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Immunizing children against seasonal influenza can protect unvaccinated community against influenza

Results of a clinical trial conducted in a largely self-contained religious community during the 2008-09 influenza season show that immunizing children against seasonal influenza can significantly protect unvaccinated community members against influenza as well. The study was conducted to determine if immunized children could act as a barrier to limit the spread of influenza to the wider, unvaccinated community, a concept known as herd immunity.

15 Mar 2010

U.S. prescribing information for PLAVIX revised

Sanofi-aventis U.S. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced revisions to the U.S. prescribing information for PLAVIX® (clopidogrel bisulfate), which include a boxed warning. The boxed warning concerns the diminished effectiveness of PLAVIX in patients who have a genetic variation leading to reduced formation of the active metabolite.

15 Mar 2010

Regadenoson drug is safe for heart transplant patients: Study

The drug regadenoson is safe and poses fewer side effects than the conventional medication used during a cardiac nuclear stress test of heart transplant patients, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

15 Mar 2010

Sigma-Aldrich and Pfizer sign new agreement

Sigma-Aldrich® today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pfizer under which Sigma-Aldrich will sell approximately 100 Pfizer-developed small molecule compounds to life science researchers for target characterization, assay development, screening and in vivo animal model applications.

15 Mar 2010

GOP plots political strategy to foil Democrats on heath overhaul

The Wall Street Journal reports on a Republican strategies for influencing Democratic health reform votes. "Republicans ... are ramping up their warnings to Democratic lawmakers themselves, saying a 'yes' vote puts their political careers at risk.

15 Mar 2010

Researchers develop Intermountain Risk Score tool to assess patients' health

Researchers from the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, have devised a better way to determine an individual's risk for problems, such as heart attack and heart failure, according to a new study.

15 Mar 2010

AARP opposes Health Conscience bill

A living will or advance directive for end of life care may soon be worthless documents in Idaho if state legislators have their way – and that's news that has older Idahoans outraged.

15 Mar 2010

Family history of CAD is a significant predictor of obstructive coronary artery disease

In the largest study of its kind to date using cardiac computed tomography angiography, people with a family history of early signs of coronary artery disease are at higher risk of developing obstructive coronary artery disease and plaque in their arteries, Henry Ford Hospital researchers say.

15 Mar 2010

Latest treatment options for colorectal cancer highlighted at NCCN Annual Conference

Despite statistics stating that colorectal cancer is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer in men and women in the United States, mortality from colon cancer has decreased slightly over the past 30 years, possibly because of earlier diagnoses through screening and better treatment modalities.

15 Mar 2010

UC Irvine researchers play leading role in genome sequencing of Hydra

UC Irvine researchers have played a leading role in the genome sequencing of Hydra, a freshwater polyp that has been a staple of biological research for 300 years.

15 Mar 2010

Research roundup: Evaluating health bills, attitudes about uninsured, improving emergency rooms

The Cost Of Uncompensated Care With And Without Health Reform - This report analyzes various health bills. "The cost of uncompensated care will fall from $62.1 billion in 2009 to $46.6 billion in 2019 under the Senate bill, and to $36.5 billion in 2019 with the House bill. Without reform, the cost of uncompensated care will increase to between $107 and $141 billion in 2019, depending on growth in the economy and health care costs.

15 Mar 2010

Data shows increased risk of heart attack, stroke for patients having high blood pressure

For patients with diabetes and heart disease, less isn't always more - at least when it comes to blood pressure.

15 Mar 2010

Total knee replacement surgery more common among younger patients

A research team led by Mayo Clinic has found a national trend toward younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacement surgery.

15 Mar 2010

Supplementing vitamin D in people with low levels may have different effects based on patient race

Vitamin D is quickly becoming the "go-to" remedy for treating a wide range of illnesses, from osteoporosis to atherosclerosis. However, new evidence from a Wake Forest University School of Medicine study suggests that supplementing vitamin D in those with low levels may have different effects based on patient race and, in black individuals, the supplement could actually do harm.

15 Mar 2010

XOMA 052 reduces adverse consequences that lead to development of congestive heart failure

XOMA Ltd., a leader in the discovery and development of antibody therapeutics, announced results demonstrating that a murine equivalent of XOMA 052, its novel, high-affinity antibody to interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), significantly reduced adverse consequences that usually lead to the development of congestive heart failure in a mouse model of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).

15 Mar 2010

New laboratory technique may help prioritize cancer drugs for clinical trials

Improving on traditional screening tests for potential anti-cancer drugs, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a laboratory technique that more closely simulates the real-world conditions in which tumor cells mingle with the body's normal cells.

15 Mar 2010

Puzzle baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be half male and half female solved

A puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be male on one side of the body and female on the other - has been solved by researchers.

15 Mar 2010

Discovery may yield new strategies for blocking malaria transmission

Scientists studying the Anopheles gambiae mosquito - the main vector of malaria - have found that when the mosquito takes a blood meal, that act triggers two enzymes to form a network of crisscrossing proteins around the ingested blood.

15 Mar 2010

Challenges in treating AML and recent updates to NCCN Guidelines presented at NCCN Annual Conference

Using risk stratification to assist in treatment selection was just one of the focal points at a recent presentation of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for Oncology (NCCN Guidelines™) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference.

15 Mar 2010

Parliamentarian ruling complicates Democrats' plans

The Democrats' plan for passing the health overhaul has been waylaid by the Senate parliamentarian, who ruled President Obama must first sign into law the Senate-passed health bill before the senators could consider separate legislation that would alter it on behalf of House members, The Hill reports.

15 Mar 2010

Medical News

Immunizing children against seasonal influenza can protect unvaccinated community against influenza

U.S. prescribing information for PLAVIX revised

Regadenoson drug is safe for heart transplant patients: Study

Sigma-Aldrich and Pfizer sign new agreement

GOP plots political strategy to foil Democrats on heath overhaul

Researchers develop Intermountain Risk Score tool to assess patients' health

AARP opposes Health Conscience bill

Family history of CAD is a significant predictor of obstructive coronary artery disease

Latest treatment options for colorectal cancer highlighted at NCCN Annual Conference

UC Irvine researchers play leading role in genome sequencing of Hydra

Research roundup: Evaluating health bills, attitudes about uninsured, improving emergency rooms

Data shows increased risk of heart attack, stroke for patients having high blood pressure

Total knee replacement surgery more common among younger patients

Supplementing vitamin D in people with low levels may have different effects based on patient race

XOMA 052 reduces adverse consequences that lead to development of congestive heart failure

New laboratory technique may help prioritize cancer drugs for clinical trials

Puzzle baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be half male and half female solved

Discovery may yield new strategies for blocking malaria transmission

Challenges in treating AML and recent updates to NCCN Guidelines presented at NCCN Annual Conference

Parliamentarian ruling complicates Democrats' plans

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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