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Currently available online information about abdominal aortic aneurysms need improvement

During the last decade use of the Internet has begun to pervade all aspects of modern life, including an "e-health revolution" where patients may research health issues online before seeking professional consultation. However according to researchers from Leeds in the United Kingdom (U.K), the quality and readability of online patient information specifically for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is poor and requires significant improvement.

2 Jul 2012

New volumetric functional MRI scan figures out beneficiaries of chemotherapy in liver cancer patients

Studies on some 55 U.S. men and women with potentially deadly liver or pancreatic cancers show that specialized MRI scans can tell within a month whether highly toxic chemotherapy is working and killing tumor cells long before tumors actually shrink - or fail to shrink.

2 Jul 2012

Secrets to the Danish success in combating antimicrobial resistance

The global consumption of antimicrobial agents for animals is almost twice the size of human consumption. Since the mid-1990s, Denmark has reduced animal consumption of antimicrobial agents by 60% without reducing its agricultural output. In a comment in the journal Nature, Professor Frank Møller Aarestrup, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, gives his explanation of the success of the Danish efforts.

2 Jul 2012

Under-performance of small bowel biopsy a major reason behind underdiagnosis of celiac disease

Under-performance of small bowel biopsy during endoscopy may be a major reason that celiac disease remains underdiagnosed in the United States, according to a new study published online recently in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Investigators at the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) found that the rate of small bowel biopsy is low in this country.

30 Jun 2012

Textile cooling pads to prevent neurological damage after successful resuscitation

Textile cooling pads are to be used in future to prevent neurological damage after successful resuscitation. The system developed by scientists from the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim requires no electric power, making it ideal especially for first aid in case of cardiac arrest.

30 Jun 2012

Severe sleep loss jolts the immune system into action

Severe sleep loss jolts the immune system into action, reflecting the same type of immediate response shown during exposure to stress, a new study reports.

30 Jun 2012

Genetic mutation that creates Ewing's sarcoma leads to high levels of protein EYA3

Ewing's sarcoma is a bone cancer commonly diagnosed in about 250 U.S. teenagers per year. If early chemotherapy is effective, improvement can be durable. But for children and teens who respond poorly to a first attempt at chemotherapy or if the disease spreads, long-term survival can be less than 10 percent.

30 Jun 2012

Fidelitas introduces dispensing and documentation system for methadone treatment in Canada

Fidelitas Medical IT-Solutions, LP announced today the launch of their product DDS, a dispensing and documentation system for methadone treatment. Their mission, according to the company's CEO, Andreas Kunz, is to increase the safety and efficiency of Methadone Maintenance Treatment programs in Canada. "Methadone is useful in the treatment of opiate dependence, but it requires very careful, accurate and transparent handling."

30 Jun 2012

Rapamycin enhances learning and memory in young mice

Cognitive skills such as learning and memory diminish with age in everyone, and the drop-off is steepest in Alzheimer's disease. Texas scientists seeking a way to prevent this decline reported exciting results this week with a drug that has Polynesian roots.

30 Jun 2012

Bees help understand connection between taste perception and metabolic syndromes

Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that honey bees may teach us about basic connections between taste perception and metabolic disorders in humans. By experimenting with honey bee genetics, researchers have identified connections between sugar sensitivity, diabetic physiology and carbohydrate metabolism. Bees and humans may partially share these connections.

30 Jun 2012

Smokers with COPD may find relief with cystic fibrosis drug

A drug developed to treat certain strains of cystic fibrosis may be useful in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, one of the most common lung diseases, which is seen frequently in smokers and has no cure. The findings were published online Friday, June 29, 2012 in the online journal PLoS ONE by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

30 Jun 2012

Blocking bombesin/GRP receptor improves survival in sepsis animal models

Septic shock is the most severe outcome associated with pathogen infection in the bloodstream. It is a life-threatening condition invariably leading to multiple organ dysfunctions. Currently, septic shock is one of the most frequent causes of death in intensive care units worldwide.

30 Jun 2012

Study details canonical Wnt signaling pathway

Many lung cancers are driven by mutations in the epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR), and so it makes sense that many successful modern treatments block EGFR activity. Unfortunately, cancers inevitably evolve around EGFR inhibition, and patients with lung cancers eventually relapse.

30 Jun 2012

Researchers discover new gene mutations associated with megalencephaly

A research team led by Seattle Children's Research Institute has discovered new gene mutations associated with markedly enlarged brain size, or megalencephaly.

30 Jun 2012

Rate of small bowel biopsy is low in the U.S.

30 Jun 2012

Noven Pharmaceuticals provides update on status of generic Lidoderm ANDA

Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today provided an update on the status of its pending Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) seeking approval to market a lidocaine topical patch 5%. Noven's lidocaine topical patch 5% is a generic version of Endo Pharmaceuticals' Lidoderm.

30 Jun 2012

Injections of corticoid preparations can have severe side effects

Injections of corticoid preparations can have severe side effects. In this issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, Christian Holland and coauthors contribute to physicians' awareness of problems of this type with a report on the relevant findings of medicolegal expert committees in Germany.

29 Jun 2012

$Study sheds light on increased risk of fractures and falls among epilepsy patients using AEDs$

Medical Condition News

Currently available online information about abdominal aortic aneurysms need improvement

New volumetric functional MRI scan figures out beneficiaries of chemotherapy in liver cancer patients

Secrets to the Danish success in combating antimicrobial resistance

Under-performance of small bowel biopsy a major reason behind underdiagnosis of celiac disease

Textile cooling pads to prevent neurological damage after successful resuscitation

Severe sleep loss jolts the immune system into action

Genetic mutation that creates Ewing's sarcoma leads to high levels of protein EYA3

Fidelitas introduces dispensing and documentation system for methadone treatment in Canada

Rapamycin enhances learning and memory in young mice

Bees help understand connection between taste perception and metabolic syndromes

Smokers with COPD may find relief with cystic fibrosis drug

Blocking bombesin/GRP receptor improves survival in sepsis animal models

Study details canonical Wnt signaling pathway

Researchers discover new gene mutations associated with megalencephaly

Rate of small bowel biopsy is low in the U.S.

Noven Pharmaceuticals provides update on status of generic Lidoderm ANDA

Injections of corticoid preparations can have severe side effects

Study sheds light on increased risk of fractures and falls among epilepsy patients using AEDs

A.P. Pharma announces additional data from APF530 Phase 3 study on CINV

FOXO1 gene may play an important role in pathological mechanisms of Parkinson's

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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