Medical Condition News

RSS

Study demonstrates potential of human Serum Amyloid P to block very aggressive fibrotic pathology

Promedior, Inc., a leader in the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of fibrotic diseases and tissue remodeling, announced today the publication of results from preclinical studies demonstrating that human Serum Amyloid P (hSAP) potently inhibited fibrosis in two independent model systems of kidney fibrosis.

5 Nov 2009

Amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance advantage, say researchers

A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance advantage over counterparts who use their biological legs.

5 Nov 2009

Green tea holds hope for prevention of oral cancer

Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

5 Nov 2009

Oral contraceptives may have a potential role in the management of premenopausal women with asthma

New research shows that during natural menstrual cycles, women with asthma who were not taking oral contraceptives (OC) had lower exhaled nitric oxide levels (eNO), a marker of airway inflammation associated with asthma, than women who were taking OC.

5 Nov 2009

InterMune seeks FDA marketing approval for pirfenidone

InterMune, Inc. today announced that it has submitted an electronic New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market pirfenidone for the treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Pirfenidone has been granted Orphan Drug and Fast Track designation by the FDA, and also has been granted Orphan Drug status in Europe.

5 Nov 2009

Yoga may be more effective for reducing chronic low back pain, say researchers

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center found that yoga may be more effective than standard treatment for reducing chronic low back pain in minority populations. This study appears in the November issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.

5 Nov 2009

Raptor Pharmaceutical to present oral AMPA-kainate antagonist data at the neuropathic pain conference

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., today announced that data from a clinical trial of NGX426, the Company's orally administered non-opioid, AMPA/kainate antagonist, will be presented at the 12th International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain, to be held November 20-21, 2009 in San Francisco.

5 Nov 2009

Significant behavioral changes needed to maintain weight loss

Americans continue to get heavier. Most weight control methods short of bariatric surgery are generally considered ineffective in preventing obesity or reducing weight. The term energy gap was coined to estimate the change in energy balance (intake and expenditure) behaviors required to achieve and sustain reduced body weight outcomes in individuals and populations.

5 Nov 2009

Tetracycline-like compound raises hope for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

A chemical cousin of the common antibiotic tetracycline might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a currently incurable disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. This is the finding of a research collaboration involving Adrian Krainer, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and scientists from Paratek Pharmaceuticals and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

5 Nov 2009

Researchers develop new molecular tools to investigate Alzheimer's disease

One of the many mysteries of Alzheimer's disease is how protein-like snippets called amyloid-beta peptides, which clump together to form plaques in the brain, may cause cell death, leading to the disease's devastating symptoms of memory loss and other mental difficulties.

5 Nov 2009

Surgery may not be the best option for children with obstructive sleep apnea

For children with obstructive sleep apnea, standard care often includes a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. But researchers at Saint Louis University say further research is needed to determine if surgery is the best option for these patients.

5 Nov 2009

Green tea extract shows promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer, reveal researchers

5 Nov 2009

People with MS who relapse within first five years of onset have more severe disability: Study

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, according to a new study published in the November 4, 2009, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study is one of the first to examine how MS relapses affect people during different time periods of the disease.

5 Nov 2009

Adolescents with chronic health conditions rely more on Internet

The Internet has become a popular socializing tool for adolescents and a new study shows those with chronic health conditions might rely on it more heavily than their peers do.

5 Nov 2009

Echo Therapeutics commences its Symphony Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System clinical study

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a diabetes management company developing the needle-free Symphony(TM) tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude(TM) SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery announced today that it has initiated a clinical study of its Symphony(TM) Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (tCGM System) in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

5 Nov 2009

Cook Medical and AOPA partner to offer AAA screenings at AOPA Aviation Summit

Cook Medical is partnering with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) at this year’s AOPA Aviation Summit in Tampa, Fla. from November 5-7 to provide free abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screenings to its attendees at high risk for AAA.

5 Nov 2009

EFOF's initative to raise epilepsy awareness

Each year, some 50,000 Americans die from seizures and related causes, triggering more deaths annually than breast cancer. The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida (EFOF) is working to educate the public about this condition during November, Epilepsy Awareness Month.

4 Nov 2009

Designers of anti-cancer drugs aim at the genetic material DNA in preventing cancer cells

Designers of anti-cancer drugs are aiming their arrows at mysterious chunks of the genetic material DNA that may play a key role in preventing the growth and spread of cancer cells, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine.

4 Nov 2009

Cancer patients want strong relationship with their radiation oncologist

What do patients want from their radiation oncologists? The most significant preference is that more than one-third of female cancer patients (37 percent) prefer to have their hands held by their radiation oncologists during important office visits, compared to 12 percent of men, according to a randomized study presented November 4, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

4 Nov 2009

Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital offers behavioral testing for children

Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital now provides neuropsychological assessments and testing for children ages 5 to 18 who are exhibiting behavioral issues or academic difficulties.

4 Nov 2009

Medical Condition News

Study demonstrates potential of human Serum Amyloid P to block very aggressive fibrotic pathology

Amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance advantage, say researchers

Green tea holds hope for prevention of oral cancer

Oral contraceptives may have a potential role in the management of premenopausal women with asthma

InterMune seeks FDA marketing approval for pirfenidone

Yoga may be more effective for reducing chronic low back pain, say researchers

Raptor Pharmaceutical to present oral AMPA-kainate antagonist data at the neuropathic pain conference

Significant behavioral changes needed to maintain weight loss

Tetracycline-like compound raises hope for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

Researchers develop new molecular tools to investigate Alzheimer's disease

Surgery may not be the best option for children with obstructive sleep apnea

Green tea extract shows promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer, reveal researchers

People with MS who relapse within first five years of onset have more severe disability: Study

Adolescents with chronic health conditions rely more on Internet

Echo Therapeutics commences its Symphony Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System clinical study

Cook Medical and AOPA partner to offer AAA screenings at AOPA Aviation Summit

EFOF's initative to raise epilepsy awareness

Designers of anti-cancer drugs aim at the genetic material DNA in preventing cancer cells

Cancer patients want strong relationship with their radiation oncologist

Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital offers behavioral testing for children

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Latest News