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Triciribine drug may reverse progression of pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension

Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that the drug triciribine may reverse or halt the progression of pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension, two respiratory diseases that are almost invariably fatal.

13 Jun 2015

Promising results for multi-source DBS in Parkinson’s disease

Deep-brain stimulation targeting the subthalamic nucleus with a multiple-source constant-current device effectively suppresses motor symptoms in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, report researchers.

12 Jun 2015

Older asthmatic patients treated with inhaled corticosteroids at increased risk for treatment failure

Older patients with asthma are at increased risk for treatment failure, particularly those patients being treated with inhaled corticosteroids, according to a new study.

12 Jun 2015

Study seeks to determine environmental factors that protect against asthma, allergies

Researchers in the University of Arizona's BIO5 Institute have entered into a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Products and Janssen Biotech Inc. to leverage foundational discovery research aimed at determining environmental factors that underlie asthma and allergies.

12 Jun 2015

Peanut and nut intake lowers risk of dying from major causes of death

A paper published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology confirms a link between peanut and nut intake and lower mortality rates, but finds no protective effect for peanut butter. Men and women who eat at least 10 grams of nuts or peanuts per day have a lower risk of dying from several major causes of death than people who don't consume nuts or peanuts.

11 Jun 2015

Researchers identify two critical mutations that allow MERS virus to transmit from bats to humans

Researchers have identified two critical mutations allowing the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus to transmit from bats to humans. The findings were published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Virology.

11 Jun 2015

Patients with community-acquired pneumonia have high rates of long-term morbidity and mortality

Having had community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) greatly increases the risk of long-term morbidity and mortality compared to the general population who have never had CAP, according to a new study from researchers in Canada, the longest and largest outcomes study of patients with CAP reported to date.

11 Jun 2015

Isis Pharmaceuticals provides update on ISIS-SMN Rx Phase 2 clinical study in infants with Type I SMA

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today provided an update on its ongoing open-label Phase 2 clinical study of ISIS-SMN Rx in infants with Type I spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

11 Jun 2015

Data from statewide quality collaborative helps surgeons to reduce rates of serious trauma complication

As health insurers place more emphasis on paying for quality outcomes rather than for specific services provided by doctors and hospitals, several quality improvement programs have been developed as a way to help health care providers identify problem areas and share best practices. While some studies have evaluated how well these quality improvement programs achieve their goals, not many have focused on the area of trauma care.

11 Jun 2015

Surgeons perform breakthrough operation to separate six-month-old conjoined Haitian twins

On Friday, May 22, an 18-member team of physicians and nurses from Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) led an international collaboration to separate a pair of six-month-old conjoined Haitian twins, the first such operation ever performed on Haitian soil.

11 Jun 2015

WMMC expands use of capnography to monitor patient's breathing to control pain after surgery

White Memorial Medical Center recently strengthened patient safety measures by expanding its use of capnography to monitor patients using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) to regulate their pain after surgery.

10 Jun 2015

Amgen to discuss data supporting Repatha BLA for high cholesterol treatment with FDA EMDAC

Amgen today announced that the Company will discuss the data supporting the Repatha (evolocumab) Biologics License Application (BLA) for the treatment of high cholesterol with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (EMDAC).

10 Jun 2015

Switching from Remicade to Inflectra benefits patients with rheumatic diseases

Hospira, Inc., a global leader in biosimilars, today announced the results of an independent clinical study, showing patients with rheumatic diseases experienced comparable clinical effectiveness and safety after switching from Remicade™ to Inflectra.

10 Jun 2015

Study highlights the need to reduce non-communicable diseases

There is a great need to slow down the increasing number of people who die prematurely because of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.

10 Jun 2015

WellSpan Health, CareFusion announce successful implementation of Alaris System in WellSpan hospitals

WellSpan Health and CareFusion, a BD company, today announced the successful implementation of the Alaris System across all four WellSpan hospitals, with WellSpan York Hospital becoming the first hospital ever to simultaneously go-live with new infusion devices and bi-directional interoperability between the infusion device and the electronic health record (EHR).

10 Jun 2015

Detecting blood clots with a portable device

Blockages in lung arteries could be diagnosed safely in real-time helping as many as 20,000 respiratory patients in Australia each year with emerging technology being developed by electrical engineering researchers at the University of Sydney.

10 Jun 2015

Dietary data used by U.S. Government's 2015 DGAC is scientifically flawed, claim health researchers

U.S. government-issued dietary recommendations continue to evolve over time. In a special article published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, an obesity theorist and cardiovascular health researchers claim that the main source of dietary information used by the U.S. Government's 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) is scientifically flawed because the underlying data are primarily informed by memory-based dietary assessment methods (M-BMs) (eg, interviews and surveys).

10 Jun 2015

People across the world are living longer but spending more time in ill health

People across the world are living longer but spending more time in ill health as rates of nonfatal diseases and injuries - including diabetes and hearing loss - decline more slowly than death rates, according to a new analysis of 301 diseases and injuries in 188 countries.

9 Jun 2015

Breathe NIOV System improves exercise duration among patients with chronic respiratory disease

Breathe Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of innovative medical technologies for patients with respiratory insufficiency diseases and neuromuscular diseases, announced new data today demonstrating that use of its Non-Invasive Open Ventilation (NIOV) System in pulmonary rehabilitation was associated with significant improvement in mean exercise duration change (approximately 63 percent) among patients with chronic respiratory disease.

8 Jun 2015

Celtaxsys closes $40M Series D financing and receives $5M CFFT grant to conduct CTX-4430 Phase 2 trial

Celtaxsys, Inc., a clinical stage drug development company focused on developing novel therapies for inflammatory diseases, today announced the successful completion of a $40M Series D financing led by Domain Partners VIII. Additional investors in the financing include Lumira Capital, RMI Partners, Masters Capital Management and the Georgia Research Alliance Venture Fund.

8 Jun 2015

Respiratory News and Research

Triciribine drug may reverse progression of pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension

Promising results for multi-source DBS in Parkinson’s disease

Older asthmatic patients treated with inhaled corticosteroids at increased risk for treatment failure

Study seeks to determine environmental factors that protect against asthma, allergies

Peanut and nut intake lowers risk of dying from major causes of death

Researchers identify two critical mutations that allow MERS virus to transmit from bats to humans

Patients with community-acquired pneumonia have high rates of long-term morbidity and mortality

Isis Pharmaceuticals provides update on ISIS-SMN Rx Phase 2 clinical study in infants with Type I SMA

Data from statewide quality collaborative helps surgeons to reduce rates of serious trauma complication

Surgeons perform breakthrough operation to separate six-month-old conjoined Haitian twins

WMMC expands use of capnography to monitor patient's breathing to control pain after surgery

Amgen to discuss data supporting Repatha BLA for high cholesterol treatment with FDA EMDAC

Switching from Remicade to Inflectra benefits patients with rheumatic diseases

Study highlights the need to reduce non-communicable diseases

WellSpan Health, CareFusion announce successful implementation of Alaris System in WellSpan hospitals

Detecting blood clots with a portable device

Dietary data used by U.S. Government's 2015 DGAC is scientifically flawed, claim health researchers

People across the world are living longer but spending more time in ill health

Breathe NIOV System improves exercise duration among patients with chronic respiratory disease

Celtaxsys closes $40M Series D financing and receives $5M CFFT grant to conduct CTX-4430 Phase 2 trial

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