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ACCP and FIRS honor World Cancer Day

During the 2010: The Year of the Lung campaign, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and other members of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) are honoring World Cancer Day, February 4, by elevating the awareness of lung cancer in terms of prevalence and prevention, as well as the amount of funding the disease receives for research in diagnosis and management.

4 Feb 2010

Validation results of SmartChip Real-Time PCR System to be presented at CHI's conference

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that WaferGen scientists will present validation results of the company's SmartChip™ Real-Time PCR System at Cambridge Healthcare Institute's 17th International Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference.

3 Feb 2010

Iodoprovidone exhibits safety and efficiency in management of malignant pleural effusion

In the USA each year, 200,000 cancer patients suffer from a malignant pleural effusion - development of excessive fluid (pleural effusion) in the chest. Several litres of such fluid can accumulate, and many patients suffer from significant breathlessness and distress. One in four patients with lung cancer, one in every three with breast cancer and most of the patients with mesothelioma will develop a malignant effusion.

3 Feb 2010

Apple Valley Medical Center to hold free Heart Failure Community Education Evening

A free Heart Failure Community Education Evening will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at the Apple Valley Medical Center.

3 Feb 2010

Multiple ultrasounds may not be necessary for diagnosing DVT in some low-risk patients

An analysis of previous studies suggests that for patients with a suspected blood clot in a deep vein of a leg, withholding anticoagulation therapy after a negative whole-leg compression ultrasound is associated with a low risk of developing a blood clot during the subsequent 3 months, suggesting that multiple ultrasounds may not be necessary for some low-risk patients, according to an article in the February 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Feb 2010

SNM's Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit examines the use of nanoparticles

SNM's Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit wrapped up today in Albuquerque, N.M., with in-depth discussion-and a high sense of energy looking ahead.

3 Feb 2010

Baker's yeast promising against cancer

A researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science is investigating the potential use of non-pathogenic baker's yeast as a promising, natural therapy for cancer.

3 Feb 2010

Hundred millions for biotech-licence

Apeiron Biologics AG (Apeiron) today announced the signing of an agreement granting GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) exclusive rights to APN01 (recombinant human Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2, rhACE2), an enzyme biotherapeutic currently in Phase 1 development for the treatment of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

3 Feb 2010

Food and fluid restriction during labour provides no significant benefit

The traditional practice of restricting food and fluids during labour does not provide any benefits, finds a new review co-authored by a Queen's University Associate Professor.

3 Feb 2010

CDC reports shows one in five American teens faces risk of developing heart disease

Pamphlets detailing the warning signs associated with heart disease may soon end up in an unexpected location: your child's pediatrician's office. According to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in five American teens has at least one risk factor for developing heart disease in adulthood.

3 Feb 2010

Study finds racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence

A New Jersey study found that African-Americans with cancer are less likely to survive it than whites, and residents of poor neighborhoods less likely to survive than are those in wealthier areas of the state.

3 Feb 2010

PATH to pay FDA $480,000 to speed creation of pneumococcal vaccine for developing world

The FDA on Monday said it's entering into a collaboration with the nonprofit group PATH "to speed creation of a pneumococcal vaccine for children in developing nations," United Press International reports (2/1).

3 Feb 2010

Hovione announces filing of new drug application in Japan for the influenza drug CS-8958

Hovione is announcing the filing of a new drug application in Japan by its licensee Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd. for the influenza drug CS-8958, which is delivered using Hovione's TwinCaps(R) inhaler.

2 Feb 2010

CTS: More people are being admitted to Canadian hospitals each year with COPD

A review of Canadian data by the nation's leading lung specialists has provided the factual evidence to support what respirologists across the country have been suspecting for some time. Shockingly, more people are being admitted to Canadian hospitals each year with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than any other major chronic illness (including heart attacks) and that number has been increasing dramatically in recent years.

2 Feb 2010

Health and environmental groups propose new ozone standard to help reduce asthma attacks and premature deaths

The American Lung Association, Breathe California, Coalition for Clean Air, Environmental Defense Fund and the Sierra Club will hold a joint press conference in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to strengthen the national limits for ozone "smog" pollution. The organizations are calling on the EPA to enact the most protective ozone standard under consideration to protect the health of our communities and the environment from serious harm.

2 Feb 2010

Minimally invasive living donor liver retrieval for pediatric transplant

NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is the only medical center in the United States to offer minimally invasive liver donation for pediatric transplantation. Surgeons use a laparoscopic technique to remove a section of liver from a living donor for implantation in a pediatric patient -- typically a parent donating to their child. The innovative approach promises dramatically improved recovery for the donor.

2 Feb 2010

Lungs News and Research

ACCP and FIRS honor World Cancer Day

Validation results of SmartChip Real-Time PCR System to be presented at CHI's conference

Iodoprovidone exhibits safety and efficiency in management of malignant pleural effusion

Apple Valley Medical Center to hold free Heart Failure Community Education Evening

Multiple ultrasounds may not be necessary for diagnosing DVT in some low-risk patients

SNM's Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit examines the use of nanoparticles

Baker's yeast promising against cancer

Hundred millions for biotech-licence

Food and fluid restriction during labour provides no significant benefit

CDC reports shows one in five American teens faces risk of developing heart disease

Study finds racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence

PATH to pay FDA $480,000 to speed creation of pneumococcal vaccine for developing world

Hovione announces filing of new drug application in Japan for the influenza drug CS-8958

CTS: More people are being admitted to Canadian hospitals each year with COPD

Health and environmental groups propose new ozone standard to help reduce asthma attacks and premature deaths

Minimally invasive living donor liver retrieval for pediatric transplant

Scientists and engineers conduct research on environmental health impacts of nanomaterials

Scientists find that protease HtrA2 can "clean" cells of oncogene WT1

Pandemic H1N1 influenza of swine origin has distinct means of transmission from seasonal flu

Smoking cessation increases cardiac health later in life

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