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Clinical research updates on interventional cardiology techniques that affect patient care

TCT 2010 will provide significant clinical research updates to technologies and practices in interventional cardiology that will directly affect patient care.

21 Jul 2010

Study finds sepsis 10 times more common and lethal than heart attacks, blood clots

New research from The Methodist Hospital in Houston shows that sepsis is 10 times more common and more lethal than other more well-known surgical complications including heart attacks and blood clots. These results, published today in the Archives of General Surgery, show a greater need for sepsis awareness and early recognition during and after surgery.

21 Jul 2010

ATLIS 2010 shows gap in patient-physician dialogue that may negatively impact patients' quality of life

Results from the landmark AIDS Treatment for Life International Survey, a multi-country survey of more than 2,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, revealed a significant gap in patient-physician dialogue about critical health-related conditions that may negatively impact patients' overall long-term health, quality of life, and treatment outcomes.

21 Jul 2010

University of Luebeck becomes part of Metaminer Cardiac Partnership

GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of databases, software and services in systems biology and chemistry, announced today that Dr. Salah Mohamed in Department of Cardio and Thoracic Vascular Surgery at the University of Luebeck and his team will be part of the Metaminer Cardiac Partnership. Dr. Mohamed is published within 6 different reputed Scientific American Journals in connection with Biomarker Discovery work performed for the American Heart Association.

21 Jul 2010

Sec. of State Clinton stresses importance of science and innovation for development

"Innovation, science [and] technology must again become fundamental components of how we conduct development work," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a "high-level meeting of international development and science experts" last week, SciDev.net reports.

21 Jul 2010

California companies are developing new medicines for diabetes: Report

Pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies based in California are researching and developing 58 new medicines for diabetes, a chronic disease that afflicts 220 million patients worldwide, including 23.6 million Americans, a new report shows.

21 Jul 2010

Deborah Heart and Lung Center adds two spokespersons to represent its specialty services

Deborah Heart and Lung Center, a specialty heart, lung, and vascular hospital in Browns Mills, NJ has announced two new former major league baseball player spokespersons, as the hospital enters into its second year partnership agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association.

21 Jul 2010

La Jolla Institute forms partnership to investigate potential new therapy for sickle cell disease

Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have joined forces with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Washington University in St. Louis to investigate a potential new therapy for sickle cell disease, a severe and chronic illness affecting more than 70,000 Americans and several million people worldwide.

21 Jul 2010

Living with children has a negative influence on parents' ability to exercise: Study

A study conducted at the Montreal Heart Institute has shown unexpectedly that living with children is linked to a reduction in physical activity. Carried out with 756 participants and led by Dr. Simon L. Bacon, Associate Researcher at the MHI and Professor at Concordia University, the study assessed the impact of social networks on exercise, revealing that people with heart disease who live with children exercise less than those people who do not live with children.

21 Jul 2010

GCSF administration can reduce side effects of cancer neurobastoma in children

Children given a hormone growth factor alongside chemotherapy for the aggressive cancer neuroblastoma are less likely to suffer a potentially deadly side-effect, according to a major international study published today (Tuesday) in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

21 Jul 2010

Active play is important for children’s physical activity

Active play makes a significant contribution to children’s physical activity and could play an important part in the health of future generations, a new study has found.

20 Jul 2010

Fero Industries provides comments concerning FDA advisory panel recommendation on diabetes drug Avandia

Fero Industries, Inc. is pleased to provide these comments regarding the recent Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommendation concerning the GlaxoSmithKline PLC diabetes drug Avandia. The FDA advisory panel has recommended that the agency keep diabetes drug Avandia on the U.S. market despite data clearly showing an increased risk of a heart attack and that GSK covered up their own research that first identified the problem.

20 Jul 2010

Acorda Therapeutics awarded $1M C-TRIP grant to support research on GGF2

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has awarded a $1 million Cardiac Translational Research Implementation Program grant to support research on Glial Growth Factor 2, a novel investigational agent for the treatment of patients with heart failure under development at Acorda.

20 Jul 2010

Heart patients living with children exercise less: Study

A study conducted at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) has shown unexpectedly that living with children is linked to a reduction in physical activity. Carried out with 756 participants and led by Dr. Simon L. Bacon, Associate Researcher at the MHI and Professor at Concordia University, the study assessed the impact of social networks on exercise, revealing that people with heart disease who live with children exercise less than those people who do not live with children.

20 Jul 2010

More than half of parents interested in using at-home personal genetic testing for their children: Poll

The latest results from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health show more than half of parents are interested in having their children checked for disease risks using at-home personal genetic testing kits.

20 Jul 2010

New approach to understand different cancer subtypes

An international team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists finds unique combinations of cells and mutations lie at the heart of cancer subgroup revealed for the first time in a pediatric brain tumor

20 Jul 2010

Scientists find major shortcomings in assessing CVD risk in HIV patients

At the same time that medical science has nearly eliminated AIDS deaths in patients treated for human immunodeficiency virus, two international meetings of HIV/AIDS scientists and patient advocates find major shortcomings in the design and analysis of studies used to assess cardiovascular disease risk in people with HIV with significant implications for improving medical care.

20 Jul 2010

Responding to access-to-care challenges: Ideas from a rural doctor, a Washington, D.C. hospital

Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press reports on the struggles rural physicians face in providing care by focusing on Dr. Lloyd "Pat" McGinnis, a family medicine and geriatrics specialist who was "one of only five doctors in Spencer County, a rural area of Southwestern Indiana. … Doctors throughout the country are struggling with the same issues of providing quality care to patients with limited incomes in an environment of uncertainly as major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are phased in over the next five years.

20 Jul 2010

Abortion fight again heats up over high-risk pools, other health reform news

Anti-abortion activists have "scored a victory" after a decision last week by the Obama administration to not allow the new high-risk pools in America to cover most abortions, The Associated Press reports.

20 Jul 2010

Robotic therapies reduce blood vessel trauma during minimally invasive procedures

Research conducted by surgeons from the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center shows that using robotics reduces blood vessel trauma during minimally invasive procedures to repair diseased arteries. Research results were presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery's 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting in Boston.

19 Jul 2010

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Clinical research updates on interventional cardiology techniques that affect patient care

Study finds sepsis 10 times more common and lethal than heart attacks, blood clots

ATLIS 2010 shows gap in patient-physician dialogue that may negatively impact patients' quality of life

University of Luebeck becomes part of Metaminer Cardiac Partnership

Sec. of State Clinton stresses importance of science and innovation for development

California companies are developing new medicines for diabetes: Report

Deborah Heart and Lung Center adds two spokespersons to represent its specialty services

La Jolla Institute forms partnership to investigate potential new therapy for sickle cell disease

Living with children has a negative influence on parents' ability to exercise: Study

GCSF administration can reduce side effects of cancer neurobastoma in children

Active play is important for children’s physical activity

Fero Industries provides comments concerning FDA advisory panel recommendation on diabetes drug Avandia

Acorda Therapeutics awarded $1M C-TRIP grant to support research on GGF2

Heart patients living with children exercise less: Study

More than half of parents interested in using at-home personal genetic testing for their children: Poll

New approach to understand different cancer subtypes

Scientists find major shortcomings in assessing CVD risk in HIV patients

Responding to access-to-care challenges: Ideas from a rural doctor, a Washington, D.C. hospital

Abortion fight again heats up over high-risk pools, other health reform news

Robotic therapies reduce blood vessel trauma during minimally invasive procedures

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