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Combinations of mother's body size, placental size can predict heart disease in men in later life: Study

Researchers investigating the foetal origins of chronic disease have discovered that combinations of a mother's body size and the shape and size of her baby's placenta can predict heart disease in men in later life.

4 Jun 2011

Johns Hopkins researchers solve long-standing mystery of Warburg effect

It's long been known that cancer cells eat a lot of sugar to stay alive. In fact, where normal, noncancerous cells generate energy from using some sugar and a lot of oxygen, cancerous cells use virtually no oxygen and a lot of sugar.

4 Jun 2011

EntreMed's ENMD-2076 Phase 2 trial data on platinum-resistant ovarian cancer presented at ASCO 2011

EntreMed, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer today announced the presentation of clinical data for its Phase 2 study with ENMD-2076 in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer patients.

4 Jun 2011

New discoveries about role of blood vessels in early lung development

A research team at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles has made critical new discoveries about the role of blood vessels in guiding early lung development, especially in the essential, highly reproducible branching pattern of lung airways.

4 Jun 2011

Study investigates challenges that paper, computer workarounds pose to use of electronic health records

A new research study investigates the challenges that pen and paper workarounds or computerized communication breakdowns pose to the use of electronic health records. Understanding these challenges may lead to improved coordination of care supported by health IT.

4 Jun 2011

Gabapentin medication induces anorgasmia in older and elderly patients

Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have found that Gabapentin, a medication commonly used to treat neuropathic pain, seizures and biopolar disease in older and elderly patients, seems to have a higher incidence of anorgasmia, or failure to experience orgasm, than previously reported. This study appears in the current issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy.

4 Jun 2011

Decreasing iron-storing protein expression can enhance action of brain cancer therapy: Researchers

Brain cancer therapy may be more effective if the expression of an iron-storing protein is decreased to enhance the action of therapeutic drugs on brain cancer cells, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

4 Jun 2011

U of Alberta researchers win Canadian Society of Chemistry award

A one-of-a-kind Canadian research group, based in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta, has now won every award handed out by the Canadian Society of Chemistry for analytical and environmental chemistry.

4 Jun 2011

Scientists identify chromosomal mutation responsible for excessive hair growth

Researchers in the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), together with scientists in Beijing, China, have discovered a chromosomal mutation responsible for a very rare condition in which people grow excess hair all over their bodies.

4 Jun 2011

Hospitals need to measure quality of care

Hospitals that provide quality care for young people do not always provide the same quality care for the elderly, a new study has found.

4 Jun 2011

Researchers discover genomic control system that regulates gut formation in sea-urchin embryos

For all animals, development begins with the embryo. It is here that uniform cells divide and diversify, and blueprints are laid for future structures, like skeletal and digestive systems. Although biologists have known for some time that signaling processes-messages that tell a cell to express certain genes so as to become certain parts of these structures-exist at this stage, there has not been a clear framework explanation of how it all comes together.

4 Jun 2011

Research roundup: More spending can lead to better care; Calif. exchange lessons; high-volume hospitals

Medical Spending And The Health Of The Elderly -- Does more medical spending lead to better health care for people over age 64? To answer that question, "researchers from George Mason University and the Urban Institute used data of 17,438 elderly who entered the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey in the fall of each year from 1991 to 1999, and conducted multiple interviews over three years," according to one description of the study.

4 Jun 2011

Battelle, Perma-Fix sign exclusive option agreement to make medical isotopes

Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. today announced it has signed an exclusive option agreement with Battelle, which operates Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, to license technology from PNNL for use with Perma-Fix's proprietary process to safely and cost-effectively produce Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), which is used to make Technetium 99m (Tc-99m).

4 Jun 2011

Nuvera announces results of blinded study on breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response

Nuvera Biosciences, a molecular diagnostics company that develops gene-based diagnostic assays for personalized medicine in cancer, announced the results of a blinded validation study on its breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response.

4 Jun 2011

NIH approves BioTime's two human embryonic stem cell lines for clinical use

BioTime, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, today announced that two human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines, ESI-014 and ESI-017, developed by a BioTime subsidiary have been approved by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for inclusion in the NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry.

4 Jun 2011

Physiotherapy Associates inaugurates new Cedar Park facility

Physiotherapy Associates, the nation's foremost provider of outpatient rehabilitation services, recently opened a new physical therapy clinic in Cedar Park, TX. The Strickland Physical Therapy Associates clinic offers a comprehensive range of physical therapy services, including: manual therapy, foot and ankle, neck and back, and sports medicine.

4 Jun 2011

Cancer vaccine shows improved response rate in patients

A vaccine for one of the most lethal cancers, advanced melanoma, has improved response rate and progression-free survival for patients when combined with the immunotherapy drug Interleukin-2, according to research led by scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Indiana University Health Goshen Center for Cancer Care.

3 Jun 2011

Delayed treatment could prove effective in certain medical conditions

In today's fast-paced world, waiting — whether it's at the doctor's office, in line at the grocery store or for an Internet connection — is rarely considered a good thing.

3 Jun 2011

Technology, expert training and real-time feedback improves Hepatitis C outcomes

Widely-available technology, expert training and real-time feedback helped ensure that patients treated for Hepatitis C in local communities did as well as patients treated at a university-based medical center, results of a new study funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality show. The study is published in the June 2 online issue of the New England Journal of Medicine and in the June 9 print edition.

3 Jun 2011

Medical researchers uncover a novel approach to treat Huntington's disease

Medical researchers may have uncovered a novel approach to treat an incurable and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people.

3 Jun 2011

Medicine News and Research

Combinations of mother's body size, placental size can predict heart disease in men in later life: Study

Johns Hopkins researchers solve long-standing mystery of Warburg effect

EntreMed's ENMD-2076 Phase 2 trial data on platinum-resistant ovarian cancer presented at ASCO 2011

New discoveries about role of blood vessels in early lung development

Study investigates challenges that paper, computer workarounds pose to use of electronic health records

Gabapentin medication induces anorgasmia in older and elderly patients

Decreasing iron-storing protein expression can enhance action of brain cancer therapy: Researchers

U of Alberta researchers win Canadian Society of Chemistry award

Scientists identify chromosomal mutation responsible for excessive hair growth

Hospitals need to measure quality of care

Researchers discover genomic control system that regulates gut formation in sea-urchin embryos

Research roundup: More spending can lead to better care; Calif. exchange lessons; high-volume hospitals

Battelle, Perma-Fix sign exclusive option agreement to make medical isotopes

Nuvera announces results of blinded study on breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response

NIH approves BioTime's two human embryonic stem cell lines for clinical use

Physiotherapy Associates inaugurates new Cedar Park facility

Cancer vaccine shows improved response rate in patients

Delayed treatment could prove effective in certain medical conditions

Technology, expert training and real-time feedback improves Hepatitis C outcomes

Medical researchers uncover a novel approach to treat Huntington's disease

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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