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Voxiva's personalized interactive smoking cessation program shows early success

Voxiva, Inc., a pioneer in interactive mobile health programs, has announced that Text2quit, their personalized interactive smoking cessation program, is showing early success across the country.

15 Oct 2013

Elderly patients who have diabetes are more likely to suffer from postoperative delirium, undergo longer surgery

Elderly surgical patients are more likely to suffer from debilitating post-operative delirium if they have diabetes, undergo longer surgery or respond poorly to stress, according to a study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2013 annual meeting.

15 Oct 2013

Janssen seeks European marketing approval for combination of once-daily darunavir with cobicistat

Janssen-Cilag International NV, today announced it has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application to the European Medicines Agency seeking approval for a once-daily single tablet fixed-dose antiretroviral combination product containing darunavir, a protease inhibitor developed by Janssen, with cobicistat, a pharmacokinetic enhancer or boosting agent, developed by Gilead Sciences, Inc. for use in combination with other human immunodeficiency virus medicines.

15 Oct 2013

Researchers to present latest findings in emergency medicine research at ACEP13-Scientific Assembly

Leading researchers in emergency medicine will present more than 400 studies during ACEP13-Scientific Assembly, the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians in Seattle, Washington.

15 Oct 2013

Barcelona to host European Drosophila Research Conference

From 16 to 19 October, more than 700 international scientists will attend the European Drosophila Research Conference, the most important European conference focused on basic and biomedical research that uses the fly fruit, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system.

15 Oct 2013

Study shows IBD patients may have increased risk of heart attack, stroke

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at an increased risk of stroke and heart attack according to a new study presented by Mayo Clinic researchers at the American College of Gastroenterology's Annual Scientific Meeting, Oct. 11-16, in San Diego.

15 Oct 2013

National autoimmune disease multi-city conference tour to arrive in Charleston, SC on November 2

A National autoimmune disease multi-city conference tour arrives in Charleston, SC on Saturday, November 2, 2013. The conference "What Every American Needs to Know About Autoimmune Disease," is one of a series of free patient forums hosted by the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association.

15 Oct 2013

Clinical depression common in elderly men with LUTS

A study of Chinese elderly men with moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms shows that they are significantly more likely to experience clinical depression than men with milder symptoms.

14 Oct 2013

Recommendations for healthy diet should be similar for people with or without diabetes

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) suggests that lifestyle advice for people with diabetes should be no different from that for the general public, although those with diabetes may benefit more from that same advice.

14 Oct 2013

Multi-drug therapy can benefit patients at higher risk for post-operative nausea and vomiting

Ninety-seven percent of bariatric surgery patients avoided post-operative nausea and vomiting with the addition of a second drug to the standard treatment given during surgery, according to a study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2013 annual meeting.

14 Oct 2013

Researchers create online database of disease genes that could be targeted with drugs

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have created a massive online database that matches thousands of genes linked to cancer and other diseases with drugs that target those genes.

14 Oct 2013

New approach could help identify specific gene mutations linked to increased disease risk

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new way to parse and understand how special proteins called "master regulators" read the genome, and consequently turn genes on and off.

13 Oct 2013

Rutgers getting ready to launch solution to deliver more effective care at lower cost

During nearly three decades as a primary care physician, Alfred Tallia has identified a daunting list of flaws with the nation's health care.

13 Oct 2013

NIH selects Salk scientist for EUREKA grant

The National Institutes of Health has selected Axel Nimmerjahn for a highly competitive EUREKA (Exceptional Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration) grant. Dr. Nimmerjahn is an Assistant Professor in the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center and holds the Richard Allan Barry Developmental Chair.

13 Oct 2013

UCLA, Takeda to study how disruption of circadian rhythms promotes type 2 diabetes

Millions of individuals worldwide are exposed to shift work and numerous environmental conditions that disturb circadian clock function and disrupt normal circadian rhythms. Environmental conditions associated with disrupted circadian rhythms greatly increase the risk for development of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome and also hinder the treatment and management of hyperglycemia in existing patients with diabetes.

13 Oct 2013

New study illustrates impact of oral nutrition supplement use in pediatric hospitalized patients

A new study has found that the use of oral nutritional supplements provided to pediatric patients during hospitalization was associated with a decrease in length of stay of 14.8 percent and a decrease in hospital stay costs of $1,768 per patient.

12 Oct 2013

Island Doctors to host community diabetes awareness campaigns across NE Florida

On October 12th and 13th, Island Doctors will participate, sponsor, and co-host three events in Putnam and St. Johns County, Florida. The events are part of Island Doctors continued commitment to community diabetes awareness campaigns across NE Florida.

12 Oct 2013

Gov't. shutdown creates difficult issues at NIH

The National Institutes of Health is trying to cope with the effects of the government shutdown on patients and medical research.

12 Oct 2013

Sanofi's Nasacort Allergy 24HR nasal spray receives FDA approval for over-the-counter use

Sanofi announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Nasacort Allergy 24HR nasal spray as an over-the-counter treatment for seasonal and year-round nasal allergies in adults and children 2 years of age and older.

12 Oct 2013

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals gets exclusive right to market VIVUS's STENDRA in the US and Canada

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today the signing of an agreement with VIVUS, Inc. providing Auxilium with the exclusive right to market VIVUS's product, STENDRA (avanafil), in the United States and Canada.

11 Oct 2013

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Voxiva's personalized interactive smoking cessation program shows early success

Elderly patients who have diabetes are more likely to suffer from postoperative delirium, undergo longer surgery

Janssen seeks European marketing approval for combination of once-daily darunavir with cobicistat

Researchers to present latest findings in emergency medicine research at ACEP13-Scientific Assembly

Barcelona to host European Drosophila Research Conference

Study shows IBD patients may have increased risk of heart attack, stroke

National autoimmune disease multi-city conference tour to arrive in Charleston, SC on November 2

Clinical depression common in elderly men with LUTS

Recommendations for healthy diet should be similar for people with or without diabetes

Multi-drug therapy can benefit patients at higher risk for post-operative nausea and vomiting

Researchers create online database of disease genes that could be targeted with drugs

New approach could help identify specific gene mutations linked to increased disease risk

Rutgers getting ready to launch solution to deliver more effective care at lower cost

NIH selects Salk scientist for EUREKA grant

UCLA, Takeda to study how disruption of circadian rhythms promotes type 2 diabetes

New study illustrates impact of oral nutrition supplement use in pediatric hospitalized patients

Island Doctors to host community diabetes awareness campaigns across NE Florida

Gov't. shutdown creates difficult issues at NIH

Sanofi's Nasacort Allergy 24HR nasal spray receives FDA approval for over-the-counter use

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals gets exclusive right to market VIVUS's STENDRA in the US and Canada

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