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Researchers Report On Liver Transplantation Studies Using Animal And IPS Cells
Two research teams from the Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine (Okayama, Japan) have reported breakthrough studies in liver cell transplantation. One team found that the technical breakthrough in creating induced pluripotent…
Phase II Study With Ocrelizumab Shows Significant Reduction In Disease Activity For Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Genentech, Inc., a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), and Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB) announced 24-week results1 from a phase II study of ocrelizumab in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple…
Hormone Therapy Use By Postmenopausal Women Associated With Increased Incidence Of More Advanced Breast Cancer
Follow-up of about 11 years of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative finds that among postmenopausal women, use of estrogen plus progestin is associated with an increased incidence of breast cancers that…
Can Effective Treatments Be Found For Intracerebral Haemorrhage?
Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) accounts for 10% and 20% of strokes in high and low-to-middle income countries respectively, but ICH incidence and case fatality do not seem to be declining. In a Health…
Cancer Research Publishes Purdue Study On Detecting Breast Cancer Recurrence
Connie Krabbe understands the fear and foreboding breast cancer survivors feel when visiting their physicians for post-treatment check-ups. Two of her four sisters died of metastatic cancer related to breast cancer, enduring…
Findings Support Preoperative Statin Therapy In Coronary Bypass Patients
Findings from a study presented at this year’s American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting reveal that patients who undergo preoperative statin therapy prior to coronary bypass surgery have a better survival rate….
Acorda Therapeutics Announces Data On AMPYRA(R) Presented At 26th Congress Of European Committee For Treatment And Research In Multiple Sclerosis
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) announced that a new analysis of AMPYRA® (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets, 10 mg data examining walking improvement in treatment responders has been presented at the 26th Congress…
LANL’s researcher to implement first human trial of mosaic HIV vaccine candidate
LANL’s Korber part of international team testing novel vaccine Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Bette Korber is part of an international team of investigators working to design and implement the first human…
Atrius selects Sightlines, DxCG Risk solutions for healthcare processes
Verisk Health, Inc., announced today that Atrius Health has selected Sightlines™ Medical Intelligence and DxCG Risk Solutions to identify, manage, and predict healthcare risk across its commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare populations. Atrius…
Cipla launches generic Pirfenidone for IPF
Cipla, among the world’s leading generic pharmaceutical companies, has introduced Pirfenidone in India under the brand name Pirfenex, for the treatment of IPF. A chronic progressive form of lung disease, IPF has…
Pictures of nature ‘help reduce cancer pain’
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, America, claimed that patients’ feelings can be lifted without them having to leave their beds. Looking at pictures of tranquil scenery is enough to help…
BREAKYL drug receives European approval
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) and Meda today announced approval of BEMA Fentanyl in Europe via the Decentralized Procedure, with Germany acting as Reference Member State. BEMA Fentanyl is indicated for…
Cost worries prompt Britons to opt out of medical treatments
Worried Britons are cancelling or postponing essential medical treatment – in many cases failing to understand that they would receive it free on the NHS, according to a survey out today. Two-thirds…
Chance of developing allergies linked to month of conception
Children’s chances of developing allergies to foods such as milk and eggs could depend on when they are conceived, a Finnish study suggests. Babies conceived in January or February have an 11%…