Atrium Recalls HYDRAGLIDE Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters
Atrium Medical Corporation announced that it is initiating a voluntary and precautionary recall of selected lots of HYDRAGLIDE Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters.
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Toxin-Free Pain Cream For Athletes
BioForce launched Myo-Med about a year ago and quickly positioned itself as a favorite with top athletes.
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What Is Needed To Become A Doctor?
Medical students with average grades, who come from economically and educationally deprived areas, can do well at medical school provided they have extra academic and pastoral support during their first two years.
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Pharmasset Commences Dosing R7128 For Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment
Pharmasset has commenced dosing two additional cohorts of a 4-week Phase 1 study of R7128 in combination with Pegasys plus Copegus in both treatment-naive and treatment-experienced patients chronically-infected with hepatitis C virus genotypes 1, 2 and 3.
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Trial Investigates REOLYSIN In Combination With Paclitaxel, Carboplatin
Oncolytics Biotech has received a letter of approval from MHRA for its CTA to begin a Phase II clinical trial using intravenous administration of REOLYSIN in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with advanced head and neck cancers.
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Clinical Trials Needed For Adolescents, Young Adults
Medical research has made great progress in preventing, detecting and treating cancer over the past 25 years, but the benefits of that success do not extend to adolescents and young adults.
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Parents Don't Want Their Child To Participate In Medical Research
National Poll on Children's Health finds many parents willing to let children take part in medical research if risk of harm is minimal.
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Simple Steps To Allergy-Free Home
Annually, allergies and asthma strike one out of every four Americans, causing untold suffering, sneezing and wheezing, as well as $6 billion in doctor visits and medication.
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Velcura Therapeutics Trial Of Bone Disease Therapy Is Successful
Velcura Therapeutics announced the successful completion of a first-in-man clinical trial for its lead compound, VEL-0230, which the company is investigating as a treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis and other bone diseases.
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Researchers Launch Online Protein Folding Game
Researchers are bringing the arcane world of protein folding to the online gaming arena with the launch of 'Foldit,' a free game in which players around the world compete to design proteins.
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New Map Reveals Dynamic Variation In Human Genome
Researchers have produced the first high-resolution map showing the structural variation that exists in the human genome.
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Blood Clots, Pollution May Be Linked In Leg Veins
Long-term exposure to air pollution appears to be associated with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis, blood clots in the thigh or legs.
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Examining Health Care Access Of Undocumented Immigrant
The New York Times examined access to health care for undocumented immigrant farm workers in US, who often do not have health coverage.
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Birth Control Patches Pose Health Risk
A US consumer advocacy group is asking FDA to pull off Johnson & Johnson's birth control patches Ortho-Evra, because they pose health risk.
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Atrium Recalls HYDRAGLIDE Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters
Atrium Medical Corporation is initiating a voluntary and precautionary recall of selected lots of HYDRAGLIDE Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters.
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Review Determines Most Effective Emergency Contraception Method
A new review has found that the hormonal pill mifepristone is the most effective emergency contraception method to prevent unwanted pregnancy.
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Medical Pictures Are More Powerful Than Words
When conveying important information about the benefits of a medication to patients, pictures appear to be more powerful than words.
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The Unintended Consequences of Pay-for-Performance Programs
While pay-for-performance programs may succeed in improving clinical outcomes and increasing physician income, they also change the nature of patient consultations and the way doctors and nurses work together.
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Researchers Develop Automated Anesthesia System
Researchers at MUHC have performed the world's first totally automated administration of an anesthetic.
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FDA Approves New Formulation Of Coagulation Therapy
FDA approved a new formulation of the genetically engineered version of Factor VIIa, a plasma protein essential for the clotting of blood.
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Common Allergy Tests Are Not Interchangeable
Data published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology revealed variations in the results of three common allergy diagnostic blood tests used to quantify sensitivities to allergens.
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Artificial Insemination Increasingly Second Choice
California fertility specialists are edging away from a traditional and well-known infertility treatment -- artificial insemination -- saying newer and improving in vitro fertilization technology tends to cost less and work far better in the long run, ultimately saving patients time, money and heartache.
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Clinicians Now Have Better Tools To Help Smokers Quit
An updated clinical practice guideline released by the US Public Health Service has identified new counseling and medication treatments that are effective for helping people quit smoking.
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Preference For Alcohol In Teens May Lead To Heavy Drinking
Scientists have shown a connection between early drinking patterns and a tendency to be a heavy drinker in adulthood, in a study of adolescent rats.
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Quit Line expands services for smoking pregnant women
Quitting smoking is one of the best things a woman can do to protect her own health and the health of her baby. More than 8,700 babies are born each year in Washington to smoking mothers.
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Fighting Allergy, Asthma In Your Home
Having a plan of action for avoiding allergy and asthma catalysts will let you focus on more important things, not on your symptoms.
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Quit Smoking And Your Death Risk Is Reduced
Many people have heard about the benefits of health when they quit smoking. While millions of people die annually because of smoking, here are some facts from JAMA study on how your health improves when you stop smoking.
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First Human Implants Of NuNec Cervical Arthroplasty Device Placed
Pioneer Surgical Technology announced the successful human implantation of its next generation cervical total disc replacement, NuNec Cervical Arthroplasty Device.
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Telemedicine Could Decrease Expensive Emergency Department Visits
Nearly 28 percent of all visits to the pediatric emergency department could have been replaced with a more cost-effective Internet doctor's 'visit.'
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Studies Test New Approaches To Islet Transplantation
Researchers have begun testing new approaches to transplanting clusters of insulin-producing islets in adults with difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes.
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Scientists Develop New Way Of Creating Human Antibodies
Scientists are developing a new way of quickly creating human antibodies - called monoclonal antibodies.
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Turning On Cell-Cell Communication Wipes Out Staph Biofilms
University of Iowa researchers have succeeded in wiping out established biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus (staph) by hijacking one of the bacteria's own regulatory systems.
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When Doctors Tell Patients To Quit Smoking, They Listen
Doctors who take a few minutes to talk with patients about their smoking - maybe passing along a leaflet or a sample of nicotine gum - make a difference when it comes to helping them quit successfully.
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Mouse Adult Stem Cells Developed Into Heart, Blood Cells
Researchers have succeeded in inducing stem cells grown from mouse skin cells to differentiate into functioning cardiovascular and blood cells.
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deCODE Discovers Genetic Variants Influencing Bone Mineral Density
Scientists report the discovery of five single letter variants at five different sites in the human genome that impact bone mineral density and predispose to fracturing of bones.
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R1626 - Hepatitis C Polymerase Inhibitor Demonstrated Improvement In A Study
Roche's investigational therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection, R1626, has shown a significant end-of-treatment response rate when given in combination with PEGASYS and COPEGUS.
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Xibrom Combination Therapy With Lucentis Successful
Study that was designed to evaluate the adjuvant use of Xibrom 0.09% in Lucentis treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration showed promising results.
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Five Myths About Quitting Smoking
Quitting smoking can be hard, but people's rationales for continuing to smoke are often rooted in pure myth.
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Researchers Find Gene Determinants Of C-Reactive Protein
Variation in several genes that are associated with metabolic and inflammatory regulation also have significant effects on C-reactive protein (CRP) levels.
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Proteins Can Also Generate New Proteins
A crucial communications pathway in cells not only stops cells from making proteins, it also makes them go.
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