Evidence in Medical News

ULURU Inc. to Present Altrazeal(TM) Clinical Evidence at the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) Annual Scientific Meeting in Toronto, Canada

ADDISON, Texas, July 29, /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ULURU Inc. (NYSE Alternext: ULU) announced today that the application of Altrazeal(TM) and best clinical practice will be demonstrated in a hands-on Wound Care Pre Conference Workshop at the APMA Annual Scientific Meeting July 2...

Personal Injury Attorneys Contemplate Toxic Evidence in the Death of 3 Men in New York

The biggest tragedy is that the deaths could have been prevented, mourns highly experienced New York personal injury attorney, David Perecman. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 14, 2009 -- Three workers, including a father and son, were killed on June 29, 2009 in a gruesome pe...

New Evidence that Bush Administration Impeded 3 Investigations into Alleged Massacre of Up to 2,000 Prisoners in Afghanistan

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has issued a call for a criminal probe in the wake of a major New York Times story with new evidence that the Bush Administration impeded at least three federal investigations into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan...

ASAP Systems Announces the Launch of New Automated Alert and Notification Features for its Inventory, Assets and Evidence Solutions

ASAP Systems ( www.asapsystems.com ) Launches New Automated Alert and Notification Features for its Inventory, Assets and Evidence Management Software Application. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) July 7, 2009 -- ASAP Systems today announced the release of an Automated Alert and ...

New Evidence Supports HPV Vaccine

Industry-funded study showed high levels of protection against human papillomavirus MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is highly effective at preventing precancerous cervical lesions that can lead to cervical cancer, a new study shows. The rese...

More Evidence That Caffeine Can Jolt Memory

High doses may protect against Alzheimer's symptoms, study in mice suggests SUNDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- The growing evidence that caffeine consumption may help treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease has received an extra boost from two new studies. Florida researchers report th...

Crestor Patent Invalidity Evidence Uncovered By Article One Partners Community

AstraZeneca Patent Shown to be Invalid Based on New Prior Art; JSA Technologies Patent Study Yields Strong Invalidity Evidence NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Article One Partners, LLC has discovered new prior art impacting the validity of AstraZeneca's Crestor U.S. drug patent, in closing ...

New Scientific Evidence Suggests Humans Resistant to Phthalate Effect on Lab Rodents

Sharpe et al. Study Finds Dose High Enough to Cause Adverse Effect in Rats and Mice Has No Effect in Male Marmosets ARLINGTON, Va., June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today announced that strong new evidence has emerged that phthalates may not affect the ...

Decision by Medicare's CMS to Deny Coverage for 'Virtual' Colon Cancer Tests Underscores Lack of Evidence on Cancer Prevention

BETHESDA, Md., May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to deny payment for CT colonography, also known as "virtual" colonoscopy, a radiographic examination of the abdomen, underscores the lack of sufficient evidence on the test...

More evidence for the benefit of exercise in cardiovascular disease -- and even in heart failure

Exercise is one of eight preventive measures identified by the European Heart Health Charter and features prominently in the scientific programme of EuroPRevent 2009, the congress of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.1 EuroPRevent 2009 takes place in Stockhol...

New Evidence Supports Efficacy and Value of Smith & Nephew NPWT Products

12 Posters on Smith & Nephew NPWT to be Presented at Symposium on Advanced Wound Care ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smith & Nephew Inc's (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN ) Advanced Wound Management division announced today that nine clinical posters featuring its Nega...

Wound Management Technologies, Inc. Announces the Presentation of Evidence Based Clinical Studies at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Conference in Dallas

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wound Care Innovations, LLC, a subsidiary of Wound Management Technologies, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: WNDM), announced today that it will exhibit at the 22nd Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society (SAWC/WHS) conferen...

First evidence for DNA-based vaccination against chronic hepatitis C

Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday 23 April: The first-proof-of-concept for a DNA-based therapeutic vaccination against chronic hepatitis C was announced today at EASL 2009, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the first clinical trial ...

ASAP Systems now Offers Flexible Payment Options for its Barcode Inventory, Asset and Evidence Tracking Solutions Through a Strategic Microsoft Financing™ Partnership

ASAP Systems just announced a flexible payment plan for its Barcode Inventory, Asset, Evidence and Item Tracking systems which include zero (0) payments for six months with twelve (12) to sixty (60) month financing. These finance options are designed to reduce the up-front cost of purchasing the...

More compelling evidence on why earlier HIV treatment lengthens survival

Seattle A study showing improved survival of starting antiretroviral treatment earlier than current U.S. recommendations is being reported in the April 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine . The study found that not starting HIV patients at a CD4 count greater than 500 cells per cubic...

Altrazeal(TM) Clinical Evidence to be Presented at The American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA) National Clinical Conference 2009

ADDISON, Texas, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ULURU Inc. (NYSE Alternext: ULU) announced today that clinical evidence on the treatment of wounds using Altrazeal(TM) Transforming Powder Dressing, and data on the physical properties of Altrazeal(TM) Silver will be presented at the an...

Kaiser Permanente Data Provides Strong Evidence for Continued Value of Combined Pap and HPV Testing

Evaluation of 800,000 Pap and HPV cotests concludes that "concerns about excessive HPV test positives...are not borne out" VENLO, The Netherlands, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians from Kaiser Permanente and the National Cancer Institute report in the March issue of Obstetrics & Gyneco...

According to Frost & Sullivan, Mounting Clinical Evidence Underlines Benefits of Bone Growth and Spinal Fusion Stimulators

LONDON, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The demand for a reliable, non-invasive, efficient and cost-effective technology that improves patients' lifestyles is boosting interest in bone growth and spinal fusion stimulators in Europe. The market is however still small, as clinicians have felt that the techn...

Genetic evidence points to potential therapeutic bypass for autoimmune process

CINCINNATI Bypassing a molecular breakdown that helps trigger autoimmunity could lead to new treatments for autoimmune disorders and chronic infections that sicken or kill thousands of children annually, according to researchers. A study in the March 2 PLoS Biology has discovered genetic evi...

New evidence suggests electric hand dryers in public toilets pose health risk

A recent study by the University of Westminister found that electric hand dryers can dramatically increase the number of bacteria on people's hands after use. The shocking findings were found during a study in which they compared the numbers of bacteria on subjects' hands before and after they ha...

Clinical Evidence Grows in Support of CyberKnife Treatment for Intracranial and Extracranial Tumors

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, today announced highlights from the clinical and technical presentations from its 8th Annual CyberKnife Users' Meeting, which was held February 4-7, 2009, ...

Weak Evidence Backs Most Heart Guidelines, Report Finds

Experts agree that field needs more rigorous trials to aid doctors,, TUESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- A majority of the guidelines for cardiac care issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology are not supported by the kind of gold-standard evidenc...

Panel Finds Evidence Murky on Full-Body Skin Exams

To detect cancer, people need to watch for lesions, experts stress FRIDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- An examination of your entire body should not be the standard of care for finding skin cancer, a panel of experts has concluded. "There is no new direct evidence on the benefits of ...

Deep brain mapping to isolate evidence of Gulf War syndrome

DALLAS Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are pioneering the use of spatial statistical modeling to analyze brain scan data from Persian Gulf War veterans, aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the their brains affected by Gulf War Syndrome. Richard Gunst, Wayne Woodward and ...

New Evidence Found for CRP as an Independent Marker for Heart Disease, Stroke

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine lends further importance to the screening of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the detection of heart disease and stroke risk. Life Line Screening provides CRP screening along with glucose and cholesterol screenings. ...

Cornell researchers' study showing evidence of a major environmental trigger for autism

ITHACA, N.Y. The American Medical Association journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has published a new study by researchers at Cornell University indicating evidence of an environmental trigger for autism among genetically vulnerable children. It is the first peer-reviewed stud...

New evidence strengthens link between cigarette smoke exposure and poor infant health

Cincinnati, OH, November 5, 2008--The damaging effects of smoking and smoke exposure can be seen at any age. Pediatricians have even noted these negative effects in various stages of infant development. The consequences of maternal smoke exposure during pregnancy can range from higher rates of p...

AMA Journal Publishes Study Showing Evidence of a Major Environmental Trigger For Autism

Peer-reviewed research evidence highlights need for further study ITHACA, N.Y., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has published a new study by researchers at Cornell University indicating evidence of an environmental ...

New evidence for homeopathy

Two new studies conclude that a review which claimed that homeopathy is just a placebo, published in The Lancet , was seriously flawed. George Lewith, Professor of Health Research at Southampton University comments: 'The review gave no indication of which trials were analysed nor of the vari...

First evidence that prenatal exposure to famine may lead to persistent epigenetic changes

October 30, 2008 -- A study initiated by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands suggests that prenatal exposure to famine can lead to epigenetic changes that may affect a person's health into midlife. The find...

New Evidence Highlights Dangers of Mercury Toxicity in Fish

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Jane Hightower -- widely acknowledged as the first US physician to recognize low-level mercury poisoning in patients who regularly consume certain types of fish -- today released new evidence showing that the FDA has failed to inform and protect the pu...

Louisiana May Mandate Fluoridation Despite Evidence of Harm

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ignoring scientific evidence of harm, the Louisiana State Senate passed a fluoridation mandate bill which, if approved by the House, will require fluoride chemicals be added to most of Louisiana's public water supplies, ostensibly to reduce tooth dec...

Researchers find first conclusive evidence of Alzheimer's-like brain tangles in nonhuman primates

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered the first conclusive evidence of Alzheimer's-like neurofibrillary brain tangles in an aged nonhuman primate. The unprecedented finding, described in the online issue of the Journal of Comparative Neurolog...

New Evidence Provides Clinicians With Better Tools to Help Smokers Quit

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An updated clinical practice guideline released today by the U.S. Public Health Service has identified new counseling and medication treatments that are effective for helping people quit smoking. In addition, the May 7 issue of JAMA includes a c...

Antidepressants do work in depression while evidence for CBT is poorer say experts

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore (6 May, 2008) A new revision of clinical guidelines to help doctors manage patients with depression has challenged the rationale behind the UK governments policy of rolling out of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for milder depression. Accordin...

Promising early evidence of the superior benefits of drug therapy for diabetic eye disease

April 29, 2008, New York, NY -- A JDRF collaboration between Johns Hopkins researchers and Genentech has shown that a drug for the treatment of diabetic eye disease has performed better in clinical trials than the current standard treatment using laser surgery. These findings, representing the...

Experts Agree There is No Scientific Evidence of Health Risks in New Jersey Synthetic Turf Fields

ATLANTA, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Committed to the safety and well-being of the public, the Synthetic Turf Council turned to scientists to evaluate the recent concerns of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) that resulted in their closing of three playing fields ove...

USC study finds evidence of gender-related differences in development of colon cancer

Los Angeles, April 15, 2008 -- A new study by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) has found evidence that supports gender-related differences in the development and survival of metastatic colon cancer. The study, which will be published in the April 15 issue of the journ...

Center for Connected Health Presents Growing Evidence of the Benefits of Technology to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Empowerment

BOSTON and SEATTLE, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare, one of the nation's leading integrated health care delivery systems, is presenting data from eleven new research studies conducted at Partners-affiliated hospitals, ...

U of M Study Provides First Scientific Evidence That the Freedom to Breathe Act is Creating Healthier Workplaces for Hospitality Employees

Study found an 85 percent decrease in carcinogen levels in study participants MINNEAPOLIS, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study released today by the University of Minnesota Cancer Center and ClearWay Minnesota(SM) found that since the Freedom to Breathe Act we...