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Go Red For Women launches nationwide call inviting women to Speak Up about heart disease

Too many women die each year because they are unaware that heart disease is their No. 1 killer. Right now, one in three women die of cardiovascular disease and 90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease in the future.

3 Feb 2010

Iodoprovidone exhibits safety and efficiency in management of malignant pleural effusion

In the USA each year, 200,000 cancer patients suffer from a malignant pleural effusion - development of excessive fluid (pleural effusion) in the chest. Several litres of such fluid can accumulate, and many patients suffer from significant breathlessness and distress. One in four patients with lung cancer, one in every three with breast cancer and most of the patients with mesothelioma will develop a malignant effusion.

3 Feb 2010

LLS increases maximum benefit for myeloma patients to $10,000

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is pleased to announce that, effective Feb. 1, 2010, patients with myeloma and waldenstrom macroglobulinemia will now be able to receive up to $10,000 in support to help offset the costs of prescription drug co-pays and other insurance related expenses.

3 Feb 2010

Certain cancer surgeries for low-risk patients may be performed at community hospitals

Low-risk patients who require certain cancer surgeries can have the procedures performed with low operative mortality rates at community hospitals, according to a new study.

3 Feb 2010

Apple Valley Medical Center to hold free Heart Failure Community Education Evening

A free Heart Failure Community Education Evening will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at the Apple Valley Medical Center.

3 Feb 2010

Research retraction underscores the safety and efficacy of MMR vaccines

The Lancet, a premier British medical journal, today retracted a study published in 1998 that drew a link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and increased incidence of autism.

3 Feb 2010

Is there a link to rising rates of autism, ADHD and other learning and developmental disabilities?

Jeff Sell, father of twin sons with autism ,Vice President for Policy at the Autism Society; Maureen H. Swanson, Healthy Children Project Coordinator, Learning Disabilities Association of America; Larry Silver MD, author of the Understanding and Coping with Your Child's Learning Disabilities; and others will join Andy Igrejas, National Campaign Director of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Campaign on a national telephone news briefing for the release of Mind, Disrupted: How Toxic Chemicals May Affect How We Think and Who We Are, produced by the Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI).

3 Feb 2010

Research opens new avenues for understanding genetic basis of type 2 diabetes

Together with colleagues in Barcelona, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have generated a complete map of the areas of the genome that control which genes are "turned on" or "off."

3 Feb 2010

TGen, Horizon Discovery partner in development of novel cancer cell-lines

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Horizon Discovery today announced plans to develop human disease models for use in TGen's cancer research.

3 Feb 2010

Nanotope’s bioactive nanofiber system promotes cartilage regeneration

Arrowhead Research Corporation today announced publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of a study using Nanotope’s lead compound for cartilage regeneration. The study’s authors, which include Nanotope co-founder Dr. Samuel Stupp, showed that Nanotope’s bioactive nanofiber system promotes the growth of new cartilage in a rabbit model. The treatment is engineered to repair cartilage defects by working with an animal’s own bone marrow stem cells to stimulate the production of new natural cartilage.

3 Feb 2010

Baker's yeast promising against cancer

A researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science is investigating the potential use of non-pathogenic baker's yeast as a promising, natural therapy for cancer.

3 Feb 2010

Cancer survivors become advocates for other cancer patients

Sociologists at Case Western Reserve University found that when passive cancer patients become survivors, they have plenty of bold advice to offer other cancer patients, according to a study in JAGS, the Journal of American Geriatric Society.

3 Feb 2010

Hypertension drug market to decrease through 2013 due to generic erosion and few emerging therapies

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, in addition to extensive generic erosion, the hypertension drug market will be constrained through 2018 by a pipeline containing very few emerging therapies with novel mechanisms of action. Gilead's darusentan was positioned to be the next emerging therapy with a novel mechanism of action to reach the hypertension market. However, following darusentan's failure to meet its primary endpoint in the recent DORADO-AC Phase III clinical trial, further development of the agent has been terminated.

3 Feb 2010

Video campaign teaches parents on how to minimize risk from toxic chemicals

Chronic childhood illnesses – asthma, allergies, autism, cancer, obesity and diabetes – are plaguing our nation, and credible scientific evidence links chemical exposure to many of these conditions.

3 Feb 2010

Patients with high levels of proteinuria have increased risk of all-cause death

Patients with high levels of proteinuria (protein in urine) in addition to another marker of reduced kidney function had an associated increased risk of all-cause death, heart attack or progression to kidney failure, according to a study in the February 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Feb 2010

Study indicates majority of physicians are not following DSM-IV guidelines for major depressive disorder

A new study led by Mark Zimmerman, MD, of Rhode Island Hospital indicates that a majority of non-psychiatrist physicians and a substantial minority of psychiatrists reported that they often do not use the criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) when diagnosing major depressive disorder (MDD) in patients. The study appears online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

3 Feb 2010

CDC reports shows one in five American teens faces risk of developing heart disease

Pamphlets detailing the warning signs associated with heart disease may soon end up in an unexpected location: your child's pediatrician's office. According to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in five American teens has at least one risk factor for developing heart disease in adulthood.

3 Feb 2010

News article on the evolving role of hyperthermia in cancer therapy

BSD Medical Corp. reports publication of a news article by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on the evolving role of hyperthermia in cancer therapy titled, “International Study of Hyperthermia Spurs Hope in U.S.” (J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2010 102: 79-81; doi:10.1093/jnci/djp530).

3 Feb 2010

Researchers find three different degenerative brain disorders linked by toxic form of Elk-1 protein

For the first time, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that three different degenerative brain disorders are linked by a toxic form of the same protein. The protein, called Elk-1, was found in clumps of misshaped proteins that are the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's disease.

3 Feb 2010

Supportive environment and intensive observation can prevent suicides among mental health patients

Between 1997 and 2006, 38% of out-of-clinic suicides by mental health patients were carried out by people absent without leave from the hospital. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry suggest that measures to improve the ward environment or prevent patients from leaving psychiatric wards without staff agreement could avoid up to 50 suicide deaths every year.

3 Feb 2010

Medical Condition News

Go Red For Women launches nationwide call inviting women to Speak Up about heart disease

Iodoprovidone exhibits safety and efficiency in management of malignant pleural effusion

LLS increases maximum benefit for myeloma patients to $10,000

Certain cancer surgeries for low-risk patients may be performed at community hospitals

Apple Valley Medical Center to hold free Heart Failure Community Education Evening

Research retraction underscores the safety and efficacy of MMR vaccines

Is there a link to rising rates of autism, ADHD and other learning and developmental disabilities?

Research opens new avenues for understanding genetic basis of type 2 diabetes

TGen, Horizon Discovery partner in development of novel cancer cell-lines

Nanotope’s bioactive nanofiber system promotes cartilage regeneration

Baker's yeast promising against cancer

Cancer survivors become advocates for other cancer patients

Hypertension drug market to decrease through 2013 due to generic erosion and few emerging therapies

Video campaign teaches parents on how to minimize risk from toxic chemicals

Patients with high levels of proteinuria have increased risk of all-cause death

Study indicates majority of physicians are not following DSM-IV guidelines for major depressive disorder

CDC reports shows one in five American teens faces risk of developing heart disease

News article on the evolving role of hyperthermia in cancer therapy

Researchers find three different degenerative brain disorders linked by toxic form of Elk-1 protein

Supportive environment and intensive observation can prevent suicides among mental health patients

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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