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Boston Medical Center receives 2 research awards from PCORI to study delivery of cancer care

Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been approved to receive two research awards from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). One will study the delivery of cancer care to patients who face socio-legal barriers and the other will test the effectiveness of integrative medical group visits (IMGV) for treating chronic pain.

19 Oct 2013

Opsumit drug receives FDA approval to treat adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Opsumit (macitentan), a new drug to treat adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a chronic, progressive and debilitating disease that can lead to death or the need for lung transplantation.

19 Oct 2013

Oral nutritional supplements linked with decreased probability of 30-day hospital readmission

In the U.S., one in five Medicare patients is readmitted to a hospital each year at an estimated cost of $17.5 billion annually.i To reduce this impact, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has introduced hospital penalties based on readmissions conditions that commonly affect patients aged 65 and older - including acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and pneumonia.

19 Oct 2013

FEV1 poor mortality predictor in elderly

Research shows that forced expiratory volume in 1 second % predicted is ineffective for predicting mortality in elderly asthma patients.

18 Oct 2013

Ariad Ends Phase III Leukemia Drug Trial

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18 Oct 2013

ARIAD discontinues Phase 3 EPIC trial of Iclusig in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it is discontinuing the Phase 3 EPIC (Evaluation of Ponatinib versus Imatinib in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) trial of Iclusig (ponatinib) in patients with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia.

18 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 18, 2013

Today's headlines include stories about how Medicare might fit into the next round of budget talks.

18 Oct 2013

Health assessments made by untrained interviewers predict mortality of individuals better than physicians

Features like the wrinkles on your forehead and the way you move may reflect your overall health and risk of dying, according to recent health research. But do physicians consider such details when assessing patients' overall health and functioning?

18 Oct 2013

Prevalence of depression is twice high among migraineurs

The prevalence of depression among those with migraine is approximately twice as high as for those without the disease (men: 8.4% vs. 3.4%; women 12.4% vs. 5.7%), according to a new study published by University of Toronto researchers.

18 Oct 2013

Researchers identify C. perfringens type B bacteria believed to trigger multiple sclerosis

A research team from Weill Cornell Medical College and The Rockefeller University has identified a bacterium it believes may trigger multiple sclerosis, a chronic, debilitating disorder that damages myelin forming cells in the brain and spinal cord.

18 Oct 2013

Quality of care provided by female doctors is higher than their male counterparts

According to a University of Montreal research team, the quality of care provided by female doctors is higher than that of their male counterparts while the productivity of males is greater.

18 Oct 2013

HBV-infected men more likely to develop liver cancer

A team of researchers has identified a novel mutation in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Korea that appears only in men and could help explain why HBV-infected men are roughly five times more likely than HBV-infected women to develop liver cancer.

18 Oct 2013

Clinical attention improves QoL in COPD

A study in the primary care setting shows that clinical factors have the greatest influence on improving health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

17 Oct 2013

Review article looks at recent research about insomnia among American soldiers

Various behavioral treatment options are helping to treat the sleeplessness experienced by one in every two American soldiers who have been deployed in recent military operations. So says Dr. Adam Bramoweth of the Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and Dr. Anne Germain of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the US.

17 Oct 2013

NIH funding helps develop chronic-pain network to accelerate research, treatments

What do migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis have in common? All involve chronic pain.

17 Oct 2013

Implementing powerful health promotion strategies can help save lives of Canadians

Canada can save lives by implementing powerful health promotion strategies, says Dr. Thomas Farley, the trail-blazing commissioner of the New York City department of health.

17 Oct 2013

Loyola University MNSON receives two grants to foster education, meet health needs of community

Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON) has received two grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to foster interprofessional education and collaboration to better meet the health needs of the community.

17 Oct 2013

Researchers develop new tool to quantify myocardial damage in heart attack patients

Researchers from the Computer Vision Center (CVC) have developed a new tool to quantify the myocardial perfusion damage in people who had a heart attack or an angina. Having been validated in 200 patients, it can help improve and speed up diagnosis of the damage, offering a quantitative, repeatable and objective measure of the blood irrigation level of the heart tissue.

17 Oct 2013

Non-Hispanic black, Hispanic patients less likely to experience metabolic syndrome remission

The impact of bariatric surgery on risk factors for cardiovascular disease depends on a variety of factors, including the type of surgery, sex of the patient, ethnic background, and pre-surgery body mass index, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in Annals of Surgery.

16 Oct 2013

ESTEVE reports positive top line results from E-58425 phase II trial for acute pain

ESTEVE, a pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics for pain today announces positive top line results from its recently completed phase II trial, which was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of E-58425 in acute pain.

16 Oct 2013

Chronic News and Research

Boston Medical Center receives 2 research awards from PCORI to study delivery of cancer care

Opsumit drug receives FDA approval to treat adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Oral nutritional supplements linked with decreased probability of 30-day hospital readmission

FEV1 poor mortality predictor in elderly

Ariad Ends Phase III Leukemia Drug Trial

ARIAD discontinues Phase 3 EPIC trial of Iclusig in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia

First Edition: October 18, 2013

Health assessments made by untrained interviewers predict mortality of individuals better than physicians

Prevalence of depression is twice high among migraineurs

Researchers identify C. perfringens type B bacteria believed to trigger multiple sclerosis

Quality of care provided by female doctors is higher than their male counterparts

HBV-infected men more likely to develop liver cancer

Clinical attention improves QoL in COPD

Review article looks at recent research about insomnia among American soldiers

NIH funding helps develop chronic-pain network to accelerate research, treatments

Implementing powerful health promotion strategies can help save lives of Canadians

Loyola University MNSON receives two grants to foster education, meet health needs of community

Researchers develop new tool to quantify myocardial damage in heart attack patients

Non-Hispanic black, Hispanic patients less likely to experience metabolic syndrome remission

ESTEVE reports positive top line results from E-58425 phase II trial for acute pain

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