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Rapid blood-based test can determine patients with SLE

"At present, it can take up to a year before a patient is diagnosed with SLE. This is because the symptoms are diffuse and are often mistaken for other diseases. However, with this blood-based test, it is possible to determine quickly whether someone has the disease or not", says Christer Wingren, associate professor in Immunotechnology at CREATE Health, Lund University.

10 May 2011

Tetraphase presents TP-434, TP-2758 antibiotics study data against pathogens at ECCMID

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on next-generation antibiotics, announced today that it is presenting new results of several studies designed to support the continued advancement of its lead antibiotic, TP-434, a potent new broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotic with oral stepdown potential effective against difficult-to-treat and multidrug-resistant pathogens.

10 May 2011

Virginia Tech's new football helmet rating system can reduce risk of concussions

Virginia Tech released today the results of a new rating system of adult football helmets that is designed to reduce the risk of concussions. One currently manufactured helmet received the top "5 star" rating, and a total of five helmets received the very good "4-star" rating.

10 May 2011

Scientists decipher how hair stem cells can communicate with each other

In one of the first studies to look at the population behavior of a large pool of stem cells in thousands of hair follicles - as opposed to the stem cell of a single hair follicle - Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists deciphered how hair stem cells in mice and rabbits can communicate with each other and encourage mutually coordinated regeneration, according to an article published in the April 29 edition of the journal Science.

10 May 2011

UH chemist receives prestigious Sloan award for next-generation computer memory

Investigating the building blocks for next-generation computer memory has earned a University of Houston chemist his third Tier One research award.

10 May 2011

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with local availability of hospice programs

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with the supply of hospice care available in a county, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management this month.

10 May 2011

Skin cancer prevention tips for anglers

If you love fishing and want to enjoy it well into your senior years then don't mess around with the sun. That's the advice for the 1 million Minnesotans who are expected to hit the water on Saturday for Minnesota's Fishing Opener from a leading Edina plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has treated hundreds of patients over the course of his 15-year career for skin cancer and melanoma.

10 May 2011

More than half of all adolescents accept free rapid HIV test after risk assessment survey

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends routine HIV testing for everyone between the ages of 13-64 as part of their regular medical care, testing rates remain low among adolescents.

10 May 2011

Study: Personality impacts medication adherence behaviour

The results of a unique study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, show that personality has an impact on how likely people are to take their medication. This is the first major study of its kind to be published in the online journal PloS ONE.

10 May 2011

Elekta to integrate cancer workflow and patient management tools into IBA's Proteus TK2 center

Elekta, a human care company pioneering significant innovations and clinical solutions for treating cancer and brain disorders, will integrate cancer workflow and patient management tools into the Proteus TK2, a turnkey proton therapy center from Belgium-based Ion Beam Applications.

From Elekta 10 May 2011

Multiband mucosectomy safe and effective for treating Barrett's esophagus

An increasingly popular technique for removing lesions associated with Barrett's esophagus has been deemed a safe and effective treatment option in a study of more than 1,000 resections published this month in the European journal Endoscopy.

10 May 2011

HFA develops free 'Alzheimer's Disease and Hospice Care' online webinar

The Hospice Foundation of America has developed "Alzheimer's Disease and Hospice Care," a free online webinar that examines how hospice care can support patients and families coping with end-stage Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

10 May 2011

UCH to hold groundbreaking ceremony for $400M expansion at Anschutz Medical Campus

The University of Colorado Hospital is holding a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the $400 million expansion on Tuesday, May 24, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Anschutz Medical Campus.

10 May 2011

Mary Ann Liebert's peer-reviewed journal highlights latest developments in ocular gene therapy

Disorders of the eye are excellent targets for gene therapy because the ocular environment is readily accessible, relatively easy to monitor, and sequestered from the rest of the body.

10 May 2011

Pepscan, Phylogica collaborate for Phylomer peptide lead optimisation

Phylogica Ltd, a leading Australian peptide drug discovery company, and Pepscan Therapeutics, a Dutch biopharmaceutical firm focusing on protein mimicry technology, today announce that they have entered a Research Collaboration and Option Agreement to evaluate the combination of their complementary peptide technologies for drug discovery.

10 May 2011

'Healthy' smokers have gene expression profiles similar to COPD patients

'Healthy' smokers experience changes in the gene expression of their lungs similar to that suffered by smokers who have developed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). This is the conclusion of a new study, led by Catalan researchers, which confirms the crucial role that smoking plays in causing these alterations.

10 May 2011

biocrea and Pfizer jointly presented details on novel PDE10 inhibitors

biocrea, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on novel treatments for disorders of the central nervous system (CNS), today reported details on the design and synthesis of novel, brain-penetrating phosphodiesterase-10 (PDE10) inhibitors developed in collaboration with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE). The data were featured in joint presentations1 with Pfizer at the recent 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, an event organized by the American Chemical Society (ACS).

10 May 2011

ADI, Mayo Clinic announce new health insurance option for Canadians

Mayo Clinic has announced a new health insurance option that will allow Canadians to access Mayo Clinic expertise and care. The product, called MyCare, is provided by Assured Diagnosis Inc. and will be available nationwide in Canada, initially excluding Quebec.

10 May 2011

Bayer's regorafenib granted FDA Fast Track designation for treatment of GIST

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that its investigational compound regorafenib (BAY 73-4506) has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with metastatic and/or unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) whose disease has progressed despite at least imatinib and sunitinib as prior treatments.

10 May 2011

ASA survey shows more than 90% of respondents experience anesthesia drug shortage

The American Society of Anesthesiologists today announced the findings from its nationwide Drug Shortages Survey. Results showed that more than 90 percent of anesthesiologist respondents are currently experiencing a shortage of at least one anesthetic.

10 May 2011

Medical News

Rapid blood-based test can determine patients with SLE

Tetraphase presents TP-434, TP-2758 antibiotics study data against pathogens at ECCMID

Virginia Tech's new football helmet rating system can reduce risk of concussions

Scientists decipher how hair stem cells can communicate with each other

UH chemist receives prestigious Sloan award for next-generation computer memory

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with local availability of hospice programs

Skin cancer prevention tips for anglers

More than half of all adolescents accept free rapid HIV test after risk assessment survey

Study: Personality impacts medication adherence behaviour

Elekta to integrate cancer workflow and patient management tools into IBA's Proteus TK2 center

Multiband mucosectomy safe and effective for treating Barrett's esophagus

HFA develops free 'Alzheimer's Disease and Hospice Care' online webinar

UCH to hold groundbreaking ceremony for $400M expansion at Anschutz Medical Campus

Mary Ann Liebert's peer-reviewed journal highlights latest developments in ocular gene therapy

Pepscan, Phylogica collaborate for Phylomer peptide lead optimisation

'Healthy' smokers have gene expression profiles similar to COPD patients

biocrea and Pfizer jointly presented details on novel PDE10 inhibitors

ADI, Mayo Clinic announce new health insurance option for Canadians

Bayer's regorafenib granted FDA Fast Track designation for treatment of GIST

ASA survey shows more than 90% of respondents experience anesthesia drug shortage

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A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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