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First successful closure of gastro-cutaneous fistulas with newly designed OTSC

Gastrointestinal (GI) chronic perforations require closure and control of extraluminal collections and sepsis. Covered self-expandable metal stents or plastic stents are an effective method in more than 80% of cases, but have many drawbacks.

12 Apr 2010

Asthma-like symptoms in infants and toddlers is often RAD

Your child is wheezing. Your child must have asthma, right? Not always, says Julie Koehler, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in Butler University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and clinical pharmacy specialist in family medicine at Clarian Health.

12 Apr 2010

Three nonprofit organizations launch campaign to increase national awareness of PF

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Association of Texas today announced the launch of a special, grassroots campaign to build increased national awareness of Pulmonary Fibrosis.

12 Apr 2010

New CZT-based cardiac nuclear imaging system now at Mount Sinai Medical Center

The Mount Sinai Medical Center has become the first in the United States to commercially use a new cardiac nuclear imaging system by GE Healthcare, a cadmium zinc telluride (CZT)-based high-speed, high-resolution camera that drastically reduces imaging time for patients while also reducing radiation exposure compared to previously used technologies.

12 Apr 2010

Study compares preoperative and postoperative CRT to surgery alone in ESCC patients

Esophagectomy is a standard treatment for resectable esophageal carcinoma but relatively few patients are cured. Combined neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) or adjuvant CRT with surgery may improve survival but there is concern about treatment morbidity and the best sequencing of CRT and surgery.

12 Apr 2010

Internet-based CBT as effective as group therapy for treating panic disorder

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) via the internet is just as effective in treating panic disorder (recurring panic attacks) as traditional group-based CBT. It is also efficacious in the treatment of mild and moderate depression. This according to a new doctoral thesis soon to be presented at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.

12 Apr 2010

Worsening suicidality thoughts while on antidepressants linked to specific changes in brain function

While antidepressant medications have proven to be beneficial in helping people overcome major depression, it has long been known that a small subset of individuals taking these drugs can actually experience a worsening of mood, and even thoughts of suicide. No clinical test currently exists to make this determination, and only time - usually weeks - can tell before a psychiatrist knows whether a patient is getting better or worse.

12 Apr 2010

Accumulation of mutated protein may explain damaging cellular behavior in Huntington's disease

In a step towards a possible treatment for Huntington's disease, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown for the first time that the accumulation of a mutated protein may explain damaging cellular behavior in Huntington's disease. Their research is described in the April 11 online edition of Nature Neuroscience.

12 Apr 2010

Canadian Cancer Society's "Fight" video wins DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards

The Canadian Cancer Society's "Fight" video has won first prize in the "large organization" category of the 4th annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards. Winners were announced on Saturday, April 10 at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta. More than 750 videos were submitted to the international contest.

12 Apr 2010

Study shows promising basis for development of effective liver-cancer screening test

Liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world and one of the deadliest cancers since it is rarely diagnosed until late in its development.

12 Apr 2010

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries' generic Namenda ANDA: USFDA grants tentative approval

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced that USFDA has granted its subsidiary a tentative approval for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market a generic version of Forest Laboratories, Inc.'s Namenda 5 mg and 10 mg tablets.

12 Apr 2010

Nationwide Asthma Screening Program to find people at risk

The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology will help adults and children to find out if they are at risk for asthma through its Nationwide Asthma Screening Program. More than 200 screenings will take place across the country this year. Locate one near you on the calendar of screenings available at AllergyAndAsthmaRelief.org.

12 Apr 2010

Modified ESD procedure can remove large ileal lipoma: Research article

Lipoma is relatively common in the colon but is less often in the small intestine. Most lipomas are incidentally detected at endoscopy and are usually small and asymptomatic. However, some of them can present with obstruction and/or intussusceptions. Surgical resection is commonly recommended to remove such significant lipomas with a limited pedicle and larger than 2 cm in size, as endoscopic resection may result in unfavorable complications such as intestinal perforations.

12 Apr 2010

CME program for understanding latest treatment and research on Dupuytren's disease

The Department of Orthopaedics at Stony Brook University Medical Center and the Office of Continuing Medical Education will run a CME program for hand surgeons, hand therapists, rheumatologists, researchers and others interested in understanding the latest treatment and research on Dupuytren's disease, a debilitating hand disorder caused by progressive accumulation of collagen that deforms fingers and limits motion and affects millions worldwide.

12 Apr 2010

Research shows association between LRP16 expression in colorectal cancer and disease related death

Leukemia related protein 16 gene is an important estrogen-responsive gene. LRP16 gene plays an important role in the carcinogenesis and progression of hormone-dependent cancer. LRP16 expression was also reported to be associated with invasion, metastasis and prognosis of gastric carcinoma. But no comprehensive description of LRP16 protein expression in colorectal cancer has been reported.

12 Apr 2010

Pollen overload in some parts of US, situation grim for asthmatics

Unusual cold seasons across US has lead to an all time high in pollen this season. Southeast is one of the worst affected with a yellow mist of pollen hanging around constantly. Normally a pollen count of 120 is considered high. This year it has risen up to 5,733 in Atlanta last week. This is the second-highest level on record, according to The Weather Channel. (The city's record - 6,013 on April 12, 1999.)

12 Apr 2010

NCI renews SWOG's operating grants for six years

Noting that the organization's research "has touched the lives of virtually every adult cancer patient in this nation," the National Cancer Institute has renewed the Southwest Oncology Group's operating grants for six years, with a total funding package over that period expected to exceed $120 million.

12 Apr 2010

S. thermophilus CRL 1190-fermented milk effective in therapeutic treatment of chronic gastritis: Research

Gastritis produced by acetyl-salicylic acid consumption is a common disorder worldwide. The use of probiotics has been proposed to ameliorate different gastrointestinal tract diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, etc. However, little attention has been paid to the use of probiotics in gastric disease.

12 Apr 2010

FDA issues complete response letter regarding the NDA for OMAPRO

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Oncology Drug Products has issued a complete response letter regarding the new drug application for OMAPRO for the treatment of adults with chronic myeloid leukemia who have failed prior therapy with imatinib and have the Bcr-Abl T315I mutation.

12 Apr 2010

Patients with end-stage cancer do not benefit from palliative radiotherapy: CANCER

A new analysis has found that a considerable proportion of patients with end-stage or terminal cancer do not benefit from palliative radiation therapy despite spending most of their remaining life undergoing treatments. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that greater efforts are needed to tailor appropriately palliative radiotherapy to patients with end-stage cancer.

12 Apr 2010

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First successful closure of gastro-cutaneous fistulas with newly designed OTSC

Asthma-like symptoms in infants and toddlers is often RAD

Three nonprofit organizations launch campaign to increase national awareness of PF

New CZT-based cardiac nuclear imaging system now at Mount Sinai Medical Center

Study compares preoperative and postoperative CRT to surgery alone in ESCC patients

Internet-based CBT as effective as group therapy for treating panic disorder

Worsening suicidality thoughts while on antidepressants linked to specific changes in brain function

Accumulation of mutated protein may explain damaging cellular behavior in Huntington's disease

Canadian Cancer Society's "Fight" video wins DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards

Study shows promising basis for development of effective liver-cancer screening test

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries' generic Namenda ANDA: USFDA grants tentative approval

Nationwide Asthma Screening Program to find people at risk

Modified ESD procedure can remove large ileal lipoma: Research article

CME program for understanding latest treatment and research on Dupuytren's disease

Research shows association between LRP16 expression in colorectal cancer and disease related death

Pollen overload in some parts of US, situation grim for asthmatics

NCI renews SWOG's operating grants for six years

S. thermophilus CRL 1190-fermented milk effective in therapeutic treatment of chronic gastritis: Research

FDA issues complete response letter regarding the NDA for OMAPRO

Patients with end-stage cancer do not benefit from palliative radiotherapy: CANCER

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