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Genentech's obinutuzumab gets FDA Priority Review for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted the company's Biologics License Application for obinutuzumab (GA101) and granted Priority Review for GA101 in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common forms of blood cancer, based on final Stage 1 data from the pivotal CLL11 trial.

3 Jul 2013

Telemonitoring with pharmacist management improves and maintains BP control

An intervention that consisted of home blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring with pharmacist management resulted in improvements in BP control and decreases in BP during 12 months, compared with usual care, and improvement in BP that was maintained for 6 months following the intervention, according to a study in the July 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Jul 2013

Study examines link between smoking cessation, weight gain and CHD risk in postmenopausal women

"Cigarette smoking is an important cause of cardiovascular disease, and smoking cessation reduces the risk. However, weight gain after smoking cessation may increase the risk of diabetes and weaken the benefit of quitting," write Juhua Luo, Ph.D., of the Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington, Ind., and colleagues.

3 Jul 2013

Arthritis Research UK awards grant to develop new treatments for severe arthritis pain

Medical research charity Arthritis Research UK has awarded researchers at University College London and the University of Nottingham a grant of £800,000 to develop new treatments for severe arthritis pain.

3 Jul 2013

Mothers commonly talk to children about genetic test even it they test positive for gene mutation

Mothers commonly talk to their children about genetic test results even if they test positive for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation, which sharply increases a woman's risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.

3 Jul 2013

CRB Bio II, ADE Capital Sodical commit €3M seed investment round in Raman Health Technologies

CRB Bio II, a VC Fund managed by CRB Inverbío, and ADE Capital Sodical, have committed a €3M seed investment round in Raman Health Technologies, a new start up company developing a new non invasive diagnostic technology platform based on Raman laser and Infrarred spectroscopy. Its first indication will be for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer disease in a blood sample.

3 Jul 2013

Salk studies pave way to better computer object recognition and therapies for visual disorders

How is it possible for a human eye to figure out letters that are twisted and looped in crazy directions, like those in the little security test internet users are often given on websites?

3 Jul 2013

Study suggests shape of knee can determine need for ACL reconstruction after ACL tear

A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery has provided the first evidence that the shape of a person's knee could be a factor in the decision of whether a patient should undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction after an ACL tear.

3 Jul 2013

Weekly yoga class provides similar lower back pain relief as twice weekly classes for low-income patients

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have found that a weekly yoga class provided similar lower back pain relief and reduced the need for pain medication as twice weekly classes in lower income minority patients.

3 Jul 2013

Research: Change in functional state, structure of spinal cord and brain occur within 40 days of injury

A spinal cord injury changes the functional state and structure of the spinal cord and the brain. For example, the patients' ability to walk or move their hands can become restricted. How quickly such degenerative changes develop, however, has remained a mystery until now.

3 Jul 2013

Patients with high education show less impairment on neuropsychological evaluation

Multiple sclerosis (MS) can lead to severe cognitive impairment as the disease progresses. Researchers in Italy have found that patients with high educational levels show less impairment on a neuropsychological evaluation compared with those with low educational levels. Their results are published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.

3 Jul 2013

Study says screening heart with natriuretic peptide may reduce risk of dysfunction, heart failure

Among patients at risk of heart failure, collaborative care based on screening for certain levels of brain-type natriuretic peptide reduced the combined rates of left ventricular systolic dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction, and heart failure as well as emergency cardiovascular hospitalizations, according to a study in the July 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Jul 2013

Postmenopausal women who quit smoking can reduce risk of heart disease, regardless of diabetes

Postmenopausal women who quit smoking reduced their risk of heart disease, regardless of whether they had diabetes, according to a new study conducted by Juhua Luo, an epidemiologist at the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington.

3 Jul 2013

Researchers develop stimulation technique to improve language function in stroke patients with aphasia

On July 2nd, JoVE will publish a video article showing the details of a technique developed by researchers to improve language function in stroke patients with chronic speech-language impairment.

3 Jul 2013

Home-based exercise intervention improves walking performance, physical activity in PAD patients

In a trial that included nearly 200 participants with peripheral artery disease, a home-based exercise intervention with a group-mediated cognitive behavioral intervention component improved walking performance and physical activity in patients with PAD, according to a study in the July 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Jul 2013

Take time off to mentally rejuvenate and de-stress

To mentally rejuvenate and de-stress, the obvious choice may be to take time off from work or get away from the routine at home with a vacation, but a psychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham says a long vacation may not be your best bet.

3 Jul 2013

CTI announces publication of preclinical, clinical data for pacritinib in Drugs of the Future 2013

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that a comprehensive article summarizing preclinical and clinical data for pacritinib, an oral JAK2/FLT3 inhibitor, authored by Srdan Verstovsek, M.D., Ph.D., et al., was published in the journal Drugs of the Future 2013.

3 Jul 2013

Nearly half a million dollars given to physicians working to cure psoriatic diseases

Twelve residents and medical students each received a one-year, $40,000 National Psoriasis Foundation fellowship to study psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

3 Jul 2013

LARIAT procedure prevents stroke in patients who are unable to tolerate blood thinners

Jersey Shore University Medical Center is one of only a handful of hospitals in the country offering the recent FDA-approved LARIAT Suture Delivery Device procedure. Electrophysiologists and interventional cardiologists perform this innovative procedure to help prevent stroke in patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation and are unable to take blood thinners.

3 Jul 2013

Metastasis can occur when leukocyte and cancer cell fuse to form genetic hybrid

Yale Cancer Center scientists, together with colleagues at the Denver Police Crime Lab and the University of Colorado, have found evidence that a human metastatic tumor can arise when a leukocyte (white blood cell) and a cancer cell fuse to form a genetic hybrid.

3 Jul 2013

Medical Condition News

Genentech's obinutuzumab gets FDA Priority Review for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Telemonitoring with pharmacist management improves and maintains BP control

Study examines link between smoking cessation, weight gain and CHD risk in postmenopausal women

Arthritis Research UK awards grant to develop new treatments for severe arthritis pain

Mothers commonly talk to children about genetic test even it they test positive for gene mutation

CRB Bio II, ADE Capital Sodical commit €3M seed investment round in Raman Health Technologies

Salk studies pave way to better computer object recognition and therapies for visual disorders

Study suggests shape of knee can determine need for ACL reconstruction after ACL tear

Weekly yoga class provides similar lower back pain relief as twice weekly classes for low-income patients

Research: Change in functional state, structure of spinal cord and brain occur within 40 days of injury

Patients with high education show less impairment on neuropsychological evaluation

Study says screening heart with natriuretic peptide may reduce risk of dysfunction, heart failure

Postmenopausal women who quit smoking can reduce risk of heart disease, regardless of diabetes

Researchers develop stimulation technique to improve language function in stroke patients with aphasia

Home-based exercise intervention improves walking performance, physical activity in PAD patients

Take time off to mentally rejuvenate and de-stress

CTI announces publication of preclinical, clinical data for pacritinib in Drugs of the Future 2013

Nearly half a million dollars given to physicians working to cure psoriatic diseases

LARIAT procedure prevents stroke in patients who are unable to tolerate blood thinners

Metastasis can occur when leukocyte and cancer cell fuse to form genetic hybrid

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