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Miracor completes PICSO System pilot study in patients with ACS

Miracor Medical Systems GmbH announced today the successful completion of the pilot study of its PICSO System, designed to improve acute coronary syndrome revascularization following primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

4 Mar 2011

Planned parenthood still a target, but benefiting from substantial lobbying effort

After the Senate cleared the two-week stopgap budget bill, both sides of the fight over Planned Parenthood funding continue their lobbying campaigns.

4 Mar 2011

Few primary care physicians pay adequate attention to patients taking prescription opioid drugs

Few primary care physicians pay adequate attention to patients taking prescription opioid drugs — despite the potential for abuse, addiction and overdose, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

4 Mar 2011

Boston Blades' new team to raise money, awareness for Alzheimer's research

The Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter and the exciting new women's hockey team, the Boston Blades, announced they are teaming up to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer's research.

4 Mar 2011

Researchers transform human embryonic stem cell into neuron that dies early in Alzheimer's disease

Northwestern Medicine researchers for the first time have transformed a human embryonic stem cell into a critical type of neuron that dies early in Alzheimer's disease and is a major cause of memory loss.

4 Mar 2011

Protesters call on Indian government to reject free trade agreement with EU

Thousands of HIV-positive people from India and across Asia marched in New Delhi on Wednesday to protest the proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and India, "which has provisions that would restrict access to affordable medicines," the Times of India reports.

4 Mar 2011

New promising detection technology identifies cancer cells early

Yesterday's Wall Street Journal (March 1) published a lead article on page D1 entitled "Researchers Create Better Ways To Spot Cancer Cells", which described the research by Dr. Edward R. Flynn, of Senior Scientific LLC. The article was authored by Shirley S. Wang.

4 Mar 2011

How cancer impacts patients and their partners

Katarina Sjövall has studied partners of individuals with colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer or prostate cancer. The study shows that the number of diagnosed diseases among partners increased by 25 per cent after the cancer diagnosis.

4 Mar 2011

Canadian nurses call for changes to health system

Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) president Judith Shamian and Nursing Association of New Brunswick (NANB) president Martha Vickers announced today that their organizations will join forces to press for changes to Canada's health system.

4 Mar 2011

Apple polyphenols prolong average lifespan of fruit flies

Scientists are reporting the first evidence that consumption of a healthful antioxidant substance in apples extends the average lifespan of test animals, and does so by 10 percent. The new results, obtained with fruit flies - stand-ins for humans in hundreds of research projects each year - bolster similar findings on apple antioxidants in other animal tests. The study appears in ACS's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

4 Mar 2011

SERS nanosubstrates revolutionize medical diagnostics

Gold-coated substrates of gallium nitride with specifically formed surface, developed by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of High Pressure Physics of the PAS display worldwide unique properties. Thanks to these new substrates, an extremely sensitive SERS analytical technique, capable of detecting even single molecules, after decades of waiting in specialized laboratories has finally got a chance to widespread and revolutionize medical diagnostics.

4 Mar 2011

Cancer patients' willingness to undergo tests bodes well for future of personalized medicine

Cancer patients are willing to undergo many tests to receive advanced experimental treatment in clinical trials, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational Genomics Research Institute.

4 Mar 2011

BCAN to host new forum on March 12 to raise awareness about bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer, and there are more than 600,000 survivors in the United States, yet most people know nothing about it.

4 Mar 2011

Varian to highlight new digital image detectors and X-ray tubes at ECR annual meeting

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., X-Ray Products, will be showcasing a comprehensive imaging portfolio of PaxScan® digital image detectors and X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) annual meeting in Vienna, Austria this week.

4 Mar 2011

Worldwide collaborative project to improve newborn screening accuracy for metabolic disorders

A unique worldwide collaborative project takes advantage of the Internet to improve the accuracy of screening for rare metabolic disorders in newborns, reports a paper in the March issue of Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics.

4 Mar 2011

Electrical stimulation may help bring back the voice of stroke patients

A Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher is seeking a new way to help those who are unable to speak to find their voice. But this isn't "The King's Speech," the Academy Award-winning film about a British royal undergoing speech therapy to battle a stammer. Instead, Alexander Leonessa wants to help bring back the voice of stroke patients and others who have suffered paralysis of the vocal folds, through electrical stimulation.

4 Mar 2011

President's bioethics commission names international panel to review whether U.S. rules protect clinical trial participants in U.S., abroad

"Prompted by concerns about an unethical U.S.-sponsored study in the 1940s," the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues on Tuesday announced the formation of an international panel "that will examine whether current rules adequately protect volunteers in global clinical trials," Science's "ScienceInsider" blog reports.

4 Mar 2011

AHF receives American Express fund to fight against HIV/AIDS

AIDS Healthcare Foundation is proud to announce that it has been voted as one of the charities to receive $200,000 in funding from American Express through the company's Members Project program.

4 Mar 2011

New study finds liver instead of the brain as source of Alzheimer’s plaques

Unexpected results from a Scripps Research Institute and ModGene, LLC study could completely alter scientists' ideas about Alzheimer's disease—pointing to the liver instead of the brain as the source of the "amyloid" that deposits as brain plaques associated with this devastating condition. The findings could offer a relatively simple approach for Alzheimer's prevention and treatment.

4 Mar 2011

Triptolide isolated from Chinese medicinal plant blocks gene control machinery in cells

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered that a natural product isolated from a traditional Chinese medicinal plant commonly known as thunder god vine, or lei gong teng, and used for hundreds of years to treat many conditions including rheumatoid arthritis works by blocking gene control machinery in the cell. The report, published as a cover story of the March issue of Nature Chemical Biology, suggests that the natural product could be a starting point for developing new anticancer drugs.

4 Mar 2011

Medical News

Miracor completes PICSO System pilot study in patients with ACS

Planned parenthood still a target, but benefiting from substantial lobbying effort

Few primary care physicians pay adequate attention to patients taking prescription opioid drugs

Boston Blades' new team to raise money, awareness for Alzheimer's research

Researchers transform human embryonic stem cell into neuron that dies early in Alzheimer's disease

Protesters call on Indian government to reject free trade agreement with EU

New promising detection technology identifies cancer cells early

How cancer impacts patients and their partners

Canadian nurses call for changes to health system

Apple polyphenols prolong average lifespan of fruit flies

SERS nanosubstrates revolutionize medical diagnostics

Cancer patients' willingness to undergo tests bodes well for future of personalized medicine

BCAN to host new forum on March 12 to raise awareness about bladder cancer

Varian to highlight new digital image detectors and X-ray tubes at ECR annual meeting

Worldwide collaborative project to improve newborn screening accuracy for metabolic disorders

Electrical stimulation may help bring back the voice of stroke patients

President's bioethics commission names international panel to review whether U.S. rules protect clinical trial participants in U.S., abroad

AHF receives American Express fund to fight against HIV/AIDS

New study finds liver instead of the brain as source of Alzheimer’s plaques

Triptolide isolated from Chinese medicinal plant blocks gene control machinery in cells

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

Data management challenges in scientific research

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