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Cardiome files NDS with Health Canada's TPD for approval of intravenous vernakalant

Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME / TSX: COM) today announced the filing of a New Drug Submission (NDS) with Health Canada's Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD) seeking Canadian approval of intravenous vernakalant for the rapid conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation (AF) to sinus rhythm in adults with AF for up to 7 days.

23 Dec 2015

Vitamin D plays substantial role in patient outcomes after weight-loss surgery

Low levels of vitamin D have long been identified as an unwanted hallmark of weight loss surgery, but now findings of a new Johns Hopkins study of more than 930,000 patient records add to evidence that seasonal sun exposure -- a key factor in the body's natural ability to make the "sunshine vitamin" -- plays a substantial role in how well people do after such operations.

23 Dec 2015

Zurampic (lesinurad) approved to treat high levels of hyperuricemia associated with gout

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zurampic (lesinurad) to treat high levels of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia) associated with gout, when used in combination with a xanthine oxidase inhibitor (XOI), a type of drug approved to reduce the production of uric acid in the body.

22 Dec 2015

FDA approves Uptravi tablets to treat adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension

On December 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Uptravi (selexipag) tablets to treat adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a chronic, progressive, and debilitating rare lung disease that can lead to death or the need for transplantation.

22 Dec 2015

Children's Hospital Colorado achieves Magnet recognition for third time

Children's Hospital Colorado has once again received recognition for excellence in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet Recognition Program. This credential recognizes continuing excellence in nursing and overall patient care at Children's Colorado.

22 Dec 2015

QMUL, Barts Health NHS Trust receive £10.2m to create new cardiovascular academic medical centre

Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust have received £10.2m from Barts Charity for the creation of a world-class cardiovascular academic medical centre at the Trust's Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital.

22 Dec 2015

FDA updates blood donor deferral recommendations to help ensure continued safety of blood supply

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued final guidance outlining updated blood donor deferral recommendations to reflect the most current scientific evidence and to help ensure continued safety of the blood supply by reducing the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission by blood and blood products.

22 Dec 2015

New study examines single 'transformer' proteins involved in cancer

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital shows how a protein involved in cancer twists and morphs into different structures.

22 Dec 2015

Patients treated at emergency departments for hypertension on the rise in US

The number and percentage of patients treated at emergency departments for hypertension are on the rise across the United States, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published recently in the American Journal of Cardiology.

22 Dec 2015

Benjamin Wolozin receives $500,000 award in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research

Research that leads to improved therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients is one goal of Boston University School of Medicine professor of pharmacology and neurology Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD. He was one of six researchers awarded a two-year, $500,000 award in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research by the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation.

22 Dec 2015

Email communications between patients, physicians improve overall health

A third of patients with chronic conditions who exchanged secure emails with their doctors said that these communications improved their overall health, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care.

22 Dec 2015

Study on myosins may lead to therapies for muscle diseases, cancers

Understanding how tiny molecular motors called myosins use energy to fuel biological tasks like contracting muscles could lead to therapies for muscle diseases and cancers, says a team of researchers led by Penn State College of Medicine scientists.

22 Dec 2015

American College of Cardiology launches new STS/ACC TAVR In-Hospital Mortality Risk App

The American College of Cardiology has launched a new STS/ACC TAVR In-Hospital Mortality Risk App and an extensively overhauled the ACC AnticoagEvaluator App, bolstering its expansive Clinical App Collection. With these new and improved apps, the ACC continues to diversify the clinical content and decision support it offers clinicians in the mobile space.

22 Dec 2015

BHF encourages pharmacists to use No Smoking Day as opportunity to promote smoking cessation

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is encouraging pharmacy staff to use to use No Smoking Day as an opportunity to increase participation among patients by promoting resources and local support services.

21 Dec 2015

Periodontal disease may increase breast cancer risk

Postmenopausal women with periodontal disease were more likely to develop breast cancer than women who did not have the chronic inflammatory disease. A history of smoking significantly affected the women's risk.

21 Dec 2015

Dietary cocoa flavanols may benefit cardiovascular health of patients with poor kidney function

Consuming a beverage containing cocoa flavanols improves blood vessel function in patients with kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

21 Dec 2015

Regulus begins RG-125(AZD4076) Phase I study for treatment of NASH in patients with type 2 diabetes/pre-diabetes

Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leading the discovery and development of innovative medicines targeting microRNAs, announced today that dosing has begun in a first-in-human Phase I clinical study of RG-125(AZD4076), by its collaboration partner AstraZeneca.

21 Dec 2015

Flu vaccine: the facts. An interview with Dr Lisa Maragakis

There are different formulations of the flu vaccine but in general they all do the same thing, which is to stimulate our body's immune system to recognize and fight against the influenza virus.

21 Dec 2015

Protelhealth CEO urges entrepreneurs, technology innovators to prevent challenges faced by ageing population

How to care for the oldest members of society is a pressing issue for the global economy but, despite their fast growing numbers and obvious need of support to remain independent, they are being neglected by technological innovators according to the Chief Executive Officer of new healthcare technology business.

21 Dec 2015

Australian researchers develop new technique to combat chronic bacterial infections in hospitals

One of the scourges of infections in hospitals – biofilms formed by bacteria that stick to each other on living tissue and medical instruments, making them harder to remove – can be tricked into dispersing with the targeted application of nanoparticles and heat, researchers have found.

21 Dec 2015

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Cardiome files NDS with Health Canada's TPD for approval of intravenous vernakalant

Vitamin D plays substantial role in patient outcomes after weight-loss surgery

Zurampic (lesinurad) approved to treat high levels of hyperuricemia associated with gout

FDA approves Uptravi tablets to treat adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Children's Hospital Colorado achieves Magnet recognition for third time

QMUL, Barts Health NHS Trust receive £10.2m to create new cardiovascular academic medical centre

FDA updates blood donor deferral recommendations to help ensure continued safety of blood supply

New study examines single 'transformer' proteins involved in cancer

Patients treated at emergency departments for hypertension on the rise in US

Benjamin Wolozin receives $500,000 award in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research

Email communications between patients, physicians improve overall health

Study on myosins may lead to therapies for muscle diseases, cancers

American College of Cardiology launches new STS/ACC TAVR In-Hospital Mortality Risk App

BHF encourages pharmacists to use No Smoking Day as opportunity to promote smoking cessation

Periodontal disease may increase breast cancer risk

Dietary cocoa flavanols may benefit cardiovascular health of patients with poor kidney function

Regulus begins RG-125(AZD4076) Phase I study for treatment of NASH in patients with type 2 diabetes/pre-diabetes

Flu vaccine: the facts. An interview with Dr Lisa Maragakis

Protelhealth CEO urges entrepreneurs, technology innovators to prevent challenges faced by ageing population

Australian researchers develop new technique to combat chronic bacterial infections in hospitals

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