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Insect Shield Repellent Apparel can protect against tick bites

A pilot study shows clothes treated with long-lasting insect repellant appear to offer outdoor workers significant protection against tick bites.

30 Mar 2011

ACCF, AHA guidelines recognize Effient as Class I treatment option for patients with ACS-PCI

Oral antiplatelet therapy Effient has been added to the updated clinical practice guidelines as a Class I recommended treatment option for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention fter experiencing heart-related chest pain at rest or non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.

30 Mar 2011

Consumption of popular pain reliever during pregnancy may put children at increased risk for asthma

A new study published in the journal Clinical & Experimental Allergy reveals that children whose mothers used the popular pain reliever paracetamol during pregnancy were at an increased risk of wheezing when compared to non-users.

28 Mar 2011

BMY receives FDA approval for YERVOY to treat metastatic melanoma

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved YERVOY 3 mg/kg for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

28 Mar 2011

Researchers identify gene that can predict hypersensitivity to epilepsy drug

Research published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. A multinational team of scientists led by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the University of Liverpool has identified a gene that could indicate if epilepsy patients starting a common drug treatment are likely to experience side-effects ranging from a mild skin irritation to the potentially fatal Steven-Johnson Syndrome.

25 Mar 2011

Mosquitoes carry risk of Murray Valley encephalitis warn Victorian health authorities

After detecting some new cases of Murray Valley encephalitis in chickens, health authorities have warned Victorians to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Victoria's chief health officer, Dr John Carnie warned that the deadly disease had been detected in "sentinel" chickens at Cobram, Rutherglen, Toolamba and Bendigo. “These latest detections follow positive results in chickens in similar areas a month ago, including Barmah and Kerang… Evidence of the virus is again present in these areas,” Dr Carnie said.

24 Mar 2011

Department of Health acting Secretary stresses need to raise TB awareness

Department of Health acting Secretary Dr. Eli Avila today stressed the need to raise public awareness of tuberculosis, or TB, and the importance of efforts to control—and eventually eliminate—the infectious airborne disease.

24 Mar 2011

Tick-borne disease identified as emerging threat

Five years ago, large numbers of farmers in central China began falling victim to an mysterious disease marked by high fever, gastrointestinal disorder and an appalling mortality rate - as high as 30 percent in initial reports. Investigators from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention hurried to the scene of the outbreak. On the basis of DNA evidence, they quickly concluded that it had been caused by human granulocytic anaplasmosis, a bacteria transmitted by tick bites.

24 Mar 2011

Cellerant commences CLT-008 Phase I/II trial in patients with leukemia

Cellerant Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel hematopoietic stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapies for blood disorders and cancer, announced the initiation of a Phase I/II clinical trial of CLT-008 in patients receiving intensive post-remission chemotherapy for high-risk leukemia or myelodysplasia.

23 Mar 2011

Strong 'innate immunity' effective in chikungunya patients

Chikungunya is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. The disease is spreading in the world and periodically sparks new outbreaks. Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean and even Southern Europe are now affected.

23 Mar 2011

Shire's Replagal and VPRIV data on Gaucher and Fabry patients presented at ACMG meeting

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, presented new data for Replagal in patients with Fabry disease, and VPRIV in patients with type 1 Gaucher disease, at the 2011 American College of Medical Genetics' Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, held in Vancouver, BC, from March 16-20, 2011.

22 Mar 2011

Researcher to look for genes that can suppress epileptic seizures in fruit flies

"Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration" - is the name of a rare and competitive grant that Reenan recently won from the National Institutes of Health. Beginning April 1, Reenan will use the four-year, $1.3-million award to look for genes that can suppress seizures in fruit flies that he has cleverly engineered to mimic human epilepsy.

22 Mar 2011

Survey: AR symptoms continue to impact patients' daily activities

Results from a recent pivotal allergic rhinitis satisfaction survey assessing patient and healthcare provider perspectives on AR reveal that symptoms like nasal congestion and post-nasal drip continue to impact patients' daily activities.

22 Mar 2011

NanoViricides reports improved efficacy with optimized FluCide nanoviricide drug candidates for influenza

NanoViricides, Inc. reported dramatically improved antiviral efficacy with its optimized FluCide™ drug candidates in its most recent animal study.

21 Mar 2011

TB risk in infants exposed to infected health worker

Around 200 families have been exposed and probably infected with infectious Tuberculosis (TB) after a hospital health worker was diagnosed with the disease. At present the health care worker is off work and is receiving treatment. The hospital said there was no continuing risk to patients and staff.

16 Mar 2011

Baby Joseph’s flight to US from Canada

Baby Joseph Maraachli all of one year of age, is in a vegetative state with a severe neurological condition and will not recover, Canadian doctors say. His parents Moe Maraachli and Sana Nader, have transferred him to a US Catholic hospital after an Ontario court ruled doctors could remove a breathing tube keeping him alive. An Ontario hospital had refused his parents' request for a tracheotomy they say will prolong his life by six months and allow him to die at home. A Catholic hospital in the US city of St Louis will review his case, according to the family’s lawyer.

14 Mar 2011

U-M's CoreValve trial to offer less invasive approach for patients with aortic stenosis

The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, a leader in heart valve replacement, will participate in a national clinical trial to offer patients a less invasive approach to replacing diseased aortic valves.

14 Mar 2011

New technique may find 'hidden' receptors in nerve cells

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and University of Pennsylvania have found a way to uncover potential drug targets that have so far remained hidden from researchers' view.

11 Mar 2011

Scientific advances at Scripps Research lay foundation for new lupus drug Benlysta

Scientific advances at The Scripps Research Institute were key to laying the foundation for the new drug Benlysta® (belimumab), approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Benlysta®, which treats the most common type of lupus, is the first in a new class of pharmaceuticals that prevents the body from attacking its own critical tissues.

11 Mar 2011

Researchers develop web-based approach to solve personal health assessment problem

Health literacy is a prerequisite for well being in the developed world with five out of five ailments being treatable by patients themselves given access to appropriate information.

11 Mar 2011

Fever News and Research

Insect Shield Repellent Apparel can protect against tick bites

ACCF, AHA guidelines recognize Effient as Class I treatment option for patients with ACS-PCI

Consumption of popular pain reliever during pregnancy may put children at increased risk for asthma

BMY receives FDA approval for YERVOY to treat metastatic melanoma

Researchers identify gene that can predict hypersensitivity to epilepsy drug

Mosquitoes carry risk of Murray Valley encephalitis warn Victorian health authorities

Department of Health acting Secretary stresses need to raise TB awareness

Tick-borne disease identified as emerging threat

Cellerant commences CLT-008 Phase I/II trial in patients with leukemia

Strong 'innate immunity' effective in chikungunya patients

Shire's Replagal and VPRIV data on Gaucher and Fabry patients presented at ACMG meeting

Researcher to look for genes that can suppress epileptic seizures in fruit flies

Survey: AR symptoms continue to impact patients' daily activities

NanoViricides reports improved efficacy with optimized FluCide nanoviricide drug candidates for influenza

TB risk in infants exposed to infected health worker

Baby Joseph’s flight to US from Canada

U-M's CoreValve trial to offer less invasive approach for patients with aortic stenosis

New technique may find 'hidden' receptors in nerve cells

Scientific advances at Scripps Research lay foundation for new lupus drug Benlysta

Researchers develop web-based approach to solve personal health assessment problem

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Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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