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Tips for people with eating disorder

Many people equate the holidays with food - big meals equals big times. Americans, especially, attach a lot of social and personal value to what, and how, we eat, often through family rituals or attitudes. For many, family gatherings are positive events, but for the 9 million men, women or young people who have an eating disorder, the holidays, without proper planning, can feel like nightmares.

9 Dec 2009

Despite rising costs of U.S. health care, quality lags in ambulatory care

Most primary care physicians active in the Medicare program work in practices with too few patients to reliably measure significant differences in common measures of quality and cost performance, according to a study in the December 9 issue of JAMA.

9 Dec 2009

Progenitor-cell therapy can reduce risk of another heart attack

Cells from heart attack survivors' own bone marrow reduced the risk of death or another heart attack when they were infused into the affected artery after successful stent placement, according to research reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure.

9 Dec 2009

Daily dose of pistachios may help reduce risk of lung cancer

A diet that incorporates a daily dose of pistachios may help reduce the risk of lung and other cancers, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, held Dec. 6-9.

9 Dec 2009

National Institute on Aging awards grant to study age-related brain disorders

Dr. Rong Zhang, a researcher at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, has been awarded a four-year grant from the National Institute on Aging to research the connection between exercise and brain function as people age.

9 Dec 2009

Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital receives AACVPR Innovation Award

For their unique Return to Work Lab which focuses on individualized rehabilitation for younger, more active cardiac patients, the Cardiac Rehabilitation program at the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital was recently awarded the Innovation Award from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).

8 Dec 2009

Medicare seeks to cut hospital readmissions with 'Care Transitions' project

The Associated Press reports that a "major push is underway around the country to cut rehospitalizations, in part by arming patients with simple steps to keep their recovery on track," such as getting quicker follow-up doctor visits and lessening medication confusion.

8 Dec 2009

First Edition: December 8, 2009

Today's headlines highlight how Senate consideration of the health bill could become even messier with amendments pending on abortion funding restrictions and the reimportation of prescription drugs. All the while, Senate Dems continue to work to find common ground on the public option.

8 Dec 2009

eHealthInsurance provides comparison data on health insurance premiums

eHealthInsurance (NASDAQ: EHTH), the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, has provided comparison data on health insurance premiums for people unable to afford COBRA coverage once their COBRA premium reduction (the COBRA subsidy) expires.

8 Dec 2009

Pixantrone demonstrates substantial reduction in cardiac cell toxicity compared to anthracyclines

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced today an abstract to be published online at the journal Blood website by M. Hacker, et al. demonstrating significant reduction in cardiac cell toxicity with pixantrone compared to currently marketed anthracyclines. The authors conclude that the reduction is due to pixantrone's inability to generate toxic drug iron complexes and reduced propensity to generate oxygen free radicals.

8 Dec 2009

Tips for avoiding holiday weight gain

With obesity rates at all time highs, and the season of food, comfort and overindulgence right around the corner, the fear of weight gain is very real for most people. Keep off those pesky holiday pounds by upping fitness this December, and get a jump start on that New Year's resolution with the help of some guidance from Life123.com, a leading source of expert advice.

8 Dec 2009

ASH meeting highlights H1N1 pandemic threat, new trends and treatment options for children with genetic blood disorder

Sickle cell disease, a condition characterized by deformed and dysfunctional red blood cells, is one of the most common genetic blood disorders affecting millions of people around the world, including more than 70,000 Americans (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

8 Dec 2009

Positive data from Onconova Therapeutics' ON 01910.Na trial for advanced MDS

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. today announced promising results from two clinical trials in patients with advanced Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) treated with ON 01910.Na. These trials are being conducted at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda, MD, and St. Vincent’s Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York.

8 Dec 2009

CeNeRx BioPharma's TriRima reversibly inhibits MAO-A, confirms PET imaging study

CeNeRx BioPharma, Inc., a clinical stage company developing innovative treatments for diseases of the central nervous system, today announced that a newly published PET imaging study in human subjects confirms that CeNeRx's novel compound TriRima(TM) reversibly inhibits MAO-A (monoamine oxidase A), an enzyme in the brain that plays a key role in the regulation of mood.

8 Dec 2009

Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute supplies stem cells to aid Huntington's disease research

The Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute is to provide stem cells to a five-member National Institutes of Health consortium of researchers for development of potential therapies to treat Huntington's disease.

8 Dec 2009

LCA-GA praises Senators' support in establishing comprehensive program for lung cancer

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance-Georgia (LCA-GA) acknowledged Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) for their leadership and support in establishing the first ever multi-agency, comprehensive program targeted at lung cancer.

8 Dec 2009

Excess radiation exposure during CT perfusion imaging: FDA issues interim recommendations

As part of an ongoing investigation into cases of excess radiation during CT perfusion imaging of the brain, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today provided imaging facilities and practitioners with interim recommendations to help prevent additional problems.

8 Dec 2009

Scientists attribute breast cancer decline to publicity surrounding WHI results

Between 2002 and 2003, American women experienced a 7 percent decline in breast cancer incidence, which scientists attribute to the publicity surrounding results of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).

8 Dec 2009

JAK2 inhibitor can control myelofibrosis, report researchers

A first-in-its class oral medication provides significant and durable relief for patients with a rare, debilitating and lethal bone marrow disorder called myelofibrosis, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported today at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

8 Dec 2009

Geisinger installs catheter-based cardiac assist device, Impella 2.5

A minimally invasive, catheter-based cardiac assist device - the Impella 2.5 - is credited with saving the life of 86-year-old Rose Lombardo of Hazleton. Grandmother to seven and great-grandmother to another 12, Rose was "at death's door" after suffering concurrent heart attacks, according to her daughter, Gabriella Norgard.

8 Dec 2009

Cardiology News and Research

Latest Cardiology News and Research

Tips for people with eating disorder

Despite rising costs of U.S. health care, quality lags in ambulatory care

Progenitor-cell therapy can reduce risk of another heart attack

Daily dose of pistachios may help reduce risk of lung cancer

National Institute on Aging awards grant to study age-related brain disorders

Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital receives AACVPR Innovation Award

Medicare seeks to cut hospital readmissions with 'Care Transitions' project

First Edition: December 8, 2009

eHealthInsurance provides comparison data on health insurance premiums

Pixantrone demonstrates substantial reduction in cardiac cell toxicity compared to anthracyclines

Tips for avoiding holiday weight gain

ASH meeting highlights H1N1 pandemic threat, new trends and treatment options for children with genetic blood disorder

Positive data from Onconova Therapeutics' ON 01910.Na trial for advanced MDS

CeNeRx BioPharma's TriRima reversibly inhibits MAO-A, confirms PET imaging study

Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute supplies stem cells to aid Huntington's disease research

LCA-GA praises Senators' support in establishing comprehensive program for lung cancer

Excess radiation exposure during CT perfusion imaging: FDA issues interim recommendations

Scientists attribute breast cancer decline to publicity surrounding WHI results

JAK2 inhibitor can control myelofibrosis, report researchers

Geisinger installs catheter-based cardiac assist device, Impella 2.5

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