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TWO NEW KLRI PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: Hormone Therapy May Reduce Atherosclerosis in Women Close to Menopause; Growth Hormone May Increase Risk of Diabetes, Improve Lipid Profile in Men

... and their effects on reducing the risks of cardiovascular disease in older adults. cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis, or the ... aging and that contribute to increased risk for cardiovascular disease. GH has been found to decrease total body ...

Takeda Provides Update on the Investigational Fixed-Dose Combination of alogliptin and ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl)

... for Industry: Diabetes Mellitus -- Evaluating cardiovascular Risk in New Antidiabetic Therapies to Treat Type ... 26, the FDA asked Takeda to conduct an additional cardiovascular safety trial that satisfies the December 2008 FDA ... includes compounds in development for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, gastroenterology, neurology and other ...

Cardax Pharmaceuticals Nominates Clinical Candidate Heptax for Liver Disease; Heptax Ameliorates Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Related to Liver Disease and Metabolic Syndrome

... addresses metabolic syndrome, including liver and cardiovascular disease as well as diabetes. Preclinical animal ... be a new paradigm for the treatment of liver and cardiovascular disease as well as metabolic syndrome." ... and is in pre-clinical development for cardiovascular and liver disease indications. Cardax ...

St. Francis Surgeon Uses Tissue Regeneration Technology to Rebuild Patients' Heart Structures

... that allows patients to rebuild their own cardiovascular tissue. (Logo: ... CorMatrix(R) ECM Technology(TM) CorMatrix cardiovascular holds an exclusive license from Purdue ... market naturally occurring ECM(TM) products for cardiovascular applications. The company currently has U.S. ...

Leading Experts Endorse Bioheart's Muscle Stem Cell MyoCell Therapy

... include Dr. Doris Taylor's, Director, Center for cardiovascular Repair, University of Minnesota , recollection ... functional outcome." Dr. Nabil Dib, Director, cardiovascular Research, Mercy Gilbert & Chandler Medical ... monitor, diagnose and treat heart failure and cardiovascular diseases. Its goals are to improve a patient's ...

Takeda Receives FDA Complete Response Letter for Alogliptin, an Investigational Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes

... in discussions about conducting an additional cardiovascular study for alogliptin. As previously ... for Industry: Diabetes Mellitus -- Evaluating cardiovascular Risk in New Antidiabetic Therapies to Treat Type ... The FDA has asked Takeda to conduct an additional cardiovascular safety trial that satisfies the December 2008 FDA ...

West Wireless Health Institute Teams with Corventis for its First Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial

... program. Corventis is a developer of wireless cardiovascular solutions designed to enable early detection, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. (Logo: ... Corventis, Inc. is a pioneer in wireless cardiovascular solutions. The company's technology enables ...

VIA Pharmaceuticals Meets With FDA to Discuss Next Steps For VIA-2291 and Phase 3 Outcome Trial in Cardiovascular Disease

... the development of compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic disease, announced today that an ... of atherosclerosis. The Company's Phase 3 cardiovascular outcome study will assess the effect of VIA-2291 in preventing cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke ...

Study Results Present Efficacy and Safety Findings from the PHIRST-1 Study of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Taking Tadalafil Tablets Once Daily

... consider whether their patients with underlying cardiovascular disease could be adversely affected by such ... vasodilators may significantly worsen the cardiovascular status of patients with pulmonary veno-occlusive ... of patients with chronic and life-threatening cardiovascular and infectious diseases and cancer. [uthr-g] ...

Meta-Analysis of Clinical Data Showed No Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events Associated With Exenatide Use: Data Presented at ADA 2009

... cardiovascular Safety and Potential Benefits of Exenatide to be ... ) today announced results from a meta-analysis of cardiovascular (CV) events that showed no increased risk of CV ... data that show favorable effects of exenatide on cardiovascular risk factors," said Byron Hoogwerf, M.D., ...

New Heart Ultrasound Research Reveals Life-Saving Treatment Alternatives and Advancements for Heart Patients

... (ASE) welcomes the world's leading researchers in cardiovascular medicine to present their most-recent findings at ... unveiled at ASE's Scientific Sessions. By using cardiovascular ultrasound and other objective tests, physicians ... the use of ultrasound to image the heart and cardiovascular system. The organization was founded in 1975 and ...

Heparin Use Prior to Endoscopic Vein Harvest Improves Graft Patency in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Patients

... SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MAQUET cardiovascular LLC announced today that data presented at the ... and patient outcomes." About MAQUET cardiovascular MAQUET cardiovascular LLC is a division of MAQUET Medical Systems, part ...

Research: Popular Diabetes Medications Associated with Increase in Bone Fractures

... drug class, which has also been associated with cardiovascular issues. Troglitazone, the third of three major ... and Proton Pump Inhibitors at Greater Risk for cardiovascular Events New research from the Clopidogrel ... (CMOS) has revealed an increased risk for major cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes who take ...

SCAI Statement on the BARI 2D Trial (Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation With Diabetes Trial) Presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Annual Scientific Sessions and Published in The New England Journal of Medicine

... their treatment options. The Society for cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) encourages ... 2 diabetes mellitus and CAD are at high risk for cardiovascular events, including heart attack. According to the ... should not be generalized across broad groups of cardiovascular patients. As always, SCAI emphasizes each ...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Lorcaserin Data Demonstrating Highly Significant Categorical and Absolute Weight Loss and Improvements in Secondary Endpoints Associated with Cardiovascular Risk

... in multiple secondary endpoints associated with cardiovascular risk. Lorcaserin did not result in increased risk ... in multiple secondary endpoints associated with cardiovascular risk, including: Blood ... resistance Inflammatory Markers of cardiovascular Risk: high-sensitivity CRP and fibrinogen ...

Large, Long-Term Study Shows Avandia Has No Increased Overall Cardiovascular Risk Compared to Other Commonly Used Diabetes Medicines

... annual meeting show that overall rates of cardiovascular hospitalization and cardiovascular death are similar in patients taking Avandia ... was initiated in 2001, and designed to compare cardiovascular outcomes of patients on Avandia added to ...

CardioVascularCS.Org, a division of EndoVascular Forum, Inc., Partners with Complex Interventional Cardiovascular Therapy (CICT) to Extend Electronic Medical Care Advancement

... and CICT collaborate by reconstructing cardiovascular clinical experiences presented virtually at the ... Company, and its partner Complex Interventional cardiovascular Therapy (CICT) announced a collaboration using ... for complex clinical skills development in cardiovascular medicine. The partnership underscores the ...

Results and Additional Analyses From Study Show That Corthera's Relaxin for Acute Heart Failure is the Strongest Predictor of Improved Longer-Term Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge When Compared to Other Variables

... predictors of the two outcome measures: 60-day cardiovascular (CV) death or re-admission for heart failure and ... for heart failure and no patients died of cardiovascular causes, as compared to 17% in the placebo group ... no patients in the relaxin-30 group had died of cardiovascular causes, as compared to 14% of those in the ...

Cardiovascular Fitness Not Affected by Cancer Treatment

... Survivors Start Exercise Routine Based on Current cardiovascular Fitness Level WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The cardiovascular fitness level of cancer survivors is not affected ... or not treatment has had an impact on their cardiovascular health." For the study, the researchers ...

FDA Approves ADCIRCA(TM) (Tadalafil) Tablets for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

... consider whether their patients with underlying cardiovascular disease could be adversely affected by such ... vasodilators may significantly worsen the cardiovascular status of patients with pulmonary veno-occlusive ... of patients with chronic and life-threatening cardiovascular and infectious diseases and cancer. ...

Terumo Heart, Inc. Reaches Clinical Milestone as the 100th Patient Worldwide Receives the DuraHeart(TM) Left Ventricular Assist System

... surgeons at the Clinic for Thoracic and cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, ... and Cardiac Transplantation, Gerald McGinnis cardiovascular Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, treated ... and Director of the Clinic for Thoracic and cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, ...

Taking a Hard-Line Approach to Cardiovascular Risks in the Diabetes Patient

... is not enough to reveal an individual's risk for cardiovascular disease Saturday at the American Association of ... weight, doctors can better predict the multiple cardiovascular risks likely to prey upon a patient. ... them at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular complications. To download these recommendations ...

Essentialis Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase 2b Trial of DCCR for Treatment of Hypertriglyceridemia and is Granted Extensive Patent Coverage in the US

... channel agonist with potential utility in several cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Extensive Phase 1 testing ... of breakthrough medicines for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The company's portfolio ... has the potential to impact a wide range of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The company's lead ...

Ongoing Landmark ROADMAP Study Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Blood Pressure Control at One Year, According to Blinded Results

... disease, as well as an important risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD).(1) The secondary objective of the ROADMAP trial includes incidence of cardiovascular and renal morbidity and mortality. A qualitative ... olmesartan medoxomil has a positive effect on cardiovascular and renal morbidity and mortality. The ...

Results From Phase 3 EQUATE Trial of VIVUS' Qnexa Highlighted at European Congress on Obesity

... illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke. Patients are in urgent need ... life-threatening conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke. Experts agree ... weight loss, glycemic control, and improvement in cardiovascular risk factors. Qnexa is well tolerated, with no ...

New Studies Show Popular Heartburn Medications Moderate the Effect of Taking Widely Prescribed Heart Drug

... the annual scientific meeting of the Society for cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). The ... decrease the effectiveness of clopidogrel and put cardiovascular patients at a much higher risk - a huge concern ... of the four most popular PPIs." The adverse cardiovascular events that were measured in the study include ...

Anthera's Varespladib Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase 2 FRANCIS Trial for the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome

... Recurrent Acute coronary events with Near-term cardiovascular Inflammation Suppression), a clinical trial ... from our first two clinical studies in stable cardiovascular patients, the FRANCIS study has validated the ... 1000 patient exposures to date in three cardiovascular studies, varespladib has been generally well ...

New Analysis Evaluated Impact of Genetic Variation on Response to Prasugrel

... CYP2C19 gene did not have an increased risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke compared with those ... (PCI), the incidence of the combined endpoint of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke was 8.5 percent ... gene are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes in patients treated with clopidogrel," ...

Isis and Collaborators Present New Research at the ATVB Annual Conference

... data on numerous advanced programs from Isis' cardiovascular franchise. The data were presented during the ... the potential to provide unique treatments for cardiovascular disease. Isis and collaborators also presented ... against 11 beta-HSD1 and apoF, potential new cardiovascular targets. The research presented at this year's ...

CRESTOR(R) Reduced CV Risk in Patients Achieving Low LDL and hsCRP Targets in New JUPITER Analysis

... of LDL-C and hsCRP had a greater reduction in cardiovascular events." Rosuvastatin 20mg was well ... the impact of rosuvastatin 20mg on reducing major cardiovascular (CV) events (combined risk of myocardial ... with an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events. JUPITER is a part of AstraZeneca's ...

CRESTOR(R) Reduced Risk of Blood Clots in the Veins

... US. "This result is in addition to the effect on cardiovascular events already demonstrated by CRESTOR in the ... the risk of heart attack, stroke and other major cardiovascular events in patients with low to normal LDL-C but at increased cardiovascular risk as identified by elevated high-sensitivity ...

Task Force Recommends Using Aspirin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease When the Benefits Outweigh the Harms

... from aspirin because of their higher risk of cardiovascular disease, but the harms are also greater because ... of Public Health and Information. cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the ... In 2003, 1 in every 3 adults had some type of cardiovascular disease. In adults over the age of 40, the risk ...

Schering-Plough's Investigational Oral Thrombin Receptor Antagonist Meets Primary Endpoint in a Newly Published Study

... said Richard Becker, MD, director of the Duke cardiovascular Thrombosis Center and lead author of the study. ... group vice president of global clinical research, cardiovascular and metabolic disease, Schering-Plough Research ... addition to standard-of-care therapies had fewer cardiovascular events such as heart attack, need for urgent ...

Dermatologists Caution That Severe Cases of Psoriasis Can Be Associated With Other Serious Medical Conditions

... developing serious medical conditions, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, particularly when their ... ideal body weight and get routine screenings for cardiovascular risk factors -- such as blood pressure and ... psoriasis patients about the increased risk of cardiovascular disease so the prevention efforts can be ...

Diabetes Patients with High Triglycerides and Low HDL Cholesterol Get the Most Benefit From Fenofibrate Treatment: New Data From the FIELD Study

... disease (CVD) risk (defined by total cardiovascular events: the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and ... significant 27% relative reduction in the risk of cardiovascular events, compared with 11% in FIELD patients ...

Human Genome Sciences Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Financial Results and Key Developments

... 2009 - - Phase 3 trials of darapladib for cardiovascular disease and Syncria(R) for type 2 diabetes ... GlaxoSmithKline has advanced both darapladib for cardiovascular disease and Syncria for type 2 diabetes to Phase ... inhibitor darapladib to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in men and women with chronic coronary ...

Report on 300 New Medicines in Development for Heart Disease and Stroke Released in Indianapolis

... - hold particular relevance to Hoosiers because cardiovascular disease and stroke are the leading causes of ... many factors that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, including higher-than-national rates for ... allowed us to better control the risk factors for cardiovascular events and has helped significantly cut deaths ...

CVBT Opens Florida and Arizona Sites for Its ACORD Phase II Heart Trial

... LAS VEGAS, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- cardiovascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CVBT) ... company developing human FGF-1 for cardiovascular diseases characterized by inadequate blood flow ... to their spine. For more information about cardiovascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. please visit www.cvbt.com ....

Savient Provides Update on Pegloticase BLA

... to the BLA Clearer Data on cardiovascular Profile. The results of the Company's independent post hoc both blinded and unblinded cardiovascular adjudication provided additional data, which clarified the previous understanding of the cardiovascular profiles of pegloticase. Further details of these ...

New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Results From the Landmark ATHENA Trial with Multaq(R) (dronedarone) in Atrial Fibrillation

... (dronedarone) significantly reduced the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization or death by 24 percent in ... therapy, significantly reduced the risk of first cardiovascular hospitalization or death by 24 percent (31.9% vs. ... worsens the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular risk factors(4) and that doubles the risk of ...
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