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Inexpensive intervention helps patients with hypertension-associated kidney disease

In patients with kidney disease, the Western diet produces an acidic environment in the body that has numerous negative effects and worsens with age as kidney function declines.

21 Nov 2010

Alexion's Soliris Phase 2 clinical study for aHUS meets primary, secondary endpoints

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that a Phase 2 clinical study investigating Soliris (eculizumab) as a treatment for patients with atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) who are resistant to plasma therapy met primary and key secondary endpoints with high levels of statistical and clinical significance, according to results presented today at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) annual meeting in Denver.

21 Nov 2010

Mass. and Minn. officials struggle with controlling health costs, guaranteeing quality

News outlets report that Massachusetts' health reform hasn't adequately addressed the soaring cost of health care, according to the state's Attorney General.

21 Nov 2010

Presence of albumin in urine predicts cognitive decline: Study

A new study has found that low amounts of albumin in the urine, at levels not traditionally considered clinically significant, strongly predict faster cognitive decline in older women.

21 Nov 2010

Celldex presents ACT III Phase 2 clinical trial data for glioblastoma multiforme at SNO Meeting

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc., today announced the presentation of complete data for the primary endpoint of ACT III, a multi-center, single arm, Phase 2 clinical trial of rindopepimut (CDX-110) in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

21 Nov 2010

NSW nurses to strike on Wednesday

NSW nurses are bent upon going on strike despite requests from Deputy Premiera and Minister for Health Carmel Tebbutt for them to re-enter negotiations. The strike is set to go ahead against the orders of the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC).

21 Nov 2010

Wrong diagnosis makes comedian spend his life savings

A British comedian ended up spending his life savings after he was wrongly told by doctors he only had three months to live.

21 Nov 2010

Growing emergency room ‘access block’ problem in Australian hospitals

Shockingly the number of Australians who die waiting for a hospital bed is on par with road deaths said a senior Canberra emergency department doctor. According to Australian National University medical school’s road trauma chairman, Associate Professor Drew Richardson, 30 per cent of emergency wards’ work now involves caring for patients whose initial treatment has ended but still await a bed. He suggested a seven-day-a-week surgical roster to avoid the build-ups of patients that overcrowd wards.

21 Nov 2010

Scientologists target Aborigines with “drug bombs”

The Northern Territory (NT) Health Department of Australia last Saturday warned the Church of Scientology that its drug detoxification therapy, being promoted to Aborigines in Australia by the church was dangerous for people with kidney problems.

21 Nov 2010

Pope’s views on condoms downplayed by the Vatican

Pope Benedict XVI in a statement on the use of condoms, reported in a book to be published this week, had suggested the consideration of condom use in certain, limited circumstances. The Vatican immediately provided a “clarification” of the remarks, insisting he had “not reformed or changed the [Roman Catholic] church’s teaching”.

21 Nov 2010

Detroit residents could benefit from transforming vacant urban lots into farms, community gardens

Transforming vacant urban lots into farms and community gardens could provide Detroit residents with a majority of their fruits and vegetables.

20 Nov 2010

Ad Hoc Group of Vitro Noteholders commence involuntary bankruptcy cases

As announced on November 17, 2010, certain members (the "Petitioning Creditors") of the Ad Hoc Group of Vitro Noteholders (the "Ad Hoc Noteholder Group"), comprised of holders, or investment advisors to holders, of the Senior Notes due 2012, 2013 and 2017 (collectively, the "Senior Notes") issued by Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. ("Vitro"), commenced involuntary bankruptcy cases (the "Cases") under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code against fifteen of Vitro's U.S. subsidiary guarantors (the "U.S. Subsidiary Debtors").

20 Nov 2010

U.S. federal court sanction lawyers at Gibson Dunn for abusive questioning in Ecuador environmental contamination

A U.S. federal court has sanctioned Chevron and its lawyers at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher for abusive questioning during a deposition related to the oil giant's multi-billion dollar liability in Ecuador for environmental contamination, according to court papers made available today.

20 Nov 2010

Physicians and consumers agree on quality of hospice and amount of service, reveals survey

Physicians say that hospice is great, but there's too little service and it's offered too late. That's one of the top findings of a new national survey conducted to compare attitudes and perceptions about hospice care among consumers and physicians. Consumers agree with physicians on the quality of hospice and the amount of service that should be provided. But when it comes to the right time to discuss hospice—it's an individual preference.

20 Nov 2010

Lotsa Helping Hands' new feature connects community members to healthcare nonprofit organizations

Lotsa Helping Hands, the leading provider of a web-based caregiving coordination service, today announces a new feature that connects its community members to trusted resources from many of the nation's leading healthcare nonprofit organizations.

20 Nov 2010

Guardian recognized as one of leading U.S. dental insurance carriers for second consecutive year

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), one of the largest mutual life insurers and a leading provider of employee benefits, today announced that it has been recognized by the readers of Benefits Selling magazine as one of the nation's leading dental insurance carriers for the second consecutive year.

20 Nov 2010

'Vulnerably housed' people have same severe health problems as homeless people

For every one person in Canada who is homeless, another 23 live in unsafe, crowded or unaffordable housing, meaning the country's housing crisis is even worse than previously thought, according to Dr. Stephen Hwang of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.

20 Nov 2010

Medical News

Inexpensive intervention helps patients with hypertension-associated kidney disease

Alexion's Soliris Phase 2 clinical study for aHUS meets primary, secondary endpoints

Mass. and Minn. officials struggle with controlling health costs, guaranteeing quality

Presence of albumin in urine predicts cognitive decline: Study

Celldex presents ACT III Phase 2 clinical trial data for glioblastoma multiforme at SNO Meeting

NSW nurses to strike on Wednesday

Wrong diagnosis makes comedian spend his life savings

Growing emergency room ‘access block’ problem in Australian hospitals

Scientologists target Aborigines with “drug bombs”

Pope’s views on condoms downplayed by the Vatican

Detroit residents could benefit from transforming vacant urban lots into farms, community gardens

Ad Hoc Group of Vitro Noteholders commence involuntary bankruptcy cases

U.S. federal court sanction lawyers at Gibson Dunn for abusive questioning in Ecuador environmental contamination

Physicians and consumers agree on quality of hospice and amount of service, reveals survey

Lotsa Helping Hands' new feature connects community members to healthcare nonprofit organizations

Guardian recognized as one of leading U.S. dental insurance carriers for second consecutive year

'Vulnerably housed' people have same severe health problems as homeless people

Lower VAT on alcohol served in pubs may deliver health benefits

Dollar General joins St. Jude Children's Hospital for Thanks and Giving campaign

CRE pleased with FDA's attention to DQA petition

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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