20. October 2009 23:32
Patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease who drink three or more cups of coffee per day have a 53% lower risk of liver disease progression than non-coffee drinkers according to a new study led by Neal Freedman, Ph.D., MPH, from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
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Tags: Brain, Cancer, CDC, Cirrhosis, Fibrosis, Green Tea, Hepatitis C, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Hepatology, Liver Cancer, Nervous System, Peritonitis, Ribavirin, Virus
28. September 2009 04:23
A group led by Dr. Michael Teitell at UCLA has demonstrated that misregulation of the protein SPAK may contribute to B-cell lymphoma development. Their report can be found in the October 2009 issue of the American Journal of Pathology.
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Posted in: Medical Science News | Medical Condition News
Tags: Angiogenesis, Apoptosis, Atherosclerosis, Cancer, Cell, Cholesterol, DNA, Fibrosis, Lipoprotein, Lymphoma, Macrophage, Metastasis, Pathology, Peritonitis, Prostate Cancer, Stress, VEGF
14. September 2009 05:44
Calixa Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, will present pre-clinical and clinical data in 20 posters at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) that is being held in San Francisco on September 12 to 15, 2009.
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26. August 2009 06:53
DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), in conjunction with DaVita Clinical Research(R), today announced that it will present three abstracts at the 3rd North American Chapter meeting of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) on August 27-29 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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31. July 2009 01:37
Scientists from Scotland and Singapore have unraveled a mystery that has perplexed scientists since red wine was first discovered to have health benefits: how does resveratrol control inflammation?
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19. March 2008 03:54
In rats with experimental colitis, the marked increase in bacterial translocation in postcolitis rats has been reversed by melatonin administration.
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Posted in: Drug Trial News
Tags: Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, Apoptosis, Biochemistry, Bone, Bone Marrow, Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pathology, Peritonitis, Sleep
14. December 2007 02:49
Vasopressin should be used with great caution for the treatment of hypotension in septic shock, according to results from an international research team published in the online open access journal Critical Care.
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18. October 2007 11:10
Thanks to a discovery by scientists at Robarts Research Institute and The University of Western Ontario, patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis may soon be able to worry less about the risks of infection and lessen their hospital stays.
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16. October 2007 02:22
Two case studies from Japan presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology point to a potential health problem in the United States, as more Americans consume raw fish in the form of sushi and sashimi. Anisakiasis (round worm) is a human parasitic infection caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked seafood containing Anisakis larvae.
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8. October 2007 21:39
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center say that the function of the frequently discarded appendix, an organ often credited with little importance and often dismissed as having no significant function, does it seems have a role to play after all.
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22. August 2007 13:33
Performing a repeat surgery for patients with peritonitis (severe intra-abdominal inflammation or infection) only when clinical improvement is lacking may have some advantages compared with having the repeat procedure routinely scheduled after the operation, according to a study in the August 22/29 issue of JAMA.
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20. June 2007 08:27
E. coli bacteria that have developed resistance to antibiotics will probably still be around even if we stop using antibiotics, as these strains have the same good chance as other bacteria of continuing to colonise the gut, according to a thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
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24. May 2007 13:31
To prevent colon cancer, the second leading cause of United States cancer deaths, the American Cancer Society recommends that after age 50 people undergo colonoscopies every ten years to detect signs of that disease , either actual tumors or precancerous polyps.
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17. April 2007 22:20
Expression Genetics, Inc., has announced the completion of a Phase I clinical study evaluating the Company's lead drug candidate, EGEN-001.
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Posted in: Drug Trial News
Tags: Biotechnology, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Chemotherapy, DNA, Gene Expression, Genetics, Interleukin-6, Nausea, Oncology, Ovarian Cancer, Paclitaxel, Peritonitis, siRNA
20. February 2007 03:57
Monitoring blood levels of a compound known as procalcitonin in patients with peritonitis (a serious intra-abdominal infection) could help identify patients at increased risk of organ failure and death, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Surgery.
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