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ICU patients should wait a week before receiving intravenous feeding: New study

Patients in the intensive care unit who do not tolerate adequate nutrition from tube feeding should wait a week before receiving intravenous (IV) feeding because, compared with early IV feeding, it enhances recovery from critical illness.

8 Jun 2011

Positive results from RXi's NeuVax-trastuzumab Phase 2 trial on breast cancer presented at ASCO

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative therapies addressing major unmet medical needs using targeted biotherapeutics, presented Phase 2 efficacy results for NeuVax in combination with trastuzumab at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting.

8 Jun 2011

Rosa, Profil Institute partner to offer simulation technology for diabetes and obesity clinical trials

Profil Institute for Clinical Research, Inc., a company leading the industry in early phase clinical trials for diabetes and obesity, and Rosa & Co. LLC, a drug development advisory firm with expertise in drug-disease modeling and simulation, jointly announced today a strategic alliance to offer Profil Institute customers use of Rosa's modeling technology to simulate disease physiology, drug action, patient variability, and trial outcomes for their early phase clinical development programs.

8 Jun 2011

Health-care professionals, researchers to attend Sixth World Conference on Breast Cancer

Today launches the sixth World Conference on Breast Cancer in Hamilton, Canada. The Conference is the only one of its kind to bring together breast cancer survivors, advocates, health-care professionals and researchers from developing and developed countries.

8 Jun 2011

NYU Cancer Institute scientists present new research findings at ASCO 2011

Experts from The Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center, at NYU Langone Medical Center presented new research findings at the 47th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

8 Jun 2011

New palonosetron-aprepitant trial data on chemotherapy induced nausea, vomiting presented at EHA

New data presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2011 Annual Meeting in London show better control of nausea and vomiting with the combination palonosetron plus aprepitant when compared to granisetron in patients receiving multiday highly emetogenic conditioning chemotherapy regimens - Significantly higher the complete response during the acute, delayed and overall periods.

8 Jun 2011

European hematologists raise alarm on insufficient research money for blood disorders

European hematologists raise the alarm on the insufficient research money for blood disorders. "Blood cancers kill over 95,000 in the EU every year; the EU must be made aware that more research funds are needed", states Professor Robin Foa, President of the European Hematology Association (EHA) at their annual congress in London.

8 Jun 2011

Closed-loop artificial pancreas could fight against Type 1 diabetes

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas. The device will automatically monitor blood sugar levels and administer insulin to patients with Type 1 diabetes, and aims to remove much of the guesswork for those living with the chronic disease.

8 Jun 2011

Scientists find neuronal cells die in Alzheimer's disease

In what they are calling a new direction in the study of Alzheimer's disease, UC Santa Barbara scientists have made an important finding about what happens to brain cells that are destroyed in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

8 Jun 2011

Study identifies factors that increase bankruptcy risk among people with common cancers

An analysis linking federal bankruptcy court records to cancer registry data from nearly 232,000 adult cancer cases in western Washington during a 14-year period has found a hidden cost to survival: Insolvency rates increase along with the length of survival.

8 Jun 2011

New insights into understanding of neurological disorders

Increasingly sophisticated imaging tools and techniques are emerging that make it possible to probe the organization and activity of the brain at the cellular and molecular level, leading to a better understanding of the complex networks that link brain structure and function.

8 Jun 2011

Millennium reports results from two VELCADE based combination studies against multiple myeloma

Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company with its parent company Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today reported results from two studies of VELCADE (bortezomib) for Injection based combinations in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM).

8 Jun 2011

Quest conducts first clinical Investigators Meeting for Oregovomab in Rome, provides corporate updates

Quest PharmaTech Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cancer, announced today that it conducted its first clinical Investigators Meeting for Oregovomab in Rome, Italy.

8 Jun 2011

OzHealth Pharma, Moberg Derma partner to distribute Emtrix in Australia and New Zealand

Moberg Derma AB has entered into a distribution agreement with OzHealth Pharma for Emtrix - for discolored and damaged nails caused by nail fungus or nail psoriasis.

8 Jun 2011

Topline results from 4SC vidofludimus Phase IIb trial against rheumatoid arthritis

4SC AG, a discovery and development company of targeted small molecule drugs for autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced topline results from its randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IIb clinical trial COMPONENT in RA.

8 Jun 2011

Study examines how stigma affects self-concept, identity of individuals with mental illness

A new study led by a Northern Illinois University sociologist shows that while family members often provide critical support, they also can sometimes be the source of stigmatizing attitudes that impede the recovery of mentally ill relatives.

8 Jun 2011

New Westchester Montefiore Laser and Eye Center to offer ophthalmology services

The new Montefiore Laser and Eye Center recently opened its doors to provide comprehensive care to Westchester patients at the Montefiore Medical Specialists of Westchester in Scarsdale, New York. Seven board-certified ophthalmologists from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center provide patients with specialty emphasis in pediatric ophthalmology, oculoplastic surgery, glaucoma, cornea and laser refractive surgery.

8 Jun 2011

Avoiding repetitive activities that increase stress on the joints may prevent bursitis

As warm weather arrives and the great outdoors beckons, more and more men and women will be taking to the trails, the beaches, or their yards and gardens, embarking on physical activities that may result in sore, aching, swollen joints.

8 Jun 2011

Scientists discover four different bacteria that can live on caffeine

As it turns out, humans aren't the only organisms that turn to caffeine for a pick-me-up. University of Iowa scientists have identified four different bacteria that actually can live on caffeine.

8 Jun 2011

McGill researcher develops speedier technique for predicting protein folding pathways

Protein folding has nothing to do with laundry. It is, in fact, one of the central questions in biochemistry. Protein folding is the continual and universal process whereby the long, coiled strings of amino acids that make up proteins in all living things fold into more complex three-dimensional structures.

8 Jun 2011

Medical Condition News

ICU patients should wait a week before receiving intravenous feeding: New study

Positive results from RXi's NeuVax-trastuzumab Phase 2 trial on breast cancer presented at ASCO

Rosa, Profil Institute partner to offer simulation technology for diabetes and obesity clinical trials

Health-care professionals, researchers to attend Sixth World Conference on Breast Cancer

NYU Cancer Institute scientists present new research findings at ASCO 2011

New palonosetron-aprepitant trial data on chemotherapy induced nausea, vomiting presented at EHA

European hematologists raise alarm on insufficient research money for blood disorders

Closed-loop artificial pancreas could fight against Type 1 diabetes

Scientists find neuronal cells die in Alzheimer's disease

Study identifies factors that increase bankruptcy risk among people with common cancers

New insights into understanding of neurological disorders

Millennium reports results from two VELCADE based combination studies against multiple myeloma

Quest conducts first clinical Investigators Meeting for Oregovomab in Rome, provides corporate updates

OzHealth Pharma, Moberg Derma partner to distribute Emtrix in Australia and New Zealand

Topline results from 4SC vidofludimus Phase IIb trial against rheumatoid arthritis

Study examines how stigma affects self-concept, identity of individuals with mental illness

New Westchester Montefiore Laser and Eye Center to offer ophthalmology services

Avoiding repetitive activities that increase stress on the joints may prevent bursitis

Scientists discover four different bacteria that can live on caffeine

McGill researcher develops speedier technique for predicting protein folding pathways

Digital pathology and the PathoVerse: A conversation with Dr. Singh

Bioprocess Efficiency with Cell Density Monitoring

Exploring electron microscopy for plant and microbial imaging at the John Innes Centre

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