CoAxia Inc. of Maple Grove, MN, announced today that the results of the SENTIS clinical trial – a worldwide, multi-center, randomized study of its NeuroFlo™ catheter – were presented on Saturday, October…
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Study assesses children’s exposure to anesthesia and risk for developmental, behavioral disorders
When children undergo anesthesia during surgery, the long-term effects that anesthetics have on the developing brain is relatively unknown. A study presented at this year’s American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting assesses…
Early detection is vital in combating kidney disease
Although classified as one of the growing health concerns in the UAE, chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains underdiagnosed and undertreated, an expert said here. As a disease that can only be reversed…
Study finds vitamin D deficiency associated with increase in lung transplant rejection
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a significant increase in lung transplant rejection, according to research conducted at Loyola University Health System (LUHS). These data were presented Monday at The American Society…
UCB presents P3, P4 clinical trial data for Crohn’s disease at ACG Scientific Meeting
Findings from the PRECiSE 3 (P3) open label extension study for Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol; CZP), demonstrating the longest continuously running maintenance trial for an anti-TNF in Crohn’s disease, will be exhibited at…
World Sight Day events at Dhahran eye hospital
Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital is celebrating World Sight Day on Oct. 19 and 20 with a number of events. World Sight Day exhibition organizers will hand out booklets and brochures with information…
Doctor’s refusal must be probed
Blocking patients’ release shockingIT is mind-boggling to learn of an incident in Madina in which an emergency room doctor at a private hospital allegedly refused to release victims of a car crash…
Children learn how to wash hands
The Dubai Municipality’s Food Control Department yesterday organised a programme for schoolchildren to mark the global Hand Washing Day and World Food Day. Under the banner “Washing hands for Better Health”, the…
More funds needed to fight diabetes
Despite the high prevalence of diabetes in the Middle East and North African region (Mena), the mean national expenditure on diabetes prevention and treatment is still low, a leading doctor said in…
Fighting breast cancer just got easier
The UAE’s first privately-owned mammography mobile van was displayed during the three- day Abu Dhabi Medical Congress (ADMC) 2010 to help promote breast cancer awareness campaigns in the UAE and across the…
Study finds IAP enzyme restores normal microbial population in gastrointestinal system
Potential therapy could prevent some antibiotic-associated health problems An enzyme that keeps intestinal bacteria out of the bloodstream may also play an important role in maintaining the normal microbial population of the…
Scientists complete genetic blueprints for 13 different strains of Lyme disease bacteria
Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have determined the complete genetic blueprints for 13 different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The achievement should lead…
Novel bioelectric signals can cause stem cells to trigger melanoma-like growth in pigment cells
Newly discovered ‘instructor cells’ can deliver deadly directions Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered that a change in membrane voltage in newly identified “instructor cells” can cause…
Bharat Biotech Announces Launch Of ‘HNVAC™’ India’s First Cell-Culture H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine
Bharat Biotech announced the launch of India’s first indigenously developed cell culture H1N1 swine flu vaccine under the brand name ‘HNVAC™’. HNVAC™ is the only developing world flu vaccine to be manufactured…
High Blood Pressure May Take Greater Toll On Youngest Black Children’s Hearts
Persistently high blood pressure, or hypertension, may spell worse heart trouble for black children under the age of 13 than for other children of the same ages, according to research led by…