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| Aid / Disasters News | |
| HP And PING Collaborate On Mobile Health Monitoring To Reduce Malaria On the heels of the United Nations Social Innovation Summit, HP (NYSE:HPQ) and nonprofit organization Positive Innovation for the Next Generation (PING) are launching a collaboration to improve the quality and efficiency of disease surveillance in Botswana through mobile health monitoring technology that can enhance protection and prevention against major malaria outbreaks. | 07 June 2011 |
| Extreme Medicine We've heard of extreme sports, where athletic people pursue physically challenging and often dangerous activities to test the limits of human courage, strength and endurance. But there are others who through choice or circumstance also find themselves striving to survive in extreme environments, such as explorers, whether they be up mountains, in outer space, at the poles, in deserts, or deep under the sea; or soldiers fighting in combat zones, and the civilians caught up in conflicts and their aftermath. | 07 June 2011 |
| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| FDA: DDS Probiotic Products Seized U.S. Marshals, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today seized probiotic products from UAS Laboratories, Inc., of Eden Prairie, Minn. because the company markets the products as drugs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Chronic Marijuana Smoking Affects Brain Chemistry Definitive proof of an adverse effect of chronic marijuana use revealed at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could lead to potential drug treatments and aid other research involved in cannabinoid receptors, a neurotransmission system receiving a lot of attention. | 07 June 2011 |
| Family Relationships May Protect Early Teens From Alcohol Use, Australia Close family relationships may protect teenagers from alcohol use, according to research by The University of Queensland's Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research (CYSAR) and the Centre for Adolescent Health in Melbourne. | 07 June 2011 |
| Are Frontline Nurses Prepared For Alcohol-related Cases? Nurses are often on the frontline when patients are brought into hospital with alcohol-related illnesses or injuries but how prepared are they for dealing with cases of this kind?A researcher at The University of Nottingham is launching a national survey today to establish whether student nurses are receiving the alcohol training and education which is so vital to their job. | 07 June 2011 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| New Direction In Alzheimer's Research In what they are calling a new direction in the study of Alzheimer's disease, UC Santa Barbara scientists have made an important finding about what happens to brain cells that are destroyed in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. | 07 June 2011 |
| Alzheimer's Disease: Molecular Imaging For Early Detection May Be Available In Hospitals Within 1 Year Researchers the world over are advancing positron emission tomography (PET) as an effective method of early detection for Alzheimer's disease, a currently incurable and deadly neurological disorder. | 07 June 2011 |
| Back Pain News | |
| Source Of Chronic Back Pain Pinpointed By Molecular Imaging A study introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting shows potential relief for patients who suffer chronic pain after back surgery. A molecular imaging procedure that combines functional and anatomical information about the body is able to zero in on the site of abnormal bone reaction and provide more accurate diagnoses and appropriate pain management for patients who have received hardware implants or bone grafts. | 07 June 2011 |
| Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News | |
| Female Suicide Bombing Is A Political And Military Tactic, Not A Religious Act, According To New Study Terrorist groups bend the rules of 'true' Islam to justify the use of female suicide bombers, according to Margaret Gonzalez-Perez from Southeastern Louisiana University in the US. Her paper traces the development of radical Islamic doctrine over time, highlights how it deviates from mainstream Islam, and identifies the building blocks that have culminated in Jihadi female suicide bombers. | 07 June 2011 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Role For Cell Scaffold In Tumor Formation Revealed A group of scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, in Portugal, have uncovered a surprising link between the cell's skeleton and organ size. The team, led by Florence Janody, show in the journal Development, that one of the proteins that regulates the skeleton of the cell also acts to block activation of genes that promote cell survival and proliferation. | 07 June 2011 |
| UF Researchers Show New Way To Target Tumor Cells Whether a tumor flourishes or dies depends, to an extent, on the acidity of the environment in which it lives, and a certain enzyme plays a key role in that balance, according to new research from the University of Florida. | 07 June 2011 |
| High Amounts Of The Hormone Leptin Are Linked To Decreased Depression Women who have higher levels of the appetite-controlling hormone leptin have fewer symptoms of depression, and this apparent inverse relationship is not related to body mass index (BMI), a new study finds. | 07 June 2011 |
| Scientists Identify How Major Biological Sensor In The Body Works A biological sensor is a critical part of a human cell's control system that is able to trigger a number of cell activities. A type of sensor known as the "gating ring" can open a channel that allows a flow of potassium ions through the cell's wall or membrane similar to the way a subway turnstile allows people into a station. | 07 June 2011 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Incyte Submits New Drug Application For Ruxolitinib In Myelofibrosis To The US Food And Drug Administration Incyte Corporation (Nasdaq:INCY) announced today that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) for its lead investigational compound, ruxolitinib (INCB18424), to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | 07 June 2011 |
| Link Between Blood Clotting And Bowel Cancer Risk Back in the mid 19th century, a French doctor, Armand Trousseau, discovered a connection between cancer and thrombosis - the formation of often dangerous blood clots that can lead to venous occlusion. | 07 June 2011 |
| Eisai And Janssen Announce The Presentation Of DACOGEN(R) (decitabine) Data At ASCO From A Phase III Study In Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Eisai Inc. and Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson Company, both announced the presentation of data from the DACO-016 trial of DACOGEN® (decitabine) at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). | 07 June 2011 |
| Hidden Blood Clots Lit Up By Near Infrared Fluorescence Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may mark the expansion of a novel imaging agent for an optical technique called near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF), which uses light energy to glean information about cells and tissues. | 07 June 2011 |
| Interim Results From Cyclacel Clinical Study Highlight Safety And Efficacy Of Sequential Administration Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYCC, NASDAQ: CYCCP; Cyclacel or the Company), today announced interim results from an ongoing, multicenter, Phase 1/2 clinical trial examining the safety and effectiveness of oral sapacitabine, the Company's lead product candidate, administered sequentially with decitabine. | 07 June 2011 |
| AABB Recognizes World Blood Donor Day On June 14 AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks) will observe World Blood Donor Day on June 14 to help bring attention to the need for safe blood and blood products around the world. The association is encouraging its individual and institutional members to plan celebrations as a way to thank eligible donors who volunteer to give blood. | 07 June 2011 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Screening For Vitamin D Deficiency In At-Risk Populations Recommended By Experts The Endocrine Societyhas released "Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline." The clinical practice guideline (CPG) is published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), a publication of The Endocrine Society. | 07 June 2011 |
| Stem Cell Treatment May Offer Option For Broken Bones That Don't Heal Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown in an animal study that transplantation of adult stem cells enriched with a bone-regenerating hormone can help mend bone fractures that are not healing properly. | 07 June 2011 |
| DFINE, Inc. Announces Prospective Clinical Trial For Breakthrough Therapy To Treat Spinal Fractures Caused By Multiple Myeloma DFINE, Inc., the developer of minimally invasive radio frequency (RF) targeted therapies for the treatment of vertebral pathologies, announced today that H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute will initiate the first post-market prospective clinical trial (PCT) to evaluate the efficacy of radio frequency targeted vertebral augmentation™ (RF-TVA) using the breakthrough StabiliT® Vertebral Augmentation System for the treatment of spinal fractures caused by multiple myeloma. | 07 June 2011 |
| Extreme Medicine We've heard of extreme sports, where athletic people pursue physically challenging and often dangerous activities to test the limits of human courage, strength and endurance. But there are others who through choice or circumstance also find themselves striving to survive in extreme environments, such as explorers, whether they be up mountains, in outer space, at the poles, in deserts, or deep under the sea; or soldiers fighting in combat zones, and the civilians caught up in conflicts and their aftermath. | 07 June 2011 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Teva Announces Successful Results Of Phase III Study Of Its Long-Acting G-CSF Product (Lipegfilgrastim) In Breast Cancer Patients Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) announced today that lipegfilgrastim (INN; internal code - XM22) achieved its primary endpoint of reducing the duration of severe neutropenia in a Phase III study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lipegfilgrastim (XM22) compared to pegfilgrastim (Amgen's Neulasta™). | 07 June 2011 |
| APP Pharmaceuticals To Market Letrozole Tablets, USP In The U.S. Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced today that APP Pharmaceuticals will immediately begin marketing Letrozole Tablets in the U.S., after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to market the breast cancer treatment medication to Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited (NSE: FKONCO) (BSE: 532545). | 07 June 2011 |
| Link Between Pregnancy, Tumor Spread And Immune Cells Individuals with cancer often do not die as a result of their initial tumor but as a result of tumors at distant sites that are derived from the initial tumor. Pregnancy is a condition that seems to be permissive for tumor dissemination, as breast tumors arising during pregnancy display a tendency for early spread to distant sites (metastasis). | 07 June 2011 |
| Study Develops The Use Of A PET Imaging Agent That Detects The Rapid Blood Vessel Formation Of Breast Cancer Scientists presented new research at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting that has the potential to help physicians detect breast cancer by imaging the proliferation of blood vessels carrying oxygen and nutrients to breast tumors. | 07 June 2011 |
| Superior Tumor Detection For Dense Breasts Provided By Gamma Imaging A study revealed at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is comparing the breast-tumor detection capabilities of two very different imaging technologies - breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI), which provides functional images of breast physiology, and ultrasound - for women with complex breast imaging cases that require further evaluation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Experts From The NYU Cancer Institute Present At ASCO 2011 Annual Meeting Experts from The Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center, at NYU Langone Medical Center presented new research findings at the 47th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. | 07 June 2011 |
| Researchers Demonstrate Anticancer Effect Of Mushrooms City of Hope researchers have investigated compounds in natural foods for their potential anticancer benefits, with a focus on food items that are easily found in grocery stores to ensure greater access and availability. | 07 June 2011 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Nuvilex, Inc. Readies Pancreatic Cancer Treatment For Expanded Phase II Clinical Trials Nuvilex, Inc. (OTCQB: NVLX) announced today it is aggressively engaging the steps necessary to use its encapsulated cell technology for pancreatic cancer in expanded Phase II clinical trials in the United States, Europe and Australia. | 07 June 2011 |
| Teva Announces Successful Results Of Phase III Study Of Its Long-Acting G-CSF Product (Lipegfilgrastim) In Breast Cancer Patients Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) announced today that lipegfilgrastim (INN; internal code - XM22) achieved its primary endpoint of reducing the duration of severe neutropenia in a Phase III study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lipegfilgrastim (XM22) compared to pegfilgrastim (Amgen's Neulasta™). | 07 June 2011 |
| Investigators Report Full Phase 3 Lymphoseek (Tilmanocept) Study Results At ASCO Independent investigators reported today full results from the NEO3-09 study, reaffirming earlier top-line results that showed Lymphoseek® (99mTc-tilmanocept) met all primary and secondary endpoints and exhibited superior performance to vital blue dye in intraoperative lymphatic mapping (ILM) procedures. | 07 June 2011 |
| Incyte Submits New Drug Application For Ruxolitinib In Myelofibrosis To The US Food And Drug Administration Incyte Corporation (Nasdaq:INCY) announced today that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) for its lead investigational compound, ruxolitinib (INCB18424), to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | 07 June 2011 |
| Adolor Corporation Completes Enrollment In Phase 2 OIC Program Adolor Corporation (NasdaqGM: ADLR) today announced that it has completed enrollment in its Phase 2 clinical evaluation of ADL5945 in chronic, non-cancer pain patients with opioid-induced constipation (OIC). | 07 June 2011 |
| Merck And ARIAD Announce Presentation Of Results Of Phase III SUCCEED Trial At American Society Of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Merck (NYSE:MRK), known outside the United States and Canada as MSD, and ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ:ARIA), today announced the presentation of detailed results from the Phase III SUCCEED clinical trial. | 07 June 2011 |
| Bankruptcy Rates Among Cancer Patients Increase Along With Survival Time An analysis linking federal bankruptcy court records to cancer registry data from nearly 232,000 adult cancer cases in western Washington during a 14-year period has found a hidden cost to survival: Insolvency rates increase along with the length of survival. | 07 June 2011 |
| Overcoming Cognitive Effects Of Chemotherapy With The Help Of Tai Chi According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11.4 million Americans are currently living with cancer. While cancer treatments are plentiful, many have negative side effects. Previous studies have indicated that a significant number of patients who receive chemotherapy also experience cognitive declines, including decreases in verbal fluency and memory. | 07 June 2011 |
| Role For Cell Scaffold In Tumor Formation Revealed A group of scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, in Portugal, have uncovered a surprising link between the cell's skeleton and organ size. The team, led by Florence Janody, show in the journal Development, that one of the proteins that regulates the skeleton of the cell also acts to block activation of genes that promote cell survival and proliferation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Eisai And Janssen Announce The Presentation Of DACOGEN(R) (decitabine) Data At ASCO From A Phase III Study In Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Eisai Inc. and Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson Company, both announced the presentation of data from the DACO-016 trial of DACOGEN® (decitabine) at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). | 07 June 2011 |
| CDG Therapeutics, Inc. Announces "First In Class, First In Human" Clinical Phase I Trial Results Of Cell-Penetrating Peptide, P28 CDG Therapeutics, Inc. today announced results from a clinical Phase I human trial of a novel platform technology utilizing p28, a synthetic, Azurin-derived peptide. Fifteen refractory (Stage IV) solid tumor patients with p53+ lesions were enrolled in an escalating, five-dose level (. | 07 June 2011 |
| Veterans Health Administration Similar Or Better Than Private Sector For Cancer Patients Ages 65+ A new study finds that the cancer care provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for men 65 years and older is at least as good as, and by some measures better than, Medicare-funded fee-for-service care obtained through the private sector. | 07 June 2011 |
| Removal Of A Tiny RNA Molecule Can Inhibit Cancer Growth Research from the University of Louisville published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates the removal of a tiny RNA molecule in mice suppresses carcinogenic tumor formation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Unique Clinical Trial Addresses Important Questions About Treating Cancer In Those With HIV As the world marks the 30-year anniversary of the first reporting of HIV/AIDS, now comes the realization of a new challenge for people with the incurable disease. For reasons not yet clear, people with HIV face a higher rate of cancers not usually associated with HIV. | 07 June 2011 |
| Nanoparticles Perfectly Formed To Tackle Cancer Researchers from the University of Hull have discovered a way to load up nanoparticles with large numbers of light-sensitive molecules to create a more effective form of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer. | 07 June 2011 |
| Molecular Movements Could Lead To New Way To Treat Cancer Work by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London could point to a new way to treat aggressive types of cancer.The scientists have found that a molecule called Met is responsible for stimulating the growth and spread of cancer because it is relocating to the wrong part of the cell. | 07 June 2011 |
| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: June 6, 2011 HEMATOLOGY: Breaking down blood clots to beat DVT Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a serious medical condition in which a blood clot (also known as a thrombus) forms in one or more of the deep veins in the body, usually those in the legs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Link Between Pregnancy, Tumor Spread And Immune Cells Individuals with cancer often do not die as a result of their initial tumor but as a result of tumors at distant sites that are derived from the initial tumor. Pregnancy is a condition that seems to be permissive for tumor dissemination, as breast tumors arising during pregnancy display a tendency for early spread to distant sites (metastasis). | 07 June 2011 |
| 4-D PET Image Reconstruction Enables Greater Cancer Detection A study introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is advancing a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method that uses new 4D image reconstruction to achieve the highest diagnostic capability for the detection of cancer. | 07 June 2011 |
| First-Ever Study Of The Clinical Use Of New Integrated PET/MRI Technology Shows Promise For The Detection Of Cancerous Tumors Preliminary research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is breaking new ground for the development of a brand new hybrid molecular imaging system. Simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is providing important diagnostic information about soft tissues and physiological functions throughout the body. | 07 June 2011 |
| 4-D PET/CT May Produce Inaccurate Tumor Imaging Unless The Patient's Respiratory Pattern Is Highly Stable A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting focuses on the effect that breathing irregularities have on the accuracy of 4D positron emission tomography (PET) scans and outlines a PET imaging method that reduces "motion artifacts" or image blurring arising from respiratory motion. | 07 June 2011 |
| Kidney Cancer Responds Well To A Developing Immunotherapy That Uses Specialized Antibodies To Home In On Renal Cell Carcinoma Researchers are halting kidney cancer with a novel form of radioimmunotherapy that zeroes in on antigens associated with renal cell carcinoma. Patients with progressive kidney cancer receiving up to three doses of the therapy show dramatic slowing of cancer growth and stabilization of their disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Alpha-Emitter-Based Therapy Drives Neuroendocrine Cancer Into Remission In Patients With Progressive Therapy-Resistant Tumors Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could be a sign of hope for patients with neuroendocrine cancer not responding well to standard therapies. Most radiotherapies use medical isotopes that emit beta radiation. | 07 June 2011 |
| BioSante Pharmaceuticals Announces Lifting Of Clinical Hold On GVAX Prostate Cancer Vaccine BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) today announced that the FDA's clinical hold on the GVAX Prostate Cancer Vaccine (GVAX Prostate) for the treatment of prostate cancer has been lifted by FDA. | 07 June 2011 |
| Interim Results From Cyclacel Clinical Study Highlight Safety And Efficacy Of Sequential Administration Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYCC, NASDAQ: CYCCP; Cyclacel or the Company), today announced interim results from an ongoing, multicenter, Phase 1/2 clinical trial examining the safety and effectiveness of oral sapacitabine, the Company's lead product candidate, administered sequentially with decitabine. | 07 June 2011 |
| PET Imaging Of Cancer Advanced By Combined Imaging Agents Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is taking targeted molecular imaging to a new level by combining two commonly used imaging agents into one molecular imaging procedure. The combination of these agents creates a comprehensive examination of the extent of cancer spread within a variety of organ systems in the body. | 07 June 2011 |
| Antisense Pharma's Trabedersen Showed Excellent Safety Profile And First Signals Of Encouraging Efficacy In Solid Tumors At the international cancer congress ASCO 2011 in Chicago, USA, the biopharmaceutical company Antisense Pharma presented today current data from its ongoing clinical Phase I/II trial with intravenous monotherapy of trabedersen (AP 12009) for the treatment of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (PanCa), malignant melanoma (MM), and colorectal carcinoma (CRC). | 07 June 2011 |
| World's Leading Cancer Organizations Announce New Efforts In Response To The Global Cancer Crisis Today at a press briefing, leaders from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), and the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced new efforts to respond to the cancer epidemic occurring in low- and middle-income countries, and called on President Obama and other world leaders to take action at the upcoming United Nations (UN) High-level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), taking place in New York in September. | 07 June 2011 |
| In Phase 2 Trial New Glioblastoma Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise The first results of a multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial on a new brain cancer vaccine tailored to a patient's own tumor wase announced on Monday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago. | 07 June 2011 |
| Gene Fault Could Predict Ovarian Cancer Drug Success FAULTS in a gene commonly inactivated in many different types of cancer could be used to predict which drug combination ovarian cancer patients are most likely to benefit from, according to results presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology. | 07 June 2011 |
| Federal Budget: Caregiver Commitment And Palliative Care Funding, Canada A new family caregiver tax credit announced in today's federal government budget is an important step forward in providing more support for family caregivers, says the Canadian Cancer Society. | 07 June 2011 |
| UF Researchers Show New Way To Target Tumor Cells Whether a tumor flourishes or dies depends, to an extent, on the acidity of the environment in which it lives, and a certain enzyme plays a key role in that balance, according to new research from the University of Florida. | 07 June 2011 |
| RPCI Physicians Share Research Results At American Society Of Clinical Oncology Meeting Roughly 30,000 oncologists have been convening in Chicago over the last few days for the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) June 3-7 in Chicago, IL. Among those attendees are dozens of physicians from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) who will both share their most recent research with their colleagues and attend sessions by other researchers a mutual exchange of ideas and information concerning the latest advances in cancer research and treatment. | 07 June 2011 |
| Many Patients With Advanced Cancers Get Treatments That Won't Help A study of more than 1,000 patients with colon cancer that had spread to distant sites found that one in eight was treated with at least one drug regimen that was not recommended. Those patients were exposed to significant risk without proven benefits, at an estimated cost just for the drugs of more than $2 million. | 07 June 2011 |
| Queen's Scientists Unlock Potential Of Frog Skin To Treat Cancer Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have discovered proteins in frog skins which could be used to treat cancer, diabetes, stroke and transplant patients by regulating the growth of blood vessels. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Campaign Asks Parents To Be Brain Tumour Aware A new campaign is being launched to help parents and health professionals spot the signs of brain tumours in children and young people. HeadSmart aims to speed up diagnosis rates and raise awareness of brain tumour symptoms. | 07 June 2011 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Squeeze An Arm - Protect The Heart, UK Scientists at the University of Leicester are investigating a novel technique that promises to protect heart muscle from life-threatening damage following a heart attack - simply by squeezing an arm. | 07 June 2011 |
| Size, Strength Of Heart's Right Side Differs By Age, Gender, Race/ethnicity The size and pumping ability of the right side of the heart differs by age, gender and race/ethnicity, according to the first large imaging study of the right ventricle.The study, reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, also suggests that understanding the fundamental differences in the right side of the heart gives doctors and researchers a basis for determining what is abnormal. | 07 June 2011 |
| Study Shows Tens Of Thousands Of Lives Could Potentially Be Saved By Key Heart Failure Therapies A national study has found that nearly 68,000 deaths potentially could be prevented each year by optimally implementing key national guideline recommended therapies, including critical medications and cardiac devices, for all eligible heart failure patients. | 07 June 2011 |
| Extreme Medicine We've heard of extreme sports, where athletic people pursue physically challenging and often dangerous activities to test the limits of human courage, strength and endurance. But there are others who through choice or circumstance also find themselves striving to survive in extreme environments, such as explorers, whether they be up mountains, in outer space, at the poles, in deserts, or deep under the sea; or soldiers fighting in combat zones, and the civilians caught up in conflicts and their aftermath. | 07 June 2011 |
| Caregivers / Homecare News | |
| Federal Budget: Caregiver Commitment And Palliative Care Funding, Canada A new family caregiver tax credit announced in today's federal government budget is an important step forward in providing more support for family caregivers, says the Canadian Cancer Society. | 07 June 2011 |
| Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News | |
| Unique Clinical Trial Addresses Important Questions About Treating Cancer In Those With HIV As the world marks the 30-year anniversary of the first reporting of HIV/AIDS, now comes the realization of a new challenge for people with the incurable disease. For reasons not yet clear, people with HIV face a higher rate of cancers not usually associated with HIV. | 07 June 2011 |
| Interim Study Shows Novel Experimental Agent Is Highly Active In CLL Patients An interim analysis of a phase II clinical trial indicates that a novel experimental agent for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is highly active and well tolerated both in patients who are undergoing treatment for the first time and those who have relapsed and are resistant to other therapy. | 07 June 2011 |
| FREEDOM-M Trial Of Oral Treprostinil In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Meets Primary Endpoint United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) announced the completion of its FREEDOM-M Phase 3 trial of treprostinil diethanolamine (oral treprostinil), an investigational sustained release oral formulation of treprostinil, a stable synthetic form of prostacyclin, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). | 07 June 2011 |
| DFINE, Inc. Announces Prospective Clinical Trial For Breakthrough Therapy To Treat Spinal Fractures Caused By Multiple Myeloma DFINE, Inc., the developer of minimally invasive radio frequency (RF) targeted therapies for the treatment of vertebral pathologies, announced today that H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute will initiate the first post-market prospective clinical trial (PCT) to evaluate the efficacy of radio frequency targeted vertebral augmentation™ (RF-TVA) using the breakthrough StabiliT® Vertebral Augmentation System for the treatment of spinal fractures caused by multiple myeloma. | 07 June 2011 |
| Colorectal Cancer News | |
| Link Between Blood Clotting And Bowel Cancer Risk Back in the mid 19th century, a French doctor, Armand Trousseau, discovered a connection between cancer and thrombosis - the formation of often dangerous blood clots that can lead to venous occlusion. | 07 June 2011 |
| Rectal Cancer, Palliative Care, Benchmarking Studies Presented At ASCO By City Of Hope Researchers City of Hope researchers participated in more than 50 studies on improvements to cancer treatment, patient care and clinical trials presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, running from June 3 through 7. | 07 June 2011 |
| An Investigational Therapy For Colorectal Cancer Primes Tumors Prior To Radiotherapy And Reduces Exposure In Healthy Organs Investigators at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting are presenting results from a phase 1 clinical trial for a cancer therapy that has the potential to kill colorectal tumors with less destruction of healthy tissue. | 07 June 2011 |
| Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News | |
| Overcoming Cognitive Effects Of Chemotherapy With The Help Of Tai Chi According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11.4 million Americans are currently living with cancer. While cancer treatments are plentiful, many have negative side effects. Previous studies have indicated that a significant number of patients who receive chemotherapy also experience cognitive declines, including decreases in verbal fluency and memory. | 07 June 2011 |
| Conferences News | |
| Challenges In The New Commissioning Environment Is To Be Discussed At SMi's GP Commissioning Conference Following the temporary 'pause' of the government's Health and Social Care Bill, what has the coalition learnt and what does it mean for the future of the NHS?As the NHS adapts to the new direction set out by the Coalition government, managers and clinicians face huge challenges in managing information within the new commissioning system. | 07 June 2011 |
| NanoViricides To Present Influenza Study Results At The TechConnect World 2011 Conference In Boston NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company") announced today that it has been invited to present its anti-influenza drug development studies at the TechConnect World 2011 Conferences and Expo. | 07 June 2011 |
| RPCI Physicians Share Research Results At American Society Of Clinical Oncology Meeting Roughly 30,000 oncologists have been convening in Chicago over the last few days for the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) June 3-7 in Chicago, IL. Among those attendees are dozens of physicians from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) who will both share their most recent research with their colleagues and attend sessions by other researchers a mutual exchange of ideas and information concerning the latest advances in cancer research and treatment. | 07 June 2011 |
| Cystic Fibrosis News | |
| Aradigm Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Ciprofloxacin For Inhalation In Bronchiectasis Aradigm Corporation (OTCBB:ARDM) (the "Company") today announced it has received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ciprofloxacin for inhalation for the management of bronchiectasis (BE). | 07 June 2011 |
| Dentistry News | |
| Nearly Half Admit Skipping Brushing Teeth At Bedtime, UK Nearly half of the population (47 per cent) has admitted to regularly skipping brushing their teeth at bedtime putting their oral health at risk. Women are the most likely to break one of the three golden rules for clean and healthy teeth, with nearly six out of ten (59 per cent) regularly skipping brushing their teeth at bedtime, compared to just over a third of men (35 per cent). | 07 June 2011 |
| Depression News | |
| High Amounts Of The Hormone Leptin Are Linked To Decreased Depression Women who have higher levels of the appetite-controlling hormone leptin have fewer symptoms of depression, and this apparent inverse relationship is not related to body mass index (BMI), a new study finds. | 07 June 2011 |
| Dermatology News | |
| Scientists Show For The First Time Why Aqueous Cream Can Only Make Eczema Worse, UK Aqueous Cream B.P. which is commonly prescribed for eczema makes the condition worse at the cellular and molecular level. Eczema currently accounts for 22.5% of skin complaints treated by GPs and the number is rising. | 07 June 2011 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Apple Peel Makes Mice Mighty For Popeye, spinach was the key to extra muscle. For the mice in a new University of Iowa study, it was apples, or more precisely a waxy substance called ursolic acid that's found in apple peel. | 07 June 2011 |
| Hyperglycemia Is Associated With Increased Hospital Complications And Mortality During Parental Nutrition Malnutrition in critically ill patients can lead to many negative effects, such as an increased risk of hospital complications, higher mortality rate, longer length of hospital stay, and higher resource utilization. | 07 June 2011 |
| Understanding Glycemic Control In The Critically Ill: 2011 Update Intensive monitoring of blood glucose concentrations in critically ill patients has become a standard of care in intensive care units over the past 10 years. An article in the April issue of Hospital Practice summarizes the literature describing the relationship between hyperglycemia and mortality in the critically ill, the main findings of the major interventional trials of intensive insulin therapy, the association between hypoglycemia and increased glycemic variability with adverse outcomes, and the impact of preexisting diagnosis of diabetes. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Weapons In The Fight Against Juvenile Diabetes Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas. The device will automatically monitor blood sugar levels and administer insulin to patients with Type 1 diabetes, and aims to remove much of the guesswork for those living with the chronic disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| Ischemic Heart Disease In Diabetics Detected By Molecular Imaging Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may lead to much-needed cardiovascular disease screening for diabetic patients at risk of ischemic heart disease, a disorder marked by significantly reduced blood flow in the heart. | 07 June 2011 |
| Dual Isotope SPECT/CT Reduces Amputations In Diabetic Patients Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting reveals the extent to which an ongoing study can help save life and limb for patients with diabetes-related foot infections. Diabetes can cause nerve damage and reduced blood flow to the bones and tissues of the feet, leaving diabetics vulnerable to infection. | 07 June 2011 |
| Eating Disorders News | |
| SLaM Finds Link Between OCD And Eating Disorders In Teenagers, UK A research collaboration between the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust's (SLaM) OCD Service for young people and researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) has shown that childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a risk factor for developing an eating disorder during adolescence. | 07 June 2011 |
| Eczema / Psoriasis News | |
| Scientists Show For The First Time Why Aqueous Cream Can Only Make Eczema Worse, UK Aqueous Cream B.P. which is commonly prescribed for eczema makes the condition worse at the cellular and molecular level. Eczema currently accounts for 22.5% of skin complaints treated by GPs and the number is rising. | 07 June 2011 |
| Endocrinology News | |
| Excessive Pregnancy Weight Gain Raises The Risk Of Having A Fat Baby Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy tend to have newborns with a high amount of body fat, regardless of the mother's weight before pregnancy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| Link Discovered Between Obesity And Low Estrogen Levels A new study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could throw open the door to a recently established area of obesity research. Investigators have developed a novel molecular imaging agent that targets estrogenic mechanisms in the brain to find out what effect an enzyme called aromatase has on body mass index (BMI), a measurement of body fat based on height and weight. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Alpha-Emitter-Based Therapy Drives Neuroendocrine Cancer Into Remission In Patients With Progressive Therapy-Resistant Tumors Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could be a sign of hope for patients with neuroendocrine cancer not responding well to standard therapies. Most radiotherapies use medical isotopes that emit beta radiation. | 07 June 2011 |
| High Amounts Of The Hormone Leptin Are Linked To Decreased Depression Women who have higher levels of the appetite-controlling hormone leptin have fewer symptoms of depression, and this apparent inverse relationship is not related to body mass index (BMI), a new study finds. | 07 June 2011 |
| Insulin Action In The Brain Can Lead To Obesity Fat-rich food makes you fat. Behind this simple equation lie complex signalling pathways, through which the neurotransmitters in the brain control the body's energy balance. Scientists at the Cologne-based Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research and the Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-associated Diseases (CECAD) at the University of Cologne have clarified an important step in this complex control circuit. | 07 June 2011 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| 20-20 Vision Perfection Based At The Manchester Face And Eye Clinic First To Offer Innovative Keratoconus Treatment In The United Kingdom 20-20 Vision Perfection announces that it has acquired advanced technology for performing Keraflex™ and KXL™, two new, non-invasive, non-surgical procedures used in combination to treat keratoconus. | 07 June 2011 |
| CE Gives Green Light To Dexamethasone For The Treatment Of Common Eye Condition In Draft Guidance In final draft guidance published today NICE has recommended dexamethasone (Ozurdex, Allergan) intravitreal implant, for the treatment of macular oedema following central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO)i. | 07 June 2011 |
| Early Light Refines The Brain's Circuitry For Vision Creatures are not born hardwired to see. Instead, they depend on electrical activity in the retina to refine the complex circuits that process visual information. Two new studies from Brown University in different species using different techniques show how nascent animal brains use light to wire up or construct their central vision system. | 07 June 2011 |
| Fertility News | |
| Male Fertility Lowered By BPA Daily exposure to a chemical that is prevalent in the human environment, bisphenol A (BPA), causes lowered fertility in male mice, according to the results of a new study presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| Groundbreaking Male Infertility Test Could 'bring Hope To Millions' A groundbreaking new test for male infertility, which will save time, money and heartache for couples around the world, has been developed at Queen's University Belfast.The medical breakthrough, known as the SpermComet, has resulted from more than a decade's research by Professor Sheena Lewis, who leads the Reproductive Medicine research group at Queen's. | 07 June 2011 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| Influenza Jabs Safe For Children, Australia A safety study of children vaccinated against influenza has found no repeat of the significant adverse events that occurred last year, according to a letter to the Medical Journal of Australia. | 07 June 2011 |
| NanoViricides To Present Influenza Study Results At The TechConnect World 2011 Conference In Boston NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company") announced today that it has been invited to present its anti-influenza drug development studies at the TechConnect World 2011 Conferences and Expo. | 07 June 2011 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| Adolor Corporation Completes Enrollment In Phase 2 OIC Program Adolor Corporation (NasdaqGM: ADLR) today announced that it has completed enrollment in its Phase 2 clinical evaluation of ADL5945 in chronic, non-cancer pain patients with opioid-induced constipation (OIC). | 07 June 2011 |
| No Progress In Salmonella During Past 15 Years Food Safety Annual Report Card Targets Hard-to-prevent Infection Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | 07 June 2011 |
| A Potential Treatment For Deadly E. Coli Disease A potential life-saving treatment for severe E. coli food poisoning outbreaks - developed more than a decade ago - hasn't gone forward into clinical trials because of lack of commercial interest. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Weapons In The Fight Against Juvenile Diabetes Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas. The device will automatically monitor blood sugar levels and administer insulin to patients with Type 1 diabetes, and aims to remove much of the guesswork for those living with the chronic disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| When Conservative Weight-Loss Treatments Fail The treatment of obesity still needs improvement. In the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International, Norbert Runkel and colleagues present a new, interdisciplinary S3 guideline entitled "Bariatric Surgery" (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108[20]: 341). | 07 June 2011 |
| Oatmeal-Labeling Ideal For Molecular Imaging Of Stomach Emptying Patients undergoing molecular imaging to evaluate their stomach's ability to clear food are going to have an altogether new kind of breakfast. A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting has confirmed that nuclear medicine technologists can effectively use oatmeal products radiolabeled with a medical isotope to target and image the emptying of the stomach. | 07 June 2011 |
| Genetics News | |
| Role For Cell Scaffold In Tumor Formation Revealed A group of scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, in Portugal, have uncovered a surprising link between the cell's skeleton and organ size. The team, led by Florence Janody, show in the journal Development, that one of the proteins that regulates the skeleton of the cell also acts to block activation of genes that promote cell survival and proliferation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Removal Of A Tiny RNA Molecule Can Inhibit Cancer Growth Research from the University of Louisville published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates the removal of a tiny RNA molecule in mice suppresses carcinogenic tumor formation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Signs Of Genetic Heart Disease Detected By Molecular Imaging Before Symptoms Arise Research being presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting shows that molecular imaging is helping to determine the cause and expand treatment for a silent killer. A study focusing on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) - a cardiovascular disorder that causes a thickening of the heart muscle - is proving that the effects of a genetic mutation may be an important key to understanding the disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| Gene Fault Could Predict Ovarian Cancer Drug Success FAULTS in a gene commonly inactivated in many different types of cancer could be used to predict which drug combination ovarian cancer patients are most likely to benefit from, according to results presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology. | 07 June 2011 |
| The Genetics Of Melanoma Chemoresistance Malignant melanoma is a highly aggressive and notoriously chemoresistant form of cancer. In this paper, Ohanna et al. reveal that anti-melanoma drugs may, paradoxically, induce a senescence-associated secretory profile ("secretome") that can ultimately promote metastasis and contribute to melanoma relapse. | 07 June 2011 |
| Headache / Migraine News | |
| Migraine Treatment Topiramate May Have Benefit As A Weight-Loss Drug The drug topiramate can help people lose weight as long as they can tolerate the side effects, according to authors of a new study that reviewed the medical literature. Brazilian researchers presented the results at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| The Best Way To Conquer Migraine Is To Increase Government Research Funding, Headache Specialists Say Migraine specialists attending the American Headache Society (AHS) science meeting here this weekend say they believe that more government money for migraine research holds the most promise for winning the battle against the disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| Fast-Acting Migraine Treatment Highlighted During National Migraine Awareness Month Thirty-six million Americans suffer from migraines, leading to more than $20 billion in medical expenses and costs related to lost productivity each year¹. In recognition of National Migraine Awareness Month and the significant unmet medical needs of migraine patients, Zogenix, Inc. | 07 June 2011 |
| Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News | |
| One Third Of Employers Will Drop Health Insurance In 2014, McKinsey Quarterly When the US health care reform legislation comes into full force in 2014, about one third of employers will definitely or probably stop offering health insurance coverage to their workers, consulting company McKinsey wrote in a study involving over 1,300 companies from various industries and sizes. | 07 June 2011 |
| Increasing Support For Massachusetts Landmark Health Reform A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 63% of Massachusetts residents support the health care reform legislation enacted in 2006, 21% oppose it while 6% are not sure and 9% have not heard or read about the law. | 07 June 2011 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| Squeeze An Arm - Protect The Heart, UK Scientists at the University of Leicester are investigating a novel technique that promises to protect heart muscle from life-threatening damage following a heart attack - simply by squeezing an arm. | 07 June 2011 |
| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: June 6, 2011 HEMATOLOGY: Breaking down blood clots to beat DVT Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a serious medical condition in which a blood clot (also known as a thrombus) forms in one or more of the deep veins in the body, usually those in the legs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Ischemic Heart Disease In Diabetics Detected By Molecular Imaging Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may lead to much-needed cardiovascular disease screening for diabetic patients at risk of ischemic heart disease, a disorder marked by significantly reduced blood flow in the heart. | 07 June 2011 |
| Signs Of Genetic Heart Disease Detected By Molecular Imaging Before Symptoms Arise Research being presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting shows that molecular imaging is helping to determine the cause and expand treatment for a silent killer. A study focusing on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) - a cardiovascular disorder that causes a thickening of the heart muscle - is proving that the effects of a genetic mutation may be an important key to understanding the disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| Size, Strength Of Heart's Right Side Differs By Age, Gender, Race/ethnicity The size and pumping ability of the right side of the heart differs by age, gender and race/ethnicity, according to the first large imaging study of the right ventricle.The study, reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, also suggests that understanding the fundamental differences in the right side of the heart gives doctors and researchers a basis for determining what is abnormal. | 07 June 2011 |
| Study Shows Tens Of Thousands Of Lives Could Potentially Be Saved By Key Heart Failure Therapies A national study has found that nearly 68,000 deaths potentially could be prevented each year by optimally implementing key national guideline recommended therapies, including critical medications and cardiac devices, for all eligible heart failure patients. | 07 June 2011 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Governments Today To Decide Fate Of Nine Million Lives Before AIDS Summit At a time when HIV treatment has been proven to dramatically reduce HIV transmission by 96 percent, governments meeting at the UN Summit on AIDS must agree today to put nine million people on treatment over the next four years, despite strong opposition from several key funders, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. | 07 June 2011 |
| Unique Clinical Trial Addresses Important Questions About Treating Cancer In Those With HIV As the world marks the 30-year anniversary of the first reporting of HIV/AIDS, now comes the realization of a new challenge for people with the incurable disease. For reasons not yet clear, people with HIV face a higher rate of cancers not usually associated with HIV. | 07 June 2011 |
| Putting A Stamp On AIDS Nearly 3 million individual stamps will circulate within and across borders this year to draw attention to 30 years of the AIDS epidemic and the importance of continuing to prevent new HIV infections. | 07 June 2011 |
| HIV Will Hit 100,000 In 2012, UK In a report released by the Health Protection Agency to mark the 30 year anniversary of the first HIV diagnosis on 5 June 1981 in Los Angeles, epidemiologists are predicting that the number living with HIV in the UK will hit 100,000 by 2012. | 07 June 2011 |
| Beirut Declaration On HIV And Injecting Drug Use Calls On UN Meeting To Address The Role Of Injecting Drug Use In The AIDS Epidemic Over two hundred leading HIV/AIDS, development and human rights organisations back the declaration.HIV prevention programs for injecting drug users need to scale up twenty fold to meet UN estimates for basic need. | 07 June 2011 |
| Hypertension News | |
| FREEDOM-M Trial Of Oral Treprostinil In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Meets Primary Endpoint United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) announced the completion of its FREEDOM-M Phase 3 trial of treprostinil diethanolamine (oral treprostinil), an investigational sustained release oral formulation of treprostinil, a stable synthetic form of prostacyclin, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). | 07 June 2011 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Influenza Jabs Safe For Children, Australia A safety study of children vaccinated against influenza has found no repeat of the significant adverse events that occurred last year, according to a letter to the Medical Journal of Australia. | 07 June 2011 |
| Link Between Pregnancy, Tumor Spread And Immune Cells Individuals with cancer often do not die as a result of their initial tumor but as a result of tumors at distant sites that are derived from the initial tumor. Pregnancy is a condition that seems to be permissive for tumor dissemination, as breast tumors arising during pregnancy display a tendency for early spread to distant sites (metastasis). | 07 June 2011 |
| Fast And Effective Diagnosis For Patients With Fever Of Unknown Origin Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting highlights molecular imaging's diagnostic potential for patients with fever of unknown origin. Persistent fever can be a warning sign for a range of diseases that could be dangerous if left untreated. | 07 June 2011 |
| BioSante Pharmaceuticals Announces Lifting Of Clinical Hold On GVAX Prostate Cancer Vaccine BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) today announced that the FDA's clinical hold on the GVAX Prostate Cancer Vaccine (GVAX Prostate) for the treatment of prostate cancer has been lifted by FDA. | 07 June 2011 |
| Super Microscope Enables Scientists To Pinpoint Body's Immunity 'Switch' Using the only microscope of its kind in Australia, medical scientists have been able for the first time to see the inner workings of T-cells, the front-line troops that alert our immune system to go on the defensive against germs and other invaders in our bloodstream. | 07 June 2011 |
| Action On Childhood Vaccination Welcome Today's agreement by EU Health Ministers to boost cooperation in the fight against infectious childhood diseases has been welcomed by the European Vaccine Manufacturers (EVM). The Council conclusions are an important step in charting a way forward on childhood immunisation in Europe, said Patrick Florent, EVM President: "I welcome the Council's conclusions on childhood immunisation and the efforts of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. | 07 June 2011 |
| Vaccinate Every Child, Says UNICEF, As Donors Map Out New Immunization Programmes As world leaders prepare to converge on London for the GAVI Alliance pledging conference next week, UNICEF is calling on donors to fund a global immunization effort to save millions of children's lives by 2015. | 07 June 2011 |
| In Phase 2 Trial New Glioblastoma Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise The first results of a multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial on a new brain cancer vaccine tailored to a patient's own tumor wase announced on Monday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago. | 07 June 2011 |
| PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative To Collaborate With GlaxoSmithKline And Crucell In Development Of Second-generation Malaria Vaccine The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell N.V. and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). This collaboration is aimed at developing a second-generation vaccine against malaria-a deadly disease that kills close to 800,000 people annually, most of them young children under age five in Africa. | 07 June 2011 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Optimizing Delivery Of Care For Patients With MRSA Infection: Focus On Transitions Of Care Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most prevalent pathogens in hospitalized patients and is a common cause of infection. It is annually associated with 2.7 million additional days of patient hospitalization, 12,000 additional inpatient deaths, and excess costs of $9. | 07 June 2011 |
| Update On E. Coli Outbreak In Europe By European Centre For Disease Prevention And Control Since 2nd May, 2011, there have been 642 cases of HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome) and 1,744 non-HUS STEC (bloody diarrhea caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli) in the European Union, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. | 07 June 2011 |
| E. Coli Emergency Talks By European Union Agriculture Ministers, Germany Criticized Agriculture ministers from all EU (European Union) countries are holding an "extraordinary session of the Council of the European Union", in other words, emergency talks in Luxembourg today. So far, 23 people have died from E. | 07 June 2011 |
| No Progress In Salmonella During Past 15 Years Food Safety Annual Report Card Targets Hard-to-prevent Infection Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | 07 June 2011 |
| NanoViricides To Present Influenza Study Results At The TechConnect World 2011 Conference In Boston NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company") announced today that it has been invited to present its anti-influenza drug development studies at the TechConnect World 2011 Conferences and Expo. | 07 June 2011 |
| A Potential Treatment For Deadly E. Coli Disease A potential life-saving treatment for severe E. coli food poisoning outbreaks - developed more than a decade ago - hasn't gone forward into clinical trials because of lack of commercial interest. | 07 June 2011 |
| HP And PING Collaborate On Mobile Health Monitoring To Reduce Malaria On the heels of the United Nations Social Innovation Summit, HP (NYSE:HPQ) and nonprofit organization Positive Innovation for the Next Generation (PING) are launching a collaboration to improve the quality and efficiency of disease surveillance in Botswana through mobile health monitoring technology that can enhance protection and prevention against major malaria outbreaks. | 07 June 2011 |
| FDA Clears Idaho Technology-Developed Q Fever Test This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first nucleic acid amplification In vitro diagnostic (IVD) test that detects Coxiella burnetii, the bacteria that causes Q fever. The test developed by Idaho Technology, Inc. | 07 June 2011 |
| Update On Large Outbreak Of Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome Caused By E. Coli In Germany - Important Advice For Travellers, UK According to Robert Koch Institute in Germany, cases of HUS in the country have risen to 630 since Friday, with 16 reported deaths. A further 1,601 people are reported to be suffering from bloody diarrhoea (VTEC or EHEC infection, caused by E. | 07 June 2011 |
| PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative To Collaborate With GlaxoSmithKline And Crucell In Development Of Second-generation Malaria Vaccine The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell N.V. and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). This collaboration is aimed at developing a second-generation vaccine against malaria-a deadly disease that kills close to 800,000 people annually, most of them young children under age five in Africa. | 07 June 2011 |
| Finding Source Of E. Coli Outbreak In Germany - Why Has It Taken So Long? Dr. Mark Fielder, from Kingston University, London, has been keeping a close watch on how the European E. Coli outbreak has developed. Below, he answers some key question about the situation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Mapping The Risk Of Anaemia From Malnutrition, Malaria, And Helminth Infections In Preschool-Age Children In West Africa In this week's PLoS Medicine, Ricardo Soares Magalhães and Archie Clements, from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, describe how they used national cross-sectional household-based demographic health surveys to map the distribution of anaemia risk in preschool-age children in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mali. | 07 June 2011 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| Kinder, Gentler Video Games May Actually Be Good For Players While violent video games may lead to more aggression and anger in players, a new study shows that the opposite is also true: relaxing video games can make people happier and more kind."With all the evidence about the dangers of violent video games, it's good to know that game players can choose games that will provide a positive experience," said Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University. | 07 June 2011 |
| Lung Cancer News | |
| Rectal Cancer, Palliative Care, Benchmarking Studies Presented At ASCO By City Of Hope Researchers City of Hope researchers participated in more than 50 studies on improvements to cancer treatment, patient care and clinical trials presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, running from June 3 through 7. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Strategy To Attack Tumour-Feeding Blood Vessels Professor Andreas Strasser from the Institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer division has discovered a new strategy to attack tumour-feeding blood vessels.Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours. | 07 June 2011 |
| Researchers Demonstrate Anticancer Effect Of Mushrooms City of Hope researchers have investigated compounds in natural foods for their potential anticancer benefits, with a focus on food items that are easily found in grocery stores to ensure greater access and availability. | 07 June 2011 |
| Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News | |
| Eisai And Janssen Announce The Presentation Of DACOGEN(R) (decitabine) Data At ASCO From A Phase III Study In Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Eisai Inc. and Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson Company, both announced the presentation of data from the DACO-016 trial of DACOGEN® (decitabine) at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). | 07 June 2011 |
| Interim Results From Cyclacel Clinical Study Highlight Safety And Efficacy Of Sequential Administration Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYCC, NASDAQ: CYCCP; Cyclacel or the Company), today announced interim results from an ongoing, multicenter, Phase 1/2 clinical trial examining the safety and effectiveness of oral sapacitabine, the Company's lead product candidate, administered sequentially with decitabine. | 07 June 2011 |
| For Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients, Early Transplants Are No Better Than Chemotherapy Followed By Transplant Patients with a very aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma who receive a stem cell transplant after standard chemotherapy during their first remission have comparable survival rates to those who receive the same standard therapy alone and, if needed, a transplant when they relapse. | 07 June 2011 |
| Interim Study Shows Novel Experimental Agent Is Highly Active In CLL Patients An interim analysis of a phase II clinical trial indicates that a novel experimental agent for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is highly active and well tolerated both in patients who are undergoing treatment for the first time and those who have relapsed and are resistant to other therapy. | 07 June 2011 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Engineered Liver May Shed Light On Effects Of Chemicals In The Environment The liver is the primary organ in the human body that metabolizes foreign compounds such as drugs, alcohol, cigarette smoke, and environmental chemicals. Using the liver as an alarm system, researchers are starting to better understand the different levels of toxicity from these compounds and their effects on the human body. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Weapons In The Fight Against Juvenile Diabetes Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas. The device will automatically monitor blood sugar levels and administer insulin to patients with Type 1 diabetes, and aims to remove much of the guesswork for those living with the chronic disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| Biomerics Launches Its Quadrathane™ Family Of Polycarbonate-Based Medical TPUs For Implantable Devices Biomerics, a leader and innovator of medical polymer solutions, announced the launch of its Quadrathane family of biomaterials, a complete line of polycarbonate-based thermoplastic polyurethane (TPUs) materials for the medical device market. | 07 June 2011 |
| Superior Tumor Detection For Dense Breasts Provided By Gamma Imaging A study revealed at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is comparing the breast-tumor detection capabilities of two very different imaging technologies - breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI), which provides functional images of breast physiology, and ultrasound - for women with complex breast imaging cases that require further evaluation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Super Microscope Enables Scientists To Pinpoint Body's Immunity 'Switch' Using the only microscope of its kind in Australia, medical scientists have been able for the first time to see the inner workings of T-cells, the front-line troops that alert our immune system to go on the defensive against germs and other invaders in our bloodstream. | 07 June 2011 |
| Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News | |
| Pharmacists Integral To Medicare Locals, Australia The Pharmacist Coalition for Health Reform (PCHR) welcomes the Federal Government's announcement yesterday that 19 Medicare Locals will be implemented by July, but encourages the Government to formally integrate pharmacists into the scheme. | 07 June 2011 |
| Veterans Health Administration Similar Or Better Than Private Sector For Cancer Patients Ages 65+ A new study finds that the cancer care provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for men 65 years and older is at least as good as, and by some measures better than, Medicare-funded fee-for-service care obtained through the private sector. | 07 June 2011 |
| Melanoma / Skin Cancer News | |
| Roche, Bristol Melonoma Drug Cocktail; What's In It? There are several ways to combat deadly melanoma. One way is to attack the cancer by bolstering the body's immune system to fight the disease. Another way is to block a genetic mutation known as BRAF, which may help the disease grow. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Strategy To Attack Tumour-Feeding Blood Vessels Professor Andreas Strasser from the Institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer division has discovered a new strategy to attack tumour-feeding blood vessels.Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours. | 07 June 2011 |
| Experts From The NYU Cancer Institute Present At ASCO 2011 Annual Meeting Experts from The Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center, at NYU Langone Medical Center presented new research findings at the 47th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. | 07 June 2011 |
| The Genetics Of Melanoma Chemoresistance Malignant melanoma is a highly aggressive and notoriously chemoresistant form of cancer. In this paper, Ohanna et al. reveal that anti-melanoma drugs may, paradoxically, induce a senescence-associated secretory profile ("secretome") that can ultimately promote metastasis and contribute to melanoma relapse. | 07 June 2011 |
| People With Parkinson's Disease May Have Double The Risk For Melanoma, A Dangerous Skin Cancer An analysis of several studies shows that people with Parkinson's disease have a significantly higher risk of melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer and the leading cause of death from skin diseases. | 07 June 2011 |
| Men's health News | |
| Male Fertility Lowered By BPA Daily exposure to a chemical that is prevalent in the human environment, bisphenol A (BPA), causes lowered fertility in male mice, according to the results of a new study presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| Oral Form Of Bronchodilator Drug, Formoterol, Increases Fat Burning In Men Formoterol, a medication used to treat asthma and other lung diseases, improves fat burning and protein metabolism in men, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| Menopause News | |
| Flaxseed Is King But Won't Help Menopausal Symptoms, Breast Cancer Flaxseed is high in phytochemicals, including many antioxidants. It is perhaps our best source of lignans, which convert in our intestines to substances that tend to balance female hormones. However, according to the Mayo Clinic and The North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG), this powerful "grain" (not technically) provides no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women. | 07 June 2011 |
| Flaxseed No Cure For Hot Flashes During Breast Cancer Or Menopause ASCO Abstract #CRA9015: Flaxseed provides no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women, according to a Mayo Clinic and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study. | 07 June 2011 |
| Mental Health News | |
| Helping Teens Overcome Fears And Stigmas Of Mental Illness When teens start experiencing changes in moods or emotions, they tend to fear sharing their blue days with their families and adults who can help them. As a consequence, they often suffer in silence. | 07 June 2011 |
| SLaM Finds Link Between OCD And Eating Disorders In Teenagers, UK A research collaboration between the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust's (SLaM) OCD Service for young people and researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) has shown that childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a risk factor for developing an eating disorder during adolescence. | 07 June 2011 |
| Budget Cuts Will Deny Effective Treatment To People With Serious Mental Health Disorders, Australia People with serious mental health disorders will be left without appropriate mental health care under Budget cuts to the Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative, according to new research released by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) this week. | 07 June 2011 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News | |
| First-Ever Study Of The Clinical Use Of New Integrated PET/MRI Technology Shows Promise For The Detection Of Cancerous Tumors Preliminary research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is breaking new ground for the development of a brand new hybrid molecular imaging system. Simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is providing important diagnostic information about soft tissues and physiological functions throughout the body. | 07 June 2011 |
| PET Imaging Of Cancer Advanced By Combined Imaging Agents Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is taking targeted molecular imaging to a new level by combining two commonly used imaging agents into one molecular imaging procedure. The combination of these agents creates a comprehensive examination of the extent of cancer spread within a variety of organ systems in the body. | 07 June 2011 |
| Superior Tumor Detection For Dense Breasts Provided By Gamma Imaging A study revealed at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is comparing the breast-tumor detection capabilities of two very different imaging technologies - breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI), which provides functional images of breast physiology, and ultrasound - for women with complex breast imaging cases that require further evaluation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Molecular Imaging Helps Detect Whether Ovarian Tumors Are Cancerous Or Benign Prior To Surgery A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may provide a new tool for detection of malignant-stage ovarian cancer. Researchers found that positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT), which images both functional and anatomical changes in the body, was useful for preoperative cancer imaging of ovarian masses when used with a radiotracer that is actively metabolized by cells as fuel. | 07 June 2011 |
| Oatmeal-Labeling Ideal For Molecular Imaging Of Stomach Emptying Patients undergoing molecular imaging to evaluate their stomach's ability to clear food are going to have an altogether new kind of breakfast. A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting has confirmed that nuclear medicine technologists can effectively use oatmeal products radiolabeled with a medical isotope to target and image the emptying of the stomach. | 07 June 2011 |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| Optimizing Delivery Of Care For Patients With MRSA Infection: Focus On Transitions Of Care Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most prevalent pathogens in hospitalized patients and is a common cause of infection. It is annually associated with 2.7 million additional days of patient hospitalization, 12,000 additional inpatient deaths, and excess costs of $9. | 07 June 2011 |
| Multiple Sclerosis News | |
| New Clinical Data Analysis Of AMPYRA(R) (Dalfampridine) Shows Improvement Of Patient-Reported Walking Ability Across A Range Of Walking Impairment Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced an analysis of pooled clinical trial results showed patients who were responders to AMPYRA® (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets, 10 mg demonstrated clinically relevant improvements in walking ability as measured by patient self-report on the 12-Item Multiple Sclerosis Walking Scale (MSWS-12), regardless of either their baseline Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score or baseline walking speed. | 07 June 2011 |
| Biogen Idec Receives Approval In The European Union For AVONEX(R) PEN™ Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted approval to AVONEX PEN for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) and patients who have had a single demyelinating event. | 07 June 2011 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Deciding To Stay Or Go Is A Deep-Seated Brain Function Birds do it. Bees do it. Even little kids picking strawberries do it.Every creature that forages for food decides at some point that the food source they're working on is no richer than the rest of the patch and that it's time to move on and find something better. | 07 June 2011 |
| Teens Learn To Think Not Just Logically, But Strategically With Good Youth Programs Teens develop strategic thinking skills in youth activities that they rarely learn in the classroom, says a new University of Illinois study of 11 high-quality urban and rural arts and leadership programs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Chronic Marijuana Smoking Affects Brain Chemistry Definitive proof of an adverse effect of chronic marijuana use revealed at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could lead to potential drug treatments and aid other research involved in cannabinoid receptors, a neurotransmission system receiving a lot of attention. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Alpha-Emitter-Based Therapy Drives Neuroendocrine Cancer Into Remission In Patients With Progressive Therapy-Resistant Tumors Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could be a sign of hope for patients with neuroendocrine cancer not responding well to standard therapies. Most radiotherapies use medical isotopes that emit beta radiation. | 07 June 2011 |
| News From Annals Of Internal Medicine: June 7, 2011 1. Smoking, Even for a Short Time, Significantly Increases a Woman's Risk for Peripheral Artery Disease A prospective study of initially healthy women aged 45 and over found that smoking is a potent risk factor for symptomatic peripheral artery disease, or PAD. | 07 June 2011 |
| In Phase 2 Trial New Glioblastoma Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise The first results of a multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial on a new brain cancer vaccine tailored to a patient's own tumor wase announced on Monday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago. | 07 June 2011 |
| Early Light Refines The Brain's Circuitry For Vision Creatures are not born hardwired to see. Instead, they depend on electrical activity in the retina to refine the complex circuits that process visual information. Two new studies from Brown University in different species using different techniques show how nascent animal brains use light to wire up or construct their central vision system. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Neurons Take Six Months Or More To Mature In Non-Human Primate Brain New neurons take more than six months to mature in adult monkeys and that time is likely even longer in humans, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the University of Illinois, and Pennsylvania State University. | 07 June 2011 |
| Insulin Action In The Brain Can Lead To Obesity Fat-rich food makes you fat. Behind this simple equation lie complex signalling pathways, through which the neurotransmitters in the brain control the body's energy balance. Scientists at the Cologne-based Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research and the Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-associated Diseases (CECAD) at the University of Cologne have clarified an important step in this complex control circuit. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Campaign Asks Parents To Be Brain Tumour Aware A new campaign is being launched to help parents and health professionals spot the signs of brain tumours in children and young people. HeadSmart aims to speed up diagnosis rates and raise awareness of brain tumour symptoms. | 07 June 2011 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| Implementation Of A Medical Intensive Care Unit Acute-Care Nurse Practitioner Service Demands for critical care services are increasing, but the supply of qualified physicians is not. Moreover, there are mounting national expectations for continuous on-site senior providers and adherence to quality and safety practices. | 07 June 2011 |
| AACN Partners With Geriatric Nursing Care Leaders To Recognize Innovative Student Learning Opportunities In Nursing Homes Today, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announced a collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing and the Pioneer Network to create a new honor recognizing creative student learning experiences offered in a nursing home setting. | 07 June 2011 |
| GP Pathfinders 'Ploughing On Regardless' During Pause - RCN, UK New commissioning consortia in England are "ploughing on" regardless of the 'pause' and establishing new and inconsistent structures that are not transparent and may not be fully accountable, a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has shown. | 07 June 2011 |
| Are Frontline Nurses Prepared For Alcohol-related Cases? Nurses are often on the frontline when patients are brought into hospital with alcohol-related illnesses or injuries but how prepared are they for dealing with cases of this kind?A researcher at The University of Nottingham is launching a national survey today to establish whether student nurses are receiving the alcohol training and education which is so vital to their job. | 07 June 2011 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Einstein Expert Plays Key Role In "Best Diets" Rankings By U.S. News Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Ph.D., R.D. of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University played an important role in the development of the "Best Diets" rankings, which U.S. News released today. | 07 June 2011 |
| Apple Peel Makes Mice Mighty For Popeye, spinach was the key to extra muscle. For the mice in a new University of Iowa study, it was apples, or more precisely a waxy substance called ursolic acid that's found in apple peel. | 07 June 2011 |
| FDA: DDS Probiotic Products Seized U.S. Marshals, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today seized probiotic products from UAS Laboratories, Inc., of Eden Prairie, Minn. because the company markets the products as drugs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Hyperglycemia Is Associated With Increased Hospital Complications And Mortality During Parental Nutrition Malnutrition in critically ill patients can lead to many negative effects, such as an increased risk of hospital complications, higher mortality rate, longer length of hospital stay, and higher resource utilization. | 07 June 2011 |
| Atkins Not Happy With Dietary Guidelines; Jenny Craig Number One A report from Consumer Reports Health has ranked diets and Jenny Craig tops the list with 85 points, while Slim Fast won 63 points and Weight Watchers third with 57 points. However, the Atkins Diet staff doesn't agree with the methodology in the study and this week issued a statement with gripes concerning U. | 07 June 2011 |
| Update On E. Coli Outbreak In Europe By European Centre For Disease Prevention And Control Since 2nd May, 2011, there have been 642 cases of HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome) and 1,744 non-HUS STEC (bloody diarrhea caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli) in the European Union, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. | 07 June 2011 |
| Flaxseed Is King But Won't Help Menopausal Symptoms, Breast Cancer Flaxseed is high in phytochemicals, including many antioxidants. It is perhaps our best source of lignans, which convert in our intestines to substances that tend to balance female hormones. However, according to the Mayo Clinic and The North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG), this powerful "grain" (not technically) provides no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women. | 07 June 2011 |
| E. Coli Emergency Talks By European Union Agriculture Ministers, Germany Criticized Agriculture ministers from all EU (European Union) countries are holding an "extraordinary session of the Council of the European Union", in other words, emergency talks in Luxembourg today. So far, 23 people have died from E. | 07 June 2011 |
| No Progress In Salmonella During Past 15 Years Food Safety Annual Report Card Targets Hard-to-prevent Infection Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | 07 June 2011 |
| Screening For Vitamin D Deficiency In At-Risk Populations Recommended By Experts The Endocrine Societyhas released "Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline." The clinical practice guideline (CPG) is published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), a publication of The Endocrine Society. | 07 June 2011 |
| Higher Adherence To Dash-Style Diet Reduces Excess Weight Gain In Adolescent Girls Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers found that girls who followed the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet pattern had a lower incidence of excess weight gain as measured by body mass index (BMI) over the 10-year period of their adolescence. | 07 June 2011 |
| Oatmeal-Labeling Ideal For Molecular Imaging Of Stomach Emptying Patients undergoing molecular imaging to evaluate their stomach's ability to clear food are going to have an altogether new kind of breakfast. A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting has confirmed that nuclear medicine technologists can effectively use oatmeal products radiolabeled with a medical isotope to target and image the emptying of the stomach. | 07 June 2011 |
| Flaxseed No Cure For Hot Flashes During Breast Cancer Or Menopause ASCO Abstract #CRA9015: Flaxseed provides no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women, according to a Mayo Clinic and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) study. | 07 June 2011 |
| BPA Accumulates More Rapidly Within The Body Than Previously Thought A new University of Missouri study shows that the exposure to the controversial chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) through diet has been underestimated by previous lab tests. In the study, researchers compared BPA concentrations in mice that were given a steady diet supplemented with BPA throughout the day, compared to the more common lab method of single exposure, and found an increased absorption and accumulation of BPA in the blood of mice. | 07 June 2011 |
| Researchers Demonstrate Anticancer Effect Of Mushrooms City of Hope researchers have investigated compounds in natural foods for their potential anticancer benefits, with a focus on food items that are easily found in grocery stores to ensure greater access and availability. | 07 June 2011 |
| Yo-Yo Dieting Appears To Be Healthier Than Lifelong Obesity A new study comparing lifelong obesity with the weight fluctuations of "yo-yo dieting" suggests it is better to attempt to lose weight despite repeated failures at keeping the weight off than to not diet and remain obese. | 07 June 2011 |
| Finding Source Of E. Coli Outbreak In Germany - Why Has It Taken So Long? Dr. Mark Fielder, from Kingston University, London, has been keeping a close watch on how the European E. Coli outbreak has developed. Below, he answers some key question about the situation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| When Conservative Weight-Loss Treatments Fail The treatment of obesity still needs improvement. In the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International, Norbert Runkel and colleagues present a new, interdisciplinary S3 guideline entitled "Bariatric Surgery" (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108[20]: 341). | 07 June 2011 |
| Higher Adherence To Dash-Style Diet Reduces Excess Weight Gain In Adolescent Girls Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers found that girls who followed the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet pattern had a lower incidence of excess weight gain as measured by body mass index (BMI) over the 10-year period of their adolescence. | 07 June 2011 |
| Yo-Yo Dieting Vs. Obesity? Study Finds Dieters May Be Healthier, Live Longer Yo-yo dieters may be healthier and live longer than those who stay obese, a new Ohio University study finds.Mice that switched between a high-fat and low-fat diet every four weeks during their approximate two-year lifespan lived about 25 percent longer and had better blood glucose levels than obese animals that ate a high-fat diet. | 07 June 2011 |
| Link Discovered Between Obesity And Low Estrogen Levels A new study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could throw open the door to a recently established area of obesity research. Investigators have developed a novel molecular imaging agent that targets estrogenic mechanisms in the brain to find out what effect an enzyme called aromatase has on body mass index (BMI), a measurement of body fat based on height and weight. | 07 June 2011 |
| Oral Form Of Bronchodilator Drug, Formoterol, Increases Fat Burning In Men Formoterol, a medication used to treat asthma and other lung diseases, improves fat burning and protein metabolism in men, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| Migraine Treatment Topiramate May Have Benefit As A Weight-Loss Drug The drug topiramate can help people lose weight as long as they can tolerate the side effects, according to authors of a new study that reviewed the medical literature. Brazilian researchers presented the results at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| PROLOR Biotech Reports Positive Preclinical Results In Weight Loss Study Of Its Long-Acting Anti-Obesity Drug Candidate PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PBTH) reported positive results from a comparative animal study of its long-acting anti-obesity drug candidate oxyntomodulin (OXY-RPEG). The study measured the potential therapeutic effect of OXY-RPEG injected once or twice weekly as measured by weight loss and reduction in food intake compared with oxyntomodulin injected twice daily. | 07 June 2011 |
| Desserts With A Low Glycemic Index May Benefit Weight-loss Efforts For Obese Children Overweight girls lose more weight and can better stay on a healthy diet if they eat sugar-free, low-fat desserts several times weekly, as opposed to any dessert once a week, a new study finds. | 07 June 2011 |
| Yo-Yo Dieting Appears To Be Healthier Than Lifelong Obesity A new study comparing lifelong obesity with the weight fluctuations of "yo-yo dieting" suggests it is better to attempt to lose weight despite repeated failures at keeping the weight off than to not diet and remain obese. | 07 June 2011 |
| Insulin Action In The Brain Can Lead To Obesity Fat-rich food makes you fat. Behind this simple equation lie complex signalling pathways, through which the neurotransmitters in the brain control the body's energy balance. Scientists at the Cologne-based Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research and the Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-associated Diseases (CECAD) at the University of Cologne have clarified an important step in this complex control circuit. | 07 June 2011 |
| Finnish Twin Study Yields New Information On How Fat Cells Cope With Obesity The mechanisms by which obesity leads towards metabolic co-morbidities, such as diabetes mellitus, are poorly understood and of great public health interest. A study led by Matej OreÅ¡iÄ from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that adaptation of fat cell membranes to obesity may play a key role in the early stages of inflammatory disorders. | 07 June 2011 |
| Ovarian Cancer News | |
| Molecular Imaging Helps Detect Whether Ovarian Tumors Are Cancerous Or Benign Prior To Surgery A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may provide a new tool for detection of malignant-stage ovarian cancer. Researchers found that positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT), which images both functional and anatomical changes in the body, was useful for preoperative cancer imaging of ovarian masses when used with a radiotracer that is actively metabolized by cells as fuel. | 07 June 2011 |
| Gene Fault Could Predict Ovarian Cancer Drug Success FAULTS in a gene commonly inactivated in many different types of cancer could be used to predict which drug combination ovarian cancer patients are most likely to benefit from, according to results presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Publication Validates Use Of HE4 In Evaluating Risk Of Ovarian Cancer A study recently published online in the journal Clinica Chimica Acta validated the use of the HE4 test and the ROMA (Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Algorithm) algorithm in distinguishing malignant from benign pelvic masses in the Italian population. | 07 June 2011 |
| Palliative Care / Hospice Care News | |
| Rectal Cancer, Palliative Care, Benchmarking Studies Presented At ASCO By City Of Hope Researchers City of Hope researchers participated in more than 50 studies on improvements to cancer treatment, patient care and clinical trials presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, running from June 3 through 7. | 07 June 2011 |
| Federal Budget: Caregiver Commitment And Palliative Care Funding, Canada A new family caregiver tax credit announced in today's federal government budget is an important step forward in providing more support for family caregivers, says the Canadian Cancer Society. | 07 June 2011 |
| Pancreatic Cancer News | |
| Nuvilex, Inc. Readies Pancreatic Cancer Treatment For Expanded Phase II Clinical Trials Nuvilex, Inc. (OTCQB: NVLX) announced today it is aggressively engaging the steps necessary to use its encapsulated cell technology for pancreatic cancer in expanded Phase II clinical trials in the United States, Europe and Australia. | 07 June 2011 |
| Parkinson's Disease News | |
| People With Parkinson's Disease May Have Double The Risk For Melanoma, A Dangerous Skin Cancer An analysis of several studies shows that people with Parkinson's disease have a significantly higher risk of melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer and the leading cause of death from skin diseases. | 07 June 2011 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Excessive Pregnancy Weight Gain Raises The Risk Of Having A Fat Baby Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy tend to have newborns with a high amount of body fat, regardless of the mother's weight before pregnancy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| Dangerous Heat Leaves Kids At Risk For Dehydration The national weather service is predicting heat indexes to be well above 100 degrees. Add kids playing outside and outdoor summer activities in full swing to the dangerous heat and you've got a hazardous combination. | 07 June 2011 |
| Influenza Jabs Safe For Children, Australia A safety study of children vaccinated against influenza has found no repeat of the significant adverse events that occurred last year, according to a letter to the Medical Journal of Australia. | 07 June 2011 |
| Teens Learn To Think Not Just Logically, But Strategically With Good Youth Programs Teens develop strategic thinking skills in youth activities that they rarely learn in the classroom, says a new University of Illinois study of 11 high-quality urban and rural arts and leadership programs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Kinder, Gentler Video Games May Actually Be Good For Players While violent video games may lead to more aggression and anger in players, a new study shows that the opposite is also true: relaxing video games can make people happier and more kind."With all the evidence about the dangers of violent video games, it's good to know that game players can choose games that will provide a positive experience," said Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University. | 07 June 2011 |
| Helping Teens Overcome Fears And Stigmas Of Mental Illness When teens start experiencing changes in moods or emotions, they tend to fear sharing their blue days with their families and adults who can help them. As a consequence, they often suffer in silence. | 07 June 2011 |
| Screening For Vitamin D Deficiency In At-Risk Populations Recommended By Experts The Endocrine Societyhas released "Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline." The clinical practice guideline (CPG) is published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), a publication of The Endocrine Society. | 07 June 2011 |
| Higher Adherence To Dash-Style Diet Reduces Excess Weight Gain In Adolescent Girls Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers found that girls who followed the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet pattern had a lower incidence of excess weight gain as measured by body mass index (BMI) over the 10-year period of their adolescence. | 07 June 2011 |
| Brady Center, Ropes & Gray Intend To File Suit Today On Behalf Of Doctors To Strike Down Florida Gun Law Limiting Free Speech The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Ropes & Gray law firm intend to file a lawsuit in federal court today to strike down an unprecedented new law in Florida that interferes with health care providers' ability to warn patients about the risks posed by firearms and to offer them advice on gun safety. | 07 June 2011 |
| Action On Childhood Vaccination Welcome Today's agreement by EU Health Ministers to boost cooperation in the fight against infectious childhood diseases has been welcomed by the European Vaccine Manufacturers (EVM). The Council conclusions are an important step in charting a way forward on childhood immunisation in Europe, said Patrick Florent, EVM President: "I welcome the Council's conclusions on childhood immunisation and the efforts of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. | 07 June 2011 |
| Vaccinate Every Child, Says UNICEF, As Donors Map Out New Immunization Programmes As world leaders prepare to converge on London for the GAVI Alliance pledging conference next week, UNICEF is calling on donors to fund a global immunization effort to save millions of children's lives by 2015. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Campaign Asks Parents To Be Brain Tumour Aware A new campaign is being launched to help parents and health professionals spot the signs of brain tumours in children and young people. HeadSmart aims to speed up diagnosis rates and raise awareness of brain tumour symptoms. | 07 June 2011 |
| Mapping The Risk Of Anaemia From Malnutrition, Malaria, And Helminth Infections In Preschool-Age Children In West Africa In this week's PLoS Medicine, Ricardo Soares Magalhães and Archie Clements, from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, describe how they used national cross-sectional household-based demographic health surveys to map the distribution of anaemia risk in preschool-age children in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mali. | 07 June 2011 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| FREEDOM-M Trial Of Oral Treprostinil In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Meets Primary Endpoint United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) announced the completion of its FREEDOM-M Phase 3 trial of treprostinil diethanolamine (oral treprostinil), an investigational sustained release oral formulation of treprostinil, a stable synthetic form of prostacyclin, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). | 07 June 2011 |
| PROLOR Biotech Reports Positive Preclinical Results In Weight Loss Study Of Its Long-Acting Anti-Obesity Drug Candidate PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PBTH) reported positive results from a comparative animal study of its long-acting anti-obesity drug candidate oxyntomodulin (OXY-RPEG). The study measured the potential therapeutic effect of OXY-RPEG injected once or twice weekly as measured by weight loss and reduction in food intake compared with oxyntomodulin injected twice daily. | 07 June 2011 |
| FDA Slaps Fenofibrate's Impax With Warning; CA Factory Affected Impax Laboratories with 93 manufactured products which represent dosage variations of 29 different pharmaceutical compounds got a slap on the wrist by the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) this week in the form of a warning letter related to an inspection of their Hayward, California factory. | 07 June 2011 |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Pharmacists Integral To Medicare Locals, Australia The Pharmacist Coalition for Health Reform (PCHR) welcomes the Federal Government's announcement yesterday that 19 Medicare Locals will be implemented by July, but encourages the Government to formally integrate pharmacists into the scheme. | 07 June 2011 |
| ISMP Warns That Emphasizing Speed In Community Pharmacy Prescription Dispensing Can Lead To Errors The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is sending a strong warning about a safety issue illustrated by a wave of recent national advertising-promoting and rewarding the speed at which community pharmacies dispense prescriptions. | 07 June 2011 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Excessive Pregnancy Weight Gain Raises The Risk Of Having A Fat Baby Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy tend to have newborns with a high amount of body fat, regardless of the mother's weight before pregnancy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Challenges In The New Commissioning Environment Is To Be Discussed At SMi's GP Commissioning Conference Following the temporary 'pause' of the government's Health and Social Care Bill, what has the coalition learnt and what does it mean for the future of the NHS?As the NHS adapts to the new direction set out by the Coalition government, managers and clinicians face huge challenges in managing information within the new commissioning system. | 07 June 2011 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| J&J's Zytiga Extends Life; Other Prostate Cancer Alternatives? Zytiga (abiraterone acetate), an ingested pill treatment manufactured by J&J, has been found to potentially extend life by up to four months in men with spreading cancer who have already been treated with chemotherapy. | 07 June 2011 |
| BioSante Pharmaceuticals Announces Lifting Of Clinical Hold On GVAX Prostate Cancer Vaccine BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) today announced that the FDA's clinical hold on the GVAX Prostate Cancer Vaccine (GVAX Prostate) for the treatment of prostate cancer has been lifted by FDA. | 07 June 2011 |
| News From Annals Of Internal Medicine: June 7, 2011 1. Smoking, Even for a Short Time, Significantly Increases a Woman's Risk for Peripheral Artery Disease A prospective study of initially healthy women aged 45 and over found that smoking is a potent risk factor for symptomatic peripheral artery disease, or PAD. | 07 June 2011 |
| Experts From The NYU Cancer Institute Present At ASCO 2011 Annual Meeting Experts from The Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center, at NYU Langone Medical Center presented new research findings at the 47th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. | 07 June 2011 |
| Prostate Drug Holiday Will Change The Standard Of Care For Men With Recurring Prostate Cancer, Canada Unequivocal results from a clinical trial released today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology reveal that men with prostate cancer who are treated with intermittent courses of androgen-suppressing therapy will live as long as those receiving continuous therapy. | 07 June 2011 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Female Suicide Bombing Is A Political And Military Tactic, Not A Religious Act, According To New Study Terrorist groups bend the rules of 'true' Islam to justify the use of female suicide bombers, according to Margaret Gonzalez-Perez from Southeastern Louisiana University in the US. Her paper traces the development of radical Islamic doctrine over time, highlights how it deviates from mainstream Islam, and identifies the building blocks that have culminated in Jihadi female suicide bombers. | 07 June 2011 |
| Overcoming Cognitive Effects Of Chemotherapy With The Help Of Tai Chi According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11.4 million Americans are currently living with cancer. While cancer treatments are plentiful, many have negative side effects. Previous studies have indicated that a significant number of patients who receive chemotherapy also experience cognitive declines, including decreases in verbal fluency and memory. | 07 June 2011 |
| Deciding To Stay Or Go Is A Deep-Seated Brain Function Birds do it. Bees do it. Even little kids picking strawberries do it.Every creature that forages for food decides at some point that the food source they're working on is no richer than the rest of the patch and that it's time to move on and find something better. | 07 June 2011 |
| The Structure Of Our Language Remains The Same, Be It Numbers Or Words It is one of the wonders of language: We cannot possibly anticipate or memorize every potential word, phrase, or sentence. Yet we have no trouble constructing and understanding myriads of novel utterances every day. | 07 June 2011 |
| Teens Learn To Think Not Just Logically, But Strategically With Good Youth Programs Teens develop strategic thinking skills in youth activities that they rarely learn in the classroom, says a new University of Illinois study of 11 high-quality urban and rural arts and leadership programs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Young Adults Get Self-Esteem Boost From Debt Instead of feeling stressed by the money they owe, many young adults actually feel empowered by their credit card and education debts, according to a new nationwide study.Researchers found that the more credit card and college loan debt held by young adults aged 18 to 27, the higher their self-esteem and the more they felt like they were in control of their lives. | 07 June 2011 |
| Kinder, Gentler Video Games May Actually Be Good For Players While violent video games may lead to more aggression and anger in players, a new study shows that the opposite is also true: relaxing video games can make people happier and more kind."With all the evidence about the dangers of violent video games, it's good to know that game players can choose games that will provide a positive experience," said Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University. | 07 June 2011 |
| Expertise Provides Buffer Against Bias In Making Judgments Gratuities, gifts, sponsorship, product price, free samples, favors all can influence judgment and decision-making. If a person is influenced in their choice of cereal, the result is a bit of income for a manufacturer. | 07 June 2011 |
| SLaM Finds Link Between OCD And Eating Disorders In Teenagers, UK A research collaboration between the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust's (SLaM) OCD Service for young people and researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) has shown that childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a risk factor for developing an eating disorder during adolescence. | 07 June 2011 |
| Budget Cuts Will Deny Effective Treatment To People With Serious Mental Health Disorders, Australia People with serious mental health disorders will be left without appropriate mental health care under Budget cuts to the Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative, according to new research released by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) this week. | 07 June 2011 |
| Attention And Awareness Aren't The Same Paying attention to something and being aware of it seem like the same thing -they both involve somehow knowing the thing is there. However, a new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that these are actually separate; your brain can pay attention to something without you being aware that it's there. | 07 June 2011 |
| 'Psychologists' Respond To Panorama 'Undercover Care; The Abuse Exposed' ' In response to the Panorama programme into the abuse of adults with learning disabilities at Winterbourne View (Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed, shown on BBC1 on 31 May 2011), Dr Theresa Joyce (Chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology Faculty for Learning Disabilities) said:"The treatment and abuse suffered by the people at Winterbourne View was appalling and completely unacceptable. | 07 June 2011 |
| Public Health News | |
| Implementation Of A Medical Intensive Care Unit Acute-Care Nurse Practitioner Service Demands for critical care services are increasing, but the supply of qualified physicians is not. Moreover, there are mounting national expectations for continuous on-site senior providers and adherence to quality and safety practices. | 07 June 2011 |
| Update On E. Coli Outbreak In Europe By European Centre For Disease Prevention And Control Since 2nd May, 2011, there have been 642 cases of HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome) and 1,744 non-HUS STEC (bloody diarrhea caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli) in the European Union, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. | 07 June 2011 |
| US Airline Pilots Association Supports National Air Traffic Controllers' Efforts To Mitigate Controller Fatigue The US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA), representing the pilots of US Airways, today offered strong support for the efforts of our nation's professional air traffic controllers, represented by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), to implement a comprehensive and non-punitive fatigue mitigation policy to enhance the safety of the United States' National Airspace System (NAS). | 07 June 2011 |
| Engineered Liver May Shed Light On Effects Of Chemicals In The Environment The liver is the primary organ in the human body that metabolizes foreign compounds such as drugs, alcohol, cigarette smoke, and environmental chemicals. Using the liver as an alarm system, researchers are starting to better understand the different levels of toxicity from these compounds and their effects on the human body. | 07 June 2011 |
| Bankruptcy Rates Among Cancer Patients Increase Along With Survival Time An analysis linking federal bankruptcy court records to cancer registry data from nearly 232,000 adult cancer cases in western Washington during a 14-year period has found a hidden cost to survival: Insolvency rates increase along with the length of survival. | 07 June 2011 |
| Permanently Hotter Summers Forecast By Stanford Climate Scientists The tropics and much of the Northern Hemisphere are likely to experience an irreversible rise in summer temperatures within the next 20 to 60 years if atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations continue to increase, according to a new climate study by Stanford University scientists. | 07 June 2011 |
| Increasing Support For Massachusetts Landmark Health Reform A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 63% of Massachusetts residents support the health care reform legislation enacted in 2006, 21% oppose it while 6% are not sure and 9% have not heard or read about the law. | 07 June 2011 |
| BPA Accumulates More Rapidly Within The Body Than Previously Thought A new University of Missouri study shows that the exposure to the controversial chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) through diet has been underestimated by previous lab tests. In the study, researchers compared BPA concentrations in mice that were given a steady diet supplemented with BPA throughout the day, compared to the more common lab method of single exposure, and found an increased absorption and accumulation of BPA in the blood of mice. | 07 June 2011 |
| Male Fertility Lowered By BPA Daily exposure to a chemical that is prevalent in the human environment, bisphenol A (BPA), causes lowered fertility in male mice, according to the results of a new study presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Has The Most Top Doctors In Metro Area, According To Latest New York Magazine "Best Doctors" Survey For the eleventh straight year, NewYork-Presbyterian has more physicians listed in New York Magazine's "Best Doctors" survey than any other hospital. The magazine lists 191 NewYork-Presbyterian physicians representing 17 percent of the 1,144 New York City-area doctors listed. | 07 June 2011 |
| Overall Emergency Department Visits In Massachusetts Increase With Health Care Reform Law But Small Drop Seen In Low-Severity Cases While overall emergency department use in Massachusetts continues to rise, the number of low-severity visits dropped slightly since the implementation of the state's health care reform law, according to an Annals of Emergency Medicine study published online. | 07 June 2011 |
| Finding Source Of E. Coli Outbreak In Germany - Why Has It Taken So Long? Dr. Mark Fielder, from Kingston University, London, has been keeping a close watch on how the European E. Coli outbreak has developed. Below, he answers some key question about the situation. | 07 June 2011 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| Investigators Report Full Phase 3 Lymphoseek (Tilmanocept) Study Results At ASCO Independent investigators reported today full results from the NEO3-09 study, reaffirming earlier top-line results that showed Lymphoseek® (99mTc-tilmanocept) met all primary and secondary endpoints and exhibited superior performance to vital blue dye in intraoperative lymphatic mapping (ILM) procedures. | 07 June 2011 |
| Nanoparticles Perfectly Formed To Tackle Cancer Researchers from the University of Hull have discovered a way to load up nanoparticles with large numbers of light-sensitive molecules to create a more effective form of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer. | 07 June 2011 |
| Ischemic Heart Disease In Diabetics Detected By Molecular Imaging Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may lead to much-needed cardiovascular disease screening for diabetic patients at risk of ischemic heart disease, a disorder marked by significantly reduced blood flow in the heart. | 07 June 2011 |
| Hidden Blood Clots Lit Up By Near Infrared Fluorescence Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may mark the expansion of a novel imaging agent for an optical technique called near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF), which uses light energy to glean information about cells and tissues. | 07 June 2011 |
| Signs Of Genetic Heart Disease Detected By Molecular Imaging Before Symptoms Arise Research being presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting shows that molecular imaging is helping to determine the cause and expand treatment for a silent killer. A study focusing on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) - a cardiovascular disorder that causes a thickening of the heart muscle - is proving that the effects of a genetic mutation may be an important key to understanding the disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| Dual Isotope SPECT/CT Reduces Amputations In Diabetic Patients Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting reveals the extent to which an ongoing study can help save life and limb for patients with diabetes-related foot infections. Diabetes can cause nerve damage and reduced blood flow to the bones and tissues of the feet, leaving diabetics vulnerable to infection. | 07 June 2011 |
| Fast And Effective Diagnosis For Patients With Fever Of Unknown Origin Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting highlights molecular imaging's diagnostic potential for patients with fever of unknown origin. Persistent fever can be a warning sign for a range of diseases that could be dangerous if left untreated. | 07 June 2011 |
| Source Of Chronic Back Pain Pinpointed By Molecular Imaging A study introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting shows potential relief for patients who suffer chronic pain after back surgery. A molecular imaging procedure that combines functional and anatomical information about the body is able to zero in on the site of abnormal bone reaction and provide more accurate diagnoses and appropriate pain management for patients who have received hardware implants or bone grafts. | 07 June 2011 |
| 4-D PET Image Reconstruction Enables Greater Cancer Detection A study introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is advancing a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method that uses new 4D image reconstruction to achieve the highest diagnostic capability for the detection of cancer. | 07 June 2011 |
| First-Ever Study Of The Clinical Use Of New Integrated PET/MRI Technology Shows Promise For The Detection Of Cancerous Tumors Preliminary research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is breaking new ground for the development of a brand new hybrid molecular imaging system. Simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is providing important diagnostic information about soft tissues and physiological functions throughout the body. | 07 June 2011 |
| 4-D PET/CT May Produce Inaccurate Tumor Imaging Unless The Patient's Respiratory Pattern Is Highly Stable A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting focuses on the effect that breathing irregularities have on the accuracy of 4D positron emission tomography (PET) scans and outlines a PET imaging method that reduces "motion artifacts" or image blurring arising from respiratory motion. | 07 June 2011 |
| Study Develops The Use Of A PET Imaging Agent That Detects The Rapid Blood Vessel Formation Of Breast Cancer Scientists presented new research at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting that has the potential to help physicians detect breast cancer by imaging the proliferation of blood vessels carrying oxygen and nutrients to breast tumors. | 07 June 2011 |
| Chronic Marijuana Smoking Affects Brain Chemistry Definitive proof of an adverse effect of chronic marijuana use revealed at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could lead to potential drug treatments and aid other research involved in cannabinoid receptors, a neurotransmission system receiving a lot of attention. | 07 June 2011 |
| Alzheimer's Disease: Molecular Imaging For Early Detection May Be Available In Hospitals Within 1 Year Researchers the world over are advancing positron emission tomography (PET) as an effective method of early detection for Alzheimer's disease, a currently incurable and deadly neurological disorder. | 07 June 2011 |
| Kidney Cancer Responds Well To A Developing Immunotherapy That Uses Specialized Antibodies To Home In On Renal Cell Carcinoma Researchers are halting kidney cancer with a novel form of radioimmunotherapy that zeroes in on antigens associated with renal cell carcinoma. Patients with progressive kidney cancer receiving up to three doses of the therapy show dramatic slowing of cancer growth and stabilization of their disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| An Investigational Therapy For Colorectal Cancer Primes Tumors Prior To Radiotherapy And Reduces Exposure In Healthy Organs Investigators at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting are presenting results from a phase 1 clinical trial for a cancer therapy that has the potential to kill colorectal tumors with less destruction of healthy tissue. | 07 June 2011 |
| PET Imaging Of Cancer Advanced By Combined Imaging Agents Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is taking targeted molecular imaging to a new level by combining two commonly used imaging agents into one molecular imaging procedure. The combination of these agents creates a comprehensive examination of the extent of cancer spread within a variety of organ systems in the body. | 07 June 2011 |
| Molecular Imaging Helps Detect Whether Ovarian Tumors Are Cancerous Or Benign Prior To Surgery A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may provide a new tool for detection of malignant-stage ovarian cancer. Researchers found that positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT), which images both functional and anatomical changes in the body, was useful for preoperative cancer imaging of ovarian masses when used with a radiotracer that is actively metabolized by cells as fuel. | 07 June 2011 |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| FDA: DDS Probiotic Products Seized U.S. Marshals, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today seized probiotic products from UAS Laboratories, Inc., of Eden Prairie, Minn. because the company markets the products as drugs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Incyte Submits New Drug Application For Ruxolitinib In Myelofibrosis To The US Food And Drug Administration Incyte Corporation (Nasdaq:INCY) announced today that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) for its lead investigational compound, ruxolitinib (INCB18424), to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | 07 June 2011 |
| Pathway Medical Technologies Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance For JETSTREAM Navitus Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc, an innovator of endovascular treatments for peripheral vascular disease (PVD), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market JETSTREAM NavitusTM, an enhanced revascularization catheter for the treatment of PVD. | 07 June 2011 |
| Aradigm Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Ciprofloxacin For Inhalation In Bronchiectasis Aradigm Corporation (OTCBB:ARDM) (the "Company") today announced it has received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ciprofloxacin for inhalation for the management of bronchiectasis (BE). | 07 June 2011 |
| Hotze Health & Wellness Center Warns Of Oral Contraceptives Dangers Beyond FDA's Safety Announcement Hotze Health & Wellness Center (HHWC) announced today an urgent warning to all women currently using oral contraceptives to ensure they are aware of the numerous health risks associated with birth control pills, and share natural alternatives to taking these synthetic drugs. | 07 June 2011 |
| FDA Clears Idaho Technology-Developed Q Fever Test This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first nucleic acid amplification In vitro diagnostic (IVD) test that detects Coxiella burnetii, the bacteria that causes Q fever. The test developed by Idaho Technology, Inc. | 07 June 2011 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Aradigm Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Ciprofloxacin For Inhalation In Bronchiectasis Aradigm Corporation (OTCBB:ARDM) (the "Company") today announced it has received orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ciprofloxacin for inhalation for the management of bronchiectasis (BE). | 07 June 2011 |
| 4-D PET/CT May Produce Inaccurate Tumor Imaging Unless The Patient's Respiratory Pattern Is Highly Stable A study presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting focuses on the effect that breathing irregularities have on the accuracy of 4D positron emission tomography (PET) scans and outlines a PET imaging method that reduces "motion artifacts" or image blurring arising from respiratory motion. | 07 June 2011 |
| Oral Form Of Bronchodilator Drug, Formoterol, Increases Fat Burning In Men Formoterol, a medication used to treat asthma and other lung diseases, improves fat burning and protein metabolism in men, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. | 07 June 2011 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| Dangerous And Under The Radar, Canada Sex work is unprotected, increasingly dangerous and needs to be decriminalized, according to a new report published in the Canadian Review of Sociology. Co-authored by Concordia University and University of Windsor researchers, the study calls for sweeping changes to sex work performed on and off the streets. | 07 June 2011 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| News From Annals Of Internal Medicine: June 7, 2011 1. Smoking, Even for a Short Time, Significantly Increases a Woman's Risk for Peripheral Artery Disease A prospective study of initially healthy women aged 45 and over found that smoking is a potent risk factor for symptomatic peripheral artery disease, or PAD. | 07 June 2011 |
| Stem Cell Research News | |
| Stem Cell Treatment May Offer Option For Broken Bones That Don't Heal Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown in an animal study that transplantation of adult stem cells enriched with a bone-regenerating hormone can help mend bone fractures that are not healing properly. | 07 June 2011 |
| For Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients, Early Transplants Are No Better Than Chemotherapy Followed By Transplant Patients with a very aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma who receive a stem cell transplant after standard chemotherapy during their first remission have comparable survival rates to those who receive the same standard therapy alone and, if needed, a transplant when they relapse. | 07 June 2011 |
| Breakthrough Method Of Stem Cell Expansion Researchers in the Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine have discovered a laboratory method to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) using the SALL4 gene. | 07 June 2011 |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| Stem Cell Treatment May Offer Option For Broken Bones That Don't Heal Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown in an animal study that transplantation of adult stem cells enriched with a bone-regenerating hormone can help mend bone fractures that are not healing properly. | 07 June 2011 |
| For Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients, Early Transplants Are No Better Than Chemotherapy Followed By Transplant Patients with a very aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma who receive a stem cell transplant after standard chemotherapy during their first remission have comparable survival rates to those who receive the same standard therapy alone and, if needed, a transplant when they relapse. | 07 June 2011 |
| Tropical Diseases News | |
| Mapping The Risk Of Anaemia From Malnutrition, Malaria, And Helminth Infections In Preschool-Age Children In West Africa In this week's PLoS Medicine, Ricardo Soares Magalhães and Archie Clements, from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, describe how they used national cross-sectional household-based demographic health surveys to map the distribution of anaemia risk in preschool-age children in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Mali. | 07 June 2011 |
| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| Engineered Liver May Shed Light On Effects Of Chemicals In The Environment The liver is the primary organ in the human body that metabolizes foreign compounds such as drugs, alcohol, cigarette smoke, and environmental chemicals. Using the liver as an alarm system, researchers are starting to better understand the different levels of toxicity from these compounds and their effects on the human body. | 07 June 2011 |
| Kidney Cancer Responds Well To A Developing Immunotherapy That Uses Specialized Antibodies To Home In On Renal Cell Carcinoma Researchers are halting kidney cancer with a novel form of radioimmunotherapy that zeroes in on antigens associated with renal cell carcinoma. Patients with progressive kidney cancer receiving up to three doses of the therapy show dramatic slowing of cancer growth and stabilization of their disease. | 07 June 2011 |
| Vascular News | |
| Pathway Medical Technologies Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance For JETSTREAM Navitus Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc, an innovator of endovascular treatments for peripheral vascular disease (PVD), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market JETSTREAM NavitusTM, an enhanced revascularization catheter for the treatment of PVD. | 07 June 2011 |
| Link Between Blood Clotting And Bowel Cancer Risk Back in the mid 19th century, a French doctor, Armand Trousseau, discovered a connection between cancer and thrombosis - the formation of often dangerous blood clots that can lead to venous occlusion. | 07 June 2011 |
| New Strategy To Attack Tumour-Feeding Blood Vessels Professor Andreas Strasser from the Institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer division has discovered a new strategy to attack tumour-feeding blood vessels.Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours. | 07 June 2011 |
| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: June 6, 2011 HEMATOLOGY: Breaking down blood clots to beat DVT Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a serious medical condition in which a blood clot (also known as a thrombus) forms in one or more of the deep veins in the body, usually those in the legs. | 07 June 2011 |
| Hidden Blood Clots Lit Up By Near Infrared Fluorescence Research presented at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may mark the expansion of a novel imaging agent for an optical technique called near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF), which uses light energy to glean information about cells and tissues. | 07 June 2011 |
| Study Develops The Use Of A PET Imaging Agent That Detects The Rapid Blood Vessel Formation Of Breast Cancer Scientists presented new research at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting that has the potential to help physicians detect breast cancer by imaging the proliferation of blood vessels carrying oxygen and nutrients to breast tumors. | 07 June 2011 |
| Veterans / Ex-Servicemen News | |
| Veterans Health Administration Similar Or Better Than Private Sector For Cancer Patients Ages 65+ A new study finds that the cancer care provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for men 65 years and older is at least as good as, and by some measures better than, Medicare-funded fee-for-service care obtained through the private sector. | 07 June 2011 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| E. Coli Emergency Talks By European Union Agriculture Ministers, Germany Criticized Agriculture ministers from all EU (European Union) countries are holding an "extraordinary session of the Council of the European Union", in other words, emergency talks in Luxembourg today. So far, 23 people have died from E. | 07 June 2011 |
| Permanently Hotter Summers Forecast By Stanford Climate Scientists The tropics and much of the Northern Hemisphere are likely to experience an irreversible rise in summer temperatures within the next 20 to 60 years if atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations continue to increase, according to a new climate study by Stanford University scientists. | 07 June 2011 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Flaxseed Is King But Won't Help Menopausal Symptoms, Breast Cancer Flaxseed is high in phytochemicals, including many antioxidants. It is perhaps our best source of lignans, which convert in our intestines to substances that tend to balance female hormones. However, according to the Mayo Clinic and The North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG), this powerful "grain" (not technically) provides no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women. | 07 June 2011 |
| Female Suicide Bombing Is A Political And Military Tactic, Not A Religious Act, According To New Study Terrorist groups bend the rules of 'true' Islam to justify the use of female suicide bombers, according to Margaret Gonzalez-Perez from Southeastern Louisiana University in the US. Her paper traces the development of radical Islamic doctrine over time, highlights how it deviates from mainstream Islam, and identifies the building blocks that have culminated in Jihadi female suicide bombers. | 07 June 2011 |
| Helping Teens Overcome Fears And Stigmas Of Mental Illness When teens start experiencing changes in moods or emotions, they tend to fear sharing their blue days with their families and adults who can help them. As a consequence, they often suffer in silence. | 07 June 2011 |
| Hotze Health & Wellness Center Warns Of Oral Contraceptives Dangers Beyond FDA's Safety Announcement Hotze Health & Wellness Center (HHWC) announced today an urgent warning to all women currently using oral contraceptives to ensure they are aware of the numerous health risks associated with birth control pills, and share natural alternatives to taking these synthetic drugs. | 07 June 2011 |
| APP Pharmaceuticals To Market Letrozole Tablets, USP In The U.S. Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced today that APP Pharmaceuticals will immediately begin marketing Letrozole Tablets in the U.S., after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to market the breast cancer treatment medication to Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited (NSE: FKONCO) (BSE: 532545). | 07 June 2011 |
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