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BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Howard University Hospital partner to help uninsured PAD patients

BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Inc. announced today that the company has partnered with Howard University Hospital, Department of Surgery to participate in a Community Health Project and Demonstration focused on diagnosing and treating the potentially life-threatening condition called Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

24 Feb 2010

Special issue of NeuroRehabilitation journal devoted to HI-BI published

IOS Press announces publication of a special issue of NeuroRehabilitation: An International Journal devoted specifically to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HI-BI), a significant disruption of brain function due to a deficient supply of oxygen to the brain.

24 Feb 2010

Anxiety in German psychosomatic units: Long term extensive experience of treatment

A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics reports on a long term extensive experience of treatment of psychosomatic symptoms related to anxiety in German psychosomatic units.

24 Feb 2010

ES cells-functions: Condensins promote mitotic progression and maintain interphase chromatin compaction

Regulatory proteins common to all eukaryotic cells can have additional, unique functions in embryonic stem (ES) cells, according to a study in the February 22 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology (www.jcb.org). If cancer progenitor cells-which function similarly to stem cells-are shown to rely on these regulatory proteins in the same way, it may be possible to target them therapeutically without harming healthy neighboring cells.

24 Feb 2010

Emerging oral atypical antipsychotics to compete in increasingly crowded schizophrenia drug market

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, in the world's major pharmaceutical markets, emerging oral atypical antipsychotics will compete against each other and against established drugs for the same niche patient population in the treatment of schizophrenia.

24 Feb 2010

Take 2 To Save 2 campaign: To send life-changing health messages to those who may be at risk for stroke

The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, today launched a campaign that provides people an array of life-changing health messages to send to those who may be at risk for stroke.

24 Feb 2010

Joint science advisory issues messages for diabetics at risk for heart disease and stroke

The data are inconclusive on heart risks from a class of blood sugar-lowering drugs called thiazolidinediones (TZDs) such as pioglitazone (Actos) or rosiglitazone (Avandia), but the medications should be used with close monitoring from healthcare providers according to a joint science advisory from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

24 Feb 2010

Religious belief can reduce depression symptoms

Research suggests that religious belief can help protect against symptoms of depression, but a study at Rush University Medical Center goes one step further.

24 Feb 2010

Arsenic exposure may increase cancer risk, says study

Researchers have found a new oncogenic signaling pathway by which the environmental toxin arsenic may lead to adverse health effects, including bladder cancer. These study results are published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

24 Feb 2010

Research may lead to new therapeutic treatments for Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease (HD) is a cruel, hereditary condition that leads to severe physical and mental deterioration, psychiatric problems and eventually, death. Currently, there are no treatments to slow down or stop it. HD sufferers are born with the disease although they do not show symptoms until late in life.

24 Feb 2010

Gene expression in prostate cancer cell more complex than ever imagined

Scientists from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research have published a paper, online today in Nature Cell Biology, describing gene expression in a prostate cancer cell: more sweeping, more targeted and more complex than we could ever have imagined, even five years ago.

24 Feb 2010

Colonoscopies performed by non-gastroenterologists may increase risk of developing subsequent CRC

Following a negative complete colonoscopy, those who had their colonoscopies at a hospital and had their procedures performed by a non-gastroenterologist may be at a significantly increased risk of developing subsequent colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute.

24 Feb 2010

New treatments for heart disease

Two studies published in the latest issue of Cell Transplantation (18:12) may lead to new treatments for the treatment of heart diseases. The first study, carried out by a team of Brazilian researchers, found that cell transplantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMCs) directly into the heart benefited patients suffering from refractory angina.

24 Feb 2010

BSD2000 deep hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy improves quality of life in NSCLC patients

BSD Medical Corporation today announced that a study titled “BSD2000 Deep Hyperthermia Combined with Chemotherapy of PT regimen in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer” has been published in the current issue of The Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer (February 2010;13(2):132–135) by Yang, Zhao, and Wang.

24 Feb 2010

Combination therapies effective for treating depression

Even after she left her alcoholic, abusive husband behind, Patrice, a nurse in Florida, couldn't summon the energy to keep her house straight, couldn't sleep.

24 Feb 2010

Individuals with higher midlife BMI scores have lower cognitive ability: Study

The adverse affects of being overweight are not limited to physical function but also extend to neurological function, according to research in the latest issue of the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and Medical Sciences (Volume 65A, Number 1).

24 Feb 2010

Treadmill intervention may benefit infants with prenatal complications

Using a treadmill could help infants with prenatal complications or who were injured at birth walk earlier and better, according to a University of Michigan researcher.

24 Feb 2010

Genetic link between schizophrenia and autism may help study effectiveness of drugs for both illnesses

A genetic link between schizophrenia and autism is enabling researchers to study the effectiveness of drugs used to treat both illnesses.

24 Feb 2010

Poniard Pharmaceuticals enters into $20M committed equity financing facility with Commerce Court Small Cap Value Fund

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative oncology therapies, today announced that it has entered into a committed equity financing facility under which it may sell up to $20 million of its registered common stock to Commerce Court Small Cap Value Fund, Ltd. over an approximately 18-month period. Poniard is not obligated to utilize any of the facility and remains free to enter into other financing transactions.

24 Feb 2010

Scientists identify key mechanism of drug resistance in breast cancer patients

CANCER RESEARCH UK funded scientists have discovered why some breast cancers are resistant to the commonly used drug tamoxifen, their findings are published in Cancer Research.

24 Feb 2010

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BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Howard University Hospital partner to help uninsured PAD patients

Special issue of NeuroRehabilitation journal devoted to HI-BI published

Anxiety in German psychosomatic units: Long term extensive experience of treatment

ES cells-functions: Condensins promote mitotic progression and maintain interphase chromatin compaction

Emerging oral atypical antipsychotics to compete in increasingly crowded schizophrenia drug market

Take 2 To Save 2 campaign: To send life-changing health messages to those who may be at risk for stroke

Joint science advisory issues messages for diabetics at risk for heart disease and stroke

Religious belief can reduce depression symptoms

Arsenic exposure may increase cancer risk, says study

Research may lead to new therapeutic treatments for Huntington's disease

Gene expression in prostate cancer cell more complex than ever imagined

Colonoscopies performed by non-gastroenterologists may increase risk of developing subsequent CRC

New treatments for heart disease

BSD2000 deep hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy improves quality of life in NSCLC patients

Combination therapies effective for treating depression

Individuals with higher midlife BMI scores have lower cognitive ability: Study

Treadmill intervention may benefit infants with prenatal complications

Genetic link between schizophrenia and autism may help study effectiveness of drugs for both illnesses

Poniard Pharmaceuticals enters into $20M committed equity financing facility with Commerce Court Small Cap Value Fund

Scientists identify key mechanism of drug resistance in breast cancer patients

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