Rosetta Genomics To Present Multiple Posters At The 44th Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (Nasdaq:ROSG), a leader in the development of microRNA-based diagnostics and therapeutics, announced that it will present multiple posters at the upcoming ASCO annual meeting in Chicago. The company also has three publication only abstracts available on ASCO's website. The event will take place from May 30 to June 3 at the McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
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Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Ureteroureterostomy: Description Of Technique
UroToday.com - This study out of Boston Children's by Passerotti, et al described the group's technique utilizing robotics for ureteroureterostomy in patients with mid ureteral obstructions. The group had 3 patients, 2 who were boys and 1 girl with their ages being 4.7, 9.6 and 14.3 years. These patients all had mid ureteral strictures and obstruction.
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Factors In Delaying Or Declining Total Knee Replacement Surgery
A study led by Dr. Ann F. Jacobson, associate professor in Kent State's College of Nursing, unveils the reasons why people may initially choose to postpone but ultimately undergo total knee replacement surgery and emphasizes the need for better patient education before and after the procedure.
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Questioning The Risk Of Death From Higher Salt Intake
Contrary to long-held assumptions, high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death, according to investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. They reached their conclusion after examining dietary intake among a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S.
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Baseline PSA Reading A Reliable Prostate Cancer Predictor For Up To 30 Years
Premalignant phases of prostate cancer occur over long periods of time and a single prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reading taken at age 44-50 can help predict prostate cancer diagnosis up to 30 years subsequently, according to updated data from researchers in New York and Malmo, Sweden. The findings expand the previously established baseline age-to-diagnosis interval.
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Stroke Patients At Greater Risk For Falls
Stroke patients are at high risk for falls and subsequent injuries after leaving the hospital, but prevention programs may reduce this risk, New Zealand researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association."People who have had a stroke fall almost twice as often as people who haven't had a stroke," said Ngaire Kerse, Ph.D.
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VOA News Publishes Several HIV/AIDS-Related Articles
VOA News on Tuesday published several articles about HIV/AIDS in Africa. Summaries appear below."African Countries Seek Common Approach Against HIV/AIDS": Leaders of several African countries are proposing a common African approach to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS after the most recent 2007 statistics show that 24.4 million people on the continent are living with the disease.
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NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorses Sen. Obama; EMILY's List Criticizes Endorsement
NARAL Pro-Choice America's political action committee on Wednesday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president, a move that drew criticism from EMILY's List, which supports Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), the AP/Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports (Fouhy, AP/Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 5/14).
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Studies Examine Ultrasounds For Breast Cancer Detection, Teen Exercise On Cancer Risk
Using ultrasounds in addition to mammograms is more effective at detecting breast cancer than only using mammograms, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, USA Today reports. According to the study, 78% of the women who developed breast cancer had their cancer detected by the combination of ultrasounds and mammograms.
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Actor Quaid Testifies Before House Committee Over Need For Legislation Blocking Pre-Emption Of Drug Lawsuits
Actor Dennis Quaid on Wednesday testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asking lawmakers to support legislation that would allow consumers to file product liability lawsuits in state courts if the Supreme Court rules in favor of so-called pre-emption, CongressDaily reports (Edney, CongressDaily, 5/15).
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Complications Of Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy In Potential Candidates For Active Monitoring
UroToday.com - Active monitoring with delayed intervention for prostate cancer (CaP) is an increasingly utilized strategy. However, due to a stage shift migration, men are now diagnosed with much earlier and perhaps more indolent CaP. In the online version of Urology, Dr. Stacy Loeb and associates of Dr.
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Canada, BC, Vancouver Working Together To Find Treatment Solutions For Residents Of Vancouver's Downtown East Side
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health was joined by City of Vancouver Mayor Mr. Sam Sullivan to announce new treatment services that will help to treat individuals living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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Release Of Cytopia Abstract For CYT997 Oral Presentation At American Society Of Clinical Oncology
Cytopia Limited (ASX: CYT) announced that the abstract for its upcoming oral presentation on CYT997 at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will be accessible to the public via ASCO's website (http://www.asco.org) from 9pm on Thursday 15 May (US EDT).
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FDA Shuts Down Seafood Processing Company, Requires Products Be Recalled
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today directed Hope Food Supply Inc., a Pasadena, Texas, food processing company, to shut down and immediately recall all products manufactured from its Texas facility since 2007.
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FDA Obtains Permanent Injunction Against Scientific Laboratories, Inc.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Scientific Laboratories Inc., and its president, Rajeshwari Patel, and chief executive officer, Amit Roy, have signed a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction and are barred from manufacturing and distributing drug products until they bring their manufacturing operations into compliance with law and obtain approval for their products.
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I Do Not See It, But My Brain Does
Patients suffering from "hemineglect" ignore things presented to their left side. However, sometimes these ignored stimuli may be processed without awareness. In a paper recently published in Cortex Issue 6, Sackur and colleagues reported that unconscious processing in hemineglect is not limited to low level features of the stimuli.
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Mo. Judge Rejects PPKM Argument Against State Law To Reclassify Abortion Clinics As Ambulatory Surgical Centers
A Missouri judge on Friday ruled against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri's challenge to a state law that would designate facilities performing second- or third-trimester abortions or more than five first-trimester abortions each month as "ambulatory surgical centers," making them subject to increased regulation from the state Department of Health and Senior Services, the AP/Examiner.
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Supplemental Breast Ultrasound Boosts Cancer Detection
Among women at high risk of developing breast cancer, breast ultrasound combined with mammography may detect more cancers than mammography alone, according to results of a multicenter trial that included UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.Overall, 40 participants were diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Pediatric Society Leaders, Health Policy Experts Consider Disparities In Children's Health As Top Priority For Political Candidates
Top policy and research experts and leaders of seven pediatric societies last week convened in Hawaii at a public symposium about health care and poverty issues facing U.S. children and adolescents as part of an effort to make the issues a top priority for national and state election candidates this year, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports.
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Researchers Get Inside A Long Suspected HIV Hideout In Humans
Scientists have broken inside a cell long suspected of harboring HIV during drug treatment and determined it is indeed a reservoir of the virus in humans, where it remains highly infectious.
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NicOx Announces Initiation Of First Phase 1 Study Of Investigational Nitric Oxide-Donating Agent In Hypertensive Patients By Merck & Co., Inc.
NicOx S.A. (Eurolist: COX) announced that Merck & Co., Inc. has initiated the first in a series of planned clinical studies, in mild to moderate hypertensive patients, under the companies' collaborative agreement to develop new nitric oxide-donating antihypertensive agents using NicOx' proprietary technology.
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Lawmakers Criticize Agencies For Lack Of Coordination Of Prescription Drug Benefits For Federal Retirees
A lack of coordination between CMS and the Office of Personnel Management on prescription drug benefits for federal retirees has cost those retirees and the federal government as much as $200 million annually, according to a letter sent to the agencies on Monday by two House Democrats, CQ HealthBeat reports.
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Media Campaign Targets Hispanic Women For Health Care Prevention
The Washington Post on Tuesday profiled American Cancer Society President Elmer Huerta, who uses Spanish-language television and radio to encourage Hispanic women in the U.S. to seek preventive health care. Since 1994, Huerta has starred in the national weekly television program "Hablemos de Salud," or "Let's Talk About Health," which focuses on disease prevention.
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Report Proposes Near-Universal Health Coverage System That Would Allow Individuals, Small Businesses To Purchase Insurance Through Private Plans
A national health insurance "connector" program that allows individuals and small businesses to buy public and private health coverage could provide insurance for up to 44 million uninsured U.S. residents, according to an article by the Commonwealth Fund published in the May/June issue of the journal Health Affairs, CQ HealthBeat reports.
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CDC Needs Increased Funding For HIV Prevention Efforts, Advocates Say
CDC needs a $600 million increase in funding for effective HIV/AIDS prevention and surveillance programs, advocates said Monday at a briefing hosted by the AIDS Institute to assess the agency's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in the U.S., CQ HealthBeat reports. The $600 million increase would nearly double CDC's current HIV/AIDS prevention budget, CQ HealthBeat reports.
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Researchers Get Inside A Long Suspected HIV Hideout In Humans
Scientists have broken inside a cell long suspected of harboring HIV during drug treatment and determined it is indeed a reservoir of the virus in humans, where it remains highly infectious.
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NicOx Announces Initiation Of First Phase 1 Study Of Investigational Nitric Oxide-Donating Agent In Hypertensive Patients By Merck & Co., Inc.
NicOx S.A. (Eurolist: COX) announced that Merck & Co., Inc. has initiated the first in a series of planned clinical studies, in mild to moderate hypertensive patients, under the companies' collaborative agreement to develop new nitric oxide-donating antihypertensive agents using NicOx' proprietary technology.
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LUNESTA(R) Study Of Patients With Insomnia And Co-Morbid Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Published In Archives Of General Psychiatry
Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) announced the publication of a study of LUNESTA tablets in patients with insomnia and co-morbid generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
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CDC Needs Increased Funding For HIV Prevention Efforts, Advocates Say
CDC needs a $600 million increase in funding for effective HIV/AIDS prevention and surveillance programs, advocates said Monday at a briefing hosted by the AIDS Institute to assess the agency's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in the U.S., CQ HealthBeat reports. The $600 million increase would nearly double CDC's current HIV/AIDS prevention budget, CQ HealthBeat reports.
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Virostatics Doses First Patient In Phase IIa Trial Of VS411 For The Treatment Of HIV Infection
Virostatics, srl, a privately-held pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of combination therapeutics in HIV/AIDS, virology, and other chronic diseases, announced it has initiated dosing of subjects in its five-arm, dose-ranging, proof of principle study VS411-C201: A randomized double-blind dose-finding multi-centre Phase IIa study with VS411 for HIV-1 infection.
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Novel Treatment Offers Insomnia Sufferers Hope Of Quality Sleep
A new, first in class sleep medication is launched, offering hope for thousands of sufferers of insomnia in Europe. Circadin(R), sustained-release melatonin, provides natural sleep by increasing the body's own level of this naturally occurring hormone throughout the night.
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Studies Presented At Spine Arthroplasty Society Annual Meeting Find Plasma Disc Decompression Effective For Contained Disc Herniation
ArthroCare Corp. (Nasdaq: ARTC), a leader in developing state-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgical products, announced that a study demonstrating the effectiveness of plasma disc decompression (PDD) for treating patients with contained disc herniation was presented from the podium last week at the Eighth-Annual Spine Arthroplasty Society meeting.
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Multiple Ancient Origins Of Neoteny In Lycidae (Coleoptera): Consequences For Ecology And Macroevolution
Trilobite larvae are spectacular, primitive looking insects, recognised as the females of particular net-winged beetles (Lycidae). They are neotenics (= remaining young) which do not pupate and remain obligatory larviform when sexually mature.
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Poor Rural Communities Need More Access To Health Information
Residents of low-income, rural communities need better access to health information and health care, finds a new study that focuses on one of the poorest counties in South Carolina.
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Alabama Begins Mandatory Screening Of Newborns For Cystic Fibrosis
Alabama has joined 39 other states and the District of Columbia in requiring that all newborns be screened for cystic fibrosis at birth. "We congratulate Alabama for initiating a newborn screening program for cystic fibrosis," said Robert J. Beall, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. "More than 40 states are now screening for the disease.
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IRIN/PlusNews Examines Efforts To Increase Access To Safe Drinking Water Among HIV-Positive People In Sudan
IRIN/PlusNews on Monday examined efforts to increase access to safe drinking water among HIV-positive people living in Sudan. According to IRIN/PlusNews, people living with HIV are especially vulnerable to diseases that can be spread through unsafe drinking water because of their weakened immune systems.
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Increased Research, Determination Needed In HIV/AIDS Vaccine Efforts, HIV Vaccine Enterprise Head Says
The disappointment that followed the cancellation of a Merck vaccine trial in September 2007 has been replaced by a renewed determination among the scientific community, Alan Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, said ahead of the 25th anniversary of the scientific paper announcing the discovery of HIV, the CP/Yahoo! News reports.
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Connecticut House Approves Bill To Eliminate Three-Day Hospitalization Rule For Residential Treatment Insurance Coverage
The Connecticut House on Wednesday approved a bill that intends to make it easier for patients to receive insurance coverage for treatment in residential facilities, the Hartford Courant reports. The bill, which passed in the Senate on May 1, will be sent to Gov. Jodi Rell (R) for final approval.
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Phantoms In The Brain: Pain After Amputation, Canada
Losing a limb can be a traumatic experience and, in some cases, emotional and physical pain can linger for years. To better understand the phenomenon, dubbed "phantom limb syndrome," Université de Montréal graduate student Emma Duerden is inviting amputees to come forward and share their experiences for a major study.
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International Study Discovers 10 New Genes Related To Human Growth
This meta-analysis, published in the latest issue of Nature Genetics, is based on data from more than 26,000 study participants. It verifies two already known genes, but also discovered ten new genes. Altogether they explain a difference in body size of about 3.5 centimeters.The analysis produced some biologically insightful findings.
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$35.5 Million In CIHR Funding Awarded To Health Researchers In McGill Network
The Honourable Tony Clement, federal Minister of Health has announced unding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for 764 health research projects across Canada, totalling more than $298 million.
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Treatment Could Be The Nation's First Line Of Defense Against Terrorist Smallpox Outbreak
The La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) has received a $7.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund safety and effectiveness testing of an antibody treatment that quickly fights the smallpox virus.
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Isotopes Made-To-Order Hold Promise On Science's Frontier
Designer labels have a lot of cachet -- a principle that's equally true in fashion and physics.
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Benefits In Chronic Pain Outweigh Risks For Painkiller Abuse
As controversy swirls about proper clinical use of opioids and other potent pain medications, research reported at the American Pain Society annual meeting shows that, contrary to widespread beliefs, less than 3 percent of patients with no history of drug abuse who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain will show signs of possible drug abuse or dependence.
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Multinational Initiative Announced By Autism Speaks To Raise Awareness For Research, Diagnosis And Treatment Of Autism
Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism advocacy organization has announced the formation of an international collaboration with North, South and Central America. This multinational initiative will help to raise awareness and develop research expertise focusing on public health and screening for early diagnosis and enhanced service delivery across the Americas.
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