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Study: Y-90 radioembolization is a safe treatment for patients with liver cancer

Interventional radiologists have been the leaders in the use of intra-arterial yttrium-90 radioembolization, since its introduction in 2000, to treat liver cancer.

29 Mar 2011

IOM report recommends steps to ensure LGBT health research gaps and needs

Recent findings on the differences in heart disease among women and men and among blacks and whites show that characteristics such as gender and ethnicity matter when it comes to health research.

29 Mar 2011

McKesson awards GW with two grants to study mobile-phone use in diabetic patients

GW researchers have been awarded two grants from the McKesson Foundation as part of its Mobilizing for Health initiative, an initiative to improve the health of underserved populations with chronic diseases through the use of mobile-phone technology.

29 Mar 2011

AHA, ACC applaud IOM for its new report on clinical practice guidelines

Few issues are more important to the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association than translating scientific evidence into guidelines and performance measures for healthcare providers, a process we have been engaged in for several decades.

29 Mar 2011

Doctors who use iResus application perform better simulated cardiac arrest emergency

Doctors who used a free iPhone application provided by the UK Resuscitation Council performed significantly better in a simulated medical emergency than those who did not, according to a study in the April issue of Anaesthesia.

29 Mar 2011

U.N., aid groups highlight mass exodus from violence in Cote d'Ivoire

Up to one million people in Cote d'Ivoire have fled escalating violence in the city of Abidjan, Melissa Fleming, a spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said at a news briefing in Geneva on Friday, Reuters reports.

29 Mar 2011

Penn neurologist develops new approach for brain activity study

By combining sophisticated mathematical techniques more commonly used by spies instead of scientists with the power and versatility of functional magnetic resonance imaging, a Penn neurologist has developed a new approach for studying the inner workings of the brain.

29 Mar 2011

Study: Donor's DNA level in heart transplant recipient's blood can reveal organ rejection

Heart transplant recipients and their physicians are likely more concerned with the function of the donated organ than with the donor's DNA sequences that tag along in the new, healthy tissue.

29 Mar 2011

Researchers find patients with Alzheimer's have lower glucose utilization in brain

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that patients with Alzheimer's disease have lower glucose utilization in the brain than those with normal cognitive function, and that those decreased levels may be detectable approximately 20 years prior to the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

29 Mar 2011

UC San Diego student to make medical imaging available in low-income countries

Benjamin Johnson, a fourth-year student at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is determined to make medical imaging technology widely available in low-income countries. His journey started in Uganda, where currently just 35 local radiologists serve the needs of 30 million people.

29 Mar 2011

Regado to present REG1 Phase 2b trial results against acute coronary syndromes at i2 Summit

Regado Biosciences, Inc., a privately held company pioneering the development of antithrombotic aptamers with active control agents, announced that Thomas J. Povsic, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University, will present results of the RADAR Phase 2b clinical trial for the Company's lead product, the REG1 anticoagulation system, at the i2 Summit during the American College of Cardiology 2011 60th Annual Scientific Session & Expo.

29 Mar 2011

Emory surgeons perform first hand transplant in college student

Transplant and reconstructive surgeons from Emory University Hospital announced today at a news conference that they have successfully performed a rare complete hand transplant on 21-year-old Linda Lu, a college student from Orlando, Fla. This is a first for the Atlanta Hospital.

29 Mar 2011

Backscatter airport scanners may not increase lifetime risk of cancer in travelers

Calculations by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scanners is low based on the amount of radiation these devices emit, as long as they are operated and function correctly.

29 Mar 2011

Altitude Research Center receives Department of Defense grant to prevent AMS in soldiers

As the American military rushes to confront adversaries in some of the world's highest mountain ranges, the Department of Defense is giving $4 million to the Altitude Research Center at the University of Colorado School of Medicine to develop revolutionary ways to combat high altitude sickness in soldiers, sailors and marines.

29 Mar 2011

PPD introduces new mobile application for clinical trial searches

PPD, Inc. today announced it has launched its new Clinical Trials Mobile application for use on Apple iPad and Apple iPhone devices to help potential clinical research participants and investigators find clinical trials across a wide range of therapeutic areas.

29 Mar 2011

Lotus fiscal year revenue increases 28.7% to $72.7 million for 2010

Lotus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a fast-growing, profitable developer, manufacturer and seller of medicine and drugs in the People's Republic of China, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

29 Mar 2011

FDA clears new BD ProbeTec Qx Amplified DNA Assays to detect HSV 1 and 2

Clinicians now have a new tool to help diagnose symptomatic patients with Herpes Simplex Viruses -- one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the world.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 29 Mar 2011

Study finds 'white coat' hypertension in patients during 24-hour ambulatory monitoring

A third of patients thought to have resistant hypertension had "white coat" hypertension during 24-hour ambulatory monitoring, in a large study reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

29 Mar 2011

CINJ scientist receives University of Texas award for cancer therapeutic research

In recognition of efforts made in cancer therapeutic research, Joseph R. Bertino, MD, chief scientific officer at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has been honored with The Jeffrey A. Gottlieb Memorial Award sponsored by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

29 Mar 2011

Scientists develop new model that can predict early adverse drug reactions

All medications have side-effects from common aspirin to herbal remedies and from standard anticancer drugs to experimental immunosuppressants. However, predicting important side effects, serious adverse drug reactions, ADRs, is with current understanding almost impossible.

29 Mar 2011

Medicine News and Research

Study: Y-90 radioembolization is a safe treatment for patients with liver cancer

IOM report recommends steps to ensure LGBT health research gaps and needs

McKesson awards GW with two grants to study mobile-phone use in diabetic patients

AHA, ACC applaud IOM for its new report on clinical practice guidelines

Doctors who use iResus application perform better simulated cardiac arrest emergency

U.N., aid groups highlight mass exodus from violence in Cote d'Ivoire

Penn neurologist develops new approach for brain activity study

Study: Donor's DNA level in heart transplant recipient's blood can reveal organ rejection

Researchers find patients with Alzheimer's have lower glucose utilization in brain

UC San Diego student to make medical imaging available in low-income countries

Regado to present REG1 Phase 2b trial results against acute coronary syndromes at i2 Summit

Emory surgeons perform first hand transplant in college student

Backscatter airport scanners may not increase lifetime risk of cancer in travelers

Altitude Research Center receives Department of Defense grant to prevent AMS in soldiers

PPD introduces new mobile application for clinical trial searches

Lotus fiscal year revenue increases 28.7% to $72.7 million for 2010

FDA clears new BD ProbeTec Qx Amplified DNA Assays to detect HSV 1 and 2

Study finds 'white coat' hypertension in patients during 24-hour ambulatory monitoring

CINJ scientist receives University of Texas award for cancer therapeutic research

Scientists develop new model that can predict early adverse drug reactions

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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