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Loyola's success in implementing standard of care for heart attack patients recognized by AHA

Loyola University Medical Center has received the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes Loyola's commitment and success in implementing an exceptional standard of care for heart attack patients.

29 Aug 2013

Researchers develop new opioid drug for chronic pain

A team of researchers led by Andrew Coop, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, has developed a new opioid drug that shows great potential to advance treatment and improve quality of life for individuals living with chronic pain.

29 Aug 2013

Study shows that migraine may have long-term effects on the brain's structure

Migraine may have long-lasting effects on the brain's structure, according to a study published in the August 28, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

29 Aug 2013

ASD children appear to outgrow critical social communication disability

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children appear to outgrow a critical social communication disability. Younger children with ASD have trouble integrating the auditory and visual cues associated with speech, but the researchers found that the problem clears up in adolescence.

29 Aug 2013

Problems with key enzymes potentially lead to autism spectrum disorder

Problems with a key group of enzymes called topoisomerases can have profound effects on the genetic machinery behind brain development and potentially lead to autism spectrum disorder, according to research announced today in the journal Nature.

29 Aug 2013

Study: Deficiency of protein causes age-related memory loss and Alzheimer's disease

A team of Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, led by Nobel laureate Eric R. Kandel, MD, has found that deficiency of a protein called RbAp48 in the hippocampus is a significant contributor to age-related memory loss and that this form of memory loss is reversible.

29 Aug 2013

Researchers identify possible treatment strategy for ALS and other neurodegenerative disorders

Researchers have tied mutations in a gene that causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative disorders to the toxic buildup of certain proteins and related molecules in cells, including neurons. The research, published recently in the scientific journal Cell, offers a new approach for developing treatments against these devastating diseases.

29 Aug 2013

Reversing inflammation in fluid near brain's cortex may provide solution to Parkinson's disease

Reversing inflammation in the fluid surrounding the brain's cortex may provide a solution to the complex riddle of Parkinson's, according to researchers who have found a link between pro-inflammatory biomarkers and the severity of symptoms such as fatigue, depression and anxiety in patients with the chronic disease.

29 Aug 2013

WPI researchers receive NIH grant to develop cell therapies for healing cardiac muscle

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $1.94 million grant to a biomedical research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) working at the forefront of cell therapies for healing cardiac muscle damaged by heart attack or chronic disease.

29 Aug 2013

Alzheimer’s drug trial: an interview with Geoffrey Kempler, Chairman & CEO Prana Biotechnology

Approval for the IMAGINE trial was granted by the Austin Health Research Ethics Committee in November 2011, with the first patients dosed in March the following year. However, well before the trial was approved, PBT2 had already shown promise in significantly changing Abeta levels in spinal fluid while improving cognition in a previous 12-week trial conducted in 2006.

28 Aug 2013

New research focuses on perfectionism to improve treatment for adolescent anorexia

Reducing ‘perfectionistic’ thinking as a way to improve treatment for adolescent anorexia, is the focus of new research by Griffith University.

28 Aug 2013

Study paves way for understanding the crucial role of lncRNA in human neurons

Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore have discovered an unusual gene that controls the generation of neurons. This important finding, which is crucial in understanding serious diseases of the brain such as Alzheimer's disease, was reported in the 8th August 2013 issue of the prestigious scientific journal, Molecular Cell.

28 Aug 2013

Researchers suggest new therapeutic target for brain tumor

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a specific protein in nearly 100 percent of high-grade meningiomas — the most common form of brain tumor — suggesting a new target for therapies for a cancer that does not respond to current chemotherapy.

28 Aug 2013

FDA extends PDUFA goal date for Auxilium Pharmaceuticals' sBLA for XIAFLEX

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has notified the Company that it is extending the Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date for the Company's supplemental biologics license application for XIAFLEX (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) for the treatment of Peyronie's disease from September 6, 2013 to December 6, 2013.

28 Aug 2013

SDSU researchers develop new device to accurately diagnose concussions from sidelines

In the United States there are millions of sports related concussions each year, but many go undiagnosed because for some athletes, the fear of being benched trumps the fear of permanent brain damage, and there is no objective test available to accurately diagnose concussions on the sidelines.

28 Aug 2013

Health Union publishes RA in America 2013 survey results

Health Union, LLC announced today that it has published detailed results from the "RA in America 2013" survey on its newly launched website http://RheumatoidArthritis.Net. The survey covered a broad array of topics impacting people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (also called RA), and was taken by 1,055 respondents making it one of the largest of its kind conducted with RA patients in the United States.

28 Aug 2013

Respicardia reports successful implant of remede System for CSA patients

Respicardia, a developer of implantable therapies to improve respiratory and cardiovascular health, announced the successful implant of the first commercially-available remede system for patients with Central Sleep Apnea.

28 Aug 2013

Institut Curie's Emmanuel Barillot receives Agilent Thought Leader Award

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Dr. Emmanuel Barillot, director of Bioinformatics and Systems IT at the Institut Curie in Paris, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of his pioneering development of user-friendly, Web-based bioinformatics tools for systems toxicology.

28 Aug 2013

Kessler Foundation scientist evaluates virtual reality office task in participants with MS and TBI

Denise Krch, Ph.D., research scientist for Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, presented "Pilot results from a virtual reality executive function task," at the International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation. In the pilot study, Dr. Krch evaluated the Assessim Office, a virtual reality office task, in participants with multiple sclerosis and TBI.

28 Aug 2013

Results from Phase II START study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Results from the START clinical study (Study of Thymoglobulin to Arrest Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes), led by Dr. Steve Gitelman (University of California, San Francisco) and sponsored by the Immune Tolerance Network, are published today in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

28 Aug 2013

Medical Condition News

Loyola's success in implementing standard of care for heart attack patients recognized by AHA

Researchers develop new opioid drug for chronic pain

Study shows that migraine may have long-term effects on the brain's structure

ASD children appear to outgrow critical social communication disability

Problems with key enzymes potentially lead to autism spectrum disorder

Study: Deficiency of protein causes age-related memory loss and Alzheimer's disease

Researchers identify possible treatment strategy for ALS and other neurodegenerative disorders

Reversing inflammation in fluid near brain's cortex may provide solution to Parkinson's disease

WPI researchers receive NIH grant to develop cell therapies for healing cardiac muscle

Alzheimer’s drug trial: an interview with Geoffrey Kempler, Chairman & CEO Prana Biotechnology

New research focuses on perfectionism to improve treatment for adolescent anorexia

Study paves way for understanding the crucial role of lncRNA in human neurons

Researchers suggest new therapeutic target for brain tumor

FDA extends PDUFA goal date for Auxilium Pharmaceuticals' sBLA for XIAFLEX

SDSU researchers develop new device to accurately diagnose concussions from sidelines

Health Union publishes RA in America 2013 survey results

Respicardia reports successful implant of remede System for CSA patients

Institut Curie's Emmanuel Barillot receives Agilent Thought Leader Award

Kessler Foundation scientist evaluates virtual reality office task in participants with MS and TBI

Results from Phase II START study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

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