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New NICE-accredited guidelines on prevention and control of MDRGNB available online

Gram-negative bacteria (MDRGNB) include common types such as E. coli that all of us carry in our bowels. When these bacteria get into other parts of the body they can cause infections, including common infections such as cystitis or urinary tract infections. The bacteria can also be readily spread from person to person. Multi-drug-resistant strains are resistant to most, or all, of the common antibiotics that we use to treat infections.

18 Nov 2015

Living with lung cancer: an interview with Aoife McNamara

Understanding how lung cancer affects patients from a social perspective is vital. People living with lung cancer, lung cancer survivors and carers are impacted by lung cancer in different ways.

18 Nov 2015

For people with epilepsy, the mental health treatments are not clearly understood

Mental health issues such as depression or anxiety are often neglected or misunderstood in people who also have co-morbidity with epilepsy.

18 Nov 2015

Serum phosphorus levels can help predict risk of ESRD in African Americans with CKD

An increase in serum phosphorus levels in African Americans with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with faster progression to kidney failure, known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), according to new research presented at ASN Kidney Week 2015 November 3-8 in San Diego, CA. Previously confirmed in primarily Caucasian populations, the Indiana University School of Medicine study confirms serum phosphorus is linked to ESRD risk in African Americans.

18 Nov 2015

Scientists identify mechanism that may help prostate cancer cells escape effects of cancer drugs

Advanced prostate cancer is a disease notoriously resistant to treatment. New research by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of California, San Francisco sheds light on a new mode of drug resistance to emerging therapies in metastatic prostate cancer.

18 Nov 2015

Cherwell selected for quality and service in environmental monitoring by Portsmouth PMU

Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries, has been assisting Portsmouth Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Unit (PMU) in their extensive environmental monitoring (EM) programme for over 20 years

From Cherwell Laboratories 18 Nov 2015

Barefoot activities can improve balance and posture, prevent common injuries

As your cold-weather footwear makes the seasonal migration from the back of your closet to replace summer's flip flops and bare feet, don't underestimate the benefits of padding around naked from the ankles down.

18 Nov 2015

Benchmark set by new supportive Jenx products

Jenx is launching a new bright, simple and flexible Therapy Bench to help offer children real benefit without the need to undergo formal assessment.

18 Nov 2015

Exercise, healthy lifestyle habits may cut prostate cancer risk by up to 68%

A study that tracked tens of thousands of midlife and older men for more than 20 years has found that vigorous exercise and other healthy lifestyle habits may cut their chances of developing a lethal type of prostate cancer by up to 68 percent.

18 Nov 2015

PTI explains strength and BCS-based biowaivers

Pharmaceutical Training International (PTI), the leading supplier of online and public event-based training courses for the pharma, biotech and medical device sectors, is launching a series of easy-access and cost–effective webinar e-courses to guide pharma professionals through the industry challenges they face.

From Pharmaceutical Training International 18 Nov 2015

Mount Sinai Roosevelt to be renamed as Mount Sinai West

The Mount Sinai Health System today announced that Mount Sinai Roosevelt will be renamed as Mount Sinai West. The hospital will continue to be the premier health care provider on the West Side of Manhattan, with all services continuing, the same insurances accepted and the same number of people employed.

18 Nov 2015

Study examines association between IV products and anaphylaxis risk

Cunlin Wang, M.D., Ph.D., of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Md., and colleagues studied recipients of intravenous (IV) iron (n = 688,183) enrolled in the fee-for-service Medicare program from January 2003 to December 2013.

18 Nov 2015

IU researchers discover hormonal mechanism that links short winter days with increased aggression in females

Indiana University researchers have discovered a hormonal mechanism in hamsters that connects short winter days with increased aggression in females, and that it differs from the mechanism that controls this same response in males.

18 Nov 2015

Study finds young whites more optimistic about likelihood of living to 35 than minority peers

A new study of young people finds that, with one exception, whites are more optimistic -- sometimes drastically so -- than their minority peers about their likelihood of living to 35.

18 Nov 2015

Research: Some 15% of women experience incapacitated rape during their freshman year at college

Some 15 percent of women are raped while incapacitated from alcohol or other drug use during their freshman year at college, according to new research.

18 Nov 2015

Novel immunotherapeutic approach could improve outcomes for patients with advanced bladder cancer

Noguchi explained that immunotherapy has emerged recently as a viable and attractive strategy for the treatment of advanced cancer.

18 Nov 2015

Facebook can have both positive and negative effects on teens' stress hormone levels

Facebook can have positive and negative effects on teens levels of a stress hormone, say researchers at the University of Montreal and the Institut universitaire de santé mentale de Montréal. Led by Professor Sonia Lupien, the team found that having more than 300 Facebook friends increased teens' levels of cortisol.

18 Nov 2015

Race/ethnicity disparities, hospital factors affect analgesic use at US EDs

Minority patients are less likely to receive analgesic medications for abdominal pain at US emergency departments (EDs), suggests a nationwide study in the December issue of Medical Care.

18 Nov 2015

Driving while affected by medications as dangerous as driving under the influence of illegal drugs

Warning labels on medications about the dangers of driving are not enough to stop people getting behind the wheel with most driving while affected by drugs, according to Queensland University of Technology road safety researcher Dr Tanya Smyth.

18 Nov 2015

Scientists succeed in promoting regeneration of injured neurons in zebrafish by the use of light

The nervous system is built to last a lifetime, but diverse diseases or environmental insults can overpower the capacity of neurons to maintain function or to repair after trauma. A team led by Dr. Hernán López-Schier, head of the Research Unit Sensory Biology and Organogenesis at Helmholtz Zentrum München, now succeeded in promoting the repair of an injured neural circuit in zebrafish.

18 Nov 2015

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New NICE-accredited guidelines on prevention and control of MDRGNB available online

Living with lung cancer: an interview with Aoife McNamara

For people with epilepsy, the mental health treatments are not clearly understood

Serum phosphorus levels can help predict risk of ESRD in African Americans with CKD

Scientists identify mechanism that may help prostate cancer cells escape effects of cancer drugs

Cherwell selected for quality and service in environmental monitoring by Portsmouth PMU

Barefoot activities can improve balance and posture, prevent common injuries

Benchmark set by new supportive Jenx products

Exercise, healthy lifestyle habits may cut prostate cancer risk by up to 68%

PTI explains strength and BCS-based biowaivers

Mount Sinai Roosevelt to be renamed as Mount Sinai West

Study examines association between IV products and anaphylaxis risk

IU researchers discover hormonal mechanism that links short winter days with increased aggression in females

Study finds young whites more optimistic about likelihood of living to 35 than minority peers

Research: Some 15% of women experience incapacitated rape during their freshman year at college

Novel immunotherapeutic approach could improve outcomes for patients with advanced bladder cancer

Facebook can have both positive and negative effects on teens' stress hormone levels

Race/ethnicity disparities, hospital factors affect analgesic use at US EDs

Driving while affected by medications as dangerous as driving under the influence of illegal drugs

Scientists succeed in promoting regeneration of injured neurons in zebrafish by the use of light

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