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Gay young men in serious relationships more likely to have unprotected sex

Gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up with casual partners, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.

2 Jun 2011

Somnus Therapeutics completes SKP-1041 Phase 2 trial against sleep maintenance insomnia

Somnus Therapeutics, Inc., a private specialty pharmaceutical company, has completed a Phase 2 dose-ranging study of SKP-1041, a modified-release formulation of zaleplon.

2 Jun 2011

Adaptimmune announces opening of Phase I/II clinical trial in multiple myeloma

Adaptimmune announced that it has opened a Phase I/II, dual site, two-cohort, open-label clinical trial in multiple myeloma at the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania testing its enhanced T cell receptor T cell therapy.

1 Jun 2011

China's SFDA grants production license to TPI anti-diabetic drug Gliclazide

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical medicine, modernized traditional Chinese medicine, branded generics and other pharmaceuticals today announced TPI has received the production license for its anti-diabetic drug Gliclazide Tablets from China's State Food and Drug Administration.

1 Jun 2011

New study: Low-carb, higher-fat diets do not harm vascular health

Overweight and obese people looking to drop some pounds and considering one of the popular low-carbohydrate diets, along with moderate exercise, need not worry that the higher proportion of fat in such a program compared to a low-fat, high-carb diet may harm their arteries, suggests a pair of new studies by heart and vascular researchers at Johns Hopkins.

1 Jun 2011

McMaster, Abbott create new education chair to focus on rheumatology

Abbott, a global, broad-based health care company, and the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University today announced the creation of an endowed chair to focus on teaching the next generation of rheumatologists for the growing number of Canadians living with arthritis.

1 Jun 2011

Twelve interventional live cases to use Toshiba's Infinix DP-i X-ray system at NCVH conference

Enabling physicians to perform a range of interventional procedures, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s InfinixTM DP-i X-ray system provides clinicians with the ability to transition between cardiac and peripheral work seamlessly.

1 Jun 2011

Scientists find no link between XMRV retrovirus and human disease

Delineation of the origin of the retrovirus known as XMRV from the genomes of laboratory mice indicates that the virus is unlikely to be responsible for either prostate cancer or chronic fatigue syndrome in humans, as has been widely published.

1 Jun 2011

Mouse virus not responsible for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, new study finds

Two years ago, a widely publicized scientific report plucked an old mouse virus out of obscurity and held it up as a possible cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. According to a new study published today by a group of researchers in California, Wisconsin and Illinois, that report was wrong.

1 Jun 2011

SGO's Clinical Document outlines expert recommendations for gynecologic cancer surveillance

Although gynecologic cancers account for only 10 percent of all new cancer cases in women, these cancers account for 20 percent of all female cancer survivors. Because long-term survival is now more common, it is increasingly important to detect recurrence.

1 Jun 2011

Nighttime heart and lung transplants do not affect patient survival

Despite concerns that surgeon fatigue is leading to dangerous complications for patients and data showing worse outcomes for many patients who undergo surgery at night, new Johns Hopkins research suggests that — in the case of heart and lung transplants — time of day has no affect on patient survival.

1 Jun 2011

Patients who undergo noisy operation more likely to suffer surgical site infections

Patients who undergo surgery are more likely to suffer surgical site infections if the operating theatre is noisy, according to research published in the July issue of the British Journal of Surgery.

1 Jun 2011

NIH scientists discuss expanded HIV testing and new prevention tools

In the 30 years since the first reported cases of a mysterious illness now known as AIDS, researchers have made extraordinary advances in understanding, treating and preventing the disease.

1 Jun 2011

Researchers receive CTSI Award for Translational Research in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health.

Patricia Dickson, MD, and Jennifer Yee, MD, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) researchers, will be honored on Thursday as recipients of the first UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute's (CTSI) Award for Translational Research in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health.

1 Jun 2011

E64d reduces Aβ levels and improves memory function in brains of Alzheimer's disease mice

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the Medical University of South Carolina and American Life Science Pharmaceuticals of San Diego have demonstrated that oral administration of a cysteine protease inhibitor, E64d, not only reduces the build-up of β-amyloid in the brains of animal models for Alzheimer's disease, but also results in a substantial improvement in memory deficit.

1 Jun 2011

School children with bullying behavior more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing

Children who are bullies or have conduct problems at school, are more likely to be sleepy during the day according to University of Michigan Medical School researchers.

1 Jun 2011

As work changes, docs and nurses changing too

There are no national surveys that track doctors' political leanings, but as more doctors move from business owner to shift worker, their historic alliance with the Republican Party is weakening ... Doctors were once overwhelmingly male and usually owned their own practices. They generally favored lower taxes and regularly fought lawyers to restrict patient lawsuits.

1 Jun 2011

Sleep loss reduces healthy young man's testosterone levels

Cutting back on sleep drastically reduces a healthy young man's testosterone levels, according to a study published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

1 Jun 2011

Rochester receives $1M FDA, BDRSA grant to begin first controlled clinical trial in Juvenile Batten disease

After years of building hope for a treatment, Rochester researchers and clinicians will begin the first controlled clinical trial for Juvenile Batten disease this summer, thanks to $1 million in grants from the Food and Drug Administration and the Batten Disease Support and Research Association.

1 Jun 2011

Eculizumab effective for treating hemolytic-uremic syndrome from EHEC

In the online version of the New England Journal of Medicine, physicians and scientists in Heidelberg, Montreal, and Paris reported on the successful treatment of three young children who were suffering from a severe hemolytic-uremic syndrome after an infection with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

1 Jun 2011

Medicine News and Research

Gay young men in serious relationships more likely to have unprotected sex

Somnus Therapeutics completes SKP-1041 Phase 2 trial against sleep maintenance insomnia

Adaptimmune announces opening of Phase I/II clinical trial in multiple myeloma

China's SFDA grants production license to TPI anti-diabetic drug Gliclazide

New study: Low-carb, higher-fat diets do not harm vascular health

McMaster, Abbott create new education chair to focus on rheumatology

Twelve interventional live cases to use Toshiba's Infinix DP-i X-ray system at NCVH conference

Scientists find no link between XMRV retrovirus and human disease

Mouse virus not responsible for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, new study finds

SGO's Clinical Document outlines expert recommendations for gynecologic cancer surveillance

Nighttime heart and lung transplants do not affect patient survival

Patients who undergo noisy operation more likely to suffer surgical site infections

NIH scientists discuss expanded HIV testing and new prevention tools

Researchers receive CTSI Award for Translational Research in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health.

E64d reduces Aβ levels and improves memory function in brains of Alzheimer's disease mice

School children with bullying behavior more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing

As work changes, docs and nurses changing too

Sleep loss reduces healthy young man's testosterone levels

Rochester receives $1M FDA, BDRSA grant to begin first controlled clinical trial in Juvenile Batten disease

Eculizumab effective for treating hemolytic-uremic syndrome from EHEC

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