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Lifestyle changes prevents type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease: Study

Sustaining modest weight loss for 10 years, or taking an anti-diabetic drug over that time, can prevent or lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease, according to the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), a long-term follow-up to a landmark 2001 diabetes prevention study.

3 Nov 2009

Interim data from Schering-Plough's narlaprevir Phase IIa study

Schering-Plough Corporation reported that interim results from an ongoing Phase IIa study of narlaprevir (SCH 900518), its investigational, once-daily protease inhibitor, demonstrated potent antiviral activity in treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1.

3 Nov 2009

IMC-RT does not benefit breast cancer patients

After mastectomy, breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone do not live longer than those who do not receive radiation to this hard-to-treat area, according to a randomized 10-year study presented at the plenary session, November 2, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

3 Nov 2009

High prevalence of nocturnal teeth grinding in patients with OSA

There is a high prevalence of nocturnal teeth grinding, or bruxism, in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), particularly in Caucasians. New research presented at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), found that nearly 1 in 4 patients with OSA suffers from nighttime teeth grinding; this seems to be especially more prevalent in men and in Caucasians compared with other ethnic groups.

3 Nov 2009

Seasonal Vitamin D supplement launched by USANA Health Sciences

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. today launched its seasonal Vitamin D supplement. The supplement will be available every year from November to March, the months when many people do not get enough vitamin D.

3 Nov 2009

Mortal combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack identified

Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a particular combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack and cause a three-fold increase in the risk of mortality.

3 Nov 2009

NHLBI survey results reveal COPD awareness continues to grow in the United States

Awareness of COPD-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-continues to grow in the United States, according to national survey results released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.

3 Nov 2009

GICD, Stanford University collaborate to develop stem cell and regenerative medicine therapies

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and Stanford University School of Medicine will collaborate in a new consortium funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to develop stem cell and regenerative medicine therapies. GICD investigators, led by GICD Director Deepak Srivastava, MD, will collaborate with a Stanford team led by Robert Robbins, MD, professor and chair of cardiothoracic surgery, to investigate how to use induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, to repair damaged heart muscle.

3 Nov 2009

Swine flu vaccine supply expected to increase 'in short order'

A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the government "overpromised" with the swine flu vaccine but that the vaccine supply would catch up with the demand within a week. Meanwhile, a health group established to monitor the vaccine's safety will begin work this week.

3 Nov 2009

NIA funds national Testosterone Trial, Penn Medicine to lead

Penn Medicine will lead a new national $45 million clinical trial to test whether testosterone therapy can favorably affect certain conditions affecting older men. Low serum testosterone may contribute to a number of problems affecting older men, including decreased ability to walk, loss of muscle mass and strength, decreased vitality, decreased sexual function, impaired cognition, cardiovascular disease and anemia. While testosterone normally decreases with age, in some men, low levels of testosterone may contribute to these debilitating conditions.

2 Nov 2009

NIH-funded study using SphygmoCor published

AtCor Medical the developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor® system which measures central blood pressure and arterial stiffness noninvasively, today announced the publication of a key National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study(1) using SphygmoCor in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

2 Nov 2009

St. David's Medical Center to use FDA cleared CARTO 3 Navigation System for treating cardiac arrhythmia

On Monday, November 2, 2009, Andrea Natale, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.H.R.S., an electrophysiologist and executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, will be the first physician in the United States to perform an ablation procedure to treat a patient with a cardiac arrhythmia, commonly known as an irregular heart rhythm, using the newly FDA-cleared CARTO® 3 Navigation System.

2 Nov 2009

Atrial fibrillation device market will grow by almost 10% through 2013: MRG

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the atrial fibrillation device market will grow by almost 10% through 2013 in the US, Europe, and Japan. MRG's Global Markets for Atrial Fibrillation Devices 2009 report finds that many patients will be treated with electrophysiology technology and related devices as positive clinical results supporting their use emerges.

2 Nov 2009

Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge: More than 4,000 runners participate to support school for the disabled

More than a record 4,000 runners and walkers participated in yesterday’s Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge, presented by AmeriHealth New Jersey.

2 Nov 2009

AllOne Health partners with Connectyx Technologies Holdings to provide health information on the Web

AllOne Health(SM) and Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CTYX) today announced a partnership that will allow consumers to view and manage health information on the Web, via portable USB storage devices and through their mobile phones, with one, secure step. A package including both companies' products will be sold in retail stores across the U.S. in December.

2 Nov 2009

New glucose monitoring system from Edwards Lifesciences and Dexcom receives the CE Mark

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, the leader in the sciences of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, and DexCom, Inc., a medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of continuous glucose monitoring systems, today announced the receipt of CE Mark for an automatic glucose monitoring system.

2 Nov 2009

Study of combination therapy versus monotherapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension

Gilead Sciences, Inc., in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), today announced plans for an international, event-driven (morbidity and mortality) clinical trial to study combination therapy versus monotherapy in a first-line treatment setting for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

2 Nov 2009

Heart, cancer doctors get break on scheduled Medicare pay cuts

Heart and cancer doctors will get a smaller fee cut next year from Medicare, the U.S. government program for the elderly, than the Obama administration first sought in a move to shift money to family physicians," Bloomberg reports. Earlier this year, Medicare officials said they would cut 10 percent of payments for the two specialties. Now, they plan on making the reductions over four years, instead.

2 Nov 2009

2009 EACTS Techno-College Innovation Award to Clear Catheter Systems for its PleuraFlow system

Clear Catheter Systems, a private medical device company pioneering proprietary medical catheter anti-occlusion technologies, has been awarded the 2009 EACTS Techno-College Innovation Award for its PleuraFlow Active Tube Clearance System. The Techno-College Award is a worldwide competition to identify innovations with the potential to change the standard of care in heart and lung surgery.

2 Nov 2009

PDI selects Veeva System’s CRM suite of multi-tenant SaaS applications

PDI, Inc., a leading provider of sales and marketing support to U.S. pharmaceutical companies, selected Veeva System’s VBioPharma CRM Primary Care and Special Care Editions, VMobile, and VInsights – all part of the Veeva CRM suite of multi-tenant SaaS applications. This marks PDI’s continued commitment to the technology advances in the world of cloud computing where business spending on SaaS/Cloud applications is expected to rise 22% this year to $9.6 billion, according to Gartner.

2 Nov 2009

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Lifestyle changes prevents type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease: Study

Interim data from Schering-Plough's narlaprevir Phase IIa study

IMC-RT does not benefit breast cancer patients

High prevalence of nocturnal teeth grinding in patients with OSA

Seasonal Vitamin D supplement launched by USANA Health Sciences

Mortal combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack identified

NHLBI survey results reveal COPD awareness continues to grow in the United States

GICD, Stanford University collaborate to develop stem cell and regenerative medicine therapies

Swine flu vaccine supply expected to increase 'in short order'

NIA funds national Testosterone Trial, Penn Medicine to lead

NIH-funded study using SphygmoCor published

St. David's Medical Center to use FDA cleared CARTO 3 Navigation System for treating cardiac arrhythmia

Atrial fibrillation device market will grow by almost 10% through 2013: MRG

Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge: More than 4,000 runners participate to support school for the disabled

AllOne Health partners with Connectyx Technologies Holdings to provide health information on the Web

New glucose monitoring system from Edwards Lifesciences and Dexcom receives the CE Mark

Study of combination therapy versus monotherapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension

Heart, cancer doctors get break on scheduled Medicare pay cuts

2009 EACTS Techno-College Innovation Award to Clear Catheter Systems for its PleuraFlow system

PDI selects Veeva System’s CRM suite of multi-tenant SaaS applications

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