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Urgent Need for Guidance on Mobile Phone Use in Clinical Care

...inician and patient are in different countries. At present a UK clinician may provide a consultation using a registered patients mobile phone unaware that the patient is in another country, where their UK medical credentials are not recognised and legal indemnity is invalid....

Stop Smoking, Start Living: World No Tobacco Day

...reasons- Chemicals like nicotine and cyanide, present in cigarettes, are poisonous with a potential to kill in high- enough doses. Long-term effects of smoking leads to health problems like cancer, emphysema (breakdown of lung tissue), heart disease, stroke and organ damage. Every cigarette tak...

Americans Optimistic About the War on Cancer

... independent academic institutions and Abbott will present data on several of Abbott's investigational anti-cancer compounds including a PARP inhibitor (ABT-888) that seeks to enhance the effectiveness of common cancer therapies, a multi-targeted kinase inhibitor (ABT-869) being investigated to suppress tumo...

CIGNA HealthCare Teams With HopeLab to Help Blast Teen Cancer

...who can benefit most.' 'Teenaged cancer patients present special treatment challenges,' said Gary Dahl, MD, pediatric oncologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University and a principal investigator for the Re-Mission Outcomes Study. 'The Re-Mission video game is an important tool to he...

Mouse Model Points to Strategy for Treating Rare Muscle Disease & Kidney Disorders

... was mediated through the provision of sialic acid present in the immune globulin. NHGRI researchers expect the clinical trial of ManNAc for HIBM to begin in late summer or early fall. Based on their findings, the group is also exploring the possibility that ManNAc may benefit people suffering from disease...

New Platform for Regulating Expression of Therapeutic Genes Unveiled

...an microRNAs have been identified, with many being present only in some specific tissues and cell types. Dr. Naldinis group showed that the addition of microRNA binding sites into their gene delivery vectors results in gene regulation dictated by the cells own cognate microRNA. Simply put, they could engin...

Doctors Stress on Cardiac Emergency Units to Save Lives

...t be denied that it is an increasing menace of the present times," said Bose. "It is a must that every chest pain or in fact intense pain in any part of the upper body, be it the arms, tooth, jaw, neck or stomach, be treated equally seriously because if not heart attack it might be a symptom of another fat...

Cell Genesys Reports Additional Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of GVAX Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

...of GVAX following surgery and adjuvant therapy was present during the first three years of the study although GVAX dosing did not continue beyond 18 months, suggesting that ongoing booster administrations of GVAX should be evaluated. Immunologic findings showed that there was an association between disease-f...

Stress Protein Inactivation Cuts Alzheimer's Peptide in Mice

...d that stress was increasing its levels. In the present study, the scientists used a technique known as micro dialysis to monitor amyloid beta levels in the brains of mice exposed to the same stressorsisolation and smaller cages. "Stress remarkably elevated soluble amyloid beta levels in the spaces bet...

Study Finds Lymphoma Drug Effective Over Long Term

... medicine at the U-M Medical School. Kaminski will present these results June 4 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. "These results compare quite favorably with those achieved with state-of-the-art chemotherapy regimens that take months to deliver. But Bexxar is given as ...

Cancer Drug Induces HDAC Inhibitor and Enhance Long-term Memory

...olleagues discovered that the protein CBP must be present for HDAC inhibitors to improve memory,When tested in mice genetically engineered without CBP, the HDAC inhibitors did not improve memory. When CBP is blocked in humans, it can lead to neurodegeneration associated with Huntingtons disease and cognitiv...

GAB2-A New Alzheimers Gene Identified

...and that the GAB2 protein produced by this gene is present in those brain cells containing tangles. When the researchers silenced GAB2 in preliminary studies it increased a molecular process thought to play an important role in the development of tangles. Based on these findings, the researchers hypothesize ...

Every Child Needs to Be Vaccinated to Lead India into a Polio Free Future - Ramadoss

... Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were present at the meeting. In addition, senior officials from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, representatives from WHO, ICMR, UNICEF and Rotary International also participated in the discussions. Appreciating the efforts made by the State Governments...

Best Armed Forces Hospital Trophy Goes to Northern Command Hospital

...ous other senior civil and military officials were present on the occasion. The Raksha Mantri's Trophy was instituted in 1989 to create a healthy competition among the Command Hospitals of the Army and its equivalent Hospitals in the Navy and Air Force. The best hospital is adjudged on the basis of a numbe...

Are Physicians Hesitant to Diagnose Depression?

...ainty about diagnosing depression, as patients may present symptoms differently based on gender and ethnicity, or may be a product of another medical illness. "In today's digital age, the increasing pressure to get it done yesterday can lead to more stress and potentially depression. Early recognition and ...

Novel Markers for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

...ier and more efficiently. Dr. Phillips also will present data illustrating how imaging can be used to identify biomarkers and how these markers can help clinicians determine which patients will respond best to certain treatments. Neuroimaging also can help predict which patients of those who are geneticall...

Drag Dad to the Doctor This Father's Day

Struggling to find the perfect present this Father's Day? What better way to say "I love you" than showing your Dad you want to keep him healthy and vital for years to come . This Father's Day, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) wants men everywhere to check themselves out -- and the...

Titan may Produce Glucose Watches Soon

... sensor is inbuilt might cost Rs 300 more than the present price. It is likely that the watch will be equipped with a laser pointer illuminating a patch of skin over the sensor to read the glucose level while an infrared light detector monitors the response at the same time. Nanotechnology, from the Gr...

Outreach Nations Stand United on Climate Change

...ch form 42 per cent of the worlds population, will present a united front on the issue of climate change at Baltic resort in Heilingdam today before the G-8 leaders. In a joint statement released after a high-level meeting of the outreach nations, Lula da Silva of Brazil, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Indi...

Legionnaires Outbreak in Australia

...practitioner," Dr Pickin said. Legionnaires' can present up to 10 days after contact with the bacteria. Smokers and the elderly are at the greatest risk from the disease, while those with chronic medical conditions such as cancer, lung disease and diabetes may also face an increased risk. There have been 1...

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