Saturday, March 22, 2008
VIA Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In Phase 2 Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) Trial
VIA Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In Phase 2 Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) Trial VIA Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VIAP), a biotechnology company focused on the development of compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, announced that it has completed patient enrollment in its carotid endarterectomy (CEA) study, the first of three Phase 2 trials investigating VIA-2291, the company's lead product candidate. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSloan Research Fellowship Awarded To Rensselaer Professor Fengyan Li Fengyan Li, assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCaregivers Suffering Depression More Likely To Be Hostile To Children A new study in the journal Family Process reveals that caregivers with moderate to severe depressive symptoms showed greater hostility and less warmth. The study focused on caregivers of low-income children with persistent asthma. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
Friday, March 21, 2008
FDA Issues Alert on Tussionex, a Long-Acting Prescription Cough Medicine Containing Hydrocodone
FDA Issues Alert on Tussionex, a Long-Acting Prescription Cough Medicine Containing Hydrocodone The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an alert on the safe and correct use of Tussionex Pennkinetic Extended-Release Suspension in response to numerous reports of adverse events--including death--associated with the misuse and inappropriate use of this potent cough medication. ... Source: www.pueblo.gsa.govEllaroo Recalls Infant Sling Carriers Due to Fall Hazard Ellaroo LLC announced a voluntary recall of Ellaroo Ring Sling Baby Carrriers. The aluminum rings on the sling carriers can bend or break. ... Source: www.pueblo.gsa.gov
Thursday, March 20, 2008
'More Vigorous' Leadership By Black Public Officials Needed To Fight HIV/AIDS Within Black Community, Opinion Piece Says
'More Vigorous' Leadership By Black Public Officials Needed To Fight HIV/AIDS Within Black Community, Opinion Piece Says Although the HIV/AIDS epidemic has "taken hold in black America," the disease "can be prevented and sent packing," Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) writes in a Louisiana Weekly opinion piece. According to Norton, blacks comprise 12% of the U.S. population but account for 50% of HIV/AIDS cases. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIncrease In Medicare, Medicaid Managed Care Plans Has Led To 'More Complex' Health Care Fraud, Wall Street Journal Reports The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday examined how as the private sector is increasingly providing more Medicare and Medicaid services, new types of fraud are "cropping up that are harder to spot, more complicated to prosecute and potentially more harmful to patients," prompting the federal government to increase scrutiny of managed care. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Tool For Prostate Cancer Diagnosis New clinical data from a study of 570 men published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Urology1 support the use of PROGENSA PCA3 as a tool for diagnosing prostate cancer. The study confirms that PROGENSA PCA3, the world's first gene-based urine test to help detect prostate cancer, can provide clinicians with valuable information that helps guide diagnosis. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Pilot Project To Further Reduce Wait Times Announced For Manitoba, Canada The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health and the Honourable Theresa Oswald, Minister of Health for Manitoba today announced additional advances in Patient Wait Times Guarantees with an investment of $5.8 million for a pilot project in Manitoba. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Solving An Avian Scourge Could Also Provide Benefits To Human Health
Solving An Avian Scourge Could Also Provide Benefits To Human Health The old adage 'a bird in hand is worth two in the bush' may very well apply to a new vaccine project underway in the lab of ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Roy Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the Biodesign Institute. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCombined Factors May Change Biology Of Stress-Response System As It Develops A traumatic event is much more likely to result in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults who experienced trauma in childhood - but certain gene variations raise the risk considerably if the childhood trauma involved physical or sexual abuse, scientists have found. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWest Virginia Fails To Comply With Medicaid Rule Filing Law, Lawsuit Alleges The West Virginia Medicaid program has violated state law by failing to follow a standardized system for indexing and numbering its rules, according to a petition filed by Legal Aid of West Virginia in the state Supreme Court, the Charleston Gazette reports. The West Virginia Administrative Procedures Act establishes the system for filing new qualification rules and regulations. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIs The Brain Damaged By Stress? Individuals who experience military combat obviously endure extreme stress, and this exposure leaves many diagnosed with the psychiatric condition of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. PTSD is associated with several abnormalities in brain structure and function. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWorking Out Regularly Lowers Chemical Stress In The Body Related To Disease And Aging Aerobic exercise significantly decreased the chemical imbalances that can lead to heart disease and stroke in postmenopausal women according to a study in the spring issue of the Journal of Women and Aging.Estrogen is known to reduce the chemical imbalances that can lead to cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and stroke in postmenopausal women. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHow Is H Pylori Adhesion To Gastric Cells Associated With MUC1 Mucin VNTR Size? The Gram negative bacterium H pylori is involved in the pathogenesis of several gastrointestinal diseases, ultimately leading to gastric carcinoma. Adhesion of the bacteria to the gastric mucosa is an essential step for colonization and infection.It is therefore important to know factors that influence the binding of the bacteria to gastric cells. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew NIH Research Center To Examine Genetic, Economic, Social Links Between Health, Race NIH will launch a new Center for Genomics and Health Disparities to study the "many mysteries involving the interaction between health and race," the New York Times reports. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
Spring Allergies: Five Ways To Stop Suffering This Season
Spring Allergies: Five Ways To Stop Suffering This Season With spring arriving officially this week, for many Americans allergy season will arrive soon as well. But that doesn't mean the sneezing and discomfort that comes with seasonal allergies has to be close at hand. With a bit of planning, effort and common sense, many people can limit their suffering during allergy season or perhaps even avoid it altogether, says Mark Dykewicz, M.D. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMore States Move To Require Hospitals To Screen Patients For MRSA Concerns about the rising incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have prompted lawmakers in a number of states around the country to push hospitals to take more aggressive steps to prevent its spread. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLong-Term Data For 884 Patients Show Vertebroplasty For Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures Provides Dramatic Pain Relief, Greatly Decreases Disability The results of a five-year follow-up study of 884 osteoporosis patients bolster the use of vertebroplasty -- an interventional radiology treatment for vertebral compression fractures -- finding that the procedure provides dramatic pain relief and sustained benefit, announced researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Conference On The Future Of Health Law To Be Hosted By BU's School Of Law, Public Health
Conference On The Future Of Health Law To Be Hosted By BU's School Of Law, Public Health "Health reform is a central theme in the 2008 Presidential election campaign so now is a critical time to explore what health law may look like in the future and the challenges our society will face as a result," said Wendy K. Mariner, JD, LLM, MPH, a professor of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights at BUSPH and professor of law at BU's School of Law. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRx For High Drug Prices - New Book Presents A Solution The mounting U.S. drug price crisis can be contained and eventually reversed by separating drug discovery from drug marketing and by establishing a non-profit company to oversee funding for new medicines, according to two MIT experts on the pharmaceutical industry. Stan Finkelstein, M.D. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWinners Of Third Annual Research Grant Competition Announced By National Lung Cancer Partnership And LUNGevity Foundation National Lung Cancer Partnership, in partnership with the LUNGevity Foundation, is pleased to announce the winners of their third annual research grant competition.The research grants, each $100,000, were created to advance research in basic lung cancer biology, risk assessment, prevention, detection, and response to treatment. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Opinion Pieces Addressing Health Care, Presidential Election Summaries of several opinion pieces that address health care issues in the presidential election appear below. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNICE Guideline On Prophylaxis For Infective Endocarditis Set To Change Current Clinical Practice The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today issued a clinical guideline on antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis (IE). Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFirst 'Rule' Of Evolution Suggests That Life Is Destined To Become More Complex Scientists have revealed what may well be the first pervasive 'rule' of evolution.In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences researchers have found evidence which suggests that evolution drives animals to become increasingly more complex. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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