Candidate For The Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes, Metabasis Therapeutics Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBRX) announced today that it has initiated a clinical trial to evaluate higher doses of MB07803 in patients. MB07803 is Metabasis' second-generation FBPase inhibitor product candidate for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Randy Jackson And The American Heart Association Encourage People To "Get In The K.N.O.W." About Improving Type 2 Diabetes Management Randy Jackson, music industry veteran and TV personality, understands the importance of properly managing type 2 diabetes. For the second year, he has teamed up with the American Heart Association to encourage people with type 2 diabetes to enroll in The Heart of Diabetes(TM) campaign. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Study Does Not Find Nasal Insulin To Prevent Diabetes In Children According to an article published early online and in an upcomingedition of The Lancet, type I diabetes was notprevented or delayed by administering insulin (via the nasal cavity) toinfants and children whose genetic profiles and presence ofautoantibodies put them at a high risk of developing the condition. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Dyslexia News |
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| Ear, Nose and Throat News | |
| Common, Debilitating Swallowing And Voice Problems: Seniors Not Seeking Treatment Despite widespread suffering of debilitating swallowing and voice problems among seniors, many are not seeking treatment for these issues, according to new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Who Should Have Surgery For Sleep Apnea? Even as more and more people in the United States are diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), there remains a disconnect as to who can benefit from corrective surgery. Leading experts in the field of sleep medicine attempted to answer the question of who could benefit from surgery, during a moderated discussion at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Cutting Edge Discussion On Age-Related Hearing Loss Leading experts in the study of hair cells and hearing loss discussed state-of-the art developments in determining the genetic and environmental factors that cause Age-Related Hearing Impairment (ARHI) at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Get An ENT To The White House: Experts Discuss Presidential Struggles With Otolaryngologic Disorders Even as John McCain and Barack Obama face the wear and tear of the campaign trail, the men who preceded them in the White House might warn of the various ear, nose, and throat ailments that plagued their terms in office. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Bacteria That Cause Chronic Sinusitis Killed Effectively By Honey Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms, especially the drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis difficult, according to research presented during the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Eating Disorders News |
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| Endocrinology News | |
| Relapse In Early Breast Cancer Patients Following Endocrine Therapy, Prediced By New Model Researchers have developed and validated a model that predicts relapse in women with stage 2 or 3 breast cancer who have been treated with endocrine therapy prior to surgical removal of the tumor, according to a study published online September 23 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Prostate Cancer: Hormone Therapy Before Radiation Seed Implants Men over 70 years of age with early-stage prostate cancer have 20 percent higher mortality if they are treated first with hormone therapy before being treated with radiation seed implants (brachytherapy), compared to men who are treated with brachytherapy alone, according to the largest cohort study of its kind presented September 23, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Olympus Introduces New Enzymatic Creatinine Assay Olympus has announced the introduction of its new Enzymatic Creatinine assay, suitable for use across the range of Olympus diagnostic analysers. It is intended for use for quantitative determination of creatinine in human serum, plasma and urine. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Epilepsy News |
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| Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation News |
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| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| Inspire Initiates Special Protocol Assessment Process For Prolacria™ Trial For Dry Eye Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISPH) announced today it has submitted a clinical protocol and request for Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a pivotal Phase 3 environmental trial with Prolacria™ (diquafosol tetrasodium ophthalmic solution) for the treatment of dry eye disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| FDA Warns Companies To Stop Marketing Unapproved Ophthalmic Balanced Salt Solution Drug Products And Topical Drug Products Containing Papain The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that companies marketing unapproved ophthalmic balanced salt solutions (BSS) and unapproved topical drug products containing papain must stop manufacturing and marketing these products or risk enforcement action. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Insmed And Premacure Cite Study Results Demonstrating Potential Effectiveness Of IPLEX(TM) In Preventing Blindness In Premature Infants Insmed Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM), a developer of follow-on biologics (FOBs) and biopharmaceuticals, and Premacure AB, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of diagnosis and prevention of complications in neonates due to premature birth, noted the presentation of clinical study results demonstrating that Insmed's IPLEX(TM) product, a complex of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor (rhIGF-I) and its predominant binding protein IGFBP-3 (rhIGFBP-3), increased serum IGF-I levels into the normal range in significantly premature infants. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Fertility News | |
| Prenatal Testosterone Excess May Be Responsible For Low Sperm Count Exposure to an excess of sexual steroids, like testosterone, during fetal development may be a potential risk factor for low sperm count and motility, according to a new study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a journal of The Endocrine Society. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| Drug Candidate Viprovex Shown To Enhance The Safety And Efficacy Of Tamiflu(R) For Treatment Of Influenza ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IRBS), will present pre-clinical study results that indicate that its drug candidate Viprovex(R) enhances the safety and efficacy of Tamiflu(R) (manufactured by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| Is Endoscopic Ultrasound A Better Choice For Staging Of Gastric Cancers? Puli et al carried out a search to evaluate the accuracy of EUS in staging gastric cancers, and their results were published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.Puli identified 1620 reference articles and 376 relevant articles were selected and reviewed. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Aetiology Of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Aged Patients The percentage of older patients suffering from AUGIB has been increasing rapidly over the last years in the Western World. Elderly patients constitute a subgroup with special characteristics, which need careful handling during their hospitalization, because it is a population with considerable co-morbidity, higher medication use and greater risk for further complications. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A Promising Endoscopic Technique For Rectal Carcinoids Conventional snare polypectomy or endoscopic mucosal resection often presents an unsatisfactory result in complete resection of rectal carcinoids. It was perfomed EMR-L with 3D-EUS for rectal carcinoids and compared between EMR-L with 3D-EUS and EMR-L alone. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Studying The Effectiveness Of Rebamipide Enema In Treating Left-Sided Ischemic Colitis With Ulcer According to Reeders et al, ischemic colitis involves the left colon in 75% of the cases and the right colon in 8%. While surgery is indicated for the treatment of the gangrenous type of ischemic colitis, many patients with the transient or stricture type of the disease improve with bowel rest by fasting and parenteral fluid administration alone. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Is The Electrocautery Shovel A Safe And Feasible Tool For Laparoscopic Operation? Since the successful introduction of laparoscopic colectomy by Jacobs et al, laparoscopic surgery, especially laparoscopic rectal surgery has been developed considerably. Compared with open operation, the laparoscopic operation has many advantages such as less pain, little blood loss, small incision, good exposure of the pelvic cavity, an earlier return to daily activities and so on while preserving the oncologic radicality of the procedure, but the laparoscopic operation is more difficult than the open operation. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| How Does The Microsatellite Alterate In Metaplasia-Dysplasia-Adenocarcinoma Sequence? It is estimated that the risk of neoplasia in Barrett esophagus, through the intermediate step of dysplastic transformation of the columnar epithelium, is 125-fold higher than in the general population. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A New Approach To Endoscopic Treatment Of Esophagogastric Junction Tumors A research article published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology refers to this subject. The research team led by Prof. Serhat Aymaz from Cologne City Hospital presented a new type of stent design for transcardial application, which is intended to prevent bleeding due to mechanical mucosal lesions caused by the distal end of the stent extending into the stomach. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Intraperitoneal Metastasis After Spontaneous Rupture Of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies in the world. It is usually manifested in the 6th and 7th decade of life. Extrahepatic metastases are seen in 64% of patients with HCC. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| What Is The Biological Feature Of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Stem Cells? Pancreatic carcinoma is an obstinate disease that is difficult to deal with, the five-year survival rate is 4%. Conventionally, the main treatments for pancreatic cancer are surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| What Is The Risk Factor For Severe Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea? Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea (CDAD) is the most common cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea and results in a wide spectrum of disease severity ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening entero-colitis and death. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Is Mirtazapine And Fluoxetine Helpful In Treating Pancreatic Cancer? The treatment of pancreatic cancer remains a great challenge. The majority of patients with pancreatic cancer developed major depression. Antidepressant treatment has been accepted as one of the new strategies in cancer adjuvant therapy. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma With Gastric Infiltration: A Case Report DLBCL is the most common histologic subtype of the NHLs accounting for about 40% of all NHL. Stage IV or disseminated disease is observed in approximately 40% of patients and is usually characterized by extranodal extramedullary infiltration. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Duodenal Perforation Caused By An Ingested Toothbrush Handle: A Case Report Accidental swallowing of foreign bodies occurs in children and adults. The majority of ingested foreign bodies pass uneventfully through the gastrointestinal tract. However, in some patients, the ingested foreign body may cause impaction, perforation, or obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Ulcerative Colitis/Stercoralis Infection Although exacerbation of UC usually poses little diagnostic dilemma, physicians should remain cognizant to the possibility of an alternative cause for patient symptoms.An article published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this report. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Side Effects Of Monotherapy With Lamivudine Lamivudine has a high rate of antiviral resistance. Sequential anti-HBV treatment is commonly used for lamivudine resistance. We report 4 cases with rapid re-detection of HBV mutants during the lamivudine re-treatment. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A New Therapeutic Option For Human Hepatocyte Cancer Tumors that are p53-impaired may be particularly suitable to parvovirus H-1-induced therapy. Although the p53 deficiency in tumors may induce resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, this will not affect the tumor cell susceptibility to H-1 PV-induced oncolytic infections. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| How To Differentiate Abdominal Tuberculosis From Lymphomas? The incidence of tuberculosis is increasing. Lymphadenopathy is the most common manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis and may, in up to 55% of cases without other evidence of abdominal involvement, be easily confused with lymphomas involving abdominal lymph nodes. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Weight Loss Surgery May Be Associated With Bone Loss Weight loss surgery may be linked to deficiencies in calcium and vitamin D and bone loss, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Study Finds That Quality Of Colon Cancer Surgery Is An Important Factor In Patient Survival A research study has suggested for the first time that the quality of surgery for colon cancer is associated with patient survival. UK researchers found marked variability in the plane of surgery - the directions in which dissection is carried out - in operations to remove colon cancers, with direct impact on survival, when they analysed the tissue removed during cancer surgery in nearly 400 patients. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Genetics News | |
| How Does The Microsatellite Alterate In Metaplasia-Dysplasia-Adenocarcinoma Sequence? It is estimated that the risk of neoplasia in Barrett esophagus, through the intermediate step of dysplastic transformation of the columnar epithelium, is 125-fold higher than in the general population. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| 250th Peer-Reviewed Publication Documents The Success Of 454 Sequencing 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, announced the publication of the 250th peer-reviewed study using the Genome Sequencer System. Researchers are taking advantage of the high accuracy and long reads that the Genome Sequencer FLX System provides to quickly generate high quality, biologically relevant results. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Stephen Hawking Sending DNA Into Space To Promote The Archon X PRIZE For Genomics Stephen Hawking, best selling author of "A Brief History of Time" and the children's book "George's Secret Key to the Universe" written along with his daughter Lucy, will be sending his digitized DNA into space as part of 24 Sept 2008 | |
| The First 50 Million Years Of Dinosaur Evolution: Macroevolutionary Pattern And Morphological Disparity The rise of the dinosaurs between 230-180 million years ago was a pivotal event in earth history. The initial expansion of dinosaurs in the Triassic enabled them to dominate ecosystems for the next 110 million years, but much about the early history of these animals remains poorly known. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Clues To Autism, Epilepsy, Mental Retardation From Rare Genetic Disorder A rare genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is yielding insight into a possible cause of some neurodevelopmental disorders: structural abnormalities in neurons, or brain cells. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Breast Cancer Treatment Resistance Linked To Signaling Pathway Activation of the Src signaling pathway may cause resistance to standard medical treatment in some patients with breast cancer, and inhibition of this pathway holds the potential to overcome that resistance, according to data presented here at the American Association for Cancer Research Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development meeting. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Identification Of Vascular Marker For Ovarian Cancer Researchers have identified TEM1 as a specific genetic marker for the vascular cells associated with tumor growth, a finding that could aid in diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer."The laboratory of Dr. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Collaboration Between Interleukin Genetics And Geisinger Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (AMEX:ILI), and Geisinger Health System, have announced a research collaboration to explore the role of genetics in obesity. The goal of the collaboration is to develop a series of genetic tests that will help physicians better understand an individual's inherited resistance to weight loss and, more specifically, gauge a patient's likelihood of success with diet and other weight loss techniques. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Gout News |
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| Headache / Migraine News | |
| Ulcerative Colitis/Stercoralis Infection Although exacerbation of UC usually poses little diagnostic dilemma, physicians should remain cognizant to the possibility of an alternative cause for patient symptoms.An article published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this report. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News | |
| Single Mom Fights To Give Daughter A Chance "I'm a very hard-working single mom, but my income puts me in the no man's land of making too much for assistance but not enough to support my daughter and me," explains Carolyn Freeman of Cottonwood, Ariz. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Permanently Disabled At Age 46 Because Insurance Refused To Pay For MRI "My medical problems started in 1998, but I wasn't diagnosed for five years" begins Carol Black of Cleveland, Ohio. "My doctor at the time wanted to do an MRI of my spine, because my symptoms mimicked those of multiple sclerosis. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| State Government Proves To Be A Poor Partner In Health Care, Family Physicians Say, California Citing the record-setting budget delay and changes to the Medi-Cal program that will plunge an estimated 250,000 children into the ranks of the uninsured, family physicians today said the process and result of this budget show that "the California state government is ill prepared to be a good partner with us in the delivery of health care to poor Californians. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Doctors Company Hosts Third Annual Legal Summit To Provide Industry's Best Claims Defense For Physicians The Doctors Company, the largest national insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability in the U.S., hosted its third annual Legal Summit to ensure that its attorneys have the most current information regarding the defense of medical malpractice complaints. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Analysis Compares Medicare With Large-Employer PPO, Federal Workers' Health Plan "How Does the Benefit Value of Medicare Compare to the Benefit Value of Typical Large Employer Plans?" 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Connecticut Charter Oak Plan Adding Providers; Some Are Concerned Reimbursement Rates Are Too Low Seven hospitals and 4,029 primary care physicians have signed up to participate in Connecticut's Charter Oak Health Plan, state officials said at a briefing on Friday, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Aetna Allows Independent Physician Panel To Review Rescissions Starting on Thursday, Aetna will let an independent panel of physicians decide whether to rescind health insurance policies for sick plan members suspected of submitting false or incomplete information on their applications, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Democratic Presidential Nominee Obama Releases New Ad Criticizing GOP Nominee McCain On Health Insurance Regulation Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) on Monday released an advertisement that criticized Republican presidential nominee Sen. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Hearing / Deafness News | |
| New Tool To Assess Speech Development In Infants, Toddlers With Hearing Impairments The number of hearing impaired infants and toddlers who are successfully aided by technological devices, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, continues to grow, but there are still unknowns about these children's speaking abilities, according to a Purdue University expert. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Cutting Edge Discussion On Age-Related Hearing Loss Leading experts in the study of hair cells and hearing loss discussed state-of-the art developments in determining the genetic and environmental factors that cause Age-Related Hearing Impairment (ARHI) at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Estimated 3 Million Injecting Drug Users Worldwide Could Be HIV Positive New research suggests there could be 3 million injecting drug users (IDUs) worldwide who are HIV positive; and that the number of countries reporting injecting drug use has increased over the last decade. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Development Leaders Point To Significant Progress In Mother And Child Health And Reduction Of Malaria And HIV/AIDS Deaths In Poorest Nations Significant progress towards reducing child and maternal mortality is being made but to meet the Millennium Development Goals 4,5,6, strategies aimed at reaching the world's most inaccessible, marginalized and vulnerable populations will be required, health leaders said today. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Correction: Ranbaxy Antiretroviral Drug Story From Sept. 22 The Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report incorrectly stated the amount of President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funding received by the Indian generic pharmaceutical company 24 Sept 2008 | |
| CD4 Tests Can Reduce Costs, Extend Lives Of HIV-Positive People In Africa, Study Says "Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Monitoring Strategies in Resource-Limited Settings," Archives of Internal Medicine: The use of a CD4 test could help reduce costs and extend the lives of HIV-positive people in Southern Africa, according to a study conducted by researchers at Stanford University's 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Thai Health Experts Call For Review Of Prevention Of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Program Health experts in Thailand are calling for a review of the country's national program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, which follows World Health Organization guidelines, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Raleigh News & Observer Profiles UNC Researcher Who Investigates Social Factors Behind Higher HIV/AIDS Rates For Blacks The Raleigh News & Observer on Sunday profiled University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill medical researcher Adaora Adimora, who has investigated why HIV/AIDS seems to affect blacks more than members of other races and ethnicities (Niolet, Raleigh News & Observer, 9/21). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| San Francisco Chronicle Examines Summer Camp That Seeks To Empower Young People Living With HIV/AIDS The San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday profiled 24 Sept 2008 | |
| National Journal Examines Advocates,' Lawmakers' Efforts To Create Domestic HIV/AIDS Plan The National Journal on Saturday examined the efforts of some lawmakers and advocates to call for "renewed attention" to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Significant Progress In Mother And Child Health And Reduction Of Malaria And HIV/AIDS Deaths In Poorest Nations Significant progress towards reducing child and maternal mortality is being made but to meet the Millennium Development Goals 4,5,6, strategies aimed at reaching the world's most inaccessible, marginalized and vulnerable populations will be required, health leaders said today. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| University Of Miami Receives Grant From National Center On Minority And Health Disparities El Centro, at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, has received a $225,000 grant by its sponsor, the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Canadian-Made Life Saving HIV/AIDS Drug Heading To Africa Under Canada's Access To Medicines Regime (CAMR) Apotex Inc, the largest Canadian-owned pharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce that Apo-TriAvir, a triple combination HIV/AIDS drug, approved under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), is ready to ship to Rwanda, the only country to make a request through a program tender process. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Huntingtons Disease News | |
| Compounds That Prevent Nerve Damage Discovered By Duke Team Duke University Medical Center scientists have made a significant finding that could lead to better drugs for several degenerative diseases including Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Hypertension News | |
| Study Finds Antioxidant Deficiency Linked To Pulmonary Hypertension A recent study shows that a loss of antioxidants in the endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the lungs contributes to the loss of vasodilator effects and, ultimately, to the development of pulmonary hypertension. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Dyax Announces Completion Of Biologics License Application For DX-88 for Hereditary Angioedema Dyax Corp.(NASDAQ:DYAX) announced the completion of its Biologics License Application (BLA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of Dyax's lead product candidate DX-88 (ecallantide) for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| UNC Charlotte To Evaluate Potential Adjuvant Activity Of ImmuneRegen's Viprovex(R) With Cancer Vaccine ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IRBS), today announces a collaborative relationship with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to evaluate ImmuneRegen's Viprovex as a possible cancer-vaccine adjuvant. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sinovac Initiates Development Of Vaccine Against Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA), a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China, announced it has initiated development of a vaccine human enterovirus 71, EV 71, which causes hand, foot, and mouth disease (or HFMD). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| U.S. Pet Owners Can Double The Impact Of Vaccinations To Help Reduce Rabies In Africa, Save Lives American pet owners and their animals can help save lives in Africa through vaccinations administered in the U.S. between now and December 31, 2008. Pet owners are invited to double the impact of the annual veterinary visit and give a global dimension to rabies prevention through the Afya Serengeti project. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Worm Genome Offers Clues To Evolution Of Parasitism The genome of a humble worm that dines on the microbial organisms covering the carcasses of dead beetles may provide clues to the evolution of parasitic worms, including those that infect humans, say scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| What Is The Risk Factor For Severe Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea? Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea (CDAD) is the most common cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoea and results in a wide spectrum of disease severity ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening entero-colitis and death. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Side Effects Of Monotherapy With Lamivudine Lamivudine has a high rate of antiviral resistance. Sequential anti-HBV treatment is commonly used for lamivudine resistance. We report 4 cases with rapid re-detection of HBV mutants during the lamivudine re-treatment. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| What Is The Best Strategy For Treating Helicobacter Pylori? The most popular treatment for H pylori is triple therapy but resistance to Clarithromycin is reducing its effectiveness. Courses using four drugs have been known to be more successful but are used less popular because of their side-effects. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Working Together To Make Rabies History! Organisations around the world will be aiming to raise awareness and understanding about the importance of rabies prevention on the second annual World Rabies Day on September 28. Rabies is known as the 'oldest and deadliest disease known to mankind' and the BVA, through its Overseas Group, is supporting this initiative. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| AdvanDx Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH AdvanDx announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance of the Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH™ to identify Candida yeast species directly from positive blood cultures. The Yeast Traffic Light™ is the latest addition to AdvanDx's easy-to-use, molecular-based PNA FISH™ diagnostics platform that provides rapid identification of bloodstream pathogens in hours instead of days. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sunderland City Hospital Announces Significant C. Difficile Reduction Rates After Eight Month Pilot Programme Study, UK Sunderland City Hospital has reported preliminary data on the Hospital's significant reduction in C. Difficile infection rates. Since early 2008, Sunderland Hospital has deployed new technology as part of their ongoing commitment to patient care, ensuring patient safety, targeting the breathable air where C. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sinovac Initiates Development Of Vaccine Against Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA), a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China, announced it has initiated development of a vaccine human enterovirus 71, EV 71, which causes hand, foot, and mouth disease (or HFMD). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| CMV Disease In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Proactive Approach To Prevention Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common opportunistic viral infection encountered following solid organ transplant (SOT) and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in recipients of SOT. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Major Adult Vaccine Clinical Trial For Pneumonia Prevention Begins Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), announced the initiation of the Community Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults a major study in adults of an investigational 13-valent conjugate vaccine designed to help prevent pneumococcal pneumonia -- the leading cause of bacterial pneumonia in adults. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Irritable-Bowel Syndrome News |
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| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| Photonic Crystal Biosensors Detect Protein-DNA Interactions Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions. Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors are suitable for the rapid identification of inhibitors of protein-nucleic acid and protein-protein interactions. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A Computer That Looks At Your Face And Tells You Your Age People who hope to keep their age a secret won't want to go near a computer running this software.Like an age-guesser at a carnival, computer software being developed at the University of Illinois can fairly accurately estimate a person's age. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Better Best Before Dates Advances in sensing technology will help to reduce the wastage from 'farm to fork' that's contributing to the UK's £10 billion food wastage bill, according to the UK's Sensors & Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Tool To Assess Speech Development In Infants, Toddlers With Hearing Impairments The number of hearing impaired infants and toddlers who are successfully aided by technological devices, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, continues to grow, but there are still unknowns about these children's speaking abilities, according to a Purdue University expert. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| For High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients, New Tool Helps Physicians Tailor Hormone Therapy Using one of the largest databases of prostate cancer outcomes in the United States, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have developed a prediction tool that uses a patient's clinical information to estimate the benefit of adding androgen deprivation therapy of various durations to radiation therapy. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Web Site Helps Doctors And Prostate Cancer Patients Make Better Treatment Choices Doctors have created a free online computer tool, the CaP Calculator, that provides cancer specialists access to the latest prostate cancer research and helps them better individiualize each patient's treatment options, according to a study presented in a scientific session on September, 23, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Public-Private Group Will Help Accelerate Health IT Adoption HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt welcomed the announcement by AHIC Successor, Inc., that the public-private entity has established a board of directors to lead its efforts to accelerate the adoption of a nationwide, interoperable health information system. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Determining Treatment Of Breast Cancer Patients Using New Predictive Tool A new predictive measurement, called a PEPI score, could bring good news to many women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer - a low PEPI (preoperative endocrine prognostic index) score could show that they have little risk of relapse and can safely avoid chemotherapy after surgery. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Medical Dictation And Transcription Platform Is Offered For Free Scribe Healthcare Technologies, Inc., internationally recognized as one of the leading technology providers for medical dictation, transcription and document management, is now offering a version of its platform for free. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Kaiser Permanente And Veterans Affairs Preview Electronic Health Record Interoperability To Enable Better Health Care William Ozzie may be a fictional solider, but his electronic health record showed how Kaiser Permanente, the Department of Veterans Affairs and private sector providers can seamlessly share information over an interoperable health information exchange. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| In Emergency Situations: Getting Health Information Where It Needs To Go Instantly Investigators from the Regenstrief Institute have led a demonstration of how health information exchange technologies developed and tested regionally can be used to securely share patient information across the nation during an emergency. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A Case Is Made For Institutional Support Of Science Blogging A new article published in the open-access journal PLoSBiology calls attention to the substantial potential thatscience blogs have in engaging parties in scientific discussions,enhancing academic collaborations, and informing and involving thegeneral public. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| Why Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Is Better Than Intraoperative Ultrasound IOUS is an important tool in the fields of surgery for liver tumors, but it also has some drawbacks such as lacking of specificity to differentiate cirrhotic nodules from small malignant nodules. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| What Is The Pituitary Hormone Secretion Pattern In Cirrhosis Patients? Hepatic encephalopathy, a major complication of cirrhosis, is a clinical syndrome characterized by mental status changes in patients with severe hepatic insufficiency. Hormonal disorders and circadian rhythm abnormalities are often associated with liver disease, and the severity of these disorders is related to liver disease severity and duration. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Chronic Hepatitis C Infection In A Patient With Bone Marrow Hypoplasia HCV is acquired by intravenous drug abuse, sexually or via blood transfusion (rare nowadays due to the effective screening of blood products before transfusion). HCV is known to cause chronic infection in 80% - 90% of the patients becoming infected. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Effect Of Curcuma Wenyujin On Human HepG2 Cancer Cells Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer with more than 1 million fatalities occurring annually worldwide. Nowadays in China, the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin (CWO) has been used as an injection to cure paediatric diseases such as acute upper respiratory infections, viral myocarditis and acute pneumonia. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| What Is The Energy Consuming Style In Chronic Severe Hepatitis B Patient Normality? The liver plays a pivotal role in fuel and energy metabolism. Many studies have shown that patients with liver cirrhosis have nutrient and energy metabolism imbalances, which lead to malnutrition and can seriously affect their prognosis. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| How Do The Choline Compounds Change When Apoptosis Occurs? Apoptosis is a programmed, active, highly selective mechanism of cell death. Abnormal regulation of apoptosis can lead to disorders such as cancer. The field of apoptosis research has undergone an explosion of new knowledge over the past decade. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Insights Into The Pathogenic Mechanisms Of Liver Cirrhosis With Ascites The pathogenic mechanisms implicated in the failure of the intestinal barrier in cirrhosis have not been fully elucidated as yet and remains to be investigated.A research article to be published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this problem. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Natural History Of 'Healthy-HCV Carriers' A normal liver is observed in about 10% of HCV infected patients and the natural history of these so-called "healthy-HCV carriers" is not fully defined.An article published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses the question of the evolution of theses "healthy-HCV carriers". | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Galmed Medical Research Initiates Phase I Study Of Aramchol, Leading Drug Candidate For Fatty Liver Disease Galmed Medical Research Ltd., a leading biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative proprietary drugs for the treatment of cholesterol and liver diseases, announced today that it has started its Phase-I study in healthy human volunteers of its novel drug, Aramchol, developed for Fatty Liver Disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Lung Cancer News | |
| Radioactive Seed Therapy Shows Significant Reduction In Lung Cancer Recurrence Radiation oncologists at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh will report to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston that a newer, minimally invasive approach to treating high risk patients with Stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) may significantly reduce the risk of local disease recurrence. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Lupus News |
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| Lymphoma / Leukemia News | |
| A Novel Technique For Detection Of Tumor Lymphangiogenesis Lymphangiogenesis, the formation of new lymphatic vessels, has become a new research frontier. There is a crucial need for noninvasive methods to evaluate lymphangiogenesis in situ. However, to the best of our knowledge, lymphosonography about the tumour lymphangiogenesis with percutaneous hepatic injection of ultrasound contrast material was not reported before. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| DKMS And The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's New York City Chapter Announce Partnership DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's New York City Chapter will team up at this year's Light The Night Walk(R) to pay homage to patients battling cancer and to recruit bone marrow donors needed to give hope to more patients suffering from life-threatening blood diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Epstein-Barr Virus Predicts Outcome In Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Researchers in Hong Kong report that testing patient blood for DNA from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) during treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma effectively predicts clinical outcome. A biomarker test like this, when perfected, could identify patients whose treatment could be intensified after a month or so of standard therapy as well as those who might benefit from lighter treatment. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Recruitment Completed In Ofatumumab NHL Pivotal Study Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced it has completed recruitment of patients in the pivotal Phase III study of ofatumumab (HuMax-CD20(R)) in rituximab refractory follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Recruitment Completed In Ofatumumab NHL Pivotal Study Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced it has completed recruitment of patients in the pivotal Phase III study of ofatumumab (HuMax-CD20(R)) in rituximab refractory follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| A Promising Endoscopic Technique For Rectal Carcinoids Conventional snare polypectomy or endoscopic mucosal resection often presents an unsatisfactory result in complete resection of rectal carcinoids. It was perfomed EMR-L with 3D-EUS for rectal carcinoids and compared between EMR-L with 3D-EUS and EMR-L alone. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Is The Electrocautery Shovel A Safe And Feasible Tool For Laparoscopic Operation? Since the successful introduction of laparoscopic colectomy by Jacobs et al, laparoscopic surgery, especially laparoscopic rectal surgery has been developed considerably. Compared with open operation, the laparoscopic operation has many advantages such as less pain, little blood loss, small incision, good exposure of the pelvic cavity, an earlier return to daily activities and so on while preserving the oncologic radicality of the procedure, but the laparoscopic operation is more difficult than the open operation. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A New Approach To Endoscopic Treatment Of Esophagogastric Junction Tumors A research article published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology refers to this subject. The research team led by Prof. Serhat Aymaz from Cologne City Hospital presented a new type of stent design for transcardial application, which is intended to prevent bleeding due to mechanical mucosal lesions caused by the distal end of the stent extending into the stomach. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Siemens Wins One Of The Biggest Orders For Medical Systems The Catholic Medical Center in Seoul, Korea has ordered a total of seventy systems of medical equipment from Siemens Healthcare. Worth around 40 million USD (appr. 28 million euros), the order is one of the biggest of its kind in the medical industry worldwide. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Pilot Study Of Wellstar's Thermal Imaging Device Completed By Duke University Medical Center Wellstar International, Inc. (OTCBB: WLSI), a developer of thermal imaging, diagnostic software and equipment, announced today that an important, pilot evaluation of the Company's TMI infrared thermal imaging device has been completed by Duke University Medical Center. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Diagnosis Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Home Sleep Test Deemed Reliable A small, portable device used for the home diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea has been deemed very reliable, according to new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Medical Dictation And Transcription Platform Is Offered For Free Scribe Healthcare Technologies, Inc., internationally recognized as one of the leading technology providers for medical dictation, transcription and document management, is now offering a version of its platform for free. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Instrument Can Quickly Examine Multiple Proteins In A Single Cancer Sample Researchers have demonstrated a new instrument that makes it possible to detect and quantify multiple different clinically important proteins in a single tumor sample using conventional staining. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Olympus Introduces New Enzymatic Creatinine Assay Olympus has announced the introduction of its new Enzymatic Creatinine assay, suitable for use across the range of Olympus diagnostic analysers. It is intended for use for quantitative determination of creatinine in human serum, plasma and urine. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A Big Future For Tiny Medicine - Nanotechnology The newest and upcoming micro-devices used to healWHO: Hosted by the Cornell NanoScale Facility and Weill Cornell Medical CollegeWHEN: Wednesday, September 24, from 2:00-5:30 PMWHERE: Weill Auditorium, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue (at 69th Street)The symposium will examine the use of nano-and micro-fabrication tools and explore techniques for clinical and basic life sciences research, including the development of drug delivery systems, biosensors and fluidic devices, implantable devices, and tissue scaffolds with applications in medical diagnostics and imaging, treatment of cancer and other degenerative diseases, and in orthopedics and wound repair. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Beaumont Doctor Invents Device To Improve Blood Clot Treatment Outcomes The Beaumont Commercialization Center, a medical device development company within Beaumont Hospitals, has a new surgical instrument available for licensing. Paul J. Arpasi, M.D., a Beaumont radiologist, developed a device that will help reduce the risk for excessive bleeding and infection by allowing multiple catheters or other devices to be connected to a patient from a single puncture site. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| InspireMD Announces Enrollment Of First Patients In The MGuard(TM) Acute Myocardial Infarction Clinical Trial Data Will Be Used To Confirm Results InspireMD, Ltd. announced the enrollment of the first 3 patients in its study of MGuard(TM) coronary stent in acute myocardial infarction. The GUARD Study (MGuard(TM) in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study) is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MGuard(TM) in patients suffering from ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| First European Patients Treated With The Percutaneous MitraClip(R) System Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced that the first two patients have been treated with its MitraClip(R) system in Hamburg, Germany. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Medical Malpractice / Litigation News | |
| AHF Calls On Iran To Release Two Respected AIDS Physicians Held Since June As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the opening ceremonies of the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider in the US which currently provides treatment, care and support services to more than 80,000 individuals in 22 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, joined the urgent international call on Iran and its President to immediately release two respected physicians -brothers Dr. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Doctors Company Hosts Third Annual Legal Summit To Provide Industry's Best Claims Defense For Physicians The Doctors Company, the largest national insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability in the U.S., hosted its third annual Legal Summit to ensure that its attorneys have the most current information regarding the defense of medical malpractice complaints. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Study Confirms Link Between Pain Pumps And Cartilage Damage -- Searcy Denney Law Firm Investigates Claims South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA (Searcy Denney) has stepped up its investigation into claims stemming from the use of pain pumps following a recent study confirming their dangers. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Florida Medicaid Beneficiaries Sue State To Receive Home-Based Care Nearly 8,500 Florida Medicaid beneficiaries living in nursing homes have filed a federal class-action lawsuit claiming they are being forced to obtain care in nursing homes rather than in the community, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Google Allows 'Abortion' As Keyword In Ads After Settling Lawsuit With U.K. Antiabortion Group Religious organizations will be allowed to use the keyword "abortion" in advertisements on Google after the company settled a lawsuit with a British antiabortion group, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| Science 2008, Pitt's Eighth Annual Science Showcase, To Highlight Contemporary Research And New Technology Science 2008, the University of Pittsburgh's eighth annual showcase of science and technology, will focus this year on how contemporary science can adapt the legacy of past achievements to meet future challenges in diverse disciplines for the benefit of generations to come. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Strange Bedfellows: Science and Poetry, University of Montreal Science and poetry may not seem like a natural match. But there was a time when scientific poetry was a literary genre that allowed readers to learn about science. Professor Michel Pierssens of the Université de Montréal Department of French Literature wants to shed light on this forgotten genre dating back to the first century BC. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News | |
| CMS Expands Personal Health Record Pilot In South Carolina To Include Data From Tricare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an expansion of the South Carolina Personal Health Record pilot (MyPHRSC) to include TRICARE health data. An interagency agreement between CMS and the Department of Defense (DoD) will enable beneficiaries who have original Medicare and also receive TRICARE benefits to be offered the option of adding TRICARE health data to their MyPHRSC personal health records (PHRs). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Analysis Compares Medicare With Large-Employer PPO, Federal Workers' Health Plan "How Does the Benefit Value of Medicare Compare to the Benefit Value of Typical Large Employer Plans?" 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Florida Medicaid Beneficiaries Sue State To Receive Home-Based Care Nearly 8,500 Florida Medicaid beneficiaries living in nursing homes have filed a federal class-action lawsuit claiming they are being forced to obtain care in nursing homes rather than in the community, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Democratic Presidential Nominee Obama Releases New Ad Criticizing GOP Nominee McCain On Health Insurance Regulation Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) on Monday released an advertisement that criticized Republican presidential nominee Sen. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| ADA Asks Congress To Strengthen Medicaid Oral Health Programs The American Dental Association (ADA) called on Congress and other stakeholders to work together to get more dentists to participate in Medicaid and help the program provide necessary dental care to vulnerable low-income children. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Men's health News | |
| Prenatal Testosterone Excess May Be Responsible For Low Sperm Count Exposure to an excess of sexual steroids, like testosterone, during fetal development may be a potential risk factor for low sperm count and motility, according to a new study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a journal of The Endocrine Society. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Research: Looking Past The 'Down Low'' The popular media in the U.S. have focused too much on moral issues surrounding black bisexual men who do not disclose their same-sex behaviors to female lovers, otherwise known as men "on the Down Low," with this focus creating a stigma that interferes with effective public health strategies, says Indiana University sexual health expert Brian Dodge. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Mental Health News |
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| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News | |
| Why Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Is Better Than Intraoperative Ultrasound IOUS is an important tool in the fields of surgery for liver tumors, but it also has some drawbacks such as lacking of specificity to differentiate cirrhotic nodules from small malignant nodules. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Permanently Disabled At Age 46 Because Insurance Refused To Pay For MRI "My medical problems started in 1998, but I wasn't diagnosed for five years" begins Carol Black of Cleveland, Ohio. "My doctor at the time wanted to do an MRI of my spine, because my symptoms mimicked those of multiple sclerosis. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Covidien Announces FDA Approval For Its Generic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Kit Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for its Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Injection. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Medicsight Announces American College Of Radiology Imaging Network ("ACRIN") Trial Shows CT Colonography Now An Option For Colon Cancer Screening Medicsight PLC, a subsidiary of MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (Amex: MGT), and an industry leader in the development of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and image analysis software, announced that the National U. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| What Is The Best Strategy For Treating Helicobacter Pylori? The most popular treatment for H pylori is triple therapy but resistance to Clarithromycin is reducing its effectiveness. Courses using four drugs have been known to be more successful but are used less popular because of their side-effects. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sunderland City Hospital Announces Significant C. Difficile Reduction Rates After Eight Month Pilot Programme Study, UK Sunderland City Hospital has reported preliminary data on the Hospital's significant reduction in C. Difficile infection rates. Since early 2008, Sunderland Hospital has deployed new technology as part of their ongoing commitment to patient care, ensuring patient safety, targeting the breathable air where C. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Multiple Sclerosis News | |
| MS Society Welcomes Labour's Commitment On Prescription Charges, UK Following Prime Minister Gordon Brown's speech today at the Labour party conference, the MS Society welcomes news of a commitment to end prescription charges for people with long-term conditions. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Merck Serono Completes Enrollment In The REFLEX Trial Of Rebif(R) In Patients At Risk Of Developing Multiple Sclerosis Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that patient enrollment has been completed in the REFLEX trial (REbif FLEXible dosing in early multiple sclerosis). This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, international Phase III trial is designed to evaluate the therapeutic benefit of Rebif® (interferon beta-1a) on the time to conversion to multiple sclerosis (MS) in people with a first clinical event suggestive of the disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Show Therapeutic Effect Of New Formulation Of Rebif(R) At 16 Weeks In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that the ongoing IMPROVE (Investigating MRI Parameters with Rebif imprOVEd formulation) study met its primary endpoint. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of the new formulation of Rebif®, compared to placebo, in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and active disease by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the end of 16 weeks of treatment. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News | |
| Families, Clinicians And Campaigners Join Forces At Scottish Parliament, As New Campaign Is Launched Families in Scotland are being denied treatment and face major delays in the provision of essential equipment and services, according to new report published by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Calcium Key To Muscle Function Treatments for debilitating conditions such as muscular dystrophy could be found in the foreseeable future, thanks to a UQ study. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| What Is The Pituitary Hormone Secretion Pattern In Cirrhosis Patients? Hepatic encephalopathy, a major complication of cirrhosis, is a clinical syndrome characterized by mental status changes in patients with severe hepatic insufficiency. Hormonal disorders and circadian rhythm abnormalities are often associated with liver disease, and the severity of these disorders is related to liver disease severity and duration. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Phase III Study Suggests More Than Single Treatment May Be Needed For Therapeutic Response In Some CIDP Patients A study of a treatment for chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (CIDP) suggests that 50 percent of the patients who responded to treatment with Gamunex (Immune Globulin Intravenous [Human], 10% Caprylate/Chromatography Purified) required two treatments before they first exhibited improvements on a standard disability measurement scale, according to data presented at the American Neurological Association meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| News From The Journal Of Neuroscience 1. Synaptic Properties of Corticothalamic SynapsesAlexander Groh, Christiaan P. J. de Kock, Verena C. Wimmer, Bert Sakmann, and Thomas KunerIn rodents, neurons in layer 5 of somatosensory (barrel) cortex project to, and form giant terminals on, neurons in the posterior medial thalamus. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Amnesics Remember Grammar, But Not Meaning Of New Sentences Syntactic persistence is the tendency for speakers to produce sentences using similar grammatical patterns and rules of language as those they have used before. Although the way this occurs is not well understood, previous research has indicated that this effect may involve a specific aspect of memory function. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Clues To Autism, Epilepsy, Mental Retardation From Rare Genetic Disorder A rare genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is yielding insight into a possible cause of some neurodevelopmental disorders: structural abnormalities in neurons, or brain cells. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| VA To Increase Benefits For Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday announced it will substantially increase disability benefits for veterans with mild traumatic brain injuries, 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Switching On To Neuronal Switch-off A Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientist at UQ is working on ways to reduce neuronal loss in the brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Methylation Levels Key To Glioblastoma Survival A new study analyzing gene expression among patients with glioblastomas has found that not all of the common, deadly brain tumors appear the same upon closer examination.The research, directed by scientists at The University of Texas M. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| Isoflavone Dietary Supplement Improves The Functioning Of The Arteries In Stroke Patients A dietary supplement containing isoflavone - a chemical found in soybeans, chickpeas, legumes and clovers - can improve artery function in stroke patients according to new research published online in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] today (Wednesday 24 September). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| What Is The Energy Consuming Style In Chronic Severe Hepatitis B Patient Normality? The liver plays a pivotal role in fuel and energy metabolism. Many studies have shown that patients with liver cirrhosis have nutrient and energy metabolism imbalances, which lead to malnutrition and can seriously affect their prognosis. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Better Best Before Dates Advances in sensing technology will help to reduce the wastage from 'farm to fork' that's contributing to the UK's £10 billion food wastage bill, according to the UK's Sensors & Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Half A Bar Of Dark Chocolate Per Week To Keep At Bay The Risk Of Heart Attack Maybe chocoholics are not jumping for joy. Probably they would have preferred bigger amounts to support their passion. Though the news is still good for them: 6.7 grams of chocolate per day represent the ideal amount for a protective effect against inflammation and subsequent cardiovascular disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Bacteria That Cause Chronic Sinusitis Killed Effectively By Honey Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms, especially the drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis difficult, according to research presented during the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Weight Loss Surgery May Be Associated With Bone Loss Weight loss surgery may be linked to deficiencies in calcium and vitamin D and bone loss, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Study Links Obesity To Recurrent Miscarriage New research released at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) 7th International Scientific Meeting in Montreal, has found that obesity significantly increases the risk of a subsequent pregnancy loss in women with recurrent miscarriages. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Peptide Ghrelin May Be Involved In Both Alcohol Dependence And Overeating Ghrelin is a peptide, mainly produced in the stomach, but also found in small amounts in the brain. It is known to affect food intake by increasing feelings of hunger and the urge to eat. A new study has examined ghrelin's role in addictive behaviors. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Collaboration Between Interleukin Genetics And Geisinger Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (AMEX:ILI), and Geisinger Health System, have announced a research collaboration to explore the role of genetics in obesity. The goal of the collaboration is to develop a series of genetic tests that will help physicians better understand an individual's inherited resistance to weight loss and, more specifically, gauge a patient's likelihood of success with diet and other weight loss techniques. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| New Study Confirms Link Between Pain Pumps And Cartilage Damage -- Searcy Denney Law Firm Investigates Claims South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA (Searcy Denney) has stepped up its investigation into claims stemming from the use of pain pumps following a recent study confirming their dangers. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| USC School Of Dentistry Teachers Hypnosis As An Alternative To Novocain What if it were possible to undergo a root canal filling or tooth extraction without feeling the pinch of a needle or the after affects of general anesthesia? Hypnosis could uncover a new world for patients seeking dental care. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Phosphagenics Announces Initiation Of Phase 1 Clinical Trial In Humans For Its Transdermal Lidocaine Phosphagenics Limited ("Phosphagenics") (ASX: POH; AIM: PSG; OTCQX: PPGNY) announced that it has initiated a phase 1 human clinical trial using its patented drug delivery system, TPM, for the targeted delivery of a leading pain relief drug, lidocaine. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Parkinson's Disease News |
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| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| NICE Guidelines Are Set To Improve Care And Management Of Children, Young People And Adults With ADHD, UK The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health have today (24 September 2008) published a guideline on the diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, young people and adults. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sequenom Announces Additional, Positive Results For Down Syndrome Test At Analyst Briefing Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM), a leading provider of genetic-analysis and molecular diagnostic solutions, announced additional, positive results from screening studies using the Company's noninvasive circulating cell-free fetal (ccff) nucleic acid SEQureDx™ Technology, which enables the detection of fetal aneuploidy, including Down syndrome from maternal blood, at its Analyst Briefing in New York City. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Conservative Group Asserts Causal Link Between Parental Involvement Laws, Declining Abortion Rates Abortion rates drop by an average of 13.6% in states that have enacted laws requiring minors to notify their parents or obtain parental consent before having an abortion, according to a recent 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Study Does Not Find Nasal Insulin To Prevent Diabetes In Children According to an article published early online and in an upcomingedition of The Lancet, type I diabetes was notprevented or delayed by administering insulin (via the nasal cavity) toinfants and children whose genetic profiles and presence ofautoantibodies put them at a high risk of developing the condition. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| Frost & Sullivan Honours Outstanding Performances In Healthcare Industry Frost & Sullivan recently hosted its prestigious 'Excellence in Healthcare' Awards Banquet at the Excelsior Hotel in Cologne, Germany. Awards presented on the night recognise the quality and merit of companies active in a diverse range of Healthcare sectors, including Patient Monitoring, Obesity Surgery Devices, Laboratory Information Systems, Trans-Dermal Drug Delivery, Wound and Pain Management, Dental Implant and Bioinformatics. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Melbourn Scientific Launches Fast Track Formulation And Analysis Service At ICSE An alternative approach to formulation and accelerated feasibility testing is being launched by contract research organisation Melbourn Scientific, which is well respected for its analytical services. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Latest Biotechnologies Gather From More Than 23 Countries At BioJapan 2008 - World Business Forum BioJapan is the oldest international biotechnology event in Japan held since 1986. It consists of three pillars of exhibition, seminar, and business partnering and attracts a great number of key people in the industry from all over the world every time. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| DIA/FDA/PhRMA Drug Safety Conference: Planning The Lifecycle Of Safety Evaluation Recent reports have brought attention to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) plan to list those drugs whose safety is under investigation because of complaints brought to the agency's attention by drug companies, physicians, and patients. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Improving Drug Manufacture And Delivery UQ researcher Dr Shizhang Qiao is working on developing a new self-assembly technology to synthesise new nanoparticles for selective separation of biomolecules. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain Supports Free Prescriptions Commenting on the promise to abolish prescription charges for cancer patients, the Chair of the English Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Beth Taylor said: "This is good news for those affected by cancer. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Sequenom Announces Additional, Positive Results For Down Syndrome Test At Analyst Briefing Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM), a leading provider of genetic-analysis and molecular diagnostic solutions, announced additional, positive results from screening studies using the Company's noninvasive circulating cell-free fetal (ccff) nucleic acid SEQureDx™ Technology, which enables the detection of fetal aneuploidy, including Down syndrome from maternal blood, at its Analyst Briefing in New York City. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Massachusetts Lawmakers Pass Legislation To Attract More Primary Care Physicians To State As Wait Times For Appointments Increase The average wait time for an appointment with a primary care physician in Massachusetts this year increased to 36 days from 34 days in 2007, according to an annual study by the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| Breathing During Radiation Studied By OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Oregon Health & Science University researchers have determined exactly how much breathing affects prostate movement during radiation treatment.The results of this research were presented at the 50th annual American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Boston. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Nymox's NX-1207 For The Treatment Of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia In Phase 3 Program Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) is pleased to announce that results from the most recently completed clinical studies of NX-1207, the Company's investigational drug for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), will be presented on Thursday, September 25 at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association being held in Chicago. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| For High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients, New Tool Helps Physicians Tailor Hormone Therapy Using one of the largest databases of prostate cancer outcomes in the United States, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have developed a prediction tool that uses a patient's clinical information to estimate the benefit of adding androgen deprivation therapy of various durations to radiation therapy. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| When/If To Start Hormones For Prostate Cancer Patients Whose PSA Rises After Radiation: New Study A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any time after treatment. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Prostate Cancer: Hormone Therapy Before Radiation Seed Implants Men over 70 years of age with early-stage prostate cancer have 20 percent higher mortality if they are treated first with hormone therapy before being treated with radiation seed implants (brachytherapy), compared to men who are treated with brachytherapy alone, according to the largest cohort study of its kind presented September 23, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Web Site Helps Doctors And Prostate Cancer Patients Make Better Treatment Choices Doctors have created a free online computer tool, the CaP Calculator, that provides cancer specialists access to the latest prostate cancer research and helps them better individiualize each patient's treatment options, according to a study presented in a scientific session on September, 23, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Amnesics Remember Grammar, But Not Meaning Of New Sentences Syntactic persistence is the tendency for speakers to produce sentences using similar grammatical patterns and rules of language as those they have used before. Although the way this occurs is not well understood, previous research has indicated that this effect may involve a specific aspect of memory function. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Long-Term Cancer Survivors At Greater Risk Of Severe Stress Long-term survivors of adult cancers are almost twice as likely to report psychological distress severe enough to cause moderate to serious problems functioning in social, work or school situations, compared to the general population, according to a large, national study presented September 24, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Constraining Free-riding In Public Goods Games: Designated Solitary Punishers Can Sustain Human Cooperation We take it for granted in modern society that having leaders is a necessity. Yet hunter-gatherers, those probably living most like how humans did as we evolved, do not have leaders and dislike anyone trying to do so. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sexist Men Earn More A large new US study found that sexist men earned more, that is men with more traditional views on the work and home roles of women on average earned higher salaries than men with more egalitarian views about gender roles. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Public Health News | |
| Racial Disparities Decline For Cancer In Missouri Cancer death rates in the United States are highest among African Americans, but a new report shows that in Missouri the disparity in cancer incidence and death between African Americans and whites is declining. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Advancing Medical Technology From Space The Coalition for Space Exploration, the leading collaboration of space industry businesses and advocacy groups, announced today the release of a statement by board member Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Life Expectancy Gap Leads To £100,000 Boost For Prince's Trust, UK An 11-year difference between the life expectancy of Fleetwood residents and those from neighbouring areas has prompted a leading healthcare commissioner to partner with The Prince's Trust to improve the lives of deprived young people. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| HSE Warns Companies To Protect Workers' Safety After Essex Company Fined, UK The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned employers to ensure they properly manage health and safety risks in the workplace, following the prosecution of an Essex company. Eastern Counties Laundries Ltd, of West Street, Coggeshall, Essex was fined £30,000 with £15,000 costs, at Colchester Crown Court today after pleading guilty to breaching section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Insiders Say Healthcare Industry Slowed, But Not Harmed, By Wall Street Crisis, Jarrard Inc. Survey Says More than 56 percent of 158 healthcare business insiders surveyed late last week say Wall Street's financial crisis will "slow down, but not harm" the business of healthcare. In fact, almost 70 percent say the current economic crisis presents "opportunities galore. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| A Computer That Looks At Your Face And Tells You Your Age People who hope to keep their age a secret won't want to go near a computer running this software.Like an age-guesser at a carnival, computer software being developed at the University of Illinois can fairly accurately estimate a person's age. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| State Government Proves To Be A Poor Partner In Health Care, Family Physicians Say, California Citing the record-setting budget delay and changes to the Medi-Cal program that will plunge an estimated 250,000 children into the ranks of the uninsured, family physicians today said the process and result of this budget show that "the California state government is ill prepared to be a good partner with us in the delivery of health care to poor Californians. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Frost & Sullivan Honours Outstanding Performances In Healthcare Industry Frost & Sullivan recently hosted its prestigious 'Excellence in Healthcare' Awards Banquet at the Excelsior Hotel in Cologne, Germany. Awards presented on the night recognise the quality and merit of companies active in a diverse range of Healthcare sectors, including Patient Monitoring, Obesity Surgery Devices, Laboratory Information Systems, Trans-Dermal Drug Delivery, Wound and Pain Management, Dental Implant and Bioinformatics. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| HSE Warns Of Working At Height Following Essex Prosecution, UK The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning of the risks of working at height, after an Essex worker fell from a ladder and suffered severe injuries, including a broken neck. Lakeside Container Services Ltd, of London Road, Grays, Essex was fined £13,400 with £3,380 costs, at Chelmsford Magistrates Court today (Sep 22). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| New Public-Private Group Will Help Accelerate Health IT Adoption HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt welcomed the announcement by AHIC Successor, Inc., that the public-private entity has established a board of directors to lead its efforts to accelerate the adoption of a nationwide, interoperable health information system. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Texas TERT Activation For Hurricane Ike A Success The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), the founding partners of the National Joint TERT Initiative (NJTI), today reported the results of the Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) activation in Texas following Hurricane Ike. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Saving Lives More Efficiently: Cardiac Arrest Study May Help EMS And ERs When someone's heart suddenly stops beating - a condition called cardiac arrest - there's a lot that bystanders and ambulance crews can do to get it started again. But if the victim doesn't respond, when should such efforts stop?And when should emergency crews rapidly transport a patient to a hospital with lights and sirens on, potentially endangering the lives of paramedics and other motorists and pedestrians - even though the care provided by the emergency crew is the same as what can be provided in the emergency department?Currently, there's no one "right" answer to these questions, which arise in the majority of the cardiac arrests that strike 166,000 Americans each year - and kill 93 percent of them. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain Supports Free Prescriptions Commenting on the promise to abolish prescription charges for cancer patients, the Chair of the English Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Beth Taylor said: "This is good news for those affected by cancer. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Kaiser Permanente And Veterans Affairs Preview Electronic Health Record Interoperability To Enable Better Health Care William Ozzie may be a fictional solider, but his electronic health record showed how Kaiser Permanente, the Department of Veterans Affairs and private sector providers can seamlessly share information over an interoperable health information exchange. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Strange Bedfellows: Science and Poetry, University of Montreal Science and poetry may not seem like a natural match. But there was a time when scientific poetry was a literary genre that allowed readers to learn about science. Professor Michel Pierssens of the Université de Montréal Department of French Literature wants to shed light on this forgotten genre dating back to the first century BC. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Report Examines Presidential Candidates' Health Care Proposals For Reducing Racial Health Disparities "Health Care Proposals of the 2008 Democratic and Republican Presidential Nominees: Implications for Improving Access, Affordability and Quality for America's Minorities," 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Funding Dispute Affects Plans To Develop Office Of Minority Health In Cincinnati The Cincinnati Enquirer on Sunday examined a dispute over funding to establish a local Office of Minority Health. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Raleigh News & Observer Profiles UNC Researcher Who Investigates Social Factors Behind Higher HIV/AIDS Rates For Blacks The Raleigh News & Observer on Sunday profiled University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill medical researcher Adaora Adimora, who has investigated why HIV/AIDS seems to affect blacks more than members of other races and ethnicities (Niolet, Raleigh News & Observer, 9/21). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Macmillan Cancer Support Response To Gordon Brown's Speech, UK Responding to Gordon Brown's announcement that prescriptions charges are to be scrapped for cancer patients in England Ciaran Devane, Chief Executive at Macmillan Cancer Support said: "We are absolutely delighted the Government has listened to us. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Connecticut Charter Oak Plan Adding Providers; Some Are Concerned Reimbursement Rates Are Too Low Seven hospitals and 4,029 primary care physicians have signed up to participate in Connecticut's Charter Oak Health Plan, state officials said at a briefing on Friday, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| VA To Increase Benefits For Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday announced it will substantially increase disability benefits for veterans with mild traumatic brain injuries, 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Medical Tourism Business Projected To Grow Eightfold By 2010, Study Finds The number of people in the U.S. who plan to travel abroad for medical care, where the costs for various medical and surgical procedures often are comparatively lower, is projected to increase by eight times by 2010, according to a recent study by the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| In Emergency Situations: Getting Health Information Where It Needs To Go Instantly Investigators from the Regenstrief Institute have led a demonstration of how health information exchange technologies developed and tested regionally can be used to securely share patient information across the nation during an emergency. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| University Of Miami Receives Grant From National Center On Minority And Health Disparities El Centro, at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, has received a $225,000 grant by its sponsor, the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| Breathing During Radiation Studied By OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Oregon Health & Science University researchers have determined exactly how much breathing affects prostate movement during radiation treatment.The results of this research were presented at the 50th annual American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Boston. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| When/If To Start Hormones For Prostate Cancer Patients Whose PSA Rises After Radiation: New Study A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any time after treatment. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Radioactive Seed Therapy Shows Significant Reduction In Lung Cancer Recurrence Radiation oncologists at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh will report to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston that a newer, minimally invasive approach to treating high risk patients with Stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) may significantly reduce the risk of local disease recurrence. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| FDA Warns Companies To Stop Marketing Unapproved Ophthalmic Balanced Salt Solution Drug Products And Topical Drug Products Containing Papain The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that companies marketing unapproved ophthalmic balanced salt solutions (BSS) and unapproved topical drug products containing papain must stop manufacturing and marketing these products or risk enforcement action. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News | |
| Massage Therapy May Have Immediate Positive Effect On Pain And Mood For Advanced Cancer Patients A new study found that massage therapy may have immediate benefits on pain and mood among patients with advanced cancer. The study, sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, was a randomized trial of 380 advanced cancer patients at 15 U. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Help Put Lung Health On The Agenda Of Federal Leaders' Debate The Lung Association called on Canadians to help get lung health of the agenda at the 2008 English-language Leaders' Debate, slated for Thursday October 2nd. Canadians are asked to email TVO's Steve Paikin - the moderator of the debate - at question@electiondebate08. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Osiris Completes Enrollment Of Stem Cell Trial To Treat Pulmonary Disease Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR) announced today that it has completed enrollment in a human clinical trial designed to evaluate Prochymal, the Company's proprietary formulation of adult mesenchymal stem cells, for the treatment of moderate to severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Drug Candidate Viprovex Shown To Enhance The Safety And Efficacy Of Tamiflu(R) For Treatment Of Influenza ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IRBS), will present pre-clinical study results that indicate that its drug candidate Viprovex(R) enhances the safety and efficacy of Tamiflu(R) (manufactured by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Policy Makers Ignorant About Impact Of Asthma, UK The social, environmental and emotional aspects of living with asthma in Scotland are being ignored by the country's policy makers, according to a new Asthma UK Scotland report released recently. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Asthma UK Offers Advice To Freshers On Managing Asthma At University The first few weeks and months at university are often a heady, exciting time, but Asthma UK is warning that young people could be at risk of potentially life-threatening asthma attacks and unplanned emergency hospital admissions if they forget to use their asthma medicines, or avoid buying them because of the cost. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Study Highlights Possible Risk Of Heart Attack Linked To COPD Medication But More Research Is Needed, British Lung Foundation British Lung Foundation statement in response to research showing that medications commonly prescribed for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| COPD Drugs Linked To Cardiovascular Risk Researchers in the US and UK reviewed published evidence on the widely prescribed anticholinergics ipratropium bromide and tiotropium bromide (marketed as Atrovent and Spiriva), and found they were linked to significantly increased risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| FDA Approves Nasacort AQ(R) Nasal Spray For Children Aged 2 - 5 Years Old Sanofi-aventis announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nasacort AQ Nasal Spray (triamcinolone acetonide) for children aged 2 - 5 years old for the treatment of nasal symptoms associated with seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Major Adult Vaccine Clinical Trial For Pneumonia Prevention Begins Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), announced the initiation of the Community Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults a major study in adults of an investigational 13-valent conjugate vaccine designed to help prevent pneumococcal pneumonia -- the leading cause of bacterial pneumonia in adults. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Schizophrenia News |
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| Seniors / Aging News | |
| 2 UCSF Scientists Recognized For Transformative Research Two UCSF scientists are among the 31 nationwide who have received 2008 New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health. The awards are designed "to enable recipients to pursue exceptionally innovative approaches that could transform biomedical and behavioral science. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| The Aetiology Of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Aged Patients The percentage of older patients suffering from AUGIB has been increasing rapidly over the last years in the Western World. Elderly patients constitute a subgroup with special characteristics, which need careful handling during their hospitalization, because it is a population with considerable co-morbidity, higher medication use and greater risk for further complications. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Common, Debilitating Swallowing And Voice Problems: Seniors Not Seeking Treatment Despite widespread suffering of debilitating swallowing and voice problems among seniors, many are not seeking treatment for these issues, according to new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Gordon Brown's Speech Mentioning Social Care - Help The Aged Response, UK Responding to Gordon Brown's speech at the Labour Party Conference where the Prime Minister outlined social care for older people as a key issue, Paul Cann, Director of Policy at Help the Aged, says: "Dignity and hope for everyone in their later years is most definitely something the Prime Minister and his Government should aspire to achieve. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| New Research: Looking Past The 'Down Low'' The popular media in the U.S. have focused too much on moral issues surrounding black bisexual men who do not disclose their same-sex behaviors to female lovers, otherwise known as men "on the Down Low," with this focus creating a stigma that interferes with effective public health strategies, says Indiana University sexual health expert Brian Dodge. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News | |
| Risk For Cardiac Events, Cardiac Death Increased By Popular COPD Treatment New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that use of the most commonly prescribed once-a-day treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for longer than one month increases the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Who Should Have Surgery For Sleep Apnea? Even as more and more people in the United States are diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), there remains a disconnect as to who can benefit from corrective surgery. Leading experts in the field of sleep medicine attempted to answer the question of who could benefit from surgery, during a moderated discussion at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Get An ENT To The White House: Experts Discuss Presidential Struggles With Otolaryngologic Disorders Even as John McCain and Barack Obama face the wear and tear of the campaign trail, the men who preceded them in the White House might warn of the various ear, nose, and throat ailments that plagued their terms in office. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Diagnosis Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Home Sleep Test Deemed Reliable A small, portable device used for the home diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea has been deemed very reliable, according to new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in Chicago, IL. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| Increased Risk Of Hazardous Drinking And Alcohol-Use Disorders In 'Casual' Smokers Non-daily or "casual" smokers tend to slip through the cracks of prevention efforts. Yet casual smoking and heavy drinking are prevalent behaviors among young adults and, furthermore, casual smoking occurs primarily in the context of alcohol use. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| More Than 80% Back 'alcopops' And Tobacco Tax: Newspoll Survey, Australia Australians would overwhelmingly support increased 'alcopops' and tobacco tax if funds raised were used for preventive health programs, according to Newspoll research published today (24/9). A survey of more than 1200 Australian adults showed 84 per cent supported the Government's proposed 'alcopops' tax and 88 per cent backed increased tobacco tax, if most of the revenue funded programs to help prevent diseases such as heart disease and cancer. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News |
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| Statins News |
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| Stem Cell Research News | |
| What Is The Biological Feature Of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Stem Cells? Pancreatic carcinoma is an obstinate disease that is difficult to deal with, the five-year survival rate is 4%. Conventionally, the main treatments for pancreatic cancer are surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Osiris Completes Enrollment Of Stem Cell Trial To Treat Pulmonary Disease Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR) announced today that it has completed enrollment in a human clinical trial designed to evaluate Prochymal, the Company's proprietary formulation of adult mesenchymal stem cells, for the treatment of moderate to severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital To Become Leader In Stem Cell Research, Canada Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital (MRH), which is affiliated to the Université de Montréal, plans to open the Centre d'excellence en thérapie cellulaire (CETC) in 2010. The CETC will focus on stem cell research, regenerative medicine and different types of blood cancers. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Stroke News |
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| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| AAKP Supports Bill To Clarify Laws Regarding Incentives For Organ Donation, USA The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is seeking Congressional support of a bill, the Organ Donor Clarification Act of 2008, to amend the National Organ Transplant Act to clarify law related to public incentives for organ donation. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| CMV Disease In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Proactive Approach To Prevention Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common opportunistic viral infection encountered following solid organ transplant (SOT) and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in recipients of SOT. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Tropical Diseases News | |
| Development Leaders Point To Significant Progress In Mother And Child Health And Reduction Of Malaria And HIV/AIDS Deaths In Poorest Nations Significant progress towards reducing child and maternal mortality is being made but to meet the Millennium Development Goals 4,5,6, strategies aimed at reaching the world's most inaccessible, marginalized and vulnerable populations will be required, health leaders said today. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Significant Progress In Mother And Child Health And Reduction Of Malaria And HIV/AIDS Deaths In Poorest Nations Significant progress towards reducing child and maternal mortality is being made but to meet the Millennium Development Goals 4,5,6, strategies aimed at reaching the world's most inaccessible, marginalized and vulnerable populations will be required, health leaders said today. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Trachoma In Ayod County, Sudan: One Of The Most Severe Burdens Documented The burden of trachoma in Ayod county, one of the most severe ever documented, is a threat to public health in Southern Sudan, according to a recent survey conducted in Jonglei state. These results, published September 24th in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, were uncovered by experts at The Carter Center and University of Cambridge, and health officials from the government of Southern Sudan. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| Nymox's NX-1207 For The Treatment Of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia In Phase 3 Program Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) is pleased to announce that results from the most recently completed clinical studies of NX-1207, the Company's investigational drug for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), will be presented on Thursday, September 25 at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association being held in Chicago. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Amplified Gene In Cells Found In Urine Reveals Presence Bladder Cancer Counting the copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, a team led by researchers at The University of Texas M. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Veterinary News | |
| Working Together To Make Rabies History! Organisations around the world will be aiming to raise awareness and understanding about the importance of rabies prevention on the second annual World Rabies Day on September 28. Rabies is known as the 'oldest and deadliest disease known to mankind' and the BVA, through its Overseas Group, is supporting this initiative. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Helping Behavior And Regard For Others In Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella) There has been much scientific debate in recent years about whether our closest evolutionary relatives, the non-human primates demonstrate altruistic behavior, willingly taking costs to themselves to deliver benefits to others. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Lifespan, Lifetime Reproductive Performance And Paternity Loss Of Within-pair And Extra-pair Offspring In The Coal Tit Periparus Ater Female birds frequently engage in extra-pair mating behaviour and may thereby increase the genetic quality of offspring in terms of either viability or sexual attractiveness. In contrast to the first idea, extra-pair offspring did not differ in lifespan from within-pair offspring in the socially monogamous coal tit. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Research Into Deadly Cancer In Dogs May Also Have Human Applications A new study jointly conducted by Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute may one day help not only our canine friends with cancer, but also people with the human form of the disease. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| U.S. Pet Owners Can Double The Impact Of Vaccinations To Help Reduce Rabies In Africa, Save Lives American pet owners and their animals can help save lives in Africa through vaccinations administered in the U.S. between now and December 31, 2008. Pet owners are invited to double the impact of the annual veterinary visit and give a global dimension to rabies prevention through the Afya Serengeti project. | 24 Sept 2008 |
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| Fungi Spores Travel At Very High Speeds Researchers Nik Money (Miami University, Oxford, Ohio) and Diana Davisand Mark Fischer (College ofMount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio) have discovered some fascinatinginformation about the survival skills of a type of fungus that feeds onfeces. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Study Links Obesity To Recurrent Miscarriage New research released at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) 7th International Scientific Meeting in Montreal, has found that obesity significantly increases the risk of a subsequent pregnancy loss in women with recurrent miscarriages. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Cosmetic Vaginal Surgery - How Effective And How Safe? A leading urogynaecologist has argued that aggressive marketing from private clinics along with growing media interest, have seen an increasing number of women requesting vaginal cosmetic procedures. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Leading Expert Says Claims About Cosmetic Vaginal Surgery Not Substantiated A leading UK expert has expressed concern about the rise of vaginal surgery for purely cosmetic reasons, saying that while there are lots of claims in the popular press, and perhaps more alarmingly, made by some surgeons quoting comments from "satisfied clients", these are not supported by the medical literature. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| ORLive Presents: Improved Operative Outcomes In Open Hysterectomy On Tuesday, September 23, 2008, John Elkas, MD of Inova Fairfax Hospital and Warner Huh, MD of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital lead a live webcast of a panel discussion on the various uses of the LigaSure Impact(TM) instrument and the Force TriVerse(TM) electrosurgical device during open hysterectomies complicated by the presence of cancer. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Thai Health Experts Call For Review Of Prevention Of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Program Health experts in Thailand are calling for a review of the country's national program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, which follows World Health Organization guidelines, the 24 Sept 2008 | |
| Blogs Comment On HHS Rule, Colo. 'Personhood' Measure, Obama Campaign, Sex Education The following summarizes recent women's health-related blog entries. ~ "New HHS Regs Would Hit Low-Income Women, Women of Color Hardest," Bethany Sousa, RH Reality Check: HHS claims its recently proposed regulations "will protect federally-funded health care providers from discrimination," but "in reality" the regulations will "further limit a woman's ability to obtain health services and increase the number of providers and institutions allowed to refuse her care," Sousa writes in a blog entry. | 24 Sept 2008 |
| Sexist Men Earn More A large new US study found that sexist men earned more, that is men with more traditional views on the work and home roles of women on average earned higher salaries than men with more egalitarian views about gender roles. | 24 Sept 2008 |
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