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Radiologists to develop quantitative research tool that produces reliable numbers

The idea of probing the body's interior with radiation stretches back to experiments with X rays in the 1800s, but more than a century later, images taken with radiological scans still are not considered reliable enough to, for example, serve as the sole indicator of the efficacy of a cancer treatment.

16 Apr 2011

Exercise improves outcomes in patients with heart attack

A new study by researchers at the University of Alberta shows that for best results in stable patients after a heart attack, early exercise as well as prolonged exercise is the key to the best outcomes.

16 Apr 2011

Seniors living in supportive neighborhoods have better stroke survival rates

The odds of surviving stroke appear to be much better for seniors living in neighborhoods where they interact more often with their neighbors and count on them for help, according to research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

16 Apr 2011

GRAVITAS study shows no benefit of double-dose compared with standard-dose clopidogrel

An international consortium of scientists, including major contributions from the Montreal Heart Institute, demonstrates that the "one-size fits all" strategy of uniformly doubling the dose of an antiplatelet drug, clopidogrel, for patients with high on-treatment platelet reactivity does not reduce the incidence on death, heart attacks and stent thrombosis after percutaneous coronary intervention.

16 Apr 2011

Study shows increased teen crash rates during early high school start times

A study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows increased automobile crash rates among teen drivers who start school earlier in the morning.

16 Apr 2011

Hospital patients with AUDs are at increased risk of developing HAIs: Study

Hospital patients with alcohol use disorders are at an increased risk of developing healthcare-associated infections, which affect 1.7 million patients annually in the United States. HAIs are infections that patients acquire during their hospitalization and that were not present at the time of admission to the hospital.

16 Apr 2011

Data of ImmunoCellular's lead dendritic cell cancer vaccine candidate for GBM presented at AAN meeting

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., announced that Surasak Phuphanich, MD, Principal Investigator of the Phase I clinical trial of ImmunoCellular's lead dendritic cell cancer vaccine candidate for glioblastoma multiforme presented safety and preliminary efficacy data yesterday at the American Academy of Neurology 63rd Annual Meeting.

16 Apr 2011

Abbott submits ARCHITECT 25-OH Vitamin D assay application to FDA for clearance

According to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a third of Americans have vitamin D levels that are either inadequate or deficient. While many people know that vitamin D is necessary to help the body absorb calcium, which helps create strong bones and muscles, many don't know that insufficient levels of this important vitamin may lead to other health problems.

16 Apr 2011

Research roundup: Oral health; details of Medicare's IPAB

Trends And Variation In End-Of-Life Care For Medicare Beneficiaries With Severe Chronic Illness - This report explores the shifts in the use of medical resources to treat Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life between 2003 and 2007.

16 Apr 2011

NIH researchers survey landscape of melanoma genome

A team led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health is the first to systematically survey the landscape of the melanoma genome, the DNA code of the deadliest form of skin cancer. The researchers have made surprising new discoveries using whole-exome sequencing, an approach that decodes the 1-2 percent of the genome that contains protein-coding genes.

16 Apr 2011

New results from largest multicenter clinical trial for heart transplant patients be released at ISHLT 2011

New results from the largest multicenter clinical trial for heart transplant patients will be released this week at the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation 31st Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions in San Diego. Results show clinical benefit for the use of Everolimus in heart transplant patients.

16 Apr 2011

Chronic exposure to polluted air can lead to inflammation

Chronic inhalation of polluted air appears to activate a protein that triggers the release of white blood cells, setting off events that lead to widespread inflammation, according to new research in an animal model.

16 Apr 2011

Investigators provide call to action for training of future physicians to master relationship skills

With mounting evidence that patient-centered care improves medical outcomes, investigators from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine are providing a call to action for the training of future physicians to master relationship skills as well as the burgeoning scientific knowledge needed to practice 21st Century medicine.

16 Apr 2011

Complementary alternative medicine may improve quality of life in urban adolescents with asthma

A new study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati shows that urban adolescents with asthma may experience worse outcomes when not using spiritual coping and often use complementary and alternative medicine, or integrative medicine, like prayer or relaxation, to manage symptoms.

16 Apr 2011

Opexa's Tovaxin Phase IIb study data in MS presented at AAN meeting

Opexa Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing Tovaxin, a novel T-cell therapy for multiple sclerosis, today presented important efficacy data at the American Academy of Neurology 63rd Annual Meeting.

16 Apr 2011

Boehringer Ingelheim's dabigatran etexilate receives positive opinion from EMA committee

Boehringer Ingelheim's novel oral anticoagulant dabigatran etexilate, received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's medicinal committee today.

16 Apr 2011

U.S. District Court grants preliminary injunction to POZEN's Treximet patent lawsuit

POZEN Inc., a pharmaceutical company committed to transforming medicine that transforms lives, announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has granted a preliminary injunction ordering Par Pharmaceutical Inc. not to make, use, sell, offer to sell, or import into the United States a generic version of sumatriptan/naproxen sodium that competes with Treximet sold by GlaxoSmithKline in the United States under an exclusive license from the Company.

15 Apr 2011

New approach links cancer cell metabolism with poor clinical outcome

Identifying gene mutations in cancer patients to predict clinical outcome has been the cornerstone of cancer research for nearly three decades, but now researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have invented a new approach that instead links cancer cell metabolism with poor clinical outcome. This approach can now be applied to virtually any type of human cancer cell.

15 Apr 2011

Study: Low-carb diet greatly reduces liver fat

Curbing carbohydrates is more effective than cutting calories for individuals who want to quickly reduce the amount of fat in their liver, report UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.

15 Apr 2011

Saint Louis professor develops new high-flow brain bypass procedure

On the cover of a recent edition of the journal Neurosurgery, the highest circulation medical journal in the field, readers saw an artist's intricate depiction of the high-flow brain bypass technique developed by Saint Louis University professor of neurosurgery, Saleem Abdulrauf, M.D.

15 Apr 2011

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Radiologists to develop quantitative research tool that produces reliable numbers

Exercise improves outcomes in patients with heart attack

Seniors living in supportive neighborhoods have better stroke survival rates

GRAVITAS study shows no benefit of double-dose compared with standard-dose clopidogrel

Study shows increased teen crash rates during early high school start times

Hospital patients with AUDs are at increased risk of developing HAIs: Study

Data of ImmunoCellular's lead dendritic cell cancer vaccine candidate for GBM presented at AAN meeting

Abbott submits ARCHITECT 25-OH Vitamin D assay application to FDA for clearance

Research roundup: Oral health; details of Medicare's IPAB

NIH researchers survey landscape of melanoma genome

New results from largest multicenter clinical trial for heart transplant patients be released at ISHLT 2011

Chronic exposure to polluted air can lead to inflammation

Investigators provide call to action for training of future physicians to master relationship skills

Complementary alternative medicine may improve quality of life in urban adolescents with asthma

Opexa's Tovaxin Phase IIb study data in MS presented at AAN meeting

Boehringer Ingelheim's dabigatran etexilate receives positive opinion from EMA committee

U.S. District Court grants preliminary injunction to POZEN's Treximet patent lawsuit

New approach links cancer cell metabolism with poor clinical outcome

Study: Low-carb diet greatly reduces liver fat

Saint Louis professor develops new high-flow brain bypass procedure

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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