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Gait disruption increases risk of falls in Parkinson's patients: Study

We've all heard the saying about people who can't walk and chew gum at the same time, but it turns out that walking and talking is difficult enough, especially for people with Parkinson's disease who are at increased risk for falls with injury.

23 Sep 2010

Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health draws more than $40 billion in resources

Culminating a global summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Heads of State and Government, along with the private sector, foundations, international organizations, civil society and research organizations, kicked off a concerted world-wide effort to save the lives of more than 16 million women and children.

23 Sep 2010

Two Elsevier books win first prize at BMA competition

Elsevier is pleased to announce that two of its medical titles won first prize in their respective categories at the annual BMA Medical Book Competition ceremony in London on the 14th September 2010. An additional 22 Elsevier books were highly commended.

23 Sep 2010

Physicians' health habits could affect their abilities to counsel patients on diet, exercise

Physician's confidence in their abilities to counsel patients on a healthy diet and exercise may be related to their own personal habits, according to a study by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.

23 Sep 2010

MDS Nordion, Isotope enter framework agreement

MDS Nordion, a leading provider of products and services to the global health science market, today announced it has entered into a framework agreement with The Open Joint Stock Company "Isotope" the authorized subsidiary of Rosatom State Corporation, to explore and define areas of collaboration in the field of supply, marketing and sale of isotopes produced in Russia.

23 Sep 2010

AFMC supports research to determine link between blood vessel anomalies and multiple sclerosis

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC), along with other organizations in Canada including the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, is in strong support of rigorous scientific research to determine the possible link between blood vessel anomalies and multiple sclerosis and the potential benefits of surgical intervention to relieve its symptoms.

23 Sep 2010

Over one in three diabetics do not take insulin as prescribed

More than one in three diabetes patients skip doses or fail to take their insulin as prescribed, stating that they have done so on average three times in the last month, and 77 percent of physicians estimate that in reality this number could be as high as six doses, according to the Global Attitudes of Patients and Physicians in Insulin Therapy (GAPP™) survey, released today by Novo Nordisk.

23 Sep 2010

LWW and Ovid enter collaboration with Joanna Briggs Institute

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy, has announced an exclusive partnership with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), a recognized global leader in evidence-based healthcare resources based at the University of Adelaide, Australia, as part of an expansion of the nursing, allied health, and medical content delivered to customers of products in the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journals and Ovid brands.

23 Sep 2010

NextGen Healthcare becomes CCHIT Certified for Dermatology and Behavioral Health

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced that NextGen® Ambulatory EHR version 5.6, a CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR, has been additionally certified for Dermatology and Behavioral Health in the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology's (CCHIT®) certification program.

23 Sep 2010

Elsevier's new online surgical journal publishes case reports

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services together with Surgical Associates Ltd the Owner of the International Journal of Surgery, announced today the launch of the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports (IJSCR) a new author-pays online general surgical journal dedicated to publishing case reports only.

23 Sep 2010

Study finds adverse cardiac events rare during year after negative cardiac CTA scan

Adverse cardiac events are rare one year after patients are admitted to the emergency room with low-to-moderate risk chest pain and are discharged due to a negative cardiac computed tomography angiogram (CTA), according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Cardiac CTA is a noninvasive heart-imaging test that determines whether fatty deposits or calcium deposits have built up in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle.

23 Sep 2010

Women who smoke during pregnancy can harm child's motor ability: Study

Women who smoke during pregnancy run the risk of adversely affecting their children's coordination and physical control according to a new study from rebro University, Sweden, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

23 Sep 2010

Asuragen announces results of study evaluating RNA-based assay for detection of common NPM1 mutations

Asuragen, Inc. announced today the results of a collaborative study with scientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine evaluating a RNA-based assay for the rapid, sensitive and multiplex detection of common NPM1 mutations. The study results were published in the September issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.

23 Sep 2010

Interleukin Genetics announces clinical study data on osteoarthritis progression

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. and the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced today findings from a large clinical study to evaluate the role of genetic factors in osteoarthritis progression which showed patients with radiographic evidence of knee osteoarthritis who inherited a specific pattern of genetic variations in the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) gene were almost twice as likely to progress to severe disease as other patients.

23 Sep 2010

Resistance training program can help maintain metabolic health: Research

Although obesity is a major risk factor for disease, much of the threat may be associated with the metabolic (or cardiometabolic) syndrome, a cluster of risk factors related to diabetes and heart disease. Losing weight can improve health and reduce many of these risk factors. However, many people struggle to keep the weight off long-term.

23 Sep 2010

TAVI procedure effective in patients unsuitable for surgical valve replacement: Study

One-year data from the PARTNER clinical trial, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate that transcatheter aortic-valve implantation, compared with standard therapy, resulted in significantly lower rates of death among patients who cannot undergo surgery for aortic stenosis. The results will be presented tomorrow as a Late Breaking Trial at the 22nd annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium.

23 Sep 2010

New study calls future parents to understand effects of perinatal events on child development

Approximately 5,000 families (pregnant women, fathers and newborns) are being asked to take part in a new study called Étude 3-D (Découvrir, Développer, Devenir) that is aimed at understanding the effects of perinatal events on child development. The study is directed by Dr. William Fraser, Associate Director of Clinical Research at the CHU Sainte-Justine and professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal.

23 Sep 2010

UB researchers to investigate influence of environmental factors on MS progression

A $634,000 grant from the Department of Defense is allowing researchers at the University at Buffalo to investigate a trio of environmental factors and their influence on the progression of multiple sclerosis.

23 Sep 2010

Phase II study: Fostamatinib improves outcomes in RA patients

AstraZeneca's new oral syk inhibitor, fostamatinib (R788), recently in-licensed from Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., significantly improved outcomes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who responded inadequately to ongoing treatment with methotrexate, according to phase II study data published in The New England Journal of Medicine today.

23 Sep 2010

Implantation of new bioprosthetic-tissue valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis saves lives

Implantation of a new bioprosthetic-tissue valve into the hearts of patients who have severe aortic stenosis and are too sick or too old for open-heart surgery has been found to both save lives and improve the quality of those lives, according to a new multicenter study, to be published online at 2 p.m. Pacific time today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

23 Sep 2010

Medicine News and Research

Gait disruption increases risk of falls in Parkinson's patients: Study

Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health draws more than $40 billion in resources

Two Elsevier books win first prize at BMA competition

Physicians' health habits could affect their abilities to counsel patients on diet, exercise

MDS Nordion, Isotope enter framework agreement

AFMC supports research to determine link between blood vessel anomalies and multiple sclerosis

Over one in three diabetics do not take insulin as prescribed

LWW and Ovid enter collaboration with Joanna Briggs Institute

NextGen Healthcare becomes CCHIT Certified for Dermatology and Behavioral Health

Elsevier's new online surgical journal publishes case reports

Study finds adverse cardiac events rare during year after negative cardiac CTA scan

Women who smoke during pregnancy can harm child's motor ability: Study

Asuragen announces results of study evaluating RNA-based assay for detection of common NPM1 mutations

Interleukin Genetics announces clinical study data on osteoarthritis progression

Resistance training program can help maintain metabolic health: Research

TAVI procedure effective in patients unsuitable for surgical valve replacement: Study

New study calls future parents to understand effects of perinatal events on child development

UB researchers to investigate influence of environmental factors on MS progression

Phase II study: Fostamatinib improves outcomes in RA patients

Implantation of new bioprosthetic-tissue valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis saves lives

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