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Black patients with heart attack wait longer at hospitals to get life-saving procedures

Black patients having a heart attack wait longer at hospitals than white patients to get advanced procedures that will restore blood flow to their hearts, according to a University of Michigan Health System study.

21 Jun 2011

Study: 1 in 13 children suffer from food allergies

A national study of food allergies in the US, the largest of its kind, finds that more children have food allergies than previously reported.

21 Jun 2011

Blood-alcohol levels well below the U.S. legal limit linked to incapacitating injury, death

In the United States, the blood-alcohol limit may be 0.08 percent, but no amount of alcohol seems to be safe for driving, according to a University of California, San Diego sociologist. A study led by David Phillips and published in the journal Addiction finds that blood-alcohol levels well below the U.S. legal limit are associated with incapacitating injury and death.

21 Jun 2011

JDRF launches clinical trials network for treatment of type 1 diabetes

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Canada has announced the official launch of its large-scale effort to support clinical trials evaluating new treatments and technologies for type 1 diabetes in Canada.

21 Jun 2011

Study finds link between energy drink consumption and substance use among musicians

Frequent use of energy drinks is associated with binge drinking, alcohol-related social problems and misuse of prescription drugs among musicians, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.

21 Jun 2011

Rheonix, Mayo Clinic partner for genotyping test to assist warfarin sensitivity

Mayo Clinic today announced that it has reached an agreement with Rheonix, Inc. to collaborate on the performance of a genotyping test for warfarin sensitivity in clinical and research settings.

21 Jun 2011

New clinical trial to evaluate safety of tenofovir gel in breastfeeding, pregnant women

Determining whether a promising HIV prevention gel is safe for women to use while they are pregnant or breastfeeding is the aim of a new clinical trial being conducted by the National Institutes of Health-funded Microbicide Trials Network.

21 Jun 2011

Mayo Clinic announces collaboration on genotyping test for Warfarin sensitivity

Mayo Clinic today announced that it has reached an agreement with Rheonix, Inc. to collaborate on the performance of a genotyping test for warfarin sensitivity in clinical and research settings. The genotyping test will be available for all patients of Mayo Clinic and is the subject of ongoing research for improved anticoagulation therapy. Additionally, the test will be offered through Mayo Clinic’s reference laboratory, Mayo Medical Laboratories, to clients throughout the world.

20 Jun 2011

Genetic biomarker may help identify patients at increased risk of bypass surgery

Outcomes of bypass surgery to repair blocked arteries in the legs tend to be better in the roughly one-in-five people who have inherited a specific genetic variation from both parents, according to a study presented at the late-breaking clinical trials session of the Vascular Annual Meeting in Chicago on June 18, 2011.

20 Jun 2011

Panacea Global announces name change

Panacea Global Inc.,, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in blood (protein), serum and tissue tests to diagnose and monitor cancer, today announced the change of the Company's official trading symbol from MLXG to PANG.

20 Jun 2011

Neovasc first quarter revenues increase 10% to $1,169,920

Neovasc Inc., today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and advances in its product development programs.

20 Jun 2011

Concert earns $4M milestone payment from GSK collaboration

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has achieved a milestone in its strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline for its HIV protease inhibitor development program, resulting in a $4 million milestone payment to Concert.

20 Jun 2011

Researchers identify nine blood proteins that alter with age

Loss of muscle mass is not only associated with disease, such as HIV and cancer, but also with the normal aging process. Anabolic steroids are sometimes used to reverse loss of lean muscle tissue but they can have unwanted side effects.

20 Jun 2011

Novel biomarker-development pipeline approach for human diseases

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have demonstrated in mice that the performance of a novel biomarker-development pipeline using targeted mass spectrometry is robust enough to support the use of an analogous approach in humans.

20 Jun 2011

Surgeons demonstrate potential genetic basis for varying outcomes of leg vein bypass surgery

Vascular Cures, a leading non-profit investing in research to develop breakthrough treatments for vascular disease, announced results that indicate there may be a genetic basis for the varying outcomes of bypass surgery in the legs.

20 Jun 2011

Scientists discover three susceptibility genes for development of progressive supranuclear palsy

An international research team, co-led by scientists at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida, have discovered three potential susceptibility genes for development of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative disease that causes symptoms similar to those of Parkinson's disease but is resistant to Parkinson's medications.

20 Jun 2011

Hand sanitizer ingested by recovering alcoholic patient

Authorities are having another look at their provision of alcohol-based hand rub after an alcoholic patient drank six bottles of hand sanitizers at The Alfred hospital, Melbourne, Australia. This was the alcohol equivalent of about 20 glasses of beer. Doctors reported the incident in The Medical Journal of Australia yesterday.

19 Jun 2011

Teenage soda consumption survey

According to a latest report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), one fourth or 24% of students drank soda, down from 29% in 2009. The study was a part of the survey termed Analysis of the National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS) conducted by CDC.

19 Jun 2011

Cervical ripening that instigates preterm birth is distinct from normal term labor

Cervical ripening that instigates preterm labor is distinct from what happens at the onset of normal term labor, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

18 Jun 2011

Careful, well-designed studies needed for evaluating patients with MS: SIRF panel

Evaluating patients with multiple sclerosis who have narrowed jugular and azygos veins-and the value of widening those veins with angioplasty-warrants careful, well-designed research, noted members of a Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation's Research Consensus Panel.

17 Jun 2011

Blood News and Research

Black patients with heart attack wait longer at hospitals to get life-saving procedures

Study: 1 in 13 children suffer from food allergies

Blood-alcohol levels well below the U.S. legal limit linked to incapacitating injury, death

JDRF launches clinical trials network for treatment of type 1 diabetes

Study finds link between energy drink consumption and substance use among musicians

Rheonix, Mayo Clinic partner for genotyping test to assist warfarin sensitivity

New clinical trial to evaluate safety of tenofovir gel in breastfeeding, pregnant women

Mayo Clinic announces collaboration on genotyping test for Warfarin sensitivity

Genetic biomarker may help identify patients at increased risk of bypass surgery

Panacea Global announces name change

Neovasc first quarter revenues increase 10% to $1,169,920

Concert earns $4M milestone payment from GSK collaboration

Researchers identify nine blood proteins that alter with age

Novel biomarker-development pipeline approach for human diseases

Surgeons demonstrate potential genetic basis for varying outcomes of leg vein bypass surgery

Scientists discover three susceptibility genes for development of progressive supranuclear palsy

Hand sanitizer ingested by recovering alcoholic patient

Teenage soda consumption survey

Cervical ripening that instigates preterm birth is distinct from normal term labor

Careful, well-designed studies needed for evaluating patients with MS: SIRF panel

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