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20 Cholesterol Regulating Genes Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 8, 2009
...scover exactly how the novel genes regulate cholesterol levels inside cells, as well as looking at patients to determine whether these genes (or alterations in them) do constitute risk factors, and in...
Victoza® (liraglutide) Received EU Marketing Authorization
in Daily Diabetic, on July 6, 2009
...7 European Union member states for:
combination treatment with metformin or a sulphonylurea in patients with insufficient glycemic control despite maximal tolerated dose of monotherapy with metfor...
Treatment For Gaucher Disease From Protalix
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 4, 2009
... to market as soon as possible. Through their clinical trials, there are currently a number Gaucher patients who have been successfully treated using Protalix's therapeutic proteins for over 2 yea...
AADE'sNew Blog: Diabetes Education Voices
in Daily Diabetic, on June 29, 2009
... www.diabeteseducationblog.org .
It's AADE's hope that the blog will continue to help patients develop healthy diabetes self-care behaviors and offer an educator's insight into healt...
Wanted: Oldest Pontiac Plus Oldest Pontiac With Original Owner
in Classical Drives, on June 24, 2009
...tiac, soon to become one of the Lost Marques of America. Just this day I read that GM would shortly discontinue the Solstice and the Vibe. Mind you, the former was a niche car whose image was diminish...
Omega-3 For Diabetics' Heart Health
in Daily Diabetic, on June 23, 2009
... omega-3 fatty acids (3 g/day) for 2 months decreases the production of homocysteine in diabetic patients, which can lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease," wrote the researchers fr...
Type 2 Diabetes Overtreatment, Is It Really Safe??
in Daily Diabetic, on June 22, 2009
... to assess the impact of changes in antihyperglycemic therapies on health outcomes in managed care patients with type 2 diabetes.
Specifically, we assessed the predictors of intensification of antih...
Social Entrepreneurhip at Stanford
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 21, 2009
...e for developing this product is now doing the field trials in India and has been fitted on over 40 patients to date. In late May, the Re:Motion team was a co-winner of the Stanford student entreprene...
Blood Test for Aging Protein p16p16INK4a
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 17, 2009
...ward a better understanding of issues like the suitability of organs for transplantation, how well patients are likely to recover after surgery or the future toxicity of chemotherapy for cancer patien...
Victoza: New Diabetes Drug, Better Than Byetta?
in Daily Diabetic, on June 14, 2009
...increase insulin output in response to meals.
Byetta is a popular drug, and it's helped many patients. But liraglutide - soon to be called Victoza if approved by the FDA - works better, says Law...
Drug pushing Eli Lilly
in Sox First, on June 13, 2009
...g reports that drug giant Eli Lilly pushed drugs for dementia, specifically Zyprexa, on to elderly patients even though it knew the stuff didn't work. The evidence has come out in internal compan...
13-inch MacBook Pro 2009 拆解
in Wangtam, on June 11, 2009
...orm
• JobVid: promoting local business
• Microsoft to discontinue MS Money
• The Iterative Web App - Faster Address Auto-complete and Keyboard Shortcuts
• Exclusive: The Future of Facebook Use...
Swine flu and crime
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
...ing into hospitals even when there's nothing wrong with them, sucking up limited resources from patients who are actually sick from the virus. As if that's not bad enough, there are reports ...
Chemotherapy Drug Triggers Fatal Allergic Reactions
in Allergies, on June 9, 2009
...cates that between 1997 and 2007, there have been an unusually high number of deaths among cancer patients who received Cremophor-based paclitaxel , a solvent-administered taxane chemotherapy.
Ad...
Self Foot Examination Against Needless Diabetic Amputations
in Daily Diabetic, on June 4, 2009
...ty of the diabetes crisis is illustrated by a trend he's seeing in his practice: more and more patients are undergoing highly preventable amputations due to complications from diabetes.
"The...
Bayer Diabetes Care Launched A1CNow® SELFCHECK For Home Use
in Daily Diabetic, on June 3, 2009
...ar is being managed.
With Bayer's A1CNow®SELFCHECK - which was recently cleared by the FDA - patients will be able to more closely watch their A1C level in between healthcare provider visits so t...
Obese Pregnant Women Should Not Gain Weight
in Next Nine Months, on May 31, 2009
...control group was 31 pounds, compared to 11 pounds in the study group. Twenty-three extremely obese patients lost weight during their pregnancy.
The findings showed that there were no fetal deaths an...
Eight Genes That Help Predict Patients Response to Melanoma Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 31, 2009
...atient's response to treatment .
Dr. Tawbi and his colleagues examined the tumor tissues of 21 patients with metastatic melanoma, some of whom responded to chemotherapy and some who did not. Once...
Triglycerides and Diabetic Neuropathy
in Daily Diabetic, on May 25, 2009
...rides (a known cardiovascular disease risk factor) can also be used to by doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more likely to develop neuropathy.
In a study report now online in the jo...
OTC Prevacid®, Heartburn Medicine Now FDA-Approved
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 15, 2009
...More than 50 million Americans suffer from frequent heartburn, and nearly half-more than 21 million patients-utilize prescription-only Prevacid® to treat acid-related disorders.
The US FDA recentl...
New Heart Studies with Focus on Prevention and Early Diagnosis
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 14, 2009
...ill be released by Medtronic this week could help improve cancer and arthritis diagnosis in heart patients.
The groundbreaking research includes data on the world's first pacemaker designed for...
Diabetes Drug Januvia May Trigger Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer
in Daily Diabetic, on April 30, 2009
...liptin - sold in pill form as Januvia - could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users.
Researchers from the Larry ...
Saliva Test: Non-invasive Method To Detect Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on April 28, 2009
...e searching for biomarkers that may indicate diabetes, doctors examined the saliva of 40 different patients. Through salivary analysis, they managed to devise a new "non-invasive" method for...
Urine Metabolite Identifies Smokers with Higher Lung Cancer Risk
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 27, 2009
...ls of NNAL in the urine were divided into three groups. Compared to those with the lowest levels, patients with a mid-range level of NNAL had a 43 percent increased risk of lung cancer, while those a...
Louisiana Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Board Certified Interventional Pain Physicians -- Ensuring Patient Safety
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 22, 2009
...ican Society of Anesthesiology.
"The utmost concern of these organizations was the safety of patients. When these procedures were being performed by individuals with little or no formal trainin...
Tips for Accurate Blood Glucose Testing
in Daily Diabetic, on April 21, 2009
...evels.
Marc Wolf, a registered pharmacist with more than 28 years of experience serving diabetic patients and founder and CEO of Care Services, Inc. ( www.diabeticcareservices.com and www.diabetic...
Robindira Unsworth Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 16, 2009
...e, and she chose to work in social services. Working with diverse populations such as AIDS dementia patients and adults with developmental disabilities, she learned to appreciate the strength, beauty,...
Stem Cell Transplantation Benefits Type 1 Diabetics
in Daily Diabetic, on April 14, 2009
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A certain type of stem cell transplantation in majority of patients with type 1 diabetes resulted to them being insulin-free for several years.
Such were the findings of a new st...
Allergy Results from Malfunction of Respiratory Epithelium
in Allergies, on April 4, 2009
...ly birch pollen binds to, enters and travels through conjunctival and nasal epithelium of allergic patients but not of healthy subjects within one minute after the exposure.
During the research it be...
Virtual Doctors?
in Web 2.0, on April 3, 2009
... has a facility in Second Life where students "navigate a full-service hospital where they see patients, order X-rays, consult with colleagues and make diagnoses." They describe it as "...
Marker that Predicts Breast Cancer Metastasis
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 28, 2009
...mor Microenvironment of Metastasis).
TMEM density was found to be more than double in the group of patients who developed systemic metastases compared those with only localized breast cancer. If thes...
Ideas for social entrepreneurship in crisis times
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on March 22, 2009
...ot there but because there is right amount of inventory to mix and create the right combination for patients (combination of drugs is different for male, female, pregnant, etc.). This might be a good ...
Experimental Therapy Builds Tolerance to Peanut Allergies
in Allergies, on March 18, 2009
...n the study have been on maintenance therapy for more than 2.5 years, and four of them were able to discontinue the treatment and eat peanuts, the researchers said.
This study shows that while the ch...
Cancer Research UK Announces Nanotech Breakthrough
in Nanotechbuzz, on March 13, 2009
...fending cells, leaving healthy tissue unaffected. We hope this therapy will be used to treat cancer patients in clinical trials in a couple of years."
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March is DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) Awareness Month
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 12, 2009
...nd local communities nationwide, promoting the importance of having healthcare professionals assess patients for their risk of developing DVT. They will roll out to 14 cities across the nation.
This ...
Prognostic Test for Frontotemporal Dementia
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 10, 2009
...tal lobe dementia (Frontotemporal Dementia, FTD), a form of dementia that occurs most frequently in patients younger than 65. The test is based on previous findings showing that a genetic defect in tw...
MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 5, 2009
...mmuneering Corporation)
Choice and Change: Innovations in Consumer Centric Healthcare
Jeff Carter (Patients without Borders), Nathanial B. Findlay (MyCa), Chaim Indig (Phreesia), Karen Mastrianni (BC...
Biomarkers for Severity of Chikungunya Fever Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 5, 2009
...ss that, like dengue fever, is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Based on blood samples obtained from 10 patients who developed the disease during Singapore's CHIKF outbreak in January 2008, the scien...
Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Found Linked To Rare Brain Infection
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 21, 2009
...ve linked Raptiva to progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) - a rare brain infection - in patients using the drug. The FDA is now reviewing the said information and will take appropriate ste...
Drug Combo May Lower Diabetics' Kidney Risk
in Daily Diabetic, on February 19, 2009
...ch were the findings of researchers who analyzed data from a study that included more than 11,000 patients.
After an average follow-up of four years, patients taking the blood pressure-lowering dr...
Success story: God's Love We Deliver...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on February 13, 2009
...Ganga Stone joined forces with Jane Best and Restaurant Claire in 1986 to help patients with HIV and other serious problems get food delivery service for free. Restaurant Claire prepared meals that Ga...
FDA Approxes ATryn, First Drug from a Genetically Engineered Animal
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 7, 2009
...nd the first recombinant antithrombin approved in the U.S.
ATryn is indicated for the treatment of patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency, undergoing high-risk surgical or childbirth proced...
Stem Cell Therapy Reverse Multipple Sclerosis
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 31, 2009
...row.
The findings, published in the Lancet Neurology medical journal, showed that 81 per cent of patients had significant improvements to their disability.
Just five of the group suffered side eff...
First Clinical Trial Using Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injuries
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 28, 2009
...45362 The FDA has approved the world's first clinical trial on the use of stem cell therapy for patients with acute spinal cord injury. Geron Corporation will conduct a Phase I multi-center ...
ASTHMyths: Asthma Facts vs Myths
in Allergies, on January 28, 2009
...t asthma from AsthMyths , a website put together by Merck (manufacturer of Singulair ), to help patients separate fact from myths.
Will moving to a dry climate improve your asthma?
Can one outgro...
Gene Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 27, 2009
... Human Gene Therapy reports of the first clinical evidence that gene therapy reduces symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis , based on data from two patients. The experiment build on a prev...
New Survey Shows A Disconnect Between Doctors And Patients On Diabetes And Weight
in Daily Diabetic, on January 22, 2009
...iabetes Institute found that eight in 10 physicians said that they discuss weight issues with their patients every/almost every visit, yet half as many patients - only four in 10 - report having these...
RFID Hermes System can aid in diagnosis of dementia at early stages
in The RFID Weblog, on January 16, 2009
...ation System or HERMES (not the messenger from Greek mythology ), it can track the movement of patients and on the basis of information collected it could be used for diagnosing dementia at ear...
FDA Approves Savella for treatment of Fibromyalgia
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 16, 2009
...d norepinephrine dual reuptake inhibitor.
Two US phase III clinical trials involving over 2,000 patients with fibromyalgia have shown that Savella doses of 100 mg/day and 200 mg/day resulted to stat...
TRUE2go Blood Glucose Monitor
in Daily Diabetic, on January 14, 2009
...s on-the-go.
Small enough to twist and attach to the top of a vial of test strips, TRUE2go offers patients the convenience of anywhere, on-the-go testing to help them better manage their diabetes. T...
Finally Papua province realizes that its condoms and not RFID which can prevent spread of AIDS
in The RFID Weblog, on December 29, 2008
...lked about how authorities of Papua in Indonesia were seeking to pass a law which would require HIV patients to be implanted with microchips so that a watch on their sexual behavior could be kept an...
Vasovist: First Imaging Agent to Enhance Scans of Blood Flow, FDA-Approved
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 27, 2008
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Vasovist Injection (gadofosveset trisodium) - the first contrast imaging agent for use in patients undergoing magnetic resonance angiography, or MRA - has been approved by the US FDA. MRA is...
RFID Buttons improve care of dementia patients
in The RFID Weblog, on December 15, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Ann Marie Kurtz
This step is expected to help dementia patients not only preserve their identities but even their dignity as adults. In order to make this a possi...
Vivus Obesity Drug Works?
in Well Woman Blog, on December 15, 2008
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Vivus Inc. - the maker of the obesity drug Qnexa - has reported that obese patients treated with the highest dose of its experimental drug Qnexa on average lost 9.2 percent of...
UK Validation Study Initiated on Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 10, 2008
... Halligan, the scientific director, are performing a proof-of-concept validation study. "Since patients with cancer of unknown primary have a very poor prognosis, we hope that with this novel dia...
Vitamin B1 Against Kidney Damage in Diabetics
in Daily Diabetic, on December 10, 2008
... rate was decreased by 41% from the value at the start of the study. The results also showed 35% of patients with microalbuminuria saw a return to normal urinary albumin excretion after being treated ...
Hedge Fund Manager Helps Cancer Victim
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 8, 2008
...of a number of cancer drugs which have been at the centre of so-called postcode lotteries in which patients in one area may be denied a drug on the NHS, but would be granted treatment in another area....
Genetic Blood Test Provide More Accurate Evaluation For Cystic Fibrosis Patients
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 3, 2008
...ple" trial demonstrated the feasibility of a genetic blood test to demonstrate cystic fibrosis patients' response to therapy.
Using microarray gene analysis of the blood samples, the researc...
LMID1 Gene Protects Against Lung Cancer
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 3, 2008
...dentified a gene that may help protect against lung cancer . By comparing lung cancer tissues from patients with the disease and comparing it to healthy lung tissues, they found that the LIMD1 gene...
Insomnia Drug Can Help Jet-Lag and Shift-Work Problems
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 1, 2008
... been found safe compared to placebo.
"...Tasimelteon has the potential for the treatment of patients with transient insomnia associated with circadian rhythm sleep disorders, including people ...
Gingko biloba Does Not Prevent Dementia
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 29, 2008
...ong been touted to help improve memory and prevent the onset of dementia in Alzheimer's disease patients. A new study involving 3,069 community volunteers age 75 years or older which were monitore...
RFID Tags for HIV Patients? One Indonesian State is Talking About It...
in Global Mobility Report, on November 28, 2008
...y that the Indonesian province of Papua was considering a new law that "requires some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips in a bid to prevent them infecting others." Radio Freq...
Diabetes, Women and Heart Attack
in Daily Diabetic, on November 28, 2008
...sought to identify gender-related differences in prognosis, risk factors, or treatment among 25,555 patients younger than age of 65 treated for heart attack between 1995 and 2002. In this cohort, 23 p...
Indonesia Considers Requiring RFID Implants for HIV/AIDS Patients
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 27, 2008
...al council of Papua, Indonesia is considering requiring the forced RFID tagging of local HIV/AIDS patients, along with a severe fine for deliberately infecting another person with the virus.
Accor...
RFID: A real solution to prevent spread of AIDS?
in The RFID Weblog, on November 26, 2008
... approval!!! Papua province of Indonesia is in the process of passing a law which would require HIV patients to be implanted with microchips in order to prevent infection from spreading to others. A...
New Drug To Treat Severe Epilepsy, Approved by the FDA
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 24, 2008
...d inherited degenerative or metabolic conditions. In 30-35 percent of cases, no cause can be found. Patients may have periods of frequent seizures mixed with brief, relatively seizure-free periods; an...
Melatonin May Help Treat Uveitis Eye Inflammation
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 23, 2008
... combined with corticosteroid therapy, the anti-inflammatory effects of melatonin may benefit patients with chronic uveitis and decrease the rate and degree of corticosteroid-induced complications...
Esophageal Cancer Awareness
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 11, 2008
...US. It is crucial that the causes and symptoms of this under diagnosed, fatal cancer are brought to patients' attention.
Below is a contributed article from well-respected gastroenterologist Dr. ...
Eating Fish May Lower Kidney Disease in Diabetics
in Daily Diabetic, on November 4, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6926623
Diabetes patients are prone to kidney disease.
Now, according to British researchers , eating fish at least twice a week may help diabetes patient...
Carter's Baby Clothes with Tagless Labels Cause Skin Rashes on Babies
in Allergies, on October 28, 2008
...es develop rashes on the skin which may been in contact with the iron-on labels, you are advised to discontinue putting the clothes on your baby. If the rashes persist, do consult your pediatrician.
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