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Toshiba highlights new enhancements for cardiac ultrasound imaging at ACC meeting

Ultrasound is often used as a first-line diagnostic exam to quickly and safely diagnose a range of patient conditions. At this year's American College of Cardiology annual meeting in New Orleans, April 2 - 5, 2011, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., will highlight new enhancements to its cardiac and shared service ultrasound systems that are designed to enhance cardiac ultrasound imaging.

5 Apr 2011

Siemens Hearing to unveil new instruments at AudiologyNOW! 2011

Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., will unveil a host of products at the American Academy of Audiology AudiologyNOW! 2011 conference - including the new Aquaris™, the world's first, truly waterproof, dustproof and shock-resistant digital hearing instrument.

5 Apr 2011

Metformin therapy may protect PCOS women against endometrial cancer

Research led by Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick has found that Metformin, a drug treatment used to treat diabetes and also in women with Polycystic vary syndrome, may potentially provide protection against endometrial cancer.

5 Apr 2011

Previously unknown mechanism blocks rewarding effects of alcohol on the brain

In order to develop new medications for alcoholism, researchers need to understand how alcohol acts on the brain's reward system. A previously unknown mechanism has been shown to block the rewarding effects of alcohol on the brain, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

5 Apr 2011

Reverse Medical's ReFlex A+ Catheter receives European CE mark approval

Reverse Medical Corporation announced today that it has received CE Mark for its ReFlex A+ Catheter for intracranial distal access, delivery and aspiration.

5 Apr 2011

Aeterna Zentaris presents two posters on perifosine at AACR meeting

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. today announced that two posters on its lead anticancer agent, perifosine, were presented at the 102nd annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research currently held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

5 Apr 2011

Less-invasive catheter-based aortic valve replacement as safe and effective as open surgery

Less-invasive catheter-based aortic valve replacement has a similar one-year survival as open valve-replacement surgery for patients at high risk for surgery.

5 Apr 2011

Adherence to guideline-related therapies can reduce heart failure patients' mortality rate

A UCLA-led study has found that adherence to national guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure in an outpatient practice setting significantly lowered the mortality rate of heart failure patients.

5 Apr 2011

$Adolescent girls participating in high-impact sports may face high risk of stress fractures$

Adolescent girls participating in high-impact sports may face high risk of stress fractures

Adolescent girls participating in high-impact physical activity, specifically basketball, running and gymnastics/cheerleading, appear to be at increased risk for developing stress fractures, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the August print issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

5 Apr 2011

OncoGenex presents OGX-427 preclinical data in prostrate cancer at AACR meeting

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that preclinical data utilizing their pipeline compound OGX-427 was presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011.

5 Apr 2011

'Tactile' devices generate realistic 'sense of touch' and sensation for stroke victims

Devices which could be used to rehabilitate the arms and hands of people who have experienced a stroke have been developed by researchers at the University of Southampton.

5 Apr 2011

Scientists reveal metabolic abnormalities underlying schizophrenia

Scientists in Finland have revealed metabolic abnormalities that are associated with schizophrenia. This may be an important step towards development of a clinical test of the disease.

5 Apr 2011

Researchers identify genetic anomaly that may drive rare subset of prostate cancers

Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a genetic anomaly that may drive the aggressive spread of a rare subset of prostate cancers.

5 Apr 2011

Individual’s response to alcohol can predict future drinking behavior

For some people, alcohol is a social lubricant. For others, it's an unpleasant downer. New research shows that a person's response to alcohol can predict their future drinking behavior, including their frequency of binge drinking and the risk of developing an alcohol-use disorder.

5 Apr 2011

Health experts release recommendations for fighting breast cancer in low-, middle-income countries

"Worldwide breast cancer incidence and mortality are expected to increase by 50 percent from 2002 and 2020 - and those rates will be highest in developing nations," according to a review article published Friday in Lancet Oncology that describes several challenges low- and middle-income countries face in diagnosing and treating such conditions, the Huffington Post reports.

5 Apr 2011

The New England Journal of Medicine publishes positive results from NorthShore's EVEREST II trial

NorthShore University HealthSystem interventional cardiologist, Ted Feldman, MD, presented positive results from the EVEREST II trial, that were concurrently published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

5 Apr 2011

Physical activity may moderate impact of stress on telomeres

UCSF scientists are reporting several studies showing that psychological stress leads to shorter telomeres - the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are a measure of cell age and, thus, health. The findings also suggest that exercise may prevent this damage.

5 Apr 2011

Guilt may play as motivational tool for cardiovascular patients

Current research supports the notion that lifestyle choices influence cardiovascular health, but to what extent specific emotions play is undefined. Now, new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has revealed the role that guilt may play as a motivational tool for cardiovascular patients.

5 Apr 2011

Tumor cryoablation coupled with immunotherapy amplifies tumor immunity

Scientists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit today presented data at the American Association for Cancer Research's 102nd Annual Meeting 2011 showing that when tumor cryoablation – or the freezing of tumor tissue while preserving tumor-associated antigens – is coupled with immune system modulation, the procedures have the potential to initiate or amplify tumor immunity.

5 Apr 2011

Certain microparticles help terminate inflammation

Scientists at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Harvard Medical School, Boston have found a way of mimicking the body's natural mechanism of fighting inflammation. During inflammation cells release very small particles termed 'microparticles' that retain features of their parent cell.

5 Apr 2011

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Toshiba highlights new enhancements for cardiac ultrasound imaging at ACC meeting

Siemens Hearing to unveil new instruments at AudiologyNOW! 2011

Metformin therapy may protect PCOS women against endometrial cancer

Previously unknown mechanism blocks rewarding effects of alcohol on the brain

Reverse Medical's ReFlex A+ Catheter receives European CE mark approval

Aeterna Zentaris presents two posters on perifosine at AACR meeting

Less-invasive catheter-based aortic valve replacement as safe and effective as open surgery

Adherence to guideline-related therapies can reduce heart failure patients' mortality rate

Adolescent girls participating in high-impact sports may face high risk of stress fractures

OncoGenex presents OGX-427 preclinical data in prostrate cancer at AACR meeting

'Tactile' devices generate realistic 'sense of touch' and sensation for stroke victims

Scientists reveal metabolic abnormalities underlying schizophrenia

Researchers identify genetic anomaly that may drive rare subset of prostate cancers

Individual’s response to alcohol can predict future drinking behavior

Health experts release recommendations for fighting breast cancer in low-, middle-income countries

The New England Journal of Medicine publishes positive results from NorthShore's EVEREST II trial

Physical activity may moderate impact of stress on telomeres

Guilt may play as motivational tool for cardiovascular patients

Tumor cryoablation coupled with immunotherapy amplifies tumor immunity

Certain microparticles help terminate inflammation

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Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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