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French maritime pine tree extract effective against hemorrhoids

According to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, about half of the U.S. population will have hemorrhoids by the age of 50. While the most common prescription to treat hemorrhoids is over-the-counter remedies, most patients do not report symptoms of acute hemorrhoidal attacks to their doctor until they are in severe distress, including bleeding.

12 Jan 2010

Sage Bionetworks, Pfizer sign new research partnership to analyze advanced network models of cancer

Sage Bionetworks has announced today a new research partnership with Pfizer, Inc. to build, analyze and exploit advanced network models of cancer. Pfizer will provide research funding to Sage to analyze large, globally coherent datasets from Pfizer, Sage and the public domain.

12 Jan 2010

Flawed medical research could lead to children receiving treatment that either does not work or is harmful

Lisa Hartling, co-director for the University of Alberta's Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, looked at 163 North American clinical trials involving children by using a new tool that rates the risk of bias, meaning the benefits and safety of the treatments may have been exaggerated.

12 Jan 2010

Lives of 400 Swedes can be saved annually if side effects of pharmaceuticals prevented

A scientific study indicates that the lives of 400 Swedes could be saved annually if measures were taken to prevent side effects of pharmaceuticals. Now these researchers in Sweden, at the Nordic School of Public Health (NHV) and elsewhere, have reviewed randomly selected deaths in three Swedish counties and found that 14 percent of these deaths could have been avoided if a drug had been replaced or if the dosage had been lowered.

11 Jan 2010

Research into "chemical chaperone" may lead to new treatments for heart attacks

Researchers at the Indiana University and Stanford University schools of medicine have determined how a "chemical chaperone" does its job in the body, which could lead to a new class of drugs to help reduce the muscle damage caused by heart attacks.

10 Jan 2010

Genital complexities do matter when hooking up with opposite sex, says UC researcher

Charles Darwin spent eight years studying barnacles and their genitalia. In much less time than that, University of Cincinnati evolutionary biologist Michal Polak (and co-author Arash Rashed now at the University of California, Berkeley) have confirmed one of Darwin's theories: that genitalia complexities in some male species have developed because they assist the male in "holding her securely."

8 Jan 2010

NEH awards Challenge Grant to The Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health

The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded a Challenge Grant to The Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

7 Jan 2010

Researchers identify new approach to eliminate side effects of drugs

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken an early step toward identifying a new approach to drug discovery that may eventually yield drugs with fewer side effects.

7 Jan 2010

Commercially prepared foods contain more calories than indicated in nutritional labeling, say researchers

With obesity rising markedly, reliance on the accuracy of food labeling is an important weight management strategy. Since people who are trying to reduce their weight are encouraged to choose meals labeled as "lower in calories" or "reduced-energy" in restaurants and supermarkets, it is essential that the listed data are accurate.

6 Jan 2010

Thomson Reuters to produce data-driven portraits of global research institutions

Thomson Reuters, the authority on research analytics and decision support citation data for more than half a century, announced today that it has begun working with thousands of institutions and research facilities to produce a one-of-a-kind resource. This

6 Jan 2010

Excessive reduction of fat mass in girls may increase risk of osteoporosis in later life

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), fat mass is important in increasing bone size and thickness, but this effect appears to be stronger in girls than boys.

6 Jan 2010

WPI researchers lay groundwork for new generation of advanced prosthetic limbs

The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have left a terrible legacy: more than 1,200 returning American soldiers have lost one or more limbs. To address this growing national need, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are laying the groundwork for a new generation of advanced prosthetic limbs that will be fully integrated with the body and nervous system.

5 Jan 2010

Women's bodies and minds respond differently to sexual arousal

Women's minds and genitals respond differently to sexual arousal, whereas in men, the responses of the body and mind are more in tune with each other, according to Assistant Professor Meredith Chivers, from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, and her international collaborators, Michael Seto, Martin Lalumi-re, Ellen Laan, and Teresa Grimbos. Their meta-analysis1 of the extent of agreement between subjective ratings and physiological measures of sexual arousal in men and women is published online this week in Springer's journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

5 Jan 2010

Study confirms link between GI and autism

An article published today in the journal Pediatrics confirms what parents and advocacy organizations have been saying for years: many individuals with autism suffer from gastrointestinal disease that can contribute to behaviors and symptoms associated with autism.

5 Jan 2010

University of Western Ontario receives grant to conduct randomized trial for Crohn's disease

Robarts Clinical Trials at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, has been awarded a 4.7 million dollar grant to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating treatment options for Crohn's disease.

5 Jan 2010

Going to bed early may help prevent depression and suicidal ideation in adolescents

A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that adolescents with bedtimes that were set earlier by parents were significantly less likely to suffer from depression and to think about committing suicide, suggesting that earlier bedtimes could have a protective effect by lengthening sleep duration and increasing the likelihood of getting enough sleep.

4 Jan 2010

Chlorophyll and chlorophyllin effective in limiting aflatoxin absorption in humans

A new study has found that chlorophyll and its derivative chlorophyllin are effective in limiting the absorption of aflatoxin in humans. Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that is a contaminant of grains including corn, peanuts and soybeans; it is known to cause liver cancer - and can work in concert with other health concerns, such as hepatitis.

30 Dec 2009

EGCg in green tea inhibits flu infection

Joint research conducted by the Central Research Institute of ITO EN, Ltd. and Professor Takashi Suzuki of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, showed that epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), a kind of catechin contained in green tea, had an inhibitory effect against three types of influenza viruses, including the swine-origin H1N1 virus that caused pandemic flu in 2009, and that its effect did not depend on the type of virus. These findings once again suggest that green tea is effective in preventing flu.

24 Dec 2009

Perspective of the future influences health decisions

When New Year's Eve rolls around and you're deciding whether to have another glass of champagne, your decision may be predicted by your perspective of the future.

24 Dec 2009

PHT comments on FDA's PRO Final Guidance

PHT Corporation, the leading provider of ePRO (electronic patient reported outcome) solutions used in more than 400 clinical trials worldwide, commented on the FDA’s recent release of a final guidance almost four years following a Draft Guidance on the topic. The Final Guidance is entitled: Guidance for Industry, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures: Use in Medical Product Development to Support Labeling Claims.

24 Dec 2009

Medical Research News

French maritime pine tree extract effective against hemorrhoids

Sage Bionetworks, Pfizer sign new research partnership to analyze advanced network models of cancer

Flawed medical research could lead to children receiving treatment that either does not work or is harmful

Lives of 400 Swedes can be saved annually if side effects of pharmaceuticals prevented

Research into "chemical chaperone" may lead to new treatments for heart attacks

Genital complexities do matter when hooking up with opposite sex, says UC researcher

NEH awards Challenge Grant to The Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health

Researchers identify new approach to eliminate side effects of drugs

Commercially prepared foods contain more calories than indicated in nutritional labeling, say researchers

Thomson Reuters to produce data-driven portraits of global research institutions

Excessive reduction of fat mass in girls may increase risk of osteoporosis in later life

WPI researchers lay groundwork for new generation of advanced prosthetic limbs

Women's bodies and minds respond differently to sexual arousal

Study confirms link between GI and autism

University of Western Ontario receives grant to conduct randomized trial for Crohn's disease

Going to bed early may help prevent depression and suicidal ideation in adolescents

Chlorophyll and chlorophyllin effective in limiting aflatoxin absorption in humans

EGCg in green tea inhibits flu infection

Perspective of the future influences health decisions

PHT comments on FDA's PRO Final Guidance

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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