| Brit nurse suspended for having affair with heart, lung transplant patient A British nurse has been suspended after she was found having an affair with a heart and lung transplant... | |
| MJ's seven other doctors won't face any charges State investigators have decided that no charges will be filed against seven doctors who treated legendary singer Michael... |
| 'Cat hoarding women put felines' health at risk' Women are usually the ones who hoard cats, and even they have the animal's best interests at heart, they may be harming their... |
| Wearing flip-flops can be hazardous to health Compared to high heels, flip-flops don't even look remotely hazardous. But experts are warning of the dangers of their prolonged use such as the risk of shin splints and joint... |
| Study reveals pros, cons of nanotech-enhanced building materials' use Nanomaterials will soon find effective use in the construction industry but widespread use in building materials comes with potential environmental and health risks when those materials are thrown away, according to new... |
| Novel approach to treat diabetes A single stimulatory molecule, along with other regulatory proteins, could play a role in encouraging or thwarting insulin-producing beta cell replication, which in turn could treat diabetes, according to a... |
| Why fad diets work for some people, but not others Ever wondered why despite a strict diet, even a tiny bite of cake adds pounds to you? Blame your genes, says a new... |
| Australian teacher avoids jail due to cancer A teacher at a school for deaf in Melbourne who allegedly made students expose themselves in class has avoided prison because he has... |
| Dense bones associated with raised risk for prostate cancer A new study has found that men, who develop prostate cancer, tend to retain denser bones as they age than men who stay free of the... |
| Drinking reduces arthritis risk A new study has revealed that drinking can reduce the chances of developing rheumatoid... |
| Move to restrict pain killers puts onus on doctors In an unusual move, a state government is developing regulations meant to stop doctors from prescribing higher doses of powerful — and often dangerous — pain killers for patients who are... |
| Mitchell SmartAdvisor Customer Advisory Council Discusses Medical Claims Leakage Technology Breakthroughs SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - July 29, 2010) - Mitchell International, Inc., a leading provider of information, workflow and performance management solutions to the Property & Casualty and claims... |
| CFIA/Health Hazard Alert: Certain Pepperoni Products from Cowichan Valley Meat Market may Contain Dangerous Bacteria www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/relations/indexaude.shtml . The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Cowichan Valley Meat Market are warning the public not to consume the pepperoni... |
| New Tool For Accessing Bioinformatics Resources Developed by researchers at the UPM's Facultad de Informática, this tool can discover and automatically classify bioinformatics resources from the scientific literature. Bioinformatics resources... |
| New York State Approves Quest Diagnostics' Fragile X Syndrome Test An accurate, faster testing option to identify female carriers and other patients with genetic abnormalities that cause Fragile X Syndrome is now available to physicians in all fifty states with the... |
| Chimerix's CMX157 Shows Potential To Treat Multi-Drug-Resistant HIV And Improve The Activity And Toxicity Profile Of Tenofovir Chimerix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, announced the publication of research results demonstrating the potential of CMX157 (hexadecyloxypropyl... |
| Topaz Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Data From Topical Ivermectin Trials Presented At Society Of Pediatric Dermatology 0 posts Topaz Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, announced positive results of studies of topical ivermectin cream, which it is developing as a potential treatment of... |
| Pharmasset Initiates Phase 1b Multiple Ascending Dose Clinical Trial Of PSI-938 In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS) announced that safety and pharmacokinetic data from the PSI-352938 ("PSI-938") single ascending dose study support progression to a multiple ascending dose trial with... |
| FDA Approves Drug For Chronic Drooling In Children The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate) Oral Solution to treat chronic severe drooling caused by neurologic disorders in children ages 3 years to 16 years. Drooling... |
| Advanced Life Sciences Applies For FDA Fast-Track Designation For Restanza In CABP 0 posts Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic... |
| Intensive Chemotherapy May Be Harmful To Most Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia leukemia (AML) is poor, with a median survival of less than six months, according to a study published online in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology. AML is the most common form... |
| Curemark Opens Autism Trials At New Jersey Site Curemark, LLC, a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, announced that Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is... |
| Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: New Lab Test Could Identify Imatinib Resistance 0 posts Scientists in Japan may have developed a way to accurately predict those patients who will resist treatment with imatinib, which is the standard of care for chronic... |
| Study: Weight Issues Move Up Need For Walkers, Canes, Other Devices Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, according to new research from Purdue University.... |
| Polymer Passage Takes Time Polymer strands wriggle their way through nanometer-sized pores in a membrane to get from here to there and do their jobs. New theoretical research by Rice University scientists quantifies precisely... |
| Mouse Model Shows Aging And Longevity Tied To Specific Brain Region Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of... |
| Implanted Wireless Glucose Sensor That Could Transform Management Of Diabetes Passes Crucial Test diabetes has passed a crucial test: the device they developed worked continuously in animals for over a year, without showing signs of "tissue encapsulation" seen in trials with other similar... |
| Dense Bones Linked To Raised Risk For Prostate Cancer , especially the more aggressive and dangerous forms that spread throughout the body, tend to retain denser bones as they age than men who stay free of the disease, suggests new research from Johns... |
| Millions Of Americans In Early Stages Of Kidney Disease Need Stroke Monitoring stroke - according to new research by investigators at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. While it is known in the medical community that patients with end-stage renal failure have high... |
| Back-To-School Checklist Should Include Trip To Eye Doctor Parents and students throughout the country are crossing items off their back-to-school checklists, but most are missing an important task to ensure learning success - a visit to the eye doctor for a... |
| New Early Detection System Helps FDA Identify More Than 100 Food Safety Problems In First 7 Months More than 100 food safety reports were submitted by industry to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new electronic portal in its first months of operation, the agency said today. Mandated by... |
| "Rape Victims Being Let Down By Shortage Of Fully Trained Medical Experts" Says BMA Wales The BMA in Wales has expressed alarm about the patchy provision of fully trained sexual offence examiners across the UK which contributes to a reduction in rape conviction rates. Welsh Secretary, Dr... |
| Leap Forward In Efforts To Develop Treatments For Huntington's Disease . These enzymes, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), provide new targets for drug therapies for the disease - targets that have already been shown to respond... |
| Most Pet Dogs Are Overweight, Say Researchers Six out of ten pet dogs are overweight or obese, according to a study by veterinary researchers at the University of Glasgow. Like humans, portly pooches are piling on the pounds as a result of a... |
| Scientists Devise Strategy In Bid To Beat Viruses Scientists have developed a new way to target viruses which could increase the effectiveness of antiviral drugs. Instead of attacking the virus itself, the method developed at the University of... |
| Bid To Aid Transplant Cancer Patients cancer may be helped by a treatment that uses blood cells to attack their tumour. University of Edinburgh researchers have generated a bank of white blood cells from healthy blood donors to treat... |
| Global Breakthrough In Treatment Of Dementia 'Within Reach' - Clinical Trial In Scotland Recruiting . The groundbreaking trial, conducted by CPS Research, is the first of its kind to investigate the use of sleep hormone melatonin as an add on treatment for dementia. The study is already showing... |
| Breakthrough Breast Cancer Identifies Potential New Treatment Which Could Help 800 Scottish Women Each Year Scientists from the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh have discovered a potential new way to treat a common form... |
| UK Comes Top In Global 'Quality Of Death' Report 0 posts The UK has come top in a report ranking the quality of end-of-life care provision around the world that draws heavily from the research of a Glasgow professor. ... |
| Encap Drug Delivery Receives Patent Approval For DuoCapTM Capsule System Encap Drug Delivery, a leading provider of development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical industry, has received confirmation that their DuoCapTM, capsule delivery system has been... |
| Mobility Loss Leads To Reduced Productivity And Earnings For People Living With Multiple Sclerosis multiple sclerosis (MS) has found a substantial impact on workplace productivity and earnings. Almost three quarters (72%) of those surveyed said their mobility problems had a significant impact on... |
| Autism Charity Raises The Bar For Legal Campaigning, UK The National Autistic Society (NAS) has ramped up its legal campaigning with the launch of a new Autism Legal Network and a call for cases with the potential to change the law for the half a million... |
| Trophos Publishes The Identification And Characterization Of The Novel Cardioprotective Compound, TRO40303 Trophos SA a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics from discovery to clinical validation for indications with under-served needs in neurology and cardiology,... |
| AHRQ News And Numbers: Price Tag For Treating Back Problems Now Totals $30.5 Billion Treating back problems, one of the most bothersome medical problems, cost Americans more than $30 billion in 2007- up from $16 billion in 1997 (in 2007 dollars), according to the latest News and... |
| Reform Of Primary Care Could Reduce Costly Diagnostic Errors Errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health care system and can be devastating for affected patients. Strengthening certain aspects of a new and evolving model of... |
| New Transplantation Criteria For Liver Cancer Patients liver cancers beyond the established Milan criteria for liver transplantation may be appropriate for all patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are listed for transplantation. Full details... |
| Unit at John Radcliffe Hospital criticised over babies' deaths Standards of care at a leading hospital where four babies died were "not what was expected", a health boss said today. A major report on children's heart surgery at John Radcliffe... |
| Minister: GPs must say 'fat' – not 'obese' Doctors should tell people they are fat rather than obese so the message gets through, a health minister said. Anne Milton said the term "fat" was more likely to motivate them to lose weight, adding... |
| Diabetes co InsuLine raises NIS 21.5m in IPO InsuLine Medical Ltd. raised NIS 21.5 million in the public tender of its IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) yesterday. InsuLine's InsuPad shortens the time for insulin to be absorbed into the... |
| Slain boy's family blasts B.C.'s mental health system VANCOUVER The family of a 12-year-old autistic boy who was stabbed to death by his mentally ill neighbour says the child was let down by British Columbia's mental health system and his killing... |
