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<title><![CDATA[Blacks, Hispanics Have Higher Colon Polyp Risk Than Previously Thought]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Blacks--Hispanics-Have-Higher-Colon-Polyp-Risk-Than-Previously-Thought-90936-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:15:08 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					    									   TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic Americans are far more likely than whites to develop precancerous colorectal polyps, a new study finds.  Researchers analyzed data from more than 5,000 men and women aged 50 and older who had a first-time colonoscopy screening at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City between 20... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Genes Might Be Key to Parkinson's Spread]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Genes-Might-Be-Key-to-Parkinsons-Spread-90935-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:14:56 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					    									   TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified gene variants that speed the progression of Parkinson's disease, and they say their findings could help identify patients who would benefit most from early treatment.  The researchers, from the University of California-Los Angeles, say their findings also may help efforts to develop new therapies.  Parkinson's di... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Trial Set to See if Drug Can Prevent Alzheimer's]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Trial-Set-to-See-if-Drug-Can-Prevent-Alzheimers-90934-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:14:42 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					    									   TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are preparing to test an experimental drug in people genetically primed to develop Alzheimer's disease.  The best-scenario hope is that the drug will lead to a way of preventing the progressive brain-wasting disease, and to a better understanding of its destructive processes, U.S. officials announced Tuesday.   The study volunte... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Robot-assisted surgery now favored treatment for kidney cancer]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Robot-assisted-surgery-now-favored-treatment-for-kidney-cancer-90933-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:14:25 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 DETROIT  Robot-assisted surgery has replaced another minimally invasive operation as the main procedure to treat kidney cancer while sparing part of the diseased organ, and with comparable results, according to a new research study by Henry Ford Hospital urologists.   	 While the study shows that robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPD), available only since 2004, may also offer fewer complic... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Assistance to Africa Cut AIDS-Related Deaths: Study]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/U-S--Assistance-to-Africa-Cut-AIDS-Related-Deaths-3A-Study-90932-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:31:15 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					    									   TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- The lives of more than 740,000 people in nine African countries were saved between 2004 and 2008 by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a new study indicates.  The program reduced adults' risk of death from all causes by 16 percent to 20 percent during those four years, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers fou... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asthma Cases Continue to Rise in U.S., Affecting Millions]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Asthma-Cases-Continue-to-Rise-in-U-S---Affecting-Millions-90931-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:30:52 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					    									   TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma continues to take its toll on Americans, with almost 19 million adults (8.2 percent) suffering from the disorder in 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The CDC analysis also found that more than 29 million (almost 13 percent) of adults have been diagnosed with the illn... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Task Force Issues Blood Pressure Guidelines]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/U-S--Task-Force-Issues-Blood-Pressure-Guidelines-90930-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:30:31 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					    									   TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- "Team-based care" should be used to improve patients' blood pressure control, the U.S. Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommended on Tuesday.  The recommendation is based on a review of 77 studies that showed improvements in patients' control of blood pressure when they received care from a team of health professionals -- a pri... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plavix's New Generic Status Could Be Boon for Patients]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Plavixs-New-Generic-Status-Could-Be-Boon-for-Patients-90929-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:30:16 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					 By Steven Reinberg   HealthDay Reporter   									   TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- The blockbuster drug Plavix (clopidogrel), used to prevent clotting in some heart patients, will go off patent in the United States on Thursday, making it considerably more affordable.   Adherence rates will improve as a result, and fewer patients will suffer from preventable cardiovascular problems, s... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fewer prostate cancer surgery complications found in teaching hospitals with fellowship programs]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Fewer-prostate-cancer-surgery-complications-found-in-teaching-hospitals-with-fellowship-programs-90928-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:29:48 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 DETROIT  Patients who undergo radical surgery for prostate cancer may expect better results, on average, if they're treated in accredited teaching hospitals with residency programs, and better still if the hospitals also have medical fellowships, according to a new study by Henry Ford Hospital.   	 The study, which evaluated postoperative complications in 47,100 radical prostatectomy (RP) pati... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Safer kidney cancer surgery under-used for poorer, sicker  Medicare, Medicaid patients]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Safer-kidney-cancer-surgery-under-used-for-poorer--sicker--Medicare--Medicaid-patients-90927-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:29:35 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 DETROIT  An increasingly common and safer type of surgery for kidney cancer is not as likely to be used for older, sicker and poorer patients who are uninsured or rely on Medicare or Medicaid for their health care, according to a new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.   	 The treatment, partial nephrectomy (PN), involves surgically removing only the diseased portion of a cancerous ki... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Higher hospital volume more important than surgeon experience in outcome of prostate cancer surgery]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Higher-hospital-volume-more-important-than-surgeon-experience-in-outcome-of-prostate-cancer-surgery-90926-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:29:11 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 DETROIT  Older, sicker, high-risk patients who undergo one of the most common treatments for prostate cancer get better results in larger, busier hospitals, according to new research by Henry Ford Hospital.   	 In such cases, the same research showed the experience level of the surgeon doing the procedure mattered somewhat less than the hospital setting.   	 The results, based on data gathered... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21)]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Global-Cassava-Partnership-for-the-21st-Century--28GCP21-29-90925-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:28:41 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 ST. LOUIS, MO, May 15, 2012The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) will hold its second scientific conference June 18  22, 2012 at the Speke Resort Conference Centre in Kampala, Uganda.  GCP21 consists of 45 member institutions working on research and development of cassava, a staple crop relied on by more than 700 million people worldwide.  The ultimate goal of the partner... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Women fare better than men, but need more blood after kidney cancer surgery]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Women-fare-better-than-men--but-need-more-blood-after-kidney-cancer-surgery-90924-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:28:23 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 DETROIT  Women do better than men after surgical removal of part or all of a cancerous kidney, with fewer post-operative complications, including dying in the hospital, although they are more likely to receive blood transfusions related to their surgery.    	 But Henry Ford Hospital researchers who documented these gender differences can't say why they exist.   	 The results of the new study,... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Quality of care, other issues may cause worse results  in black prostate cancer surgery patients]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Quality-of-care--other-issues-may-cause-worse-results--in-black-prostate-cancer-surgery-patients-90923-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:28:12 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 DETROIT  Black prostate cancer patients may not be getting the same quality of care as white patients, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital who found racial disparities in the results of surgery to remove diseased prostates.   	 While it is possible that anatomical differences or tumor characteristics may explain why the results of radical prostatectomy... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This 'mousetrap' may save lives]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/This-mousetrap-may-save-lives-90922-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:27:56 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 Instead of building a better mousetrap, a team of Rice University freshmen took a mousetrap and built a better way to treat dehydration among children in the developing world.   	 "The goal was to regulate the amount of fluid delivered to children so we could prevent over-hydration and under-hydration," said Melissa Yuan, a member of the IV DRIP (Dehydrated Relief in Pediatrics) team and a mec... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[For highly educated women, families are an increasingly popular option]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/For-highly-educated-women--families-are-an-increasingly-popular-option-90921-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:27:43 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study co-authored by a University at Buffalo economist.   	 Qingyan Shang, an assistant professor at UB, says the study uncovers what may be the reversal of a trend by highly educated women.   	 She says it is still too early to be certain, but the research clearly shows fertility ri... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New biomarker test predicts arthritis at much earlier stage, MU researchers say]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/New-biomarker-test-predicts-arthritis-at-much-earlier-stage--MU-researchers-say-90920-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:19:55 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 COLUMBIA, Mo.  More than 27 million adults currently suffer from osteoarthritis, which is the most common form of arthritis. In the past, doctors have been unable to diagnose patients with arthritis until they begin to show symptoms, which include joint pain and stiffness.  By the time these symptoms are present, it is often too late for preventive and minimally invasive treatment options to b... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LA BioMed receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/LA-BioMed-receives-Grand-Challenges-Explorations-grant-90919-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:19:43 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[	 LOS ANGELES (May 15, 2012)  The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  Frans J. Walther, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, LA BioMed lead investigator and Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA, will pursue an innovative global health and devel... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are Post-Angioplasty Stress Tests Unnecessary? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Are-Post-Angioplasty-Stress-Tests-Unnecessary-3F--90918-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:05:08 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					 By Steven Reinberg   HealthDay Reporter   									     TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- After patients undergo heart procedures to open blocked arteries, it may not be useful to give them treadmill stress tests with echocardiograms if they don't have symptoms such as chest pain or shortness of breath, a new study suggests.  "There are very large populations of post-angioplasty and post-... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fitness Fights High Blood Pressure, Even With Family History]]></title>
<link>http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Fitness-Fights-High-Blood-Pressure--Even-With-Family-History-90917-1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:04:52 MST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[					    									   TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Although people with a family history of high blood pressure (hypertension) are at much greater risk of developing the condition themselves, regular exercise and physical fitness may significantly lower that risk, according to a new study.   "The results of this study send a very practical message, which is that even a very realistic, moder... ]]></description>
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