Etiology in Medical News

AEterna Zentaris Announces First Patient Dosing for Safety Trial of Phase 3 Program with Cetrorelix in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

... men - affecting more than 20 million men in the United States - but its etiology is far from being completely understood. Data from ongoing research ... more complex conditions than once thought. While previous research on BPH etiology tended to focus on testosterone and other hormones, more recent research ...

Bernstein honored with AACR Prevention Award

... science. Bernstein, professor and director of the Department of Cancer etiology and dean for Faculty Development at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., is ... of physical activity, weight and associated biologic mechanisms to the etiology of breast cancer. This area is now a primary international focus of ...

The Oral Cancer Foundation Issues First Research Grants

... both the health care community and the public's-of the newly defined viral etiology of oral cancer is now also to blame." Oral cancer has been most usually ... across the globe for her research on the role the HPV virus plays in the etiology of oral cancer, and without ambiguity defined the link between the two. ...

Ventria's Child Health Product Recognized for Its Promise

... published in the Journal of Infection entitled, "Advances in defining etiology and new therapeutic approaches in acute diarrhea" [1], recognized ... Ventria Bioscience. (1) Marcos, L, Dupont, H Advances in defining etiology and new therapeutic approaches in acute diarrhea. Journal of ...

Gene Mutation Could Be Key to Rare Blood Vessel Disease

... activation of the system and cause loss of protection to the host cells "have been identified in about 50 percent of the patients. For the rest, the etiology has remained a mystery," he said. For the study, published in the July 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine , Conway's team studied ...

The GenoMEL project identifies a new region of the genome associated with the risk of melanoma

... and the large differences in the level of exposure to sunlight, depending on place of origin. This type of study provides better information on the etiology of a complex disease. Further study is required in the context of big international collaborations in order to find the causes and combat the ....

Chromosome Abnormality Tied to Autistic Behavior in Mice

... be valuable not only for therapeutic studies but also provides a starting point for more detailed genetic analysis directed toward understanding the etiology of developmental brain disorders." More information The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more about autism . ...

Forest Laboratories Announces Positive Top-line Data from Two Pivotal Phase III Trials of Ceftaroline for the Treatment of Community-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) Requiring Hospitalization

... JAMA. 1996; 275: 189-93. 4.) Garibaldi RA. Epidemiology of community-acquired respiratory tract infections in adults: incidents, etiology and impact. Am J Med. 1985:78:32S-37S. 5.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Premature deaths, monthly mortality and ...

LIFE Ionizers™ Announces Release of Free Book: "The pH Miracle: for Diabetes and Obesity" by Dr. Robert O. Young, Ph.D., D.Sc.

... help individuals regain their health and well-being. Dr. Young is also the developer of the new paradigm of human disease, and the discoverer of the etiology of diabetes, cancer and atherosclerosis, among other diseases. To learn more, contact Juan Zavala of LIFE Ionizers™ at juan (at) earthtrade ...

New Directions in Angioedema: A Focus on Etiologies and Clinical Approach

... Directions in Angioedema: A Focus on Etiologies and Clinical Approach . This issue is designed to assist physicians and nurses in understanding the etiology and diagnosis of angioedema. This activity is supported by an educational grant from ViroPharma Incorporated. Timothy J. Craig, DO, Professor of ...

Cardiatis Multilayer Aneurysm Repair System, MARS, Receives CE Mark Approval for Treating Peripheral Aneurysms

... 95% of peripheral artery aneurysms occur in males, and the average age of patients at presentation is 65 years. Atherosclerosis appears to be the etiology in more than 90% of cases. Popliteal artery aneurysms are the most common peripheral artery aneurysms accounting for up to 85% of total aneurysms in ...

Some donor factors affect outcomes for HCV-positive liver transplant recipients

... at 6, 12, 24 and 36 months. "There was no correlation between donor graft steatosis and fibrosis after liver transplantation, irrespective of the etiology of liver disease," the authors report. They also found no evidence that steatosis affected patient survival up to three years post-transplant. In ...

FDA Approves SAMSCA(TM) (tolvaptan), the First and Only Oral Vasopressin Antagonist to Treat Patients With Clinically Significant Hypervolemic and Euvolemic Hyponatremia

... of less than 130 mEq/L or less than 125 mEq/L, the effects at Day 4 and Day 30 remained significant. This effect was also seen across all disease etiology subsets (e.g., CHF, cirrhosis, SIADH/other). Seven days after withdrawal of SAMSCA, serum sodium levels of patients decreased to levels ...

Shire's INTUNIV (Guanfacine) extended release in children with ADHD and oppositional symptoms

... that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development. The specific etiology of ADHD is unknown and there is no single diagnostic test for this syndrome. Adequate diagnosis requires the use of medical and special ...

Shire to Present New Scientific Data on its ADHD Treatments at a National Scientific Meeting of Psychiatrists on May 18

... that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development. The specific etiology of ADHD is unknown and there is no single diagnostic test for this syndrome. Adequate diagnosis requires the use of medical and special ...

New book summarizes current knowledge on the biology of the vertebrate skeleton

... the composition of bone tissue, the extracellular matrix, mineralization, terminal differentiation, and remodeling. The genetics and molecular etiology of human skeletal diseases are also discussed. Scientists undertaking research in developmental biology, cellular physiology, and vertebrate ...

New Guidelines for Treating Heart Failure

... in the discharge of a patient from the hospital." Special consideration is given to blacks, she said, because "heart failure has a different etiology [cause] and tends to occur younger" in blacks than in others. The guidelines stress the use of two drugs, hydralazine and isosorbide dinitrate, in ...

FDA Approves Symbyax(R) as First Medication for Treatment-Resistant Depression

... and supportive symptomatic treatment should be initiated. If rash or other possibly allergic phenomena appear for which an alternative etiology cannot be determined, immediate discontinuation is recommended. Patients being treated with Symbyax should be screened for bipolar disorder and ...

Varicella zoster infection causes severe autoimmune hepatitis

... Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic liver inflammation of unknown etiology that is characterized by the presence of circulatory autoantibodies and ongoing liver tissue damage. In the past few years, the understanding of this ...

Data on VELCADE(R) (Bortezomib) for Injection Based Therapies to be Presented at the International Myeloma Workshop

... no risk factors for decreased left ventricular ejection fraction. There have been reports of acute diffuse infiltrative pulmonary disease of unknown etiology such as pneumonitis, interstitial pneumonia, lung infiltration and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in patients receiving VELCADE. Some of these ...

Building trust, increasing awareness among minorities

... them of infidelity. Men, too, initially attributed their partners' diagnosis of HPV to infidelity. Nevertheless, after a brief explanation about HPV etiology and transmission, men and women began to understand the ambiguity related to an HPV infection and believed that partners would generally support ...

Radiation From CT Scans Not Always the Same

... sends a probe into the heart and has its own dangers, Einstein said. The same is true of someone seen in a doctor's office with "chest pain of an etiology which remains unclear," Gerber said. "CT angiography tends to be very valuable for patients who have symptoms or are at high risk for coronary artery ...

Rhythm abnormality of unknown origin strongly predicts sudden death risk in heart disease patients

... cardiac death risk in our study. However, the most interesting and somewhat unexpected finding was that abnormally prolonged QT interval of unknown etiology independent of diabetes, medications and other factors was an even more powerful predictor of sudden cardiac death, with a five-fold increase in ...

Rising Blood Sugar May Harm the Aging Brain

... indicating that different mechanisms are at work in each disorder. The findings were confirmed in animal tests. "The paper identifies an etiology [cause] for normal age-related memory decline," Small explained. "Elevations in blood glucose levels differentially target the dentate gyrus part of ...

A new screening test for chronic abdominal pain

... Evaluation of chronic abdominal pain of luminal etiology is a challenging problem for the primary care physicians and gastroenterologists. The exact localization of lesion to either small or large bowel ...

Incidence of Anaphylaxis Higher Than Previously Reported

... Clinical Immunology (JACI) indicates a higher incidence of anaphylactic reactions than previously reported. In the study, entitled "The etiology and incidence of anaphylaxis in Rochester, Minnesota," Wyatt W. Decker, M.D., chief of emergency medical departments at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, ...

Arthritis Foundation bestows prestigious national research award

... for his contributions to the fields of B cell development and dendritic cell function. These studies have been crucial in providing insights into the etiology of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and have paved the way to the development of novel therapies for the treatment of these diseases. ...

Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks

... of plaque forming in arteries) in diabetes and for the design of more effective prevention strategies. More broadly, it illustrates the complex etiology of multifactorial disorders and highlights the importance of accounting for gene-environment and gene-gene interactions in the quest for genetic ...

LSUHSC's Fontham makes history

... Consultant Epidemiologist to the Louisiana Office of Public Health. Dr. Fontham's major area of research is cancer epidemiology with a focus on the etiology of tobacco- and diet-related cancers. She has made significant contributions in establishing the risk of lung cancer associated with involuntary ...

Study Suggests Need for More Aggressive Outpatient Monitoring of Patients' Hearts When Cause of Stroke is Unclear

... said. Using a newer, mobile telemetry system called CardioNet, Dr. Tayal and his AGH colleagues evaluated 56 patients with stroke of unknown etiology and no previous history of AF for a period of three weeks post-discharge. Hospital based telemetry and holter monitoring results for all were ...

Possible link between diabetes and pelvic girdle syndrome

... Eskild who is employed by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Akershus University Hospital. More knowledge of hormones as cause The etiology of pelvic girdle syndrome is largely unknown. Mechanical (e.g. different types of load), traumatic and hormonal factors are believed to be ...

Philips Announces 2008 Winner of American Heart Association-Philips Resuscitation Fellowship Award

... doing my part to deepen our knowledge of this complex field of study." Dr. Ziv's research will allow scientists to better understand the possible etiology of ventricular fibrillation, which is the most common cause of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). This research could help lead to the identification of a ...

Researchers ID Genetic Markers for Esophageal Cancer

... the poor survival rate for esophageal cancer, and the limited knowledge of the natural history of the tumor, we need a greater understanding of the etiology of esophageal cancer for improvement of diagnosis and hopefully a better prognosis," Wu said. Along with genetics, other risk factors for ...

AGA releases evidence-based GERD guidelines

... as an alternative. V. Twice-daily PPI therapy as an empirical trial for patients with suspected reflux chest pain syndrome after a cardiac etiology has been carefully considered. Other recommendations include grade B "recommended with fair evidence that it improves important outcomes;" grade ...

Neurogenesis in the adult brain: The association with stress and depression

... of the 'neurogenesis hypothesis' of depression, which says that adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus is a candidate substrate for both the etiology and the treatment of major depressive disorders. However, according to the current view, newborn cells in the hippocampus per se may not be critical ...

Data mining detects signs of Lou Gehrig's disease in gene carriers long before symptoms appear

... begins. The authors wrote, "The discovery of reliable behavioral endpoints with predictive validity, even before a good understanding of their etiology is achieved, can significantly improve intervention research." ...

FDA Approves VELCADE(R) (Bortezomib) for Injection for Patients with Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma

... no risk factors for decreased left ventricular ejection fraction. There have been reports of acute diffuse infiltrative pulmonary disease of unknown etiology such as pneumonitis, interstitial pneumonia, lung infiltration and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in patients receiving VELCADE. Some of these ...

Also in the June 10 JNCI

... melatonin levels in 178 postmenopausal women and 710 matched controls. All of the women were enrolled in the prospective Hormones and Diet in the etiology of Breast Cancer Risk study. The researchers found that women with the lowest levels of melatonin had a statistically significantly higher ...

American Society for Investigative Pathology Award presented to David M. Engman

... other things, Dr. Engman's research involves the mechanism of Chagas disease and creating numerous animal models of the disease, which include the etiology as well as the functional significance of cardiac autoimmunity that is the result of infection. The autoimmune response is made up of two factions: ...

Study finds circumcision safe in both HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected men

... Jonathan Rees of the University of Edinburgh uninvolved with the research - outlines a number of puzzling gaps that remain in our knowledge of the etiology of non-acral melanomas. CITATION: Viros A, Fridlyand J, Bauer J, Lasithiotakis K, Garbe C, et al. (2008) Improving melanoma classification by ...