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14th Annual Geriatrics Healthcare Symposium to be held on Sept. 19, 2014

Experts in the use of comprehensive geriatric assessment for hospitalized elders and immunizations in older adults, and the author of the 2012 Beers Criteria - a guide to medication use in elders - will be featured at the 14th Annual University of Louisville Geriatrics Healthcare Symposium.

23 May 2014

Presentation at NMS 2014 highlights growing dangers of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

A presentation at this week’s National Medicines Symposium in Brisbane has highlighted the dangers of people taking common medicines such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) without thinking about the potential risks or harms.

23 May 2014

Researchers discover how gene commonly linked to obesity contributes to weight gain

Researchers have discovered how a gene commonly linked to obesity—FTO—contributes to weight gain. The study shows that variations in FTO indirectly affect the function of the primary cilium, a little-understood hair-like appendage on brain and other cells.

23 May 2014

Researchers identify mutation in fat-storage gene that appears to increase risk for type 2 diabetes

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a mutation in a fat-storage gene that appears to increase the risk for type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders, according to a study published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

23 May 2014

Poorer people less likely to follow recommended strategies for weight loss

Poorer people of all ages are less likely than wealthier ones to follow recommended strategies for weight loss, finds a recent study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

23 May 2014

Study: Children born with HIV more likely to develop resistance to antiretroviral drugs than adults

Children born with HIV are far more likely to develop resistance to antiretroviral drugs than adults, according to a new Tulane University School of Medicine study.

23 May 2014

Medical schools need to guide students on use of social media, say Penn researchers

Medical students use social media extensively, but medical schools may need to offer more guidance in potential pitfalls, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

23 May 2014

New database allows researchers to match old drugs for new diseases

There are thousands of drugs that silence many thousands of cancer-causing genetic abnormalities. Some of these drugs are in use now, but many of these drugs are sitting on shelves or could be used beyond the disease for which they were originally approved.

23 May 2014

Researchers identify small molecule that prevents bacteria from forming into infectious biofilms

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a small molecule that prevents bacteria from forming into biofilms, a frequent cause of infections.

23 May 2014

Danish researchers provide valuable insight into basic mechanisms of stem cell differentiation

The world has great expectations that stem cell research one day will revolutionize medicine. But in order to exploit the potential of stem cells, we need to understand how their development is regulated.

23 May 2014

Automated video analysis identifies children with autism spectrum disorders

Most schools across the United States provide simple vision tests to their students--not to prescribe glasses, but to identify potential problems and recommend a trip to the optometrist.

23 May 2014

TUSM scientists receive $11.5M grant to develop innovative treatments for heart failure

Innovative treatments for heart failure are lacking, leaving the nearly six million Americans who suffer from the condition with little hope for a cure.

23 May 2014

Kidney transplant recipients live longer than patients on intensive home hemodialysis

A first-ever study from a large Canadian centre found that kidney transplant recipients lived longer and had better treatment success than patients on intensive home hemodialysis, but also had an increased risk of being hospitalized within the first year.

23 May 2014

NeuroMetrix announces marketing launch of NC-Stat DPNCheck in Japan

NeuroMetrix, Inc., an innovative health care company that develops wearable medical technology and point-of-care tests to help patients and physicians manage chronic pain, nerve diseases, and sleep disorders, today reported the marketing launch in Japan of NC-stat® DPNCheck®.

22 May 2014

EMA grants Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product classification for TxCell's Col-Treg

TxCell SA, a biotechnology company developing innovative, personalized cell-based immunotherapies using antigen specific regulatory T-cells (Ag-Tregs) for severe chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, announces today that Col-Treg, its second therapeutic candidate from its ASTrIA platform, has been granted Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) classification by the Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) of the European Medicines Agency.

22 May 2014

Benefits of using VACUSAFE Laboratory Aspiration System for cell culture applications

INTEGRA has published a new video testimonial in which researchers at the Institute for Clinical Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich describe the benefits of using the VACUSAFE Laboratory Aspiration System to provide simple, reliable and safe aspiration of cell culture supernatents.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 22 May 2014

Medicine News and Research

14th Annual Geriatrics Healthcare Symposium to be held on Sept. 19, 2014

Presentation at NMS 2014 highlights growing dangers of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Researchers discover how gene commonly linked to obesity contributes to weight gain

Researchers identify mutation in fat-storage gene that appears to increase risk for type 2 diabetes

Poorer people less likely to follow recommended strategies for weight loss

Study: Children born with HIV more likely to develop resistance to antiretroviral drugs than adults

Medical schools need to guide students on use of social media, say Penn researchers

New database allows researchers to match old drugs for new diseases

Researchers identify small molecule that prevents bacteria from forming into infectious biofilms

Danish researchers provide valuable insight into basic mechanisms of stem cell differentiation

Automated video analysis identifies children with autism spectrum disorders

TUSM scientists receive $11.5M grant to develop innovative treatments for heart failure

Kidney transplant recipients live longer than patients on intensive home hemodialysis

NeuroMetrix announces marketing launch of NC-Stat DPNCheck in Japan

EMA grants Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product classification for TxCell's Col-Treg

Benefits of using VACUSAFE Laboratory Aspiration System for cell culture applications

MGH researchers test novel approach to disinfecting wounds in animal study

IBM collaborates with Zambian Ministry of Health to provide life saving drugs to citizens

Group of 11 genes could help predict alcoholism risk

Study: RNAi silencing strategy blocks production of mutant huntingtin protein

Everything there is to know about biosimilars eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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