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Research reveals that only 7% of patients survive from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is just 7%, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2013 by Professor Xavier Jouven and Dr Wulfran Bougouin from France.

2 Sep 2013

Holistic approach to understand and treat TB

For years, physicians around the world have watched as strain after strain of the deadly bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis evolves resistance to drugs.

2 Sep 2013

Chemical attacks in Syria can pose threat to US, says Homeland Security medical officer

The chemical attacks in Syria could lower the bar for use of chemical weapons by terrorist organizations or rogue nations that could eventually pose a threat to the United States, says Alexander Garza, M.D., former assistant secretary of health affairs and chief medical officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

31 Aug 2013

BTNL2 gene mutation that impacts immune function increases risk of prostate cancer

A team of researchers led by Janet Stanford, Ph.D., of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has discovered that mutations in the gene BTNL2, which encodes a protein involved in regulating T-cell proliferation and cytokine production - both of which impact immune function - increase the risk of developing prostate cancer.

30 Aug 2013

Malignant Hyperthermia Scientific Conference to be held at University of Toronto

The 2013 Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) Scientific Conference is being held at the Chestnut Conference Centre, University of Toronto, Canada on November 1st and 2nd, 2013 and is sponsored by Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States (MHAUS) in conjunction with The University of Toronto.

29 Aug 2013

Bisexual young people likely to smoke and drink alcohol twice more than heterosexual peers

Young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are twice as likely to have smoked than their heterosexual peers, according to new research published in BMJ Open. Lesbian and gay young people were also more likely to drink alcohol frequently and more hazardously.

29 Aug 2013

Reformulated OxyContin®: an interview with Dr. Paul Coplan, Executive Director, Risk Management and Epidemiology, Purdue Pharma

OxyContin contains oxycodone, which is an opioid agonist. It is used for the management of moderate to severe pain when a constant opioid analgesic is needed for a prolonged period of time.

29 Aug 2013

NAMS publishes new guidance for diagnosing and treating vulvovaginal atrophy

Symptoms of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), such as lack of lubrication, irritated tissues, painful urination, and pain with intercourse, affect as many as 45% of women after menopause.

29 Aug 2013

Findings support partial nephrectomy for T1b RCC

Partial nephrectomy and radical nephrectomy provide comparable cancer control for T1b renal cell carcinoma, yet use of the less radical approach has remained limited in the USA over recent years, study results show.

28 Aug 2013

Genetic variant linked with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetic patients

Joslin scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and Italian research institutes, have identified a previously unknown genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in type 2 diabetic patients.

28 Aug 2013

Certain Hodgkin lymphoma treatments put patients at increased risk for stomach cancer

Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased risk of subsequently developing stomach cancer, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

28 Aug 2013

Study reports racial, ethnic differences in incidence of soft tissue sarcomas in young adults, adolescents

Mei-Chin Hsieh, MSPH, CTR, of LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health's Louisiana Tumor Registry, is the lead author of a study that reports racial and ethnic differences in the incidence of soft tissue sarcomas in adolescents and young adults.

26 Aug 2013

BESTCILIA project aims to improve screening, treatment of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia is mainly a lung disease: a rare, genetically heterogeneous disorder resulting from dysfunction of small hair-like organelles (cilia) that clean the upper and lower airways. It can also affect multiple organs beside the respiratory system, and may cause serious impairment and lower quality of life. Its prevalence is estimated to be about 1 in 16,000.

26 Aug 2013

Study confirms exposure to arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function

A new study confirms that exposure to low to moderate amounts of arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function. Doses of about 120 parts per billion of arsenic in well water-about 12 times the dose generally considered safe-produced lung damage comparable to decades of smoking tobacco. Smoking, especially by males, made arsenic-related damage even worse.

23 Aug 2013

Neuroscientist from DZNE wins 1.3M Euros to explore how spatial orientation changes in elderly humans

Prof. Thomas Wolbers from the Magdeburg site of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) has been awarded a "Starting Grant" from the European Research Council (ERC) and thus, the support of one of Europe's most prestigious funding programs. Wolbers, who in 2012 was jointly appointed by the Otto-von-Guericke-Universit-t Magdeburg and the DZNE as professor for "Cognitive Ageing", will explore how spatial orientation changes in elderly humans.

23 Aug 2013

Takeda announces publication of data from two vedolizumab Phase 3 studies for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that results from two Phase 3 studies evaluating vedolizumab, an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, were published in the August 22, 2013 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

22 Aug 2013

Researchers examine important risk factors in increasing chances of heart attack

Researchers in India have carried out a data mining exercise to determine which are the most important risk factors in increasing the chances of an individual suffering a heart attack.

22 Aug 2013

Risk of obesity among African-American women decreased with vigorous physical activity

The prevalence of obesity has increased markedly in the U.S. in recent years. According to a new study by researchers from Boston University Slone Epidemiology Center's Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), the risk of becoming obese among young African-American women decreased with increasing levels of vigorous activity. The investigators focused on younger women because most weight gain occurs before middle age.

22 Aug 2013

New antibody drug shows positive results for treating Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis

Vedolizumab, a new intravenous antibody medication, has shown positive results for treating both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine. The findings, published in two papers, will appear in the August 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

22 Aug 2013

HIV prevention program at UCLA may reduce unprotected sex among bisexual black men

A culturally tailored HIV prevention program developed and tested by investigators at UCLA and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science has been shown to significantly reduce unprotected sex among bisexual black men.

22 Aug 2013

Epidemiology News and Research

Research reveals that only 7% of patients survive from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Holistic approach to understand and treat TB

Chemical attacks in Syria can pose threat to US, says Homeland Security medical officer

BTNL2 gene mutation that impacts immune function increases risk of prostate cancer

Malignant Hyperthermia Scientific Conference to be held at University of Toronto

Bisexual young people likely to smoke and drink alcohol twice more than heterosexual peers

Reformulated OxyContin®: an interview with Dr. Paul Coplan, Executive Director, Risk Management and Epidemiology, Purdue Pharma

NAMS publishes new guidance for diagnosing and treating vulvovaginal atrophy

Findings support partial nephrectomy for T1b RCC

Genetic variant linked with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetic patients

Certain Hodgkin lymphoma treatments put patients at increased risk for stomach cancer

Study reports racial, ethnic differences in incidence of soft tissue sarcomas in young adults, adolescents

BESTCILIA project aims to improve screening, treatment of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Study confirms exposure to arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function

Neuroscientist from DZNE wins 1.3M Euros to explore how spatial orientation changes in elderly humans

Takeda announces publication of data from two vedolizumab Phase 3 studies for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

Researchers examine important risk factors in increasing chances of heart attack

Risk of obesity among African-American women decreased with vigorous physical activity

New antibody drug shows positive results for treating Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis

HIV prevention program at UCLA may reduce unprotected sex among bisexual black men

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