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Multi-national group of researchers announce launch of International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project

The launch of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP) - a collaboration formed to discover and map the genes that contribute to Alzheimer's disease - was announced today by a multi-national group of researchers including Drs. Lindsay Farrer and Sudha Seshadri at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). The collaborative effort, spanning universities from both sides of the Atlantic, will combine the knowledge, staff and resources of four consortia that work on Alzheimer's disease genetics.

2 Feb 2011

Masimo PVI predicts fluid responsiveness with high sensitivity, specificity in ICU patients

Masimo announced today that a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Critical Care Medicine demonstrates that noninvasive, continuous monitoring of Masimo Pleth Variability Index predicts fluid responsiveness with high sensitivity and specificity in mechanically-ventilated patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

2 Feb 2011

New study to address causes and risk factors of ovarian cancer in African American women

University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are conducting an important new study addressing the lack of knowledge about causes and risk factors for ovarian cancer in African American women. The five-year study is funded by the National Cancer Institute through Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

2 Feb 2011

Viewpoints: On Judge Vinson's decision; Medicaid and long-term care; Doctors' ennui; Insurers' profits

Federal Judge Roger Vinson opens his decision declaring ObamaCare unconstitutional with that citation from Federalist No. 51, written by James Madison in 1788. His exhaustive and erudite opinion is an important moment for American liberty, and yesterday may well stand as the moment the political branches were obliged to return to the government of limited and enumerated powers that the framers envisioned.

2 Feb 2011

ACP finds diagnostic imaging for low back pain does not improve patients health

The American College of Physicians has found strong evidence that routine imaging for low back pain with X-ray or advanced imaging methods such as CT scan or MRI does not improve the health of patients.

2 Feb 2011

First blood-based diagnostic test for LAM

Circadian Technologies has announced today that in conjunction with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center it has begun offering its LAM diagnostic, which is offered as a laboratory test compliant with CAP (College of American Pathologists) /CLIA regulations.

2 Feb 2011

Zebrafish research findings may provide potential to improve kidney function in humans

It is estimated that up to 10 percent of the U.S. population may have some form of renal disease, with 450,000 patients with end stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh have identified a cell in zebrafish that can be transplanted from one fish to another to regenerate nephrons, providing the potential to improve kidney function.

2 Feb 2011

$Researchers find breast cancer therapy contributes to early-in-life hip fractures in women$

Researchers find breast cancer therapy contributes to early-in-life hip fractures in women

A hip fracture is not common in a 54-year-old woman, unless she is a 54-year-old breast cancer survivor, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Researchers found that a combination of early menopause due to breast cancer treatment and common drugs used to treat breast cancer, could be weakening the bones of breast cancer survivors once they hit middle age, leading to hip fractures.

2 Feb 2011

New robotic technique can better predict tumors during radiotherapy, prevent severity of side effects

Medical physicists at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center have demonstrated a new real-time tumor tracking technique that can help minimize the amount of radiation delivered to surrounding healthy tissue in a patient—up to 50 percent less in some cases—and maximize the dose the tumor receives.

2 Feb 2011

NIH awards multi-million dollar grant to form four-center cardiovascular research network

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a multi-million dollar grant to Dr. Roberto Bolli of the University of Louisville to form a four-center network examining cardioprotective therapies at the preclinical level.

2 Feb 2011

Tonsillectomy linked to obesity later in life: Study

The study involved 795 children from 0 to 18 years who were described as normal to overweight prior to their operations, and they were separated into three separate groups. Group 1 included three studies involving 127 children, whose body mass index (BMI) increased by 5.5 per cent to 8.2 per cent.

2 Feb 2011

Researchers find better way to create iPS cells from blood samples

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found a better way to create induced pluripotent stem cells-adult cells reprogrammed with the properties of embryonic stem cells-from a small blood sample. This new method, described last week in Cell Research, avoids creating DNA changes that could lead to tumor formation.

2 Feb 2011

Trained dog sniffs out colon cancer with 98% accuracy

For the study the researchers at Kyushu University trained an 8-year-old female Labrador retriever named Marine who was given breath and stool samples of 306 patients, collected right before they received colonoscopies.

2 Feb 2011

Study finds treatment-related mortality with bevacizumab in cancer patients

Cancer patients treated with the chemotherapy agent bevacizumab may be at an increased risk of treatment-related death when the drug is used in combination with other therapies.

2 Feb 2011

NY Times: New take on concierge medicine

When Jennifer Contreras went to see her new physician, she had hardly arrived in the waiting room before she was called in — by the doctor herself. Ms. Contreras is a patient at One Medical Group, a new model for primary care that aims to set a nationwide example.

2 Feb 2011

Bioengineers and physician-scientists zap tumors with light-activated nanoparticles

Rice University bioengineers and physician-scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have successfully destroyed tumors of human brain cancer cells in the first animal tests of a minimally invasive treatment that zaps glioma tumors with heat. The tests involved nanoshells, light-activated nanoparticles that are designed to destroy tumors with heat and avoid the unwanted side effects of drug and radiation therapies.

2 Feb 2011

PET imaging may play a role in early evaluation of vandetanib response in thyroid cancer

Positron emission tomography can image metabolic changes following treatment with the protein kinase inhibitor vandetanib, helping to define the therapy response or the effectiveness of the therapeutic agent, according to research published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

1 Feb 2011

Vanderbilt researchers announce multi-national collaboration on Alzheimer's disease genetics

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and across the globe, announced today a multi-national collaboration to discover and map all genes relating to Alzheimer's disease through the formation of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project.

1 Feb 2011

Kensey Nash second quarter revenue decreases to $17.4 million

Kensey Nash Corporation, a medical device company primarily focused on regenerative medicine for a wide range of medical procedures, today reported the results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2010.

1 Feb 2011

Biogen Idec 2010 total revenues increase 8% to $4.7 billion

Biogen Idec Inc., a global biotechnology leader in the discovery, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative therapies, today announced its full year and fourth quarter 2010 results.

1 Feb 2011

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Multi-national group of researchers announce launch of International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project

Masimo PVI predicts fluid responsiveness with high sensitivity, specificity in ICU patients

New study to address causes and risk factors of ovarian cancer in African American women

Viewpoints: On Judge Vinson's decision; Medicaid and long-term care; Doctors' ennui; Insurers' profits

ACP finds diagnostic imaging for low back pain does not improve patients health

First blood-based diagnostic test for LAM

Zebrafish research findings may provide potential to improve kidney function in humans

Researchers find breast cancer therapy contributes to early-in-life hip fractures in women

New robotic technique can better predict tumors during radiotherapy, prevent severity of side effects

NIH awards multi-million dollar grant to form four-center cardiovascular research network

Tonsillectomy linked to obesity later in life: Study

Researchers find better way to create iPS cells from blood samples

Trained dog sniffs out colon cancer with 98% accuracy

Study finds treatment-related mortality with bevacizumab in cancer patients

NY Times: New take on concierge medicine

Bioengineers and physician-scientists zap tumors with light-activated nanoparticles

PET imaging may play a role in early evaluation of vandetanib response in thyroid cancer

Vanderbilt researchers announce multi-national collaboration on Alzheimer's disease genetics

Kensey Nash second quarter revenue decreases to $17.4 million

Biogen Idec 2010 total revenues increase 8% to $4.7 billion

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