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Yale Launches Collaboration With ARO, CRO Partners

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11 Oct 2013

DSM-IV insufficient for bipolar disorder diagnosis

Research findings support concerns that the text revision of the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is too restrictive for diagnosing bipolar disorder.

11 Oct 2013

Yale Launches Collaboration With ARO, CRO Partners

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11 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

New research shows blood pressure remains major problem in China

With a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report1 showing hypertension affects over 40% of Chinese adults aged 45 or older, combating high blood pressure (BP) will be high on the agenda of the 24th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology & Asia Pacific Heart Congress (GW-ICC & APHC), in Beijing (10 to 13 October 2013).

11 Oct 2013

TSRI scientists discover viable strategy for weight loss in people

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered key details of a brain-to-body signaling circuit that enables roundworms to lose weight independently of food intake. The weight-loss circuit is activated by combined signals from the worm versions of the neurotransmitters serotonin and adrenaline, and there are reasons to suspect that it exists in a similar form in humans and other mammals.

11 Oct 2013

Children whose parents use a personal health record twice as likely to attend all well-child visits

Young children whose parents used an integrated personal health record were more likely to attend six or more of the nationally recommended well-child care visits by 15 months of age, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in The Journal of Pediatrics.

11 Oct 2013

Study: Social media can become early warning system to help prevent suicide tragedies

Heart-breaking accounts of cyber bullying and suicide seem all too common, but a new study offers hope that social media can become an early warning system to help prevent such tragedies.

11 Oct 2013

New study explores ways to prevent unhealthy weight gain among rural school-aged children

In the United States, children don't eat enough fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Instead, their diets typically include excessive amounts of sugars and solid fats, counter to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations, increasing the risk of obesity and diabetes. A team of investigators implemented a two-year intervention study in low-income, rural areas where a disproportionately higher risk of overweight and obesity habits among children persists, leading to increased risk of diabetes and heart disease in adulthood. The children enrolled in the study consumed significantly more fruits and vegetables.

11 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: 'Death throes' of health law opponents; Ryan's plan on entitlements may offer way out of budget crisis

Politically, the biggest challenges facing the ACA are behind us. By my count, the law has already survived three near-death experiences: the Democrats' loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority with the election of Scott Brown in Jan. 2010, the Supreme Court's June 2012 decision upholding (with one exception) the law's constitutionality, and President Obama's re-election last Nov. Much of what we see going on in Washington now is the death throes of the opposition, especially now that Americans are beginning to sign up for coverage (John McDonough, 10/9).

11 Oct 2013

NUS, A*STAR establish joint center to study role of nutrition and development in health, disease in Asia

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and A*STAR will be jointly establishing the S$148 million Singapore Centre for Nutritional Sciences, Metabolic Diseases, and Human Development (SiNMeD).

11 Oct 2013

Suppression of mitochondria: A dominant feature of diabetic kidney disease

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified 13 metabolites - small molecules produced by cellular metabolism - that are significantly different in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease compared to healthy controls.

11 Oct 2013

Involving patients, families in healthcare system enhances safety and quality outcomes

Individual patient outcomes and overall community health can be enhanced and improved when medical providers partner with patients and families in the design and delivery of health care services, according to a leading patient advocate in her keynote address at the National Association for Healthcare Quality annual educational conference.

11 Oct 2013

Reducing risk factors like hypertension might lower risk of heart disease for childhood survivors

For childhood cancer survivors, risk factors associated with lifestyle, particularly hypertension, dramatically increase the likelihood of developing serious heart problems as adults, according to a national study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The findings appear in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

11 Oct 2013

Cleveland healthcare institutions receive $1M grant to develop Stroke Clinical Trials Coordinating Center

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11 Oct 2013

Liposorber LA-15 System to treat pediatric patients with primary FSGS gets FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Liposorber LA-15 System to treat pediatric patients with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis either before transplant, or after renal (kidney) transplantation in which there is recurrence of FSGS.

11 Oct 2013

Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring

A case–control study suggests that people have an increased risk for developing bipolar disorder if their mothers smoked during pregnancy.

10 Oct 2013

Nonmotor signs aid Parkinson’s diagnosis

Physicians should account for nonmotor symptoms when diagnosing Parkinson’s disease, researchers believe.

10 Oct 2013

FDA clears Sotera Wireless' patented continuous non-invasive blood pressure technology

Sotera Wireless, Inc. today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Company's patented continuous non-invasive blood pressure technology, a new feature of the ViSi Mobile wireless patient monitoring system. For the first time clinicians can continuously monitor all patient vital signs, including beat-to-beat blood pressure, without the use of a catheter or blood pressure cuff.

10 Oct 2013

Bluhm Institute enrolls first patient in SALUS trial to evaluate movable, non-metallic heart valve

Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute has enrolled its first participant in SALUS, a clinical trial studying the effectiveness of a prosthetic aortic heart valve that can be placed without open-heart surgery.

10 Oct 2013

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Yale Launches Collaboration With ARO, CRO Partners

DSM-IV insufficient for bipolar disorder diagnosis

Yale Launches Collaboration With ARO, CRO Partners

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

New research shows blood pressure remains major problem in China

TSRI scientists discover viable strategy for weight loss in people

Children whose parents use a personal health record twice as likely to attend all well-child visits

Study: Social media can become early warning system to help prevent suicide tragedies

New study explores ways to prevent unhealthy weight gain among rural school-aged children

Viewpoints: 'Death throes' of health law opponents; Ryan's plan on entitlements may offer way out of budget crisis

NUS, A*STAR establish joint center to study role of nutrition and development in health, disease in Asia

Suppression of mitochondria: A dominant feature of diabetic kidney disease

Involving patients, families in healthcare system enhances safety and quality outcomes

Reducing risk factors like hypertension might lower risk of heart disease for childhood survivors

Cleveland healthcare institutions receive $1M grant to develop Stroke Clinical Trials Coordinating Center

Liposorber LA-15 System to treat pediatric patients with primary FSGS gets FDA approval

Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring

Nonmotor signs aid Parkinson’s diagnosis

FDA clears Sotera Wireless' patented continuous non-invasive blood pressure technology

Bluhm Institute enrolls first patient in SALUS trial to evaluate movable, non-metallic heart valve

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