Factor in Medical News

FDA Approves New 3000 IU Vial Size for Kogenate(R) FS, antihemophilic factor (recombinant)

WAYNE, N.J., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a 3000 IU (international unit) vial size of Kogenate(R) FS , antihemophilic factor (recombinant). The new vial size offers greater co...

Amgen and Wyeth Statement on FDA Announcement About Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blockers

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN ) and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), issued a statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement regarding the results of a safety rev...

Anti-growth factor drugs raise hope and concern for treatment of children's eye diseases

Philadelphia, PA, 3 August 2009 A new class of antibody drugs may provide a powerful new tool for the treatment of eye diseases in children, but specialists need to be alert for the possibility of serious side effects, according to an editorial in the August Journal of AAPOS (American Associati...

Study in this Week's Issue of Cell Finds Injected Growth Factor Spurs Heart Regeneration

Growth factor enhances heart regeneration, improves heart function without need for cardiac stem cells (Vocus) July 16, 2009 -- Injured heart tissue normally can't regrow, but researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have now laid the groundwork for regenerating hear...

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease once again achieves significant impact factor increase

Amsterdam, The Netherlands and San Antonio, TX, USA, July 13, 2009 International publisher IOS Press and the Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD) are pleased to announce that once again there has been a significant increase in the Journal's Impact Factor, from 4.081 to 5...

Analysis of Four Large Post-Marketing Surveillance Studies Describe Clinical Effects of Sucrose-Formulated Recombinant Factor VIII

BOSTON, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- New data pooled from four large, "real world" post-marketing surveillance studies showed that sucrose-formulated recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII-FS) reduced bleeding and provided data regarding adverse events in more than 950 patients with mild-to-severe hemophilia ...

New impact factor of European Urology underlines journal's outstanding position

Arnhem, July 2009 - European Urology , the official journal of the European Association of Urology (EAU), has a newly released impact factor of 6.512. This was announced in the Journal Citation Reports 2009, published by Thomson Reuters. "The journal has been a respected urological forum for...

Frost & Sullivan Identifies Innovative and Cost-Effective Technology as Key Competitive Factor in European Medical Device Market

LONDON, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The medical device industry is one of the most vital and dynamic sectors of the European economy. The industry is constantly driven by R&D, which needs to keep pace with the evolving demands of the medical fraternity. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/p...

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Catalyst Biosciences Announce Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Factor VIIa Products

Multi-Product Collaboration Valued Potentially at More Than $500 Million COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ) and Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. today announced that the two companies have formed an e...

Elsevier Announces 2008 Journal Impact Factor Highlights

AMSTERDAM, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - 51 Elsevier Journals Receive Top Rank and Show Continued Focus on Quality Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the highlights of its journal impact fa...

Exposure to phthalates may be a risk factor for low birth weight in infants

Cincinnati, OH, June 25, 2009 -- Many parents worry about their child's exposure to phthalates, the chemical compounds used as plasticizers in a wide variety of personal care products, children's toys, and medical devices. Phthalate exposure can begin in the womb and has been associated with nega...

A new take on growth factor signaling in tamoxifen resistance

Differences in growth factor (GF) signaling may cause the poor prognosis in some breast cancer cases. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Medical Genomics , suggests that some estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers respond poorly to tamoxifen because of increased GF signaling...

Patients Say Costs Determining Factor in Their Treatment Decisions

WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seventy-three percent of insured patients receiving assistance from Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation reported that health care costs are influencing their medication and treatment decisions more this year than last. Nearly half of these said th...

UNC scientists identify growth factor as possible cancer drug target

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - To grow and spread, tumors need new blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis. One growth factor that causes angiogenesis has been identified - vascular endothelial growth factor or VEGF - and drugs to inhibit VEGF are already in use. But not all tumors respond to the ther...

Risk Factor for Stroke More Common Among Whites

Despite risk factors, blacks less likely to suffer atrial fibrillation WEDNESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Whites are more likely than blacks to experience atrial fibrillation, a cause of stroke, even though blacks have a higher prevalence of risk factors such as high blood pressure,...

Researchers study the human factor in spread of pandemic illness

CLEMSON Industrial engineers Sandra Garrett of Clemson University and Barrett Caldwell of Purdue University have proposed a new system to warn of an impending pandemic by monitoring signals in human behavior. The system could result in using a simple icon on a television screen to warn of future ...

Massive decline in rates of coronary death in Iceland are largely attributed to risk factor reductions in the population

In the 25 years between 1981 and 2006 mortality rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Iceland decreased by a remarkable 80% in men and women aged between 25 and 74 years. How could such a huge decline be explained? Were the health services of Iceland so much better, or were its citizens reduc...

Family History is Key Risk Factor in Developing Osteoporosis

National Osteoporosis Foundation calls on Moms to Address Bone Health with Daughters WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Of all the gifts that generations of women have passed on to their loved ones, one of the most important is the gift of knowledge about health -- especially infor...

CSL Behring Marks World Hemophilia Day with $2M Coagulation Factor Donation to World Federation of Hemophilia

Three-year commitment will aid WFH's Global Alliance for Progress program to improve healthcare in the developing world King of Prussia, PA, and Montreal, Canada (PRWEB) April 17, 2009 -- In recognition of the World Federation of Hemophilia's (WFH) progress in improvi...

Experimental insulin-like growth factor receptor inhibitor reduced pancreatic cancer growth

PHILADELPHIA Researchers at Amgen are testing a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the activity of insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2) and appears to reduce pancreatic cancer cells in early testing, according to a report in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics , a journal of the Am...

Growth factor TGF-B helps maintain health of retinal blood vessels

Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have found that the growth factor known as TGF-β is essential to the health of blood vessels in the retina and that blocking it can cause retinal dysfunction. These findings, published in the April 2 issue of PLoS ONE , may have an important impa...

NYU study finds new risk factor for melanoma in younger women

NEW YORK, March 24, 2009 Researchers may have found a more potent risk factor for melanoma than blistering sunburns, freckling, or family history of the deadly skin disease. In a new study, scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center report that a genetic variation leads to a nearly four-fold increa...

Flushing From Alcohol a Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer

Recognizing the enzyme deficiency would save many lives, study suggests TUESDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- People who experience facial flushing when they drink alcohol are much more likely to develop alcohol-related esophageal cancer, say American and Japanese experts. Facial fl...

Alcohol-induced flushing is a risk factor for esophageal cancer from alcohol consumption

There is growing evidence, say researchers in this week's PLoS Medicine , that people who experience facial flushing after drinking alcohol are at much higher risk of esophageal cancer from alcohol consumption than those who do not. About a third of East Asians (Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans)...

New study finds daily drinking is biggest risk factor in serious liver disease

Long-term daily drinking, rather than weekly binge drinking, is by far the biggest risk factor in serious liver disease, according to a new report from the University of Southampton. The study, published in Addiction journal this week, concludes that increases in UK liver deaths are a result ...

Penn vet researchers identify a critical growth factor that stimulates sperm stem cells to thrive

PHILADELPHIA - Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Pennsylvania State University have identified for the first time a specific "niche factor" in the mouse testes called colony stimulating factor 1, Csf1, that has a direct effect on sperm stem cell self-r...

Self-Referral of Medical Imaging Exams a Primary Factor in Six-Fold Increase to Americans' Radiation Exposure From Scans Since 1980

RESTON, Va., March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A recent National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) report stated that the U.S. population is now exposed to seven times more radiation each year from medical imaging exams than in 1980. The American College of Radiology (ACR),...

Diabetes a risk factor for postpartum depression

BOSTON, Mass. (Feb 23, 2009) Postpartum depression is a seriousand often undiagnosedcondition affecting about 10 to 12 percent of new mothers. Some of the causes might include personal history of depression, stressful life events, and lack of social, financial or emotional support. Left untreated...

New factor in teen obesity: Parents

There may be a reason teenagers eat more burgers and fries than fruits and vegetables: their parents. In a new policy brief released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, researchers found that adolescents are more likely to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables ...

Growth factor protects key brain cells in Alzheimer's models

Memory loss, cognitive impairment, brain cell degeneration and cell death were prevented or reversed in several animal models after treatment with a naturally occurring protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The study by a University of California, San Diego-led team published ...

Scientists discover key factor in controlling the breakdown of bone

A new study demonstrates that a chemical mediator in the blood that influences immune cell migration also plays a key role in maintaining the balance between the build-up and breakdown of bones in the body. This mediator, which acts on cells that degrade bone, may provide a new target for scientis...

Colonoscopy Quality Critical Factor to Thorough Exam and Best Colon Cancer Detection

Flawed Analysis Misleading on Key Quality Indicators BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Publication of a meta-analysis by Wilkins et al. on colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer performed by primary care physicians raises several important issues regarding the quality of ...

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Announces Three Studies of Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor DU-176b Accepted for the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology

Results from Phase II Trial of DU-176b in Atrial Fibrillation Included in Scientific Program EDISON, N.J., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (TSE: 4568), today announced that results from three studies of its investigational molecule, DU-176b, will be presented at the 50th Annua...

Gender is key factor in determining overall survival of lung cancer patients

Even though some combinations of gender, race and/or marital status can factor into the overall survival of nonoperative non-small cell lung cancer patients, gender is the most significant factor impacting overall survival, according to a study presented at the 2008 Chicago Multidisciplinary Sympo...

What happens in Vegas? Place as a risk factor for suicide

Every day 85 Americans die by suicide and hundreds of thousands more make attempts every year. The vast majority of recent studies on suicide have focused on identifying psychiatric risk factors. However, a new study by Temple University Sociology Professor Matt Wray, published online this month i...

Signaling between protein, growth factor is critical for coordinated cell migration

SALT LAKE CITYThe mysterious process that orchestrates cells to move in unison to form human and animal embryos, heal wounds, and even spread cancer depends on interaction between two well-known genetic signaling pathways, two University of Utah medical school researchers have discovered. The s...

Researchers discover new risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and a way to control it

This release is available in French . Montreal, November 9th 2008 - A team of international researchers including scientists from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University have discovered that having high levels of particular protein puts patients at increased risk...

Age is not a key factor in cancer survival, but clinical trials exclude older patients

Age is not an independent factor in cancer survival rates and should not influence decisions about how to treat older patients, according to a study in the November issue of IJCP , the Independent Journal of Clinical Practice . A team of hospital and University-based researchers from Barcelon...

Latest Pistachio Study Reveals Significant Reduction in Markers of Inflammation - an Emerging Risk Factor in Heart Disease

Penn State University Study Demonstrating Important Cardiovascular Findings Presented at the American Dietetic Association's Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in Chicago, IL CHICAGO, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- According to new data presented yesterday at the American Dietetic ...

A new relationship between brain derived neurotrophic factor and inflammatory signaling

(Boston)-In the October 14th edition of Science Signaling researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine have shown that the development of ep...