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Viewpoints: Democrats turn tail; amending ACA is tough; Belgium takes hard stance on dying kids

Democrats in competitive races seem to have gotten hall passes to try to dissociate themselves from ObamaCare heading into the midterm elections, but the White House must be ruing some of the liberties their party comrades are taking with this new political independence. Witness the parade of Democrats pleading for more money for that great liberal anathema, Medicare Advantage (2/19).

21 Feb 2014

Ignyta reports preliminary results from ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of RXDX-101

Ignyta, Inc., an oncology precision medicine biotechnology company, announced today that Justin Gainor, M.D., of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, presented preliminary results from the ongoing Phase 1 dose escalation portion of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of RXDX-101, Ignyta's proprietary oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting solid tumor indications, at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 14th Annual Targeted Therapies for the Treatment of Lung Cancer Meeting.

21 Feb 2014

CSL Behring enrolls first patient in phase III study of C1-INH for prevention of HAE attacks

CSL Behring today announced it has enrolled the first patient in COMPACT, an international phase III study of a volume-reduced, subcutaneous formulation of C1-esterase inhibitor oncentrate in patients with frequent hereditary angioedema attacks (NCT01912456).

20 Feb 2014

Standards of Care for the Addiction Specialist Physician released by ASAM

The American Society of Addiction Medicine announces its release of the Standards of Care for the Addiction Specialist Physician. Drafted by a diverse panel of addiction treatment providers, researchers and academicians and clinical outcomes experts, this document enumerates the essential treatment standards that should be met by a physician who manages or oversees the care of a patient with addiction and related disorders.

20 Feb 2014

Professor receives $17M NIH grant to support IMPAACT Network

Grace Aldrovandi, MD, CM, principal investigator at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has been awarded $17 million by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

20 Feb 2014

Study finds Cyclin A2 protein induces cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction

After a heart attack, there is often permanent damage to a portion of the heart. This happens, in part, because cardiac muscle cells are terminally differentiated and cannot proliferate after blood flow is blocked off to the heart.

20 Feb 2014

HPV-positive patients with OPSCC show higher overall survival rate than HPV-negative patients

A retrospective analysis of oropharyngeal patients with recurrence of disease after primary therapy in the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) studies 0129 or 0522 found that HPV-positive patients had a higher overall survival (OS) rate than HPV-negative patients (at two years post-treatment, 54.6 percent vs. 27.6 percent, respectively), according to research presented today at the 2014 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.

20 Feb 2014

High-potency statins offer improved chance of survival in heart attack patients

A study looking at the data of thousands of patients who suffered heart attacks has suggested treatment with high-potency statins offers a significantly improved chance of survival compared to those taking normal statins.

20 Feb 2014

Sedentary behavior may be a risk factor for disability once we reach our 60s

People in their 60s who spend too much time sitting down may be increasing their risk of becoming disabled, a study shows.

20 Feb 2014

Implants made of nickel-titanium alloy are not dangerous to health, shows study

Jena (Germany) A trousers button, a coin or a watch can be dangerous for people with a nickel allergy. Approximately 1 in 10 Germans is allergic to the metal.

20 Feb 2014

Researchers use cardiac monitor to assess atrial fibrillation after cryptogenic stroke

Larry Ambrose woke up one night, wandered into his kitchen but couldn't completely read the time on his microwave. A few days later when he noticed his blood pressure was unusually high, he went to the hospital and was diagnosed as having a stroke.

From Medtronic 20 Feb 2014

Researchers propose new treatment to prevent mucositis in cancer patients

Experimental work pointing to a therapy for alleviating mucositis -- a common, severe side effect of chemotherapy and irradiation of cancer patients or patients prepared for bone marrow transplantation - has been achieved by an international team of researchers from the US and Israel headed by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

20 Feb 2014

Italian Society of Nephrology and Springer join forces to promote research in renal diseases

Beginning in 2014, Springer will publish the Journal of Nephrology, the official publication of the Italian Society of Nephrology. The new agreement will enable the journal to expand and strengthen its mission to stimulate advancements in medicine, focusing on nephrology, dialysis and renal transplantation.

20 Feb 2014

Supercomputer dramatically accelerates genome analysis

Although the time and cost of sequencing an entire human genome has plummeted, analyzing the resulting three billion base pairs of genetic information from a single genome can take many months.

20 Feb 2014

Anesthesia Business Consultants to host 2014 AIAPM event in Las Vegas

Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC) announces today that the first annual Advanced Institute for Anesthesia Practice Management (AIAPM) is less than two months away—reserve your spot today! ABC has partnered with Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Medical Business Solutions to present the AIAPM.

20 Feb 2014

Bevacizumab offers no benefit for patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma

Adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to standard chemotherapy and radiation treatment does not improve survival for patients newly diagnosed with the often deadly brain cancer glioblastoma, researchers report in the Feb. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

20 Feb 2014

University of Iowa study finds that police work, like many other jobs, is mostly sedentary

Are you active at your job? If you're like most workers, you probably aren't. And the consequences could be deadly.

20 Feb 2014

Pediatric Cancer Genome Project identifies genetic alteration in brain tumor ependymoma

The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified the most common genetic alteration ever reported in the brain tumor ependymoma and evidence that the alteration drives tumor development. The research appears February 19 as an advanced online publication in the scientific journal Nature.

20 Feb 2014

Certain fragments of DNA shed by tumors can be used to non-invasively screen for early-stage cancers

Certain fragments of DNA shed by tumors into the bloodstream can potentially be used to non-invasively screen for early-stage cancers, monitor responses to treatment and help explain why some cancers are resistant to therapies, according to results of an international study led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators.

20 Feb 2014

Researchers examine what dosages of asthma medications works best in African Americans

The University of Illinois at Chicago has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to determine what combination and dosages of asthma medications works best to manage asthma in African Americans, who suffer much higher rates of serious asthma attacks, hospitalizations and asthma-related deaths than do white patients.

20 Feb 2014

Medicine News and Research

Viewpoints: Democrats turn tail; amending ACA is tough; Belgium takes hard stance on dying kids

Ignyta reports preliminary results from ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of RXDX-101

CSL Behring enrolls first patient in phase III study of C1-INH for prevention of HAE attacks

Standards of Care for the Addiction Specialist Physician released by ASAM

Professor receives $17M NIH grant to support IMPAACT Network

Study finds Cyclin A2 protein induces cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction

HPV-positive patients with OPSCC show higher overall survival rate than HPV-negative patients

High-potency statins offer improved chance of survival in heart attack patients

Sedentary behavior may be a risk factor for disability once we reach our 60s

Implants made of nickel-titanium alloy are not dangerous to health, shows study

Researchers use cardiac monitor to assess atrial fibrillation after cryptogenic stroke

Researchers propose new treatment to prevent mucositis in cancer patients

Italian Society of Nephrology and Springer join forces to promote research in renal diseases

Supercomputer dramatically accelerates genome analysis

Anesthesia Business Consultants to host 2014 AIAPM event in Las Vegas

Bevacizumab offers no benefit for patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma

University of Iowa study finds that police work, like many other jobs, is mostly sedentary

Pediatric Cancer Genome Project identifies genetic alteration in brain tumor ependymoma

Certain fragments of DNA shed by tumors can be used to non-invasively screen for early-stage cancers

Researchers examine what dosages of asthma medications works best in African Americans

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