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Scientists discover new clues about mechanism behind losartan drug's protective effects

The Johns Hopkins researchers who first showed that the commonly used blood pressure drug losartan may help prevent life-threatening aneurysms of the aorta in patients with Marfan syndrome have now discovered new clues about the precise mechanism behind the drug's protective effects.

16 Apr 2011

Radiologists to develop quantitative research tool that produces reliable numbers

The idea of probing the body's interior with radiation stretches back to experiments with X rays in the 1800s, but more than a century later, images taken with radiological scans still are not considered reliable enough to, for example, serve as the sole indicator of the efficacy of a cancer treatment.

16 Apr 2011

Exercise improves outcomes in patients with heart attack

A new study by researchers at the University of Alberta shows that for best results in stable patients after a heart attack, early exercise as well as prolonged exercise is the key to the best outcomes.

16 Apr 2011

$UT Southwestern surgeons' new device offers precise repair of pelvic fractures$

UT Southwestern surgeons' new device offers precise repair of pelvic fractures

A device developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons offers precise repair of pelvic fractures with minimal postsurgical scarring, pain and infection risk and is available for broad adoption by the nation's 200 level I trauma centers.

16 Apr 2011

LCA-NE calls on entire delegation to show support for lung cancer community

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance-New England thanked Senator John Kerry (D-MA) for being an original sponsor of the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act (S. 752), authorizing legislation that establishes a multi-agency, comprehensive research program addressing all aspects of lung cancer, and called on the entire delegation of Massachusetts to show their support for the lung cancer community.

16 Apr 2011

Evidence backing effectiveness of community-wide programs is poor, says new review

Programs that encourage communities to get more active are one strategy for stemming the global tide of obesity. Yet, a new review of studies says the evidence backing the effectiveness of these programs is poor.

16 Apr 2011

Kakadu Complex can protect against high insulin levels

Following 27 years of research, Australian wild foods are now scientifically recognized as the world's most nutritious plant foods. Their food quality sustained the world's longest living culture -- the Australian Aborigines -- for over 60,000 years, and in better health than we have today.

16 Apr 2011

Study uses simulation model to assess cost-effective eye screenings for Americans with diabetes

Eye examinations every other year are more cost-effective than currently recommended annual eye exams for people with diabetes who are at low risk of diabetic retinopathy progression.

16 Apr 2011

Women experience more severe and frequent domestic violence than men

Domestic violence knows no boundaries: cultural, socio-economic, religious, level of education, gender or age. It can occur in any relationship and to anyone, but especially to women. In fact, roughly 25 percent of women will become a victim at one time or another during her lifetime.

16 Apr 2011

Neural dysfunction underlying impulsive choice increases with AD severity: Study

Researchers already know that alcohol dependence is strongly associated with impaired impulse control or, more precisely, the inability to choose large, delayed rewards rather than smaller but more immediate rewards.

16 Apr 2011

Seniors living in supportive neighborhoods have better stroke survival rates

The odds of surviving stroke appear to be much better for seniors living in neighborhoods where they interact more often with their neighbors and count on them for help, according to research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

16 Apr 2011

Novocure's NovoTTF-100A System receives FDA approval for GBM treatment

Novocure today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the NovoTTF-100A System for the treatment of adult patients with glioblastoma multiforme brain tumors, following tumor recurrence after receiving chemotherapy.

16 Apr 2011

GRAVITAS study shows no benefit of double-dose compared with standard-dose clopidogrel

An international consortium of scientists, including major contributions from the Montreal Heart Institute, demonstrates that the "one-size fits all" strategy of uniformly doubling the dose of an antiplatelet drug, clopidogrel, for patients with high on-treatment platelet reactivity does not reduce the incidence on death, heart attacks and stent thrombosis after percutaneous coronary intervention.

16 Apr 2011

Hospital patients with AUDs are at increased risk of developing HAIs: Study

Hospital patients with alcohol use disorders are at an increased risk of developing healthcare-associated infections, which affect 1.7 million patients annually in the United States. HAIs are infections that patients acquire during their hospitalization and that were not present at the time of admission to the hospital.

16 Apr 2011

Data of ImmunoCellular's lead dendritic cell cancer vaccine candidate for GBM presented at AAN meeting

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., announced that Surasak Phuphanich, MD, Principal Investigator of the Phase I clinical trial of ImmunoCellular's lead dendritic cell cancer vaccine candidate for glioblastoma multiforme presented safety and preliminary efficacy data yesterday at the American Academy of Neurology 63rd Annual Meeting.

16 Apr 2011

Amylin's new metreleptin data in lipodystrophy to be presented at AACE meeting

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced results from a new analysis of an ongoing, long-term research study of the investigational drug metreleptin, an analog of the human hormone leptin, for the treatment of lipodystrophy.

16 Apr 2011

IOF, ISCD to develop new training courses to focus on osteoporosis diagnostic techniques

Two leading international organizations in the bone field are joining forces to establish a global series of training courses. The International Osteoporosis Foundation and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry have agreed to work together to develop an exciting new series of training courses which will set new standards in health education in the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis.

16 Apr 2011

Abbott submits ARCHITECT 25-OH Vitamin D assay application to FDA for clearance

According to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a third of Americans have vitamin D levels that are either inadequate or deficient. While many people know that vitamin D is necessary to help the body absorb calcium, which helps create strong bones and muscles, many don't know that insufficient levels of this important vitamin may lead to other health problems.

16 Apr 2011

NIH researchers survey landscape of melanoma genome

A team led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health is the first to systematically survey the landscape of the melanoma genome, the DNA code of the deadliest form of skin cancer. The researchers have made surprising new discoveries using whole-exome sequencing, an approach that decodes the 1-2 percent of the genome that contains protein-coding genes.

16 Apr 2011

Parental AUDs associated with increased risk of AUDs among offspring: Study

Researchers know that there is a strong link between parental alcohol use disorders and the risk for developing an AUD among their offspring. This study looked at the risk of AUDs in the offspring of a large population-based sample of Danish parents. Findings confirmed that parental AUDs were associated with an increased risk of AUDs among the offspring.

16 Apr 2011

Medical Condition News

Scientists discover new clues about mechanism behind losartan drug's protective effects

Radiologists to develop quantitative research tool that produces reliable numbers

Exercise improves outcomes in patients with heart attack

UT Southwestern surgeons' new device offers precise repair of pelvic fractures

LCA-NE calls on entire delegation to show support for lung cancer community

Evidence backing effectiveness of community-wide programs is poor, says new review

Kakadu Complex can protect against high insulin levels

Study uses simulation model to assess cost-effective eye screenings for Americans with diabetes

Women experience more severe and frequent domestic violence than men

Neural dysfunction underlying impulsive choice increases with AD severity: Study

Seniors living in supportive neighborhoods have better stroke survival rates

Novocure's NovoTTF-100A System receives FDA approval for GBM treatment

GRAVITAS study shows no benefit of double-dose compared with standard-dose clopidogrel

Hospital patients with AUDs are at increased risk of developing HAIs: Study

Data of ImmunoCellular's lead dendritic cell cancer vaccine candidate for GBM presented at AAN meeting

Amylin's new metreleptin data in lipodystrophy to be presented at AACE meeting

IOF, ISCD to develop new training courses to focus on osteoporosis diagnostic techniques

Abbott submits ARCHITECT 25-OH Vitamin D assay application to FDA for clearance

NIH researchers survey landscape of melanoma genome

Parental AUDs associated with increased risk of AUDs among offspring: Study

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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