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Saturday, 03 January 2009 |
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Medical Research News Bismuth compounds have been used for centuries in medicine.The discovery of H. pylori in 1983 led to renewed interest in bismuth compounds, owing to these were found to successfully treat the infection in combination with antibiotics. |
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Wednesday, 31 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News Long-term gene therapy resulted in enhanced cardiac function and reversed deterioration of the heart in rats with heart failure, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University's Center for Translational Medicine. |
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Spinal muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative disorder that causes the weakening of muscles, is the leading cause of infant death and occurs in 1 in 6,000 live births. |
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
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Pharmaceutical News NeoVista, Inc. |
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Tuesday, 09 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Startling findings from a new CML (chronic myelogenous leukemia) patient survey were presented at a satellite meeting of the American Society of Hematology yearly meeting, in San Francisco. |
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 |
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Devices/Technology New research has found that the availability of a portable eight-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner in an emergency room can significantly increase the number of stroke victims who receive a potentially life-saving treatment. |
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Monday, 24 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Long-term use of a macrolide antibiotic may decrease the frequency of exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by as much as 35 percent, according to a London-based study. |
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic, debilitating disorder affecting 25 million people in the U.S -- 14-24 percent of women and 5-19 percent of men. |
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News The ACC/AHA 2008 Task Force on Performance Measures' Statement on Performance Measurement and Reperfusion Therapy will webpost on Monday, November 10 at 2 pm ET. |
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
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Medical Condition News A team of researchers led by Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) Dean for Research Bjorn Olsen has discovered a mechanism for the fast growth seen in infantile hemangioma, the most general childhood tumor. |
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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Pharmaceutical News Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Gamunex (Immune Globulin Intravenous [Human], 10% Caprylate/Chromatography Purified) as a treatment for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). |
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
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Drug Trials The results of a post-hoc study of the data from the ATHENA study were presented today at the clinical trial update session of the European Society of Cardiology congress 2008, in Munich, Germany. |
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
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Drug Trials For patients with acute ST-segment-elevation AMI (STEMI) within 12 hours after symptom onset and with persistent ST-segment elevation, or new or presumednew left bundle-branch block with concomitant ST-segment elevation, restoring coronary blood flow as early as possible is the main... |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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Drug Trials The DECREASE III Study which took place in the Netherlands between June 2004 and April 2008, showed that patients treated with Fluvastatin showed an advanced cardiac outcome after surgery. Annually, approximately 40 million people undergo noncardiac surgery in the European Union. |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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Medical Research News Compared with bare metal stents, drug-eluting stents substantially decrease the risk of angiographic and clinical recurrence but do not affect mortality or the short term or long term risk of myocardial infarction. |
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
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Medical Research News Intensified, BNP-guided therapy was no more effective than a standard, symptom-guided approach in old heart failure patients in reducing the number of deaths and all-cause hospitalisations. |
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
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Drug Trials The results of the much awaited BEAUTIFUL (morBidity-mortality EvAlUaTion of the If inhibitor ivabradine in patients with CAD and left ventricULar dysfunction) trial have shown that coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) and a heart rate more than... |
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
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Pharmaceutical News Bayer Inc. announced that Health Canada has granted a Notice of Compliance (NOC) for Adalat XL Plus, a co-packaging of Adalat XL and Aspirin 81mg. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center announced today the nine-month interim results of an ongoing Phase II clinical trial of GAMMAGARD Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IGIV) for Alzheimer's disease at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on... |
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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Medical Research News Gene therapy could offer a new, long-lasting way to treat Parkinson's disease, research results announced Tuesday 15 July at FENS 2008 suggest. |
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials The frequent practice of administering heparin soon after cardioembolic stroke is associated with an increased risk for serious bleeding, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the September 2008 print issue of Archives of Neurology. |
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News According to experts the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a myth, and it is in no way superior to other methods. |
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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Devices/Technology Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will be one of the first medical centers in the region to start using a new generation of drug-coated stents following week following a major study and the Food and Drug Administration's approval of their use. |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Often, a gentle hand on your shoulder when you're upset is all it takes to easiness your mind and calm your nerves. |
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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Medical Research News New Springer book debates the moral status of the human embryo with special regard to stem cell research and therapy. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Medical Research News A novel concept for the treatment of mitochondrial disorders using directed enzyme replacement therapy (DERT) has won for a Hebrew University of Jerusalem doctoral candidate one of this year's Kaye Innovation Awards. |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
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FRIDAY, June 27 Long-anticipated results from a trial on an experimental Alzheimer's therapy look promising, at least in a certain group of patients. |
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials State policies have a valuable impact on the services performed by substance abuse treatment programs, and could play a key role in efforts to develop the use of research-based "comprehensive" treatment approaches, reports a study in the June issue of the Journal of Substance... |
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Persons with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can relieve their symptoms as effectively by following a self-administered, at-home cognitive behavioral program as they can by undergoing a 10-week in-office program administered by a trained therapist, a new pilot study has shown. |
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