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Dysentery May Be Treatable With Cheap Arthritis Drug US researchers have discovered that an already approved arthritis drug may offer a cheap, low-dose treatment for the amoebic infections that cause dysentery in humans worldwide. So far they have only tested the drug in lab and animal studies, but they have applied for approval to start clinical trials to test it as a treatment for both amebiasis and the parasite Giardia in humans.

22 May 2012

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
New Target Identified In The Rheumatoid Arthritis Battle A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery identifies the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, the study provides evidence that drugs under development for diseases such as cancer could potentially be used to treat RA.	22 May 2012

Biology / Biochemistry News
Building A Model To Explain How Take Their 'First Steps' A collaboration between Lehigh University physicists and University of Miami biologists addresses an important fundamental question in basic cell biology: How do living cells figure out when and where to grow?The study, Oscillatory Dynamics of Cdc42 GTPase In The Control of Polarized Growth, appears in the journal Science Express.	22 May 2012

Bones / Orthopedics News
Prochymal - First Stem Cell Drug Approved For the first time in history a stem cell drug has been approved for market authorization. Prochymal® (remestemcel-L) is also the first drug to be approved for the treatment of acute graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) in children, a devastating complication of bone marrow transplantation that kills almost 80% of all affected children, many of which just weeks after they have been diagnosed.	22 May 2012
Patients Referred For Pulmonary Rehabilitation Likely To Suffer From Bone Disease There is a very high prevalence of osteopenia/osteoporosis among male patients with pulmonary disease, according to a new study from researchers in California."While post-menopausal women are routinely screened for osteoporosis, men are not," said Kathleen Ellstrom, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist and Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at the Veterans Administration Loma Linda Healthcare System.	22 May 2012

Breast Cancer News
HDAC Inhibitor Targets Triple Negative Breast Cancer The histone de-acetylase (HDAC) inhibitor panobinostat is able to target and destroy triple negative breast cancer, reveals a new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research.	22 May 2012

Cancer / Oncology News
PSA Screening Benefits Few, Harms Many, Says Panel A US government-sponsored panel of independent experts that reviews evidence and develops recommendations for preventive clinical services says the harms of PSA-based testing for prostate cancer outweigh the benefits.	22 May 2012
Sleep Apnea Has Higher Risk Of Cancer Mortality University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health released a study today showing that those suffering from sleep apnea appear to have an increased risk of cancer mortality. Previous studies have linked the sleep disordered breathing (SBD) problems to hypertension, cardiovascular disease, depression and earlier death, but this is the first to find a link to cancer.	22 May 2012
Statins Protect From Cancer In Heart Transplant Patients Researchers presented a study at the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology's 2012 Heart Failure Congress in Belgrade, Serbia, which revealed that statins are linked to preventing cancer and reduce all-cause mortality risk in heart transplant recipients independent of cholesterol levels.	22 May 2012
New Target Identified In The Rheumatoid Arthritis Battle A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery identifies the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, the study provides evidence that drugs under development for diseases such as cancer could potentially be used to treat RA.	22 May 2012
Pediatric Kidney And Brain Tumors May Be Reduced By Folic Acid Folic acid fortification of foods may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumors in children, finds a new study by Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St.	22 May 2012
The Impact Of Urologic Diseases On The American Public Urologic conditions like urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostate cancer are a major economic burden on Americans, resulting in health care costs of close to $40 billion annually, according to a newly released national report that charts the demographic and economic impact of urologic diseases in the U.	22 May 2012

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
Statins Protect From Cancer In Heart Transplant Patients Researchers presented a study at the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology's 2012 Heart Failure Congress in Belgrade, Serbia, which revealed that statins are linked to preventing cancer and reduce all-cause mortality risk in heart transplant recipients independent of cholesterol levels.	22 May 2012
Minimally Invasive Surgery For Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement The surgical team at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) achieved a North American surgical milestone on May 1st with a sutureless aortic valve replacement through a thoracic incision just five centimetres long.	22 May 2012

Colorectal Cancer News
Predicting Response To New Treatments In Colon Cancer The Stem Cells and Cancer Research Group headed by Dr Hector G. Palmer at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) has identified the molecular mechanisms that determine patients' response to certain drugs used in clinical trials for colon cancer treatment.	22 May 2012

COPD News
For COPD Patients, Pulmonary Rehabilitation And Improvement In Exercise Capacity Improve Survival Pulmonary rehabilitation and improvement in exercise capacity significantly improve survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study from the UK.	22 May 2012
Patients With COPD Likely To Suffer Comorbidities The majority of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) referred for pulmonary rehabilitation have multiple extra-pulmonary comorbidities, according to a new study from the Netherlands.	22 May 2012
COPD Patients Commonly Experience Troublesome Dyspnea During Sexual Activity Troublesome dyspnea that limits sexual activity is common among older patients with COPD, according to a new study from Denmark."We compared measures of well-being, depression and sexual function among older patients with severe COPD or heart failure, both of which are associated with dypnea during exertion," said Ejvind Frausing Hansen, MD, chief physician at Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark.	22 May 2012

Crohn's / IBD News
Some People Predisposed For Recurrent C. difficile Infection University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that some patients appear to be more predisposed for recurrent infection from the bacterium Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, and that it may advance to a more serious inflammatory condition in those individuals.	22 May 2012

Dermatology News
Vigorous Physical Activity Reduces Risk Of Psoriasis Psoriasis is one of those poorly understood, autoimmune diseases that can cause a person misery. Red and white hues of scaly, patchy skin appear on the top layer of the skin, known as the epidermis.	22 May 2012

Diabetes News
Inexpensive Paper-Based Diabetes Test Developed Scientists have developed a new, inexpensive and easy-to-use urine test for people with type 2 diabetes in areas of extreme poverty, such as rural India, China and other locations in the world.	22 May 2012
Glucose-Sensing Microbeads Created By Engineers Using Droplet Microfluidics Cell cultures need glucose for energy, but too much sugar can create a diabetic-like environment in which cell proteins undergo unwanted structural changes. Standard methods to monitor glucose levels require invasive and time-consuming handling of the cell culture.	22 May 2012

Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation News
Task Force Recommends Against PSA-Based Screening For Prostate Cancer: Evidence Show Harms Of PSA Testing Outweigh The Benefits Following a period for public comment, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendation for prostate cancer screening. The Task Force now recommends against PSA-based screening for all men, regardless of age.	22 May 2012

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News
Increasing Incidence Of Clostridium difficile Infection A study presented by Mayo Clinic researchers during Digestive Disease Week 2012 provides clear evidence that the number of people contracting the hard-to-control and treat bacterial infection Clostridium difficile (C.	22 May 2012
Dysentery May Be Treatable With Cheap Arthritis Drug US researchers have discovered that an already approved arthritis drug may offer a cheap, low-dose treatment for the amoebic infections that cause dysentery in humans worldwide. So far they have only tested the drug in lab and animal studies, but they have applied for approval to start clinical trials to test it as a treatment for both amebiasis and the parasite Giardia in humans.	22 May 2012

Genetics News
Thousands Of Genes Influenced By RNA Modification A new discovery by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College published in the May 17 edition of the journal Cell once again rewrites scientific textbooks. Only 10 years ago, epigenetic researchers had to abandon the long-held belief that DNA consists of just four bases when they discovered that chemically modified bases are, in fact, abundant components of the human genome.	22 May 2012
New Target Identified In The Rheumatoid Arthritis Battle A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery identifies the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, the study provides evidence that drugs under development for diseases such as cancer could potentially be used to treat RA.	22 May 2012

Heart Disease News
Can Oxygen Help Chronic Heart Failure Patients? Around 669,000 people in the UK over the age of 45 years suffer from chronic heart failure (CHF), a condition in which the heart is too weak to efficiently pump the blood around the body. CHF is commonly characterized by breathlessness and can be worse when the patient is at rest sleeping.	22 May 2012
COPD Patients Commonly Experience Troublesome Dyspnea During Sexual Activity Troublesome dyspnea that limits sexual activity is common among older patients with COPD, according to a new study from Denmark."We compared measures of well-being, depression and sexual function among older patients with severe COPD or heart failure, both of which are associated with dypnea during exertion," said Ejvind Frausing Hansen, MD, chief physician at Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark.	22 May 2012

HIV / AIDS News
Reduced Glycerin Anti-HIV Product For Both Vagina And Rectum - Tenofovir Vaginal Gel An anti-HIV gel developed for vaginal use has been reformulated to make it safer to use in the rectum. Researchers from the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) found that tenofovir gel was less harmful to the lining of the rectum and just as effective in protecting cells against HIV.	22 May 2012

Immune System / Vaccines News
Rare Genetic Immune Disease XLP2 Examined Researchers have taken an important step in understanding a rare genetic immune disorder which affects male children. Using biochemical analyses, the team was able to map how the XIAP protein activates a vital component of the immune defense system, specifically the component that fights bacterial infections in the gastro-intestinal system.	22 May 2012
Some People Predisposed For Recurrent C. difficile Infection University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that some patients appear to be more predisposed for recurrent infection from the bacterium Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, and that it may advance to a more serious inflammatory condition in those individuals.	22 May 2012
Higher Mortality Rates In Older Asthma Patients May Be Due To Inflammation Higher mortality rates among older adult asthma patients compared to their younger counterparts may be due, at least in part, to an increase in airway inflammation, according to a study conducted by researchers in Canada, who note that their results imply that elderly patients are either less likely to follow asthma medication dosing instructions, or that the underlying airway inflammation in elderly patients is relatively resistant to current anti-inflammatory therapies.	22 May 2012

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
Increasing Incidence Of Clostridium difficile Infection A study presented by Mayo Clinic researchers during Digestive Disease Week 2012 provides clear evidence that the number of people contracting the hard-to-control and treat bacterial infection Clostridium difficile (C.	22 May 2012
Some People Predisposed For Recurrent C. difficile Infection University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that some patients appear to be more predisposed for recurrent infection from the bacterium Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, and that it may advance to a more serious inflammatory condition in those individuals.	22 May 2012
Dysentery May Be Treatable With Cheap Arthritis Drug US researchers have discovered that an already approved arthritis drug may offer a cheap, low-dose treatment for the amoebic infections that cause dysentery in humans worldwide. So far they have only tested the drug in lab and animal studies, but they have applied for approval to start clinical trials to test it as a treatment for both amebiasis and the parasite Giardia in humans.	22 May 2012

IT / Internet / E-mail News
New Tools For Psychological Science Research - Facebook And Smartphones Whether you're an iPerson who can't live without a Mac, a Facebook addict, or a gamer, you know that social media and technology say things about your personality and thought processes. And psychological scientists know it too - they've started researching how new media and devices both reveal and change our mental states.	22 May 2012
Driver Distraction Examined By CQ Researcher More than 5,000 people die each year in vehicle crashes caused by distracted driving, many who were texting and talking on cellphones behind the wheel, according CQ Researcher (published by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE).	22 May 2012

Liver Disease / Hepatitis News
Doctors Test Milk Thistle To Counter Amanitin Toxins In The Liver Following 4 Acute Mushroom Poisonings In 2 Weeks On September 12, 2011, a Springfield, Virginia man arrived at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) in the early stages of liver failure. The man had mistakenly eaten poisonous mushrooms, handpicked from his yard.	22 May 2012
Arthritis Drug Effective Against Parasite That Causes Amebic Dysentery And Liver Abscesses Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine has led to identification of an existing drug that is effective against Entamoeba histolytica.	22 May 2012

Lung Cancer News
Lung Cancer CT Screening Guidelines Revised Older, current and former heavy smokers should receive annual, low-dose CT screening, according to revised guidelines published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Sunday. The revised guidelines follow, and in the JAMA paper are accompanied by, a systematic review of evidence on the role of CT screening for individuals at higher risk of lung cancer.	22 May 2012
The Risk Of Lung Cancer Mortality In The Elderly Increased By Tuberculosis Tuberculosis independently predicts death from lung cancer in the elderly, according to a new study from researchers in Hong Kong."There is a high incidence of both tuberculosis and lung cancer among the elderly in Hong Kong," said lead author Chi Chiu Leung, MBBS, consultant chest physician in the Tuberculosis and Chest Service of the Department of Health of Hong Kong.	22 May 2012

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
Bluetooth Monitoring For Fetal Heart An inexpensive and accurate fetal heart rate monitoring system has been developed by researchers in India using Bluetooth technology. The study will appear in the International Journal of Computers in Healthcare.	22 May 2012
Inexpensive Paper-Based Diabetes Test Developed Scientists have developed a new, inexpensive and easy-to-use urine test for people with type 2 diabetes in areas of extreme poverty, such as rural India, China and other locations in the world.	22 May 2012
Toxicity Study On Primates Of Quantum Dots Is Good News For Nanomedicine Medical uses for quantum dots - tiny luminescent crystals - could include image-guided surgery, light-activated therapies and sensitive diagnostic tests.A pioneering study to gauge the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe over a one-year period, a hopeful outcome for doctors and scientists seeking new ways to battle diseases like cancer through nanomedicine.	22 May 2012
Glucose-Sensing Microbeads Created By Engineers Using Droplet Microfluidics Cell cultures need glucose for energy, but too much sugar can create a diabetic-like environment in which cell proteins undergo unwanted structural changes. Standard methods to monitor glucose levels require invasive and time-consuming handling of the cell culture.	22 May 2012

Men's Health News

Patients Referred For Pulmonary Rehabilitation Likely To Suffer From Bone Disease There is a very high prevalence of osteopenia/osteoporosis among male patients with pulmonary disease, according to a new study from researchers in California."While post-menopausal women are routinely screened for osteoporosis, men are not," said Kathleen Ellstrom, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist and Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at the Veterans Administration Loma Linda Healthcare System.

22 May 2012

MRSA / Drug Resistance News
How One Strain Of MRSA Becomes Resistant To Last-Line Antibiotic Researchers have uncovered what makes one particular strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) so proficient at picking up resistance genes, such as the one that makes it resistant to vancomycin, the last line of defense for hospital-acquired infections.	22 May 2012

Multiple Sclerosis News
Growth Factor In Stem Cells May Spur Recovery From Multiple Sclerosis A substance in human mesenchymal stem cells that promotes growth appears to spur restoration of nerves and their function in rodent models of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found.	22 May 2012

Neurology / Neuroscience News

Modern Parallel Found In Famous Case In 1848 Of Man With Brain Injury Phineas Gage's miraculous survival after an explosion drove a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod into his left cheek and out of the top of his head in 1848 made him the most famous case in the history of neuroscience based on his survival of this horrific accident, which destroyed most of his left frontal lobe, but also because of the impact his profound injury had on his personality and behavior.

22 May 2012

Nutrition / Diet News
When You Eat Is As Important As What You Eat When you eat may be just as significant as what you eat, say researchers at Salk Institute for Biological Studies.The study is published in the Cell Press journal Cell Metabolism.The researchers put two groups of mice on a high-fat diet - one group were restricted to eating for 8 hours per day, while the other group could eat around the clock.	22 May 2012
Doctors Test Milk Thistle To Counter Amanitin Toxins In The Liver Following 4 Acute Mushroom Poisonings In 2 Weeks On September 12, 2011, a Springfield, Virginia man arrived at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) in the early stages of liver failure. The man had mistakenly eaten poisonous mushrooms, handpicked from his yard.	22 May 2012
Pediatric Kidney And Brain Tumors May Be Reduced By Folic Acid Folic acid fortification of foods may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumors in children, finds a new study by Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St.	22 May 2012

Pain / Anesthetics News
Mental Distraction Provides Pain Relief A new study reveals that mental distractions can reduce the amount of pain an individual experiences.The study appears online in Current Biology.The researchers asked study participants to complete either a difficult or easy memory task while a painful level of heat was applied to their arms.	22 May 2012

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
Increasing Incidence Of Clostridium difficile Infection A study presented by Mayo Clinic researchers during Digestive Disease Week 2012 provides clear evidence that the number of people contracting the hard-to-control and treat bacterial infection Clostridium difficile (C.	22 May 2012
Pediatric Kidney And Brain Tumors May Be Reduced By Folic Acid Folic acid fortification of foods may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumors in children, finds a new study by Kimberly J. Johnson, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St.	22 May 2012
Driver Distraction Examined By CQ Researcher More than 5,000 people die each year in vehicle crashes caused by distracted driving, many who were texting and talking on cellphones behind the wheel, according CQ Researcher (published by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE).	22 May 2012

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
Bluetooth Monitoring For Fetal Heart An inexpensive and accurate fetal heart rate monitoring system has been developed by researchers in India using Bluetooth technology. The study will appear in the International Journal of Computers in Healthcare.	22 May 2012

Preventive Medicine News
Lung Cancer CT Screening Guidelines Revised Older, current and former heavy smokers should receive annual, low-dose CT screening, according to revised guidelines published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Sunday. The revised guidelines follow, and in the JAMA paper are accompanied by, a systematic review of evidence on the role of CT screening for individuals at higher risk of lung cancer.	22 May 2012
PSA Screening Benefits Few, Harms Many, Says Panel A US government-sponsored panel of independent experts that reviews evidence and develops recommendations for preventive clinical services says the harms of PSA-based testing for prostate cancer outweigh the benefits.	22 May 2012

Primary Care / General Practice News
Judging ICU Performance By Assessing In-Hospital Mortality May Bias Quality Measurement In-hospital mortality for ICU patients is often used as a quality measure, but discharge practices may bias results in a way that disadvantages large academic hospitals, according to a recently conducted study.	22 May 2012
Nighttime Intensivist Staffing And Mortality In The ICU Nighttime intensivist physician staffing in intensive care units (ICUs) with a low-intensity daytime staffing model is associated with reduced mortality, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Francisco.	22 May 2012
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Can Be Managed Successfully In The Primary Care Setting Patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be successfully managed in a primary care setting by appropriately trained primary care physicians (PCPs) and community-based nurses, according to Australian researchers.	22 May 2012

Prostate / Prostate Cancer News
PSA Screening Benefits Few, Harms Many, Says Panel A US government-sponsored panel of independent experts that reviews evidence and develops recommendations for preventive clinical services says the harms of PSA-based testing for prostate cancer outweigh the benefits.	22 May 2012
Task Force Recommends Against PSA-Based Screening For Prostate Cancer: Evidence Show Harms Of PSA Testing Outweigh The Benefits Following a period for public comment, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendation for prostate cancer screening. The Task Force now recommends against PSA-based screening for all men, regardless of age.	22 May 2012
The Impact Of Urologic Diseases On The American Public Urologic conditions like urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostate cancer are a major economic burden on Americans, resulting in health care costs of close to $40 billion annually, according to a newly released national report that charts the demographic and economic impact of urologic diseases in the U.	22 May 2012

Psychology / Psychiatry News
Mental Distraction Provides Pain Relief A new study reveals that mental distractions can reduce the amount of pain an individual experiences.The study appears online in Current Biology.The researchers asked study participants to complete either a difficult or easy memory task while a painful level of heat was applied to their arms.	22 May 2012
New Tools For Psychological Science Research - Facebook And Smartphones Whether you're an iPerson who can't live without a Mac, a Facebook addict, or a gamer, you know that social media and technology say things about your personality and thought processes. And psychological scientists know it too - they've started researching how new media and devices both reveal and change our mental states.	22 May 2012

Public Health News
Judging ICU Performance By Assessing In-Hospital Mortality May Bias Quality Measurement In-hospital mortality for ICU patients is often used as a quality measure, but discharge practices may bias results in a way that disadvantages large academic hospitals, according to a recently conducted study.	22 May 2012
Nighttime Intensivist Staffing And Mortality In The ICU Nighttime intensivist physician staffing in intensive care units (ICUs) with a low-intensity daytime staffing model is associated with reduced mortality, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Francisco.	22 May 2012
Doctors Test Milk Thistle To Counter Amanitin Toxins In The Liver Following 4 Acute Mushroom Poisonings In 2 Weeks On September 12, 2011, a Springfield, Virginia man arrived at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) in the early stages of liver failure. The man had mistakenly eaten poisonous mushrooms, handpicked from his yard.	22 May 2012
Driver Distraction Examined By CQ Researcher More than 5,000 people die each year in vehicle crashes caused by distracted driving, many who were texting and talking on cellphones behind the wheel, according CQ Researcher (published by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE).	22 May 2012

Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News
For COPD Patients, Pulmonary Rehabilitation And Improvement In Exercise Capacity Improve Survival Pulmonary rehabilitation and improvement in exercise capacity significantly improve survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study from the UK.	22 May 2012
Patients With COPD Likely To Suffer Comorbidities The majority of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) referred for pulmonary rehabilitation have multiple extra-pulmonary comorbidities, according to a new study from the Netherlands.	22 May 2012

Respiratory / Asthma News
Lung Cancer CT Screening Guidelines Revised Older, current and former heavy smokers should receive annual, low-dose CT screening, according to revised guidelines published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Sunday. The revised guidelines follow, and in the JAMA paper are accompanied by, a systematic review of evidence on the role of CT screening for individuals at higher risk of lung cancer.	22 May 2012
Higher Mortality Rates In Older Asthma Patients May Be Due To Inflammation Higher mortality rates among older adult asthma patients compared to their younger counterparts may be due, at least in part, to an increase in airway inflammation, according to a study conducted by researchers in Canada, who note that their results imply that elderly patients are either less likely to follow asthma medication dosing instructions, or that the underlying airway inflammation in elderly patients is relatively resistant to current anti-inflammatory therapies.	22 May 2012
Patients Referred For Pulmonary Rehabilitation Likely To Suffer From Bone Disease There is a very high prevalence of osteopenia/osteoporosis among male patients with pulmonary disease, according to a new study from researchers in California."While post-menopausal women are routinely screened for osteoporosis, men are not," said Kathleen Ellstrom, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist and Director of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at the Veterans Administration Loma Linda Healthcare System.	22 May 2012
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Can Be Managed Successfully In The Primary Care Setting Patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be successfully managed in a primary care setting by appropriately trained primary care physicians (PCPs) and community-based nurses, according to Australian researchers.	22 May 2012
Risk Factors For An Exacerbation-Prone Asthma Phenotype A number of specific risk factors are associated with an exacerbation-prone phenotype of severe asthma, according to a new study from researchers in Sweden.The results were presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco.	22 May 2012
Three-Drug Combo May Endanger Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis A combination of three drugs used worldwide as the standard of care for a serious lung disease puts patients in danger of death or hospitalization, and should not be used together to treat the disease, called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to the surprising results of a rigorous independent study.	22 May 2012

Seniors / Aging News
COPD Patients Commonly Experience Troublesome Dyspnea During Sexual Activity Troublesome dyspnea that limits sexual activity is common among older patients with COPD, according to a new study from Denmark."We compared measures of well-being, depression and sexual function among older patients with severe COPD or heart failure, both of which are associated with dypnea during exertion," said Ejvind Frausing Hansen, MD, chief physician at Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark.	22 May 2012
The Risk Of Lung Cancer Mortality In The Elderly Increased By Tuberculosis Tuberculosis independently predicts death from lung cancer in the elderly, according to a new study from researchers in Hong Kong."There is a high incidence of both tuberculosis and lung cancer among the elderly in Hong Kong," said lead author Chi Chiu Leung, MBBS, consultant chest physician in the Tuberculosis and Chest Service of the Department of Health of Hong Kong.	22 May 2012
Higher Mortality Rates In Older Asthma Patients May Be Due To Inflammation Higher mortality rates among older adult asthma patients compared to their younger counterparts may be due, at least in part, to an increase in airway inflammation, according to a study conducted by researchers in Canada, who note that their results imply that elderly patients are either less likely to follow asthma medication dosing instructions, or that the underlying airway inflammation in elderly patients is relatively resistant to current anti-inflammatory therapies.	22 May 2012

Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News
Sleep Apnea Has Higher Risk Of Cancer Mortality University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health released a study today showing that those suffering from sleep apnea appear to have an increased risk of cancer mortality. Previous studies have linked the sleep disordered breathing (SBD) problems to hypertension, cardiovascular disease, depression and earlier death, but this is the first to find a link to cancer.	22 May 2012
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Can Be Managed Successfully In The Primary Care Setting Patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be successfully managed in a primary care setting by appropriately trained primary care physicians (PCPs) and community-based nurses, according to Australian researchers.	22 May 2012

Sports Medicine / Fitness News
For COPD Patients, Pulmonary Rehabilitation And Improvement In Exercise Capacity Improve Survival Pulmonary rehabilitation and improvement in exercise capacity significantly improve survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study from the UK.	22 May 2012

Statins News
Statins Protect From Cancer In Heart Transplant Patients Researchers presented a study at the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology's 2012 Heart Failure Congress in Belgrade, Serbia, which revealed that statins are linked to preventing cancer and reduce all-cause mortality risk in heart transplant recipients independent of cholesterol levels.	22 May 2012

Stem Cell Research News
Prochymal - First Stem Cell Drug Approved For the first time in history a stem cell drug has been approved for market authorization. Prochymal® (remestemcel-L) is also the first drug to be approved for the treatment of acute graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) in children, a devastating complication of bone marrow transplantation that kills almost 80% of all affected children, many of which just weeks after they have been diagnosed.	22 May 2012
Growth Factor In Stem Cells May Spur Recovery From Multiple Sclerosis A substance in human mesenchymal stem cells that promotes growth appears to spur restoration of nerves and their function in rodent models of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found.	22 May 2012

Tropical Diseases News
Arthritis Drug Effective Against Parasite That Causes Amebic Dysentery And Liver Abscesses Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine has led to identification of an existing drug that is effective against Entamoeba histolytica.	22 May 2012

Tuberculosis News

The Risk Of Lung Cancer Mortality In The Elderly Increased By Tuberculosis Tuberculosis independently predicts death from lung cancer in the elderly, according to a new study from researchers in Hong Kong."There is a high incidence of both tuberculosis and lung cancer among the elderly in Hong Kong," said lead author Chi Chiu Leung, MBBS, consultant chest physician in the Tuberculosis and Chest Service of the Department of Health of Hong Kong.

22 May 2012

Urology / Nephrology News
Task Force Recommends Against PSA-Based Screening For Prostate Cancer: Evidence Show Harms Of PSA Testing Outweigh The Benefits Following a period for public comment, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendation for prostate cancer screening. The Task Force now recommends against PSA-based screening for all men, regardless of age.	22 May 2012
The Impact Of Urologic Diseases On The American Public Urologic conditions like urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and prostate cancer are a major economic burden on Americans, resulting in health care costs of close to $40 billion annually, according to a newly released national report that charts the demographic and economic impact of urologic diseases in the U.	22 May 2012

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