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Gym injury prevention advice for the New Year

The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) has a message for previously sedentary Americans who will head to the gym this New Year: take it slow. Stress fractures are the most common overuse injuries of the foot and ankle. They occur with a rapid increase in physical activity (too much too quickly). Stress fractures result from a series of loading and unloading cycles that cause damage to the bone. If these forces continue and the bone is not able to repair itself fast enough, a fracture may occur.

21 Dec 2010

Study on why whole orange is better than components

In time for Christmas, BYU nutritionists are squeezing all the healthy compounds out of oranges to find just the right mixture responsible for their age-old health benefits.

21 Dec 2010

Researchers present definitive explanation of how fibrotic cells destroy human liver

In the latest of a series of related papers, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Austria and elsewhere, present a new and more definitive explanation of how fibrotic cells form, multiply and eventually destroy the human liver, resulting in cirrhosis. In doing so, the findings upend the standing of a long-presumed marker for multiple fibrotic diseases and reveal the existence of a previously unknown kind of inflammatory white blood cell.

21 Dec 2010

Gilenya offers more benefits for MS therapy than previously realized

In September, patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) received the welcome news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a promising new drug for their condition called Gilenya. Now, a team from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered that this drug's success may involve an unexpected biological mechanism acting within the central nervous system (CNS). This difference may mean that Gilenya offers even more benefits than previously realized and would represent the first MS therapy with direct CNS activities.

21 Dec 2010

Exiqon completes discovery phase program for early detection of colorectal cancer in blood

Exiqon A/S today announced the completion of the discovery phase in its program for early detection of colorectal cancer in blood.

21 Dec 2010

Laser restoration therapy promotes hair regrowth in women

Many Women suffering from hair loss are turning to Advanced Hair Studios and discovering advanced laser therapy as a method along with other procedures to overcome thinning hair.

21 Dec 2010

Study reveals novel role of adenosine signaling in sickle cell disease

Metabolon, Inc., the leader in metabolomics, biomarker discovery and analysis, announces the publication of "Novel Role of Adenosine Signaling in Sickle Cell Disease", in Nature Medicine. Application of non-targeted biochemical profiling (metabolomics) to a mouse model of sickle cell disease (SCD) revealed a detrimental role of adenosine signaling in SCD and suggested novel therapeutic targets. The study was carried out in collaboration with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

21 Dec 2010

Writing habit 'is one of the top predictors of weight loss success'

The first step to reaching your ideal weight in the New Year may be as simple as writing it down.

21 Dec 2010

Genetic sequencing may serve as new diagnostic tool for unknown disease

A collaborative team of scientists and physicians at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin uses genetic sequencing to identify and treat an unknown disease.

21 Dec 2010

Obstetrics and Gynecology: One third of pregnant women are not screened for gestational diabetes

Nearly one third of pregnant women are not being screened by a simple laboratory test for gestational diabetes mellitus (gestational diabetes), according to a study of more than 900,000 American women published online today in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

From Quest Diagnostics 21 Dec 2010

FMCNA recommends dialysis patients to take precautions during severe weather

Fresenius Medical Care North America, the nation's leading network of dialysis facilities, reminds dialysis patients to take precautions now so they are not caught off guard when severe weather hits in their home community.

21 Dec 2010

Ovarian cancer tissue and healthy tissue smell different

György Horvath from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and researchers from the University of Gävle and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have been able to confirm in tests that ovarian cancer tissue and healthy tissue smell different. The results were published recently in the journal Future Oncology.

21 Dec 2010

New research sheds light on complex regulatory pathways for effective innate immune system

New research by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences reveals that the immune system has an effective backup plan to protect the body from infection when the "master regulator" of the body's innate immune system fails.

21 Dec 2010

Study: Chemotherapy can improve survival rate in older adolescents with leukemia

Research led by St. Jude Children-s Research Hospital investigators will likely impact how acute lymphoblastic leukemia is treated in young adults and shows older adolescent age does not dictate worse outcomes against the most common childhood cancer.

21 Dec 2010

Researchers develop new lung imaging technique that causes minimum tissue disruption

Fast-moving objects create blurry images in photography, and the same challenge exists when scientists observe cellular interactions within tissues constantly in motion, such as the breathing lung. In a recent UCSF-led study in mice, researchers developed a method to stabilize living lung tissue for imaging without disrupting the normal function of the organ.

21 Dec 2010

'CART' treatment better than traditional cognitive therapy at altering hyperventilation and panic symptoms

A new treatment program teaches people who suffer from panic disorder how to reduce the terrorizing symptoms by normalizing their breathing.

21 Dec 2010

Researchers show how malaria parasites infect red blood cells, impede blood flow to organs

Although the incidence of malaria has declined in all but a few countries worldwide, according to a World Health Organization report earlier this month, malaria remains a global threat. Nearly 800,000 people succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease in 2009, nearly all of them in the developing world.

21 Dec 2010

Exome sequencing leads to correct diagnosis and life-saving treatment for mysterious genetic disorder

A genetic testing approach called exome sequencing—which provides a clinically practical alternative to whole-genome sequencing—led to correct diagnosis and life-saving treatment in a child with a previously unknown genetic disease, reports an upcoming paper in Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

21 Dec 2010

Brilinta – AstraZeneca’s new blood thinner faces FDA hurdle

AstraZeneca’s new blood thinner that was pitched against Plavix, the world’s second-best selling drug failed to live up to expectations making stocks drop to a two year low, the steepest decline since Nov. 21, 2008, and the worst performance today on the 18-company Bloomberg Europe Pharmaceutical Index.

20 Dec 2010

Opsens unveils EasyWire for growth market of Fractional Flow Reserve for coronary lesion assessment

Opsens Inc. today unveiled the EasyWire, developed by its medical division for the growth market of Fractional Flow Reserve for coronary lesion assessment.

20 Dec 2010

Blood News and Research

Gym injury prevention advice for the New Year

Study on why whole orange is better than components

Researchers present definitive explanation of how fibrotic cells destroy human liver

Gilenya offers more benefits for MS therapy than previously realized

Exiqon completes discovery phase program for early detection of colorectal cancer in blood

Laser restoration therapy promotes hair regrowth in women

Study reveals novel role of adenosine signaling in sickle cell disease

Writing habit 'is one of the top predictors of weight loss success'

Genetic sequencing may serve as new diagnostic tool for unknown disease

Obstetrics and Gynecology: One third of pregnant women are not screened for gestational diabetes

FMCNA recommends dialysis patients to take precautions during severe weather

Ovarian cancer tissue and healthy tissue smell different

New research sheds light on complex regulatory pathways for effective innate immune system

Study: Chemotherapy can improve survival rate in older adolescents with leukemia

Researchers develop new lung imaging technique that causes minimum tissue disruption

'CART' treatment better than traditional cognitive therapy at altering hyperventilation and panic symptoms

Researchers show how malaria parasites infect red blood cells, impede blood flow to organs

Exome sequencing leads to correct diagnosis and life-saving treatment for mysterious genetic disorder

Brilinta – AstraZeneca’s new blood thinner faces FDA hurdle

Opsens unveils EasyWire for growth market of Fractional Flow Reserve for coronary lesion assessment

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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