Researchers To Identify, Generate Molecules For Microbicide Research
Researchers have used a technique called phage display to identify and generate molecules for use in microbicide research and development.
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Efforts By US Hospitals To Improve Informed Consent Processes
How US hospitals have begun to improve their informed consent processes amid mounting concern about patient safety and lawsuits arising from botched communications?
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Report Highlights Recent Health Care News
Editorials address recent developments related to health care and the Internet.
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Direct-To-Consumer Ads Change Doctor-Patient Relationship
Direct-to-consumer marketing of prescription drugs has altered the doctor-patient relationship.
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Impact of donor organ allocation system on patients
Liver transplant is a life saving treatment option for people with end-stage liver disease. Unfortunately, the need for donor livers far exceeds the supply.
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Ceremed's OSTENE Stops Bone Bleeding
New polymer material designed to stop bone bleeding in surgery reduces the risk of surgical infection.
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Epistem, AstraZeneca Complete Plucked Hair Biomarker Study For Oncology Drug Development
Epistem had successfully completed a preliminary study with AstraZeneca for the use of its proprietary, minimally invasive plucked human hair biomarker technology to help steer oncology drug development.
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Alexza Initiates AZ-007 Clinical Trial
Alexza Pharmaceuticals has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial with AZ-007 (Staccato zaleplon).
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Turning On Adult Stem Cells May Help Repair Bone
The use of a drug to activate stem cells that differentiate into bone appears to cause regeneration of bone tissue.
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Calling For Increased Police Protection For MSM, WSW
HIV/AIDS advocates called on Jamaican authorities to scale up their efforts to protect men who have sex with men, as well as women who have sex with women.
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Addressing Health Care Proposals Of Democratic Presidential Candidates
Opinion pieces discuss the health care proposals of Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
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Veterans Not Entitled To Specific Types Of Health Care
Bush administration filed arguments in a lawsuit that veterans have no legal right to specific types of medical care.
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Helping Minority, Immigrant Populations Navigate Health System
Washington Post examined how hospitals are creating education programs that focus on the challenges minority and immigrant populations face in navigating US health system.
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Women prefer contraceptive ring over patch
In the first study to directly compare a contraceptive vaginal ring and skin patch, more women indicated overall satisfaction with the vaginal ring, researchers report in the current issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Microneedles enhance drug administration through skin
Patches coated on one side with microscopic needles can facilitate transdermal delivery of clinically-relevant doses of a drug that normally cannot pass through the skin.
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Inherited Individual Variations Influence Patterns Of Gene Shuffling
Study of human genetic recombination has found remarkably high levels of individual variation in genetic exchange, the process by which parents pass on a mosaic-like mixture of their genes.
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Illinois Schools Lack Comprehensive Sex Education
A study of sex education in Illinois public schools found that one out of three teachers did not meet a very forgiving definition of comprehensive instruction.
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Displaced Kenyans Lack Critical Health Care
WHO expresses concern for the health of the people who have fled their homes in the midst of the conflict in Kenya's Rift Valley.
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It's National Patient Recognition Week
What do you say, what can you do when someone you love is bedridden in a hospital or suffering from a serious disease?
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Mifamurtide Study Demonstrates Improved Survival
IDM Pharma's Phase 3 mifamurtide clinical trial is the largest study completed in this disease was a NCI funded cooperative group study conducted by COG.
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MUSC Spin-Off Company To Test Regenerative Wound Healing Gel
First-String Research has begun the human clinical trial process for its unique, wound-healing peptide gel.
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Giving Hope After Spinal Cord Injury
An innovative training device may lead to improved mobility and quality of life for people with spinal cord injuries.
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Examining Effect Of Male Circumcision On Female Partners
Researchers discussed a study that examined the effect of male circumcision on female partners.
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Editorials Address Health Care, Presidential Election
Newspapers featured editorials and opinion pieces related to health care and the presidential election.
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Former substance abusers rarely relapse after organ transplantation
Only about 6 percent of former alcoholics and 4 percent of former illicit drug users will relapse into their addictions in any given year following an organ transplant.
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Parental drinking, parenting practices influence adolescent drinking
Findings underscore the impact of parental alcohol drinking and parenting practices on adolescent drinking.
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Chronic alcohol drinking can lead to severe pneumonia after surgery
Consistent alcohol consumption can impair immunity functions following surgery.
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'Smart' holograms help patients help themselves
A hologram is a recording of an optical interference pattern created when laser light shone on an object is made to overlap with a separate beam of light that does not pass through the object. When light is shone onto the interference pattern, a 3D image of the original object is recreated.
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Ustekinumab Data Show Long-Term Improvement Of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
Therapy with ustekinumab given every 12 weeks provided sustained, clinically meaningful improvement in the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis through one year.
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Gene Variants May Help To Distribute Evolution Between Men, Women
Scientists report the discovery of two common, single-letter variants in the sequence of the human genome that regulate one of the principle motors of evolution.
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TargeGen Initiates Trial Of JAK2 Inhibitor TG101348 In Myeloproliferative Disease Patients
TargeGen has started a multi-center Phase I/II clinical trial of TG101348, an oral, potent, and highly selective inhibitor of JAK2 in patients with myeloproliferative diseases.
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Doctors: Don't Be Silent About Smoking
New York State DoH unveiled ad campaign urging health care providers to make quitting a priority for their patients who smoke.
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Data Show Transfusion Patterns In Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia Patients
Analyses reported a significantly lower proportion of patients receiving transfusions when ESAs treatment was initiated at hemoglobin levels between 10 to 11 grams per deciliter of blood compared with patients having Hb levels less than 10 g/dL prior to ESA treatment.
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Phosphagenics Reports Positive Cholesterol Results From APA-01, Atorvastatin Combination
Combination of APA- 01 product candidate and the statin atorvastatin significantly reduced serum lipids and inflammatory proteins involved in the development of atherosclerosis.
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Colonoscopy Fears Overcome When Patients Support Patients
Peer coaches help patients keep first colonoscopy appointments.
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Two Different Neural Pathways Regulate Loss, Regain Of Consciousness During General Anesthesia
Researchers discover role of specialized neurons that could lead to improved anesthesia drugs.
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Researchers Lead National Efforts To Improve CPR Quality
Technology innovations and community teaching initiatives combine to buoy survival in hospitals and the community.
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FDA Science, Mission Are At Risk
The nation's public health is at risk, as are the regulatory systems that oversee the nation's drug and device supplies.
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SoluLinK Introduces ChromaLink Biotin Labeling Kit
SoluLink introduces ChromaLink Biotin Labeling Kit, a biotinylation reagent with a built-in measurement signature that comes as a complete, easy-to-use kit.
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FDA Cleares Escalon's VascuView Visual Ultrasound System
Escalon Medical has received clearance from FDA to market the VascuView Visual Ultrasound System for use with assisted vascular access.
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