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UNAIDS Executive Director calls on African leaders to reduce 'triple dependency' on external sources of HIV drugs, commodities, technologies

"Delivering a speech at Wednesday's opening session of the 16th Conference of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe congratulated leaders across the region for their personal commitment to the HIV response, specifically with regard to upholding human rights and protecting human capital," UNAIDS reports in an article on its website.

8 Jun 2012

GPs to get NHS Choices rating

GP practices in England are to be given a score out of 10 on the NHS Choices website.

7 Jun 2012

Women may need stronger lipid-lowering regimens

Women who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease are significantly less likely to achieve their lipid-lowering treatment goals than their male counterparts, show findings from a Chinese study.

7 Jun 2012

Aspirin linked to high bleeding rate in diabetes

Diabetes may be associated with an increased risk for major bleeding irrespective of aspirin use, researchers say.

7 Jun 2012

Aldosteronism linked to poor bone health

Primary aldosteronism is associated with low bone mass, increased prevalence of osteoporosis, and vertebral fractures, Italian research shows.

7 Jun 2012

Fluency therapy may improve stuttering in Down syndrome

Stuttering among children with Down syndrome may be substantially improved with fluency shaping therapy and parental contingency measures, leading to greater self-confidence, self-esteem, and school participation, suggest Canadian researchers.

7 Jun 2012

No benefits to polychemotherapy after surgery in gastric cancer

Findings from the ITACA-S trial suggest that a more intensive postoperative chemotherapy regimen does not improve outcomes over a less-intensive regimen after radical resection in patients with gastric cancer.

7 Jun 2012

Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy boosts esophageal cancer survival

Chemoradiotherapy significantly improves the outcome of patients undergoing surgery for cancer of the esophagus or esophagogastric junction and is well tolerated, suggests research in The New England Journal of Medicine.

7 Jun 2012

How to manage conflicts of interest in guideline development remains unclear

Setting an ethics framework could be useful to identify and manage conflicts of interest in the context of developing clinical practice guidelines, suggest researchers.

7 Jun 2012

Remote coaching helps improve diet and exercise habits

Study findings suggest that remote coaching supported by mobile technology and financial incentives could encourage healthier eating and physical activity habits in adults.

7 Jun 2012

Low pre-morbid IQ not associated with psychosis risk

The strong correlations currently observed between low IQ and risk for psychosis are most likely linked to the influence that psychosis onset has on cognitive functioning rather than a shared genetic background, suggest study findings.

7 Jun 2012

Pathophysiologic differences evident between schizophrenia, bipolar

Review findings reveal differences in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, relating specifically to the medial temporal lobe and associated limbic regions.

7 Jun 2012

US emergency angioplasty guidelines ‘not sufficient’

The coordinated regional system of care for severe myocardial infarction in North Carolina, USA, should be established nationally, researchers say in Circulation.

7 Jun 2012

Successful pregnancies common for female liver transplant recipients

New research confirms that successful pregnancies are common for female liver transplant recipients. The study appearing in the June issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, found miscarriage risk was lower and the live birth rate higher among women following liver transplantation than in the general U.S. population.

7 Jun 2012

Medical professionals challenged to be better role models for their patients

In an era of soft drink bans and restrictions on junk food ads, students at the Johns Hopkins University schools of medicine and nursing are recommending a different approach to aid the more than 170 million Americans who are overweight or obese. By publicly committing to basic tenets of healthy living — regular exercise, eating a balanced diet and managing stress — future nurses and physicians are challenging peers and practicing medical professionals to model healthy behaviors for their patients.

7 Jun 2012

BRF to fund research that focuses on sports-related concussive injuries among young children

The Brain Research Foundation (BRF) today announced it will fund research that aims to improve pediatricians' ability to evaluate and manage sports-related concussive injuries among young children, and guide future research regarding the diagnosis, treatment and long term effects of these events.

7 Jun 2012

CardioKinetix commences Parachute Ventricular Partitioning Device clinical trial in IHF

CardioKinetix Inc., a medical device company pioneering a catheter-based treatment for heart failure, announced today that it has begun enrollment in PARACHUTE III, a post-market safety surveillance trial, in Germany with the CE Marked Parachute Ventricular Partitioning Device.

7 Jun 2012

Novartis, Foundation Medicine announce new agreement to offer genomic analysis

Foundation Medicine today announced a new agreement with Novartis to provide comprehensive genomic analysis in support of Novartis' clinical oncology programs.

7 Jun 2012

Initial HSCT results from phase III trial on systemic sclerosis

Initial results from an international, investigator-initiated, open label phase III trial were presented at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism. Data indicate that haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) results in better long term survival than conventional treatment for patients with poor prognosis early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis.

7 Jun 2012

FDA approves XenoPort, GSK’s Horizant ER tablets for management of PHN

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) and XenoPort, Inc. announced today that the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Horizant (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets for the management of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) in adults.

7 Jun 2012