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Protein on surface of human breast tumour cells may serve as drug target for breast cancer

Scientists have identified higher levels of a receptor protein found on the surface of human breast tumour cells that may serve as a new drug target for the treatment of breast cancer.

19 Jul 2013

Study shows that eating more eggs is not associated with high serum cholesterol in adolescents

Although in the late 20th century it was maintained that eating more than two eggs a week could increase cholesterol, in recent years experts have begun to refute this myth. Now, a new study has found that eating more eggs is not associated with higher serum cholesterol in adolescents, regardless of how much physical activity they do.

19 Jul 2013

Biogen Idec announces acceptance of marketing applications for review of PLEGRIDY

Today Biogen Idec announced that U.S. and EU regulatory authorities have accepted the marketing applications for the review of PLEGRIDY (peginterferon beta-1a), the company's pegylated subcutaneous injectable candidate for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

19 Jul 2013

Cancer prehabilitation has potential to reduce problems, improve physical and mental health outcomes

For patients with cancer, "prehabilitation"— interventions given between the time of diagnosis and the start of treatment—has the potential to reduce complications from treatments and improve physical and mental health outcomes, according to a report in the August American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

19 Jul 2013

Mayo Clinic, Banner Health work together on diagnostic test to identify early Parkinson's disease

Researchers from Mayo Clinic Arizona and Banner Sun Health Research Institute are working together on a diagnostic test to identify early Parkinson's disease in patients thanks to a $152,486 grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

19 Jul 2013

MedUni Vienna cardiologist demonstrates effectiveness of substance that makes heart softer

Heart failure with concomitant pulmonary hypertension is a growing health problem with a high mortality rate, above all in older people. The cardiologist Diana Bonderman from the University Department of Internal Medicine II at the MedUni Vienna, as the author of a multinational phase II study, has demonstrated the effectiveness of a substance that sticks to the so-called nitric oxide pathway and makes the heart "softer".

19 Jul 2013

EHRA, AEPC release joint consensus statement on treatment of paediatric arrhythmias

A joint consensus statement on the treatment of paediatric arrhythmias has been released by the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology.

19 Jul 2013

Tianyin Pharmaceutical provides further updates on Gingko Mihuan Oral Liquid

Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical, modernized traditional Chinese medicine, branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients today provided further updates on the business development of its flagship product: Gingko Mihuan Oral Liquid with the SFDA approval number: H20013079.

19 Jul 2013

Cancer survivors twice as likely to experience severe menopausal symptoms

Cancer survivors were twice as likely to experience severe menopausal symptoms compared to women who have not had cancer, a new Australian study has found.

19 Jul 2013

Risk Weighted Cumulative Exposure can measure cumulative risk of concussion in football players

Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a new way to measure the cumulative effect of impacts to the head incurred by football players.

19 Jul 2013

Scientists take important step toward pharmacologic development of treatment for fatal brain disorders

A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a mechanism that can prevent the normal prion protein from changing its molecular shape into the abnormal form responsible for neurodegenerative diseases. This finding, published in the July 18 issue of Cell Reports, offers new hope in the battle against a foe that until now has always proved fatal.

19 Jul 2013

Teduglutide offers relief for patients with short-bowel syndrome

A new drug, teduglutide, offers significant relief for patients with short-bowel syndrome intestinal failure who are reliant on intravenous nutrition, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

19 Jul 2013

Nearly half of individuals with moderate kidney disease have medication resistant hypertension

More than 50% of individuals with moderate kidney disease have hypertension that is resistant to medications, and those who are black or have a larger waist circumference, diabetes, or a history of heart attacks or strokes are at highest risk, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).

19 Jul 2013

Study: COPD linked with increased risk of developing cerebral microbleeds

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with an increased risk of developing cerebral microbleeds, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. Cerebral microbleeds are a marker of cerebral small vessel disease, an important cause of age-related disability and cognitive decline.

19 Jul 2013

Phase 2 EORTC trial shows moderate dose radiotherapy is effective in desmoid-type fibromatosis patients

A phase 2 EORTC trial for patients with inoperable desmoid-type fibromatosis has shown that moderate dose radiotherapy is an effective treatment for patients with such a rare type of tumor. The study results published in Annals of Oncology show that response after radiation therapy is slow, and that continuing regression is seen even after three years.

19 Jul 2013

Study supports topiramate as promising medication to treat addiction

The drug topiramate, typically used to treat epilepsy and more recently weight loss, may also help people addicted to both cocaine and alcohol use less cocaine, particularly heavy users, researchers in the department of Psychiatry at Penn Medicine report in a new study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

19 Jul 2013

People who exercise less likely to experience stroke, new study finds

A new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is one of the first to study the relationship between exercise and stroke in a large biracial cohort of men and women in the United States. The findings are published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.

19 Jul 2013

New research uncovers biological ties between obesity and asthma

Genes linked to chronic inflammation in asthma may be more active in people who are obese, according to new research that uncovers several biological ties between obesity and asthma.

19 Jul 2013

Computerized cognitive testing plays a key role in therapy development for dementia, AD

Computerized cognitive testing is increasingly playing a key role in therapy development for dementia and Alzheimer's disease. This week at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Keith Wesnes Ph.D., Practice Leader of Bracket and founder of the CDR System-, discussed new data for novel therapies at two poster presentations at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference.

19 Jul 2013

Researchers receive $10M March of Dimes grant to study causes of premature birth

Researchers from Dartmouth's Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS), the Center for Integrative Biomedical Sciences, and the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine are studying the unknown causes of premature birth, as part of a $10 million March of Dimes grant awarded to a research collaborative of seven U.S. universities and medical centers.

19 Jul 2013

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Protein on surface of human breast tumour cells may serve as drug target for breast cancer

Study shows that eating more eggs is not associated with high serum cholesterol in adolescents

Biogen Idec announces acceptance of marketing applications for review of PLEGRIDY

Cancer prehabilitation has potential to reduce problems, improve physical and mental health outcomes

Mayo Clinic, Banner Health work together on diagnostic test to identify early Parkinson's disease

MedUni Vienna cardiologist demonstrates effectiveness of substance that makes heart softer

EHRA, AEPC release joint consensus statement on treatment of paediatric arrhythmias

Tianyin Pharmaceutical provides further updates on Gingko Mihuan Oral Liquid

Cancer survivors twice as likely to experience severe menopausal symptoms

Risk Weighted Cumulative Exposure can measure cumulative risk of concussion in football players

Scientists take important step toward pharmacologic development of treatment for fatal brain disorders

Teduglutide offers relief for patients with short-bowel syndrome

Nearly half of individuals with moderate kidney disease have medication resistant hypertension

Study: COPD linked with increased risk of developing cerebral microbleeds

Phase 2 EORTC trial shows moderate dose radiotherapy is effective in desmoid-type fibromatosis patients

Study supports topiramate as promising medication to treat addiction

People who exercise less likely to experience stroke, new study finds

New research uncovers biological ties between obesity and asthma

Computerized cognitive testing plays a key role in therapy development for dementia, AD

Researchers receive $10M March of Dimes grant to study causes of premature birth

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