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DIS serves as marker for new methods to diagnose NERD

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is an important public health problem which is extremely common nowadays. Symptoms of GERD arise from the exposure of increased acid gastric contents into the lower part of the esophageal mucosa. Most patients with GERD have NERD with invisible mucosal damages under endoscopy.

31 Mar 2010

New clues may help explain why some people are more susceptible to stress than others

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found new clues that might help explain why some people are more susceptible to stress than others.

31 Mar 2010

Researcher explores the use of Chinese wolfberries to improve vision deficiencies

A Kansas State University researcher is exploring the use of Chinese wolfberries to improve vision deficiencies that are common for type-2 diabetics.

31 Mar 2010

Drinking orange juice with fast-food meal may help prevent vascular inflammation

Eating foods containing flavonoids -- orange juice, in this case -- along with a high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast-food meal neutralizes the oxidative and inflammatory stress generated by the unhealthy food and helps prevent blood vessel damage, a new study by University at Buffalo endocrinologists shows.

31 Mar 2010

PMDD often misdiagnosed as major depression or other mood disorder

As science slowly, but continually, unravels the causes of disorders, it increasingly teases apart biological threads that, when spooled together, begin to take on the warp and weft of separate disorders.

31 Mar 2010

Nutra Pharma's Cobroxin pain reliever now available at CVS stores

Nutra Pharma Corp., a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy, HIV and Multiple Sclerosis, has announced today that its over-the-counter pain reliever, Cobroxin, is now available for purchase in CVS.

31 Mar 2010

Two Phase I studies of Stedivaze demonstrate safety in patients with asthma and COPD

Clinical Data, Inc., today announced results from two Phase I studies of Stedivaze™ (apadenoson), which demonstrated that Stedivaze was safe and well tolerated in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Stedivaze is a potent and highly selective agonist of the adenosine A2A receptor subtype in development as a pharmacologic stress agent for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI).

30 Mar 2010

Chocolate can lower blood pressure and reduce risk of heart disease: Study

Easter eggs and other chocolate may be good for you - at least in small quantities and preferably if it's dark chocolate - according to research that shows just one small square of chocolate a day can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease. The study is published online today (Wednesday 31 March) in the European Heart Journal.

30 Mar 2010

Senesco Technologies signs definitive agreements with institutional and accredited investors

Senesco Technologies, Inc. has, on March 26, 2010, entered into definitive agreements with institutional and accredited investors for a private placement of up to 11,497 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company and Warrants to purchase up to 35,928,125 shares of Common Stock for a gross purchase price of approximately $11,497,000.

30 Mar 2010

LCT receives approval for New Zealand Phase II human trial of DIABECELL

Living Cell Technologies Limited, a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, today announced that it has received approval to advance to the next phase of its New Zealand Phase II human clinical trial with its groundbreaking DIABECELL®. The approval follows a positive assessment from the New Zealand Data Safety and Monitoring Board of the first four patients to receive its DIABACELL® implants.

30 Mar 2010

National Institute of Mental Health awards two-year, $998,940 grant for autism research

An average of one in 100 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While over the last few years an increasing number of these children have begun to receive early intervention services, research shows that high quality and intensive intervention are critical for positive outcomes.

29 Mar 2010

Neogen's third-quarter fiscal 2010 revenues up 21%

Neogen Corporation announced today that its net income for the third quarter of FY 2010, which ended Feb. 28, increased 38% from the previous year to $3,881,000. Adjusted for a 3-for-2 stock split effective Dec. 15, net income in the quarter rose to $0.17 per share, compared to the prior year's $0.12.

29 Mar 2010

Medtronic announces settlement of lawsuit initiated against AGA Medical

Medtronic, Inc., today announced the settlement of a lawsuit it initiated against AGA Medical Corp. in 2007 for infringement of Medtronic's Jervis patent family.

29 Mar 2010

Ten best practices for implementing statewide HIEs

With approximately $400 million in federal stimulus dollars being funneled into local governments to develop statewide health information technology programs, states are rapidly developing Health Information Exchanges to streamline information sharing and the continuity of patient care.

29 Mar 2010

American obesity problem: Ongoing support to make lifestyle and behavior changes needed

An administration task force chaired by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education and Health and Human Services is asking the public for recommendations to solve the American obesity problem, and a new poll by the American Psychological Association may have some answers.

29 Mar 2010

ER stress response is major driver of insulin resistance, say researchers

Biologists have long known that an enzyme called the PI 3-kinase is a crucial actor in the main molecular pathway for insulin signaling in cells. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center now have uncovered startling evidence that one of the proteins in this enzyme also drives a pathway with an opposite result-triggering a stress response that leads to insulin resistance.

29 Mar 2010

New approach may circumvent lost response in insulin due to obesity

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have identified a new strategy for treating type 2 diabetes, identifying a cellular pathway that fails when people become obese. By activating this pathway artificially, they were able to normalize blood glucose levels in severely obese and diabetic mice. Their findings will be published online by Nature Medicine on March 28.

29 Mar 2010

NZ Doctor struck off for misconduct

While all names have been suppressed to protect the identities of those involved, the case has caught the imagination of the media. “Dr N” who admitted to professional misconduct before the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal was reported to have appealed to the High Court against being struck off by The Weekend Herald on Saturday. The appeal was unsuccessful.

29 Mar 2010

Cook Medical's new IVF culture-oil purification process reduces contaminant trace to below detectable limits

A new purification process developed by Cook Medical for culture oil used in assisted reproduction eliminates traces of contaminants below detectable limits of 0.1 parts per million. The oil is purified by a proprietary refining technique that removes hydrocarbon impurities, which can have adverse effects on fertilization and threaten the viability of the developing embryos. The culture oil viscosity, MEA and LAL parameters remain unchanged.

27 Mar 2010

Study finds association between socioeconomic position and risk of death

An analysis of nearly 25 years of data for about 10,000 civil servants in London finds an association between socioeconomic position and risk of death, with much of this relation accounted for by health behaviors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical activity, according to a study in the March 24/31 issue of JAMA.

27 Mar 2010

Stress News and Research

DIS serves as marker for new methods to diagnose NERD

New clues may help explain why some people are more susceptible to stress than others

Researcher explores the use of Chinese wolfberries to improve vision deficiencies

Drinking orange juice with fast-food meal may help prevent vascular inflammation

PMDD often misdiagnosed as major depression or other mood disorder

Nutra Pharma's Cobroxin pain reliever now available at CVS stores

Two Phase I studies of Stedivaze demonstrate safety in patients with asthma and COPD

Chocolate can lower blood pressure and reduce risk of heart disease: Study

Senesco Technologies signs definitive agreements with institutional and accredited investors

LCT receives approval for New Zealand Phase II human trial of DIABECELL

National Institute of Mental Health awards two-year, $998,940 grant for autism research

Neogen's third-quarter fiscal 2010 revenues up 21%

Medtronic announces settlement of lawsuit initiated against AGA Medical

Ten best practices for implementing statewide HIEs

American obesity problem: Ongoing support to make lifestyle and behavior changes needed

ER stress response is major driver of insulin resistance, say researchers

New approach may circumvent lost response in insulin due to obesity

NZ Doctor struck off for misconduct

Cook Medical's new IVF culture-oil purification process reduces contaminant trace to below detectable limits

Study finds association between socioeconomic position and risk of death

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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