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Team-based care and medical homes may improve chronic disease management

Patients whose hypertension is managed by a physician-pharmacist team have lower blood pressure levels and are more likely to reach goals for blood pressure control than those treated without this collaborative approach, according to a report in the November 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

24 Nov 2009

Scientists identify factors behind chronic coughing

Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The

24 Nov 2009

Scientists determine how insulin resistant drugs alter core biochemical pathways through systems biology approach

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego recently offered the sharpest-yet picture of how core biochemical pathways in skeletal muscle cells and fat cells are altered in people who suffer from insulin resistance-a primary defect in type 2 diabetes and obesity. Taking a systems biology approach, the bioengineers and medical researchers also determined how a common class of drugs for treating insulin resistance-TZDs-alter these same core pathways.

24 Nov 2009

Clavis Pharma signs drug development and commercialisation agreement with Clovis Oncology

Clavis Pharma ASA, the clinical stage oncology focused pharmaceutical company, and Clovis Oncology, Inc., the newly formed oncology company led by former Pharmion Corporation executives, announced today an agreement for the further development and commercialisation of the Clavis Pharma drug candidate, CP-4126, currently in Phase II development in pancreatic cancer.

24 Nov 2009

Minimally invasive procedure relieves chronic back pain for retired school teacher

Carole Riggs, a retired teacher and school principal, points to her work during one Christmas vacation - bending, twisting and sitting on the floor to create games and teaching aids - as the primary culprit behind many years of back pain.

24 Nov 2009

Physical exercise - one of the most effective methods of preventing disease

Physical exercise is one of the most effective methods of preventing disease. The current issue of Deutsches -rzteblatt International is devoted to this important topic.

24 Nov 2009

Researchers find causes for patellofemoral pain syndrome

From professional athletes to weekend warriors, the condition known as "runner's knee" is a painful and potentially debilitating injury suffered by millions of people - although until now, it has been unclear just what causes it.

24 Nov 2009

NIGMS invests $42.3 million in "Grand Opportunities" grant

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is investing $42.3 million for grants in scientific areas it identified as "Grand Opportunities (GO)." NIH developed the GO grant program to stimulate biomedical research and the economy using funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act).

24 Nov 2009

USC University Hospital receives Heart Transplant Excellence Award

The University of Southern California (USC) University Hospital received a Heart Transplant Excellence Award from the independent healthcare ratings organization Health Grades, ranking among the top one percent of hospitals in the U.S. that perform heart transplants.

24 Nov 2009

GMC named in the 2009 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success list

Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) has been named to the 2009 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success list, which annually identifies high-performing cardiovascular hospitals nationally and sets performance targets for managing and improving cardiovascular services.

24 Nov 2009

Human-derived UCB stem cell transplant has positive therapeutic effects on specific lung and heart disorders

Two separate studies published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (18:8), - now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct - have shown that transplanted human-derived umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells transplanted in an animal model had positive therapeutic effects on specific lung and heart disorders the animal models.

24 Nov 2009

A 'home far away from home' for medical students

When Sebastian Leder, a medical student from the University of Vienna in Austria, came to the Wake Forest University School of Medicine to complete his clinical education, he found not the usual student apartment but an inviting house waiting for him.

24 Nov 2009

Geisinger Health System is one among six healthcare organizations in U.S. invited to join Med-IC

Geisinger Health System is one of only six healthcare organizations in the United States invited by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University to participate in a new pilot program, Medicare Innovations Collaborative (Med-IC). Med-IC is a national effort to change healthcare policy and improve healthcare for older adults by putting the leading models of geriatric best practices to work in hospital settings.

24 Nov 2009

DTCA linked with increased Medicaid pharmacy expenditures

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for a commonly prescribed antiplatelet drug does not appear associated with increased use, but may be associated with increased drug costs and Medicaid pharmacy expenditures, according to a report in the November 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

24 Nov 2009

Urban sprawl causes delay in ambulances reaching their destinations in the United States

Previous research has demonstrated links between urban sprawl and many of our most pressing public health issues, including obesity and traffic injuries. New research from the University of Virginia Health System shows that urban sprawl also causes delays in ambulances reaching their destinations in sprawling sections of large metropolitan areas in the United States. The study appears in the November edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

24 Nov 2009

Medicine News and Research

Team-based care and medical homes may improve chronic disease management

Scientists identify factors behind chronic coughing

Scientists determine how insulin resistant drugs alter core biochemical pathways through systems biology approach

Clavis Pharma signs drug development and commercialisation agreement with Clovis Oncology

Minimally invasive procedure relieves chronic back pain for retired school teacher

Physical exercise - one of the most effective methods of preventing disease

Researchers find causes for patellofemoral pain syndrome

NIGMS invests $42.3 million in "Grand Opportunities" grant

USC University Hospital receives Heart Transplant Excellence Award

GMC named in the 2009 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success list

Human-derived UCB stem cell transplant has positive therapeutic effects on specific lung and heart disorders

A 'home far away from home' for medical students

Geisinger Health System is one among six healthcare organizations in U.S. invited to join Med-IC

DTCA linked with increased Medicaid pharmacy expenditures

Urban sprawl causes delay in ambulances reaching their destinations in the United States

AmKor and Hengdian Group sign license agreement to develop and market new drug candidate in China

79% of children who lacked usual source of health care had an unmet need, reveals survey

New initiative launched to take care of patients with sickle cell disease

Diabetics should keep blood pressure under control to protect kidneys from disease, says nephrologist

Morbid obesity among people with diabetes is increasing at a very alarming rate, says kidney expert

Everything there is to know about biosimilars eBook

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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