Cigarette Ad May Have Targeted Teen Girls
A Camel cigarette ad may have targeted teenage girls, an antismoking group claims. Read more...
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School Lunches Linked to Kids' Obesity
More than one in three middle school students who regularly eat school lunches are obese or overweight, a study shows. Read more...
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Obama kicks off what may be final healthcare push
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday delivered an emotional closing argument for his healthcare plan, kicking off a week he hopes will end with a conclusive vote in Congress after a year of debate. Read more...
Reuters: Health, Today, 2:37pm
Netanyahu defies U.S. over Jerusalem settlement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected any curbs on Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, defying Washington in Israel's deepening crisis with U.S. President Barack Obama's administration. Read more...
Reuters: Health, Today, 2:34pm
Snowstorms curb industrial output, rebound seen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Industrial production braked sharply in February, held back by severe winter storms that slammed parts of the country, while manufacturing activity in New York state stalled this month. Read more...
Reuters: Health, Today, 2:15pm
Investigators say no explanation yet for Calif. Prius claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Safety investigators have found no evidence so far to support or disprove a California motorist's claim that his Toyota Motor Corp Prius sped out of control on its own, and cautioned that the case may never be explained, U.S. regulators said on Monday. Read more...
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Lead Risk Lurks in Spice Rack
The curry powder in your cabinet may pose a lead poisoning risk to your children, according to a new study. Read more...
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U.S. transfers prison, 2,900 ex-insurgents to Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military handed over a $107 million prison and nearly 3,000 inmates to the Iraqi government on Monday as it prepares to leave Iraq seven years after ousting Saddam Hussein. Read more...
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Yemen says launches more air strikes on al Qaeda
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen carried out air strikes against what they said were al Qaeda targets in the south for a second day on Monday, and authorities in the north recovered the remains of five people whose identities were being checked. Read more...
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Functional Technologies Develops Yeast Solution For Acrylamide In Processed Foods
Functional Technologies Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FEB), a world leader in yeast research and development, announced today that it has developed, tested and filed patent applications for yeast technology that reduces the formation of acrylamide, a carcinogen formed when starchy foods are baked, fried or toasted. Recognized globally as a serious food safety issue since 2002, acrylamide has been found in many widely consumed foods, including bread, cookies, crackers, baby food, breakfast cereal, French fries and potato chips... Read more...
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Arcadia Biosciences Completes First Commercial Production Of SONOVA™ 400 High GLA Safflower Oil
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, announced today that it has successfully completed the first commercial production of SONOVA™ 400 High GLA Safflower Oil. Seed produced by the first High GLA Safflower crop, grown during 2009, was processed to produce commercial quantities of SONOVA™ 400 oil, which is now available for distribution as a key ingredient in dietary supplements... Read more...
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New NCCN Guidelines™ For Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Presented At Annual Conference
A new addition to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines™), the NCCN Guidelines for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM), was presented at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference. Lee M. Krug, MD of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a member of the NCCN Guidelines Panel discussed recommended treatment options for patients with MPM as well as first-line therapy regimens. Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer in which malignant cells are found in the mesothelium, a protective sac that covers most of the body's internal organs... Read more...
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Ligand Announces Approval For Revolade(R) In Europe
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND) today announced that GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) was granted marketing authorization from the European Commission (EC) for Revolade® (eltrombopag) for the oral treatment of thrombocytopenia (reduced platelet count) in adults with the blood disorder chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Eltrombopag is indicated for adult chronic ITP splenectomized patients who have not responded (are refractory) to other treatments, such as corticosteroids and immunoglobulins... Read more...
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Experts Highlight Impact Of Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines On Cancer Care And Cost
The escalating costs of cancer care combined with variations in concordance with evidence-based practice guidelines is putting the United States on a collision course for an impending collapse of its current health care system according to roundtable panelists at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference. Clifford Goodman, PhD, of The Lewin Group, led an engaging roundtable debating the utilization of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines™) and the impact of escalating health care costs. Dr... Read more...
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Cancer Care At The End Of Life: When Is Enough, Enough?
Despite the advances and groundbreaking research being performed in the area of cancer treatment, sometimes cancer cannot be cured. In this situation, patients and their families are faced with complex emotions and a variety of end of life issues and decisions. ABC News veteran and anchor Sam Donaldson shared his own perspective as a cancer survivor while moderating a roundtable of notable panelists at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Cancer Care™ on March 11, 2010. "I had to figure out who I was going to be on my own." Mr... Read more...
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Frost & Sullivan Lauds Positron Corporation For Cardiac-Focused PET Molecular Imaging Scanner Attrius™
Based on its recent analysis of the cardiac molecular imaging systems market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Positron Corporation with the 2010 North American Award for New Product Innovation, for its pioneering cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, Attrius™. The Attrius™ was developed and optimized for molecular imaging of the heart, making it the ideal solution for cardiologists and hospitals looking to add high accuracy, cost effective imaging technology... Read more...
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Patient Advocacy Group Asks FDA To Enhance Its Enforcement Of Unapproved Drugs Initiative
The National Minority Quality Forum (The Forum) is launching a new public information campaign aimed to help educate consumers, physicians, and policymakers about the risks associated with prescribing and taking unapproved drugs that have not been subjected to the rigorous Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) review and approval process. Unapproved drugs can be dangerous - or even deadly - to patients as a result of the lack of testing, unknown or unregulated ingredients, improper labeling, and as a result of this lack of information, the inability to predict drug to drug interactions... Read more...
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Progenics To Advance Oral Methylnaltrexone Into Late Stage Clinical Development
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) today announced that it plans to advance oral methylnaltrexone for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) into late stage clinical development and will commence a phase 2b/3 clinical trial of a methylnaltrexone tablet in chronic-pain patients in the second half of 2010. Progenics also announced data from a clinical trial of this methylnaltrexone tablet. The tablet form of oral methylnaltrexone was developed by Progenics' former collaboration partner Wyeth... Read more...
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Risk Stratification Imperative To Treatment Selection In Patients With AML
Using risk stratification to assist in treatment selection was just one of the focal points at a recent presentation of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for Oncology (NCCN Guidelines™) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference. B. Douglas Smith, MD of The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and a member of the NCCN Guidelines Panel for AML, spoke about the challenges in treating AML as well as recent updates to the NCCN Guidelines™. Dr... Read more...
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FDA Allows IND For Bio-Path Holdings' Liposomal Grb-2
Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: BPTH), a publicly traded biotechnology company with drug development operations in Houston, Texas, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed an IND (Investigational New Drug) for the Company's lead cancer drug candidate liposomal Grb-2 to proceed into clinical trials... Read more...
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AngioScore Announces Favorable Results From The MASCOT Trial
AngioScore, Inc., a developer of novel angioplasty catheters for use in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, announced today favorable clinical trial results from the MASCOT Trial, an important study evaluating the AngioSculpt® PTA Scoring Balloon Catheter for the treatment of femoro-popliteal PAD (peripheral artery disease). "PAD is one of the fastest-growing segments of the Endovascular Market, with an estimated two million annual procedures worldwide... Read more...
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Kevin P. Black, MD, Elected To American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board Of Directors
Orthopaedic surgeon Kevin P. Black, MD, of Hershey, Penn., was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) at the organization's 2010 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. "It's an enormous honor to be elected to the AAOS Board of Directors," said Dr. Black. "I'm looking forward to working with and learning from the other members of the Board and having the opportunity to contribute to our great profession and ultimately the patients for whom we care." Dr... Read more...
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GE Healthcare's MAC 800 Portable ECG Device Helps To Advance Physician Care Of Athletes And Visitors At Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
GE Healthcare' announced that the company's portable ECG (electrocardiograph) device, the MAC 800, will be implemented in both Vancouver and Whistler to help support physician care of athletes, trainers and visitors throughout the Vancouver 2010 Paralymipc Winter Games... Read more...
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FDA Panel Recommends Approval With Conditions Of Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy For Patients With Refractory Epilepsy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Neurological Devices Panel today voted seven to five to recommend approval with conditions of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy for Epilepsy from Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) as adjunctive treatment for partial-onset seizures in adults with medically refractory epilepsy. If the FDA follows the recommendation of the panel, the therapy will be approved for the treatment of epilepsy in patients who have continued seizures with inadequate response to currently available epilepsy treatments... Read more...
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American Heart Association Comment On The FDA Drug Safety Communication Regarding Boxed Warning For Clopidogrel
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a drug safety communication to patients and healthcare professionals regarding the use of clopidogrel, an anti-clotting medication. The FDA is requiring a "Boxed Warning" on the label of clopidogrel to tell patients and healthcare providers that certain patients may lack genetic factors required to effectively metabolize the drug. These "poor metabolizers" may not receive the full benefits of clopidogrel. According to the FDA, approximately 2 to 14 percent of the population are poor metabolizers of clopidogrel... Read more...
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PRILIGY(R) - New Approved Medication For Premature Ejaculation Available For New Zealand
Janssen-Cilag announced that PRILIGY® (dapoxetine) is now approved and available for use in New Zealand for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE) in men 18-64 years of age. PE is a common men's medical condition, but it is rarely talked about. However, it is widespread and could affect the quality of life of an estimated 250,000 New Zealand men and their partners . Dr... Read more...
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Public Health, Redesign Of Services And Social Care The Key Tasks For Whoever Wins The General Election, Says NHS Confederation Report
The study, Rising to the challenge: health priorities for the Government and the NHS looks at the scale of the task facing a new administration after this year's General Election. It argues that the demands of a spending squeeze combined with lifestyle factors, the UK's aging population and the increasing cost of healthcare mean the NHS is facing one of the most difficult moments in its history... Read more...
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Daniel W. White, MD, Elected To The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board Of Directors
Orthopaedic surgeon Daniel W. White, MD, LTC, MC, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) at its 2010 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. "As a military physician, I hope to bring a unique perspective to the leadership," said Dr. White. "I am humbled and honored to be a member of the AAOS Board of Directors." Dr. White currently serves as the chief of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation services at Evans Army Community Hospital in Fort Carson, Colo... Read more...
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Abbott Statement: ACCORD Lipid Results Support Treatment Guidelines For Fibrate Use
Results were presented today on behalf of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute from ACCORD, a study in patients with diabetes that evaluated cardiovascular outcomes in three distinct studies - glycemic control, blood pressure control and lipid control. In response to data from the ACCORD Lipid study, Abbott issued the following statement: "The results of ACCORD Lipid were widely expected and not surprising given that two-thirds of patients in the trial would not be treated with fibrates under current guidelines," said Eugene Sun, M.D... Read more...
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New Biomedical Engineering Tools To Control Blood Loss
Carnegie Mellon University's Matt Oberdier is developing a new hydrosurgery system to help physicians better manage excessive bleeding during surgery. Oberdier, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon, said his system will be designed to help surgeons readily clear excess blood and control bleeding during critical stages involving brain operations. "We are creating a device that will house a clear, hermetically sealed dome through which instruments may be passed, and a special pump to apply fluid pressure and monitor the flow to the surgical area,'' said Oberdier... Read more...
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Updated 'Patient Care In Vascular And Interventional Radiology' And Related 'Study Guide' Now Available
"Patient Care in Vascular and Interventional Radiology" - an essential resource and the first offering from Society of Interventional Radiology Press, the society's publishing arm - is now available. Also available is the companion "Patient Care in Vascular and Interventional Radiology Study Guide." Written by top experts in their areas of specialty, this resource is ideal for physicians in their fellowship or in training, for certification or recertification or for those who want to brush up on crucial areas of patient care... Read more...
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Suffocation Danger To Young Babies In Sling Carriers: US Consumers Warned
US consumers are being warned about the dangers of carrying babies up to four months old in a sling carrier as there is a possible risk of them suffocating if carried incorrectly. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) made the announcement in Washington on Friday and said that it is researching 14 infant deaths linked to sling-style baby carriers over the last 20 years, three from last year... Read more...
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Discovery Of Opposing Functions Of A Key Molecule In The Development Of Organisms Could Benefit Cancer Research
Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Marco Milan, at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), reveal a surprising new function of Notch protein that contrasts with the one known to date. Found in the cell membrane, this protein activates a signalling pathway that regulates the expression of genes that make the cell divide, grow, migrate, specialise or die. Notch activity is required for the correct development of organisms and for the maintenance of tissues in adults... Read more...
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License Agreement To Develop Treatments For Neurological Disease Announced By Brain Science Institute
Johns Hopkins University's newly formed Brain Science Institute's NeuroTranslational Program has entered into a licensing agreement with pharmaceutical company Eisai Inc. to discover and develop small molecule glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCPII) inhibitors. The NeuroTranslational Program was launched in 2009 staffed with seasoned drug-discovery scientists to work side by side with Johns Hopkins faculty to help translate basic science discoveries into small molecule therapeutics. Under the terms of the agreement, Eisai has granted the Brain Science Institute, or BSI, non-exclusive U... Read more...
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More Adequate Provision Of Eye Care Services Need To 'Close The Gap' In Vision Loss In Indigenous People, Australia
Blindness rates in Indigenous Australians are still much higher than in non-Indigenous Australians, despite a probable fall in overall rates of blindness in Indigenous people in the past 30 years, according to research published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Most blindness was due to readily preventable or treatable causes of vision loss, including cataract, diabetes, refractive error and trachoma... Read more...
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People Living With HIV/AIDS: India Must Not Sacrifice Us In Trade Agreement With Europe
As the final round of closed-door negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) is about to start this month, people living with HIV/AIDS are protesting to ensure Indian negotiators do not give in to pressure to accept terms that will seriously hamper access to medicines for millions of people living in the developing world. "We are marching to call on the Indian government not to trade away our lives," said Loon Gangte, president of the Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+)... Read more...
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OICR Advances Development Of Two Investigational Cancer Innovations
The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) announced a significant investment toward the development of two new promising cancer therapies. The recipients of the awards are: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, for Kullervo Hynynen's low-cost focused ultrasound system. This system can find and destroy tumors without surgery, increasing quality of life and lowering the cost of treatment for patients with inoperable bone and liver cancer. Hynynen will use the investment from OICR to develop a complete prototype and perform pre-clinical testing of the new system... Read more...
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More Vigorous Research Needed Into Effects Of Compensation On Injury Outcomes, Australia
A longitudinal study has disproved previous research showing access to motor vehicle accident compensation affects recovery outcomes after injury. Conducted by Dr Meaghan O'Donnell, from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, and her co-authors, the study included 391 randomly selected patients with moderate-to-severe injuries. The study is published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia... Read more...
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Beta Site-Testing Of InDevR AmpliPHOX Colormetric Detection Technology
InDevR, developer of advanced life science products, announced that its ampliPHOX Colorimetric Detection Technology is being beta site-tested in anticipation of an upcoming product launch. The original intellectual property was licensed from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The beta sites include the Influenza Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory Services Division in Denver and the USDA/ARS/WRRC, Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit in Albany, Calif... Read more...
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Driver Licensing Authorities Should Take Responsibility For Deciding Medical Fitness To Drive, Australia
Australian driver licensing authorities must take responsibility for determining whether a person's medical condition makes them unfit to drive. This can be difficult, especially for conditions like epilepsy, where the impairment is intermittent and unpredictable. An expert review mechanism is needed to deal with uncertain or exceptional cases, according to an article published in theMedical Journal of Australia... Read more...
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Men, Not Ladies, First: We're Still Sexist In Writing
Putting male names before female names in writing is a remnant of sexist thinking. This is the finding of a study published online today, 15th March 2010, in the British Journal of Social Psychology by Dr Peter Hegarty and colleagues of the University of Surrey. Dr Hegarty said: "In the 16th century, naming men before women became the acceptable word-order to use because of the thinking that men were the worthier sex. This grammar has continued with 'Mr and Mrs', 'his and hers' and the names of romantic couples like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet... Read more...
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Government Called To Action On Obesity And Climate Change, Australia
Australian politicians must act quickly to combat the rise of obesity and its life-threatening disease consequences, and the great threats to health from global climate change, according to a letter published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The letter has been endorsed by 300 medical and health practitioners, including 40 professors of medicine and health sciences. Prof Garry Egger, Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences at Southern Cross University, NSW, and his co-authors write that big health gains have been made since the onset of industrialisation... Read more...
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Statement From The Department Of Health & Human Services Regarding The Decisions Of The U.S. Court Of Federal Claims In The Omnibus Autism Proceeding
As these latest cases illustrated, there's no doubt that autism and autism spectrum disorders place a heavy burden on many families. We know that autism and related disorders are conditions that present many special challenges to all families touched by these disorders. That is why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides services to families with family members with autism spectrum disorder and continues to support research to better understand risk factors and causes of autism spectrum disorders and develop more effective methods of treatment... Read more...
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In The Fight Against Life-Threatening Catheter Infections, Length Of Use Is Key
Hospitals may reduce the risk of life-threatening bloodstream infections in newborns with peripherally inserted central venous catheters by replacing the device every 30 days or so, according to a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study. The daily risk of getting a dangerous bacterial infection jumped by 33 percent per day around day 35 and remained elevated thereafter in those babies who needed the device long term, the investigators write in the April issue of Pediatrics. Their findings will appear online on March 15... Read more...
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Research May Provide Potential Target For New Therapies To Limit Metastasis Of Primary Breast Cancers
Researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center have discovered that "microtentacles," or extensions of the plasma membrane of breast cancer cells, appear to play a key role in how cancers spread to distant locations in the body. Targeting these microtentacles might prove to be a new way to prevent or slow the growth of these secondary cancers, the scientists say... Read more...
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Designing A Tool For Operations On People With Severe Or Profound Auditory Loss
A team of engineers from the CEIT-IK4 technological centre and doctors from the University Hospital of Navarra have designed a new tool for operating on the inner ear with maximum precision, reducing the possibility of damage to the auditory function during the surgery. This is the first micromanipulator specifically for operations involving cochlear and middle ear implants, of which about a hundred are carried out in this hospital annually. Taking part in developing the new tool were four engineers from CEIT and five ear, nose and throat specialists from the University Hospital of Navarra... Read more...
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Intensive BP, Combined Lipid Therapies Do Not Help Adults With Diabetes
Lowering blood pressure to normal levels - below currently recommended levels - did not significantly reduce the combined risk of fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular disease events in adults with type 2 diabetes who were at especially high risk for cardiovascular disease events, according to new results from the landmark Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) clinical trial. Similarly, treating multiple blood lipids with combination drug therapy of a fibrate and a statin did not reduce the combined risk of cardiovascular disease events more than treatment with statin alone... Read more...
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Pancreatic Cancer Study Reveals Mechanism Initiating Disease, In Mice
UCSF scientists have discovered how a mutated gene known as Kras is able to hijack mouse cells damaged by acute pancreatitis, putting them on the path to becoming pancreatic cancer cells. The finding, they say, suggests one way in which the mutated gene - found in nearly all cases of the most common and lethal form of pancreatic cancer - exacts its toll in humans... Read more...
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Tiger Bones Rejected By Chinese Medicine Societies Ahead Of CITES Conference
WWF and TRAFFIC welcome a World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) statement urging its members not to use tiger bone or any other parts from endangered wildlife. The statement was made at a symposium Friday in Beijing and notes that some of the claimed medicinal benefits of tiger bone have no basis. The use of tiger bones was removed from the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacopeia in 1993, when China first introduced a domestic ban on tiger trade. "Tiger conservation has become a political issue in the world... Read more...
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Exploring The Interplay Between Vitamin D And Calcium
Increasing calcium intake is a common - yet not always successful - strategy for reducing bone fractures. But a study supported in part by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) underscores the importance of vitamin D and its ability to help the body utilize calcium. The study also may explain why increasing calcium alone isn't always successful in dealing with this problem. Currently, calcium intake recommendations are not tied to vitamin D status, which may explain why markedly different recommended calcium intakes exist among countries... Read more...
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