Reveals in Medical Technology

Northern California Cancer Center's First-of-Its-Kind Research Reveals Low Socioeconomic Status Often Equals Poor Chance of Lymphoma Survival

C onsiderably higher risk of follicular lymphoma-related death in poorer neighborhoods may be linked to care required to address waxing and waning progression of disease FREMONT, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Northern California Cancer Center ...

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

Breakthrough findings unveiled at the American Society of Echocardiography's Scientific Sessions WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) welcomes the world's leading researchers in cardiovascular medicine to present their most-recent findings at i...

Ancestry.com DNA Testing Reveals 'Roots' Author's Scottish Ancestry

Nephew of Alex Haley Meets Newfound Scottish Cousin for the First Time PROVO, Utah, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancestry.com, the world's largest online resource for family history, announced today that the late Alex Haley, author of Roots - the decisive masterpiece that inspired many Americans...

New Research Reveals Unforeseen Side Effect of the Breast Cancer Movement

PHILADELPHIA and SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking study developed by Breastcancer.org reports that American girls are significantly affected by the steady stream of information and messaging around breast cancer. This study surveyed over 2,400 girls ages 8-1...

Mindset Media Study Reveals Which Independent Voters Favor Obama Vs. McCain

Study Finds That Self-Proclaimed Independent Voters Who Score High in Creativity Skew toward Obama and Very Optimistic Independents Prefer McCain NEW YORK, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindset Media (http://www.mindset-media.com ), which operates an online ad network that enables brand advertise...

Study Reveals Novel LCD Solution Provides Significant Benefits Versus Calcipotriol In Treatment Of Moderate Psoriasis

Clinical Data Presented at American Academy of Dermatology Summer Meeting PRINCETON, N.J., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoStrata today announced findings from an ongoing 12-week study that demonstrates benefits of a novel topically applied LCD (coal tar) solution (Psorent(TM)) versus calcipotriol c...

Study Reveals Potential for NT-proBNP as a Marker to Predict Cardiovascular Risks From Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Study results pending publication in July print edition of Clinical Chemistry, available on Web INDIANAPOLIS, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- A Roche Diagnostics-sponsored pilot study evaluating the use of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) confirms the potent...

Stroke Study Reveals a Key Target For Improving Treatment

Research in mice shows why tPA carries risks as well as benefits, and suggests that Gleevec or other drugs could prevent problems ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For over a decade, the drug called tPA has proven its worth as the most effective emergency treatment for the...

As Summer Heats Up, New Survey Reveals Need for Effective Sweat Treatments

- International Hyperhidrosis Society Offers Tips for Managing Summer Sweat - NEW YORK, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- As the thermometer rises, so does the humidity. For many, the humidity can be annoying, but for the nearly 8 million Americans who suffer from a treat...

Nationwide Progress Poll Reveals Increased Efforts by Hospitals to Control MRSA Infection

Healthcare Facility Infection Prevention and Control Professionals Cite Greatest Needs for Continued Success to Combat MRSA Including Additional Staff, More Environmental Services and Time-Saving High Tech Solutions DENVER, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than three out of four (76%) ...

MultiVu Video Feed: Large, Long-Term Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) Reveals Important Cardiovascular Safety News on AVANDIA

NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- SATELLITE FEED: Monday, June 9th, 2008 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET Galaxy 26 Transponder 24 C-Band Downlink Freq: 4180 H NEWS: LARGE, LONG-TERM VETERANS AFFAIRS DIABETES TRIAL (VADT) REVEALS IMPORTANT CARDIOVASCULAR SAFETY NEWS ON AVANDIA FORMAT: ...

Large, Long-Term Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) Reveals Important Cardiovascular Safety News on AVANDIA(R)

Primary Findings from VADT on Benefit of Intensive Blood Sugar Control Are Not Statistically Significant but Show Favorable Trend in Reducing Most CV Events SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Findings from the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT), a large, ...

TARGETED GENE DELIVERY IN VIVO: Rexin-G Monotherapy Reveals Significant Biological Activity Without Toxicity in Chemo-Resistant Metastatic Breast Cancer (ASCO 2008)

SAN MARINO, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Epeius Biotechnologies announced today the promising results of an on-going United States-based Phase I/II study of Rexin-G for metastatic breast cancer that is refractory to conventional chemotherapy (J Clin Oncol 26:14509, 2008). This clinical trial...

Adding Breast Ultrasound Screening to Mammography Reveals Cancers not Seen on Mammography Alone in Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer

PHILADELPHIA, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In women at increased risk for breast cancer, adding a screening ultrasound examination to routine mammography revealed 28 percent more cancers than mammography alone. However, the additional ultrasound exam substantially increased the rates of f...

Protein Tomography(TM) Reveals Molecular Mode of Action of Humax-EGFr Published in PNAS

STOCKHOLM, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- - Summary: Using Protein Tomography(TM), Sidec Investigated in Collaboration With Genmab the Molecular Mode of Action of Humax- EGFr (Zalutumumab). In This Study Sidec Showed That EGFr is Flexible and That Zalutumumab Locks the EGFr Into a Very Compact Ina...

St. Jude Gene Study Reveals Basis of Anti-Cancer Drug Resistance in Childhood Leukemia

The findings provide new insights into genomic basis of methotrexate resistance and differences in methotrexate response MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first analysis of the genetic determinants of resistance to the anti-cancer drug methotrexate in childhood acute ...

A Sociolinguistic Analysis of In-Office Dialogue Reveals Psychiatrists and Parents Have Significantly Different Perceptions on ADHD and Psychiatric Comorbidities

Seventy-eight percent of psychiatrists and parents provide different responses when asked about patients' 'most concerning behavior' ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a small-scale, in-office, observational study, psychiatrists and parents have significantly different pe...

Skin Flaps Deliver Cancer-fighting Therapy, ASPS Study Reveals

Treatment Provides "Blueprint" to Produce Therapeutic Proteins at Tumor Site ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Using gene therapy, plastic surgeons have delivered cancer fighting proteins through skin flaps placed on cancerous tumors on rats with a 79 percent reduct...

Survey Reveals Significant Public Lack of Diabetes Awareness

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 27, 2007 - According to a recent nationwide survey released today, nearly 80 percent of the American public does not know the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R) and commissioned by Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT...

Over 10,000 UK Breast Cancer Patients Could Become Eligible Within the Next Year for a Breast Cancer Therapy Showing Increased Survival Rates, Reveals Synovate Healthcare’s European Oncology Monitor

LONDON, April 4, 2007--Treatment data from Synovate Healthcare’s European Oncology Monitor reveals that over 10,000 breast cancer patients in the UK could become eligible for a breast cancer treatment showing lower death rates in patients. The treatment was the subject of a recent study deta...

First-of-its-Kind National Report Reveals Estimated High Prevalence and Heavy Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Complications in America

In Response, Health Organizations Unite to Help Educate on Good Diabetes Management and How to Reduce the Risk of Other Serious Health Problems SEATTLE, April 10, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A first-of-its-kind report looking at the prevalence and cost of type 2 diabetes complications shows that an estim...

Targeting Specific Mutations Reveals Promising New Approach to Treating Genetic Disorders; Preclinical Data Published in Nature

PTC124 Targets Nonsense Mutations; Addresses Underlying Cause of Genetic Disorders and Restores Protein Function SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., April 23, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- New preclinical data published online in the current edition of the journal Nature show that PTC124, an investigational new drug d...

Newly Published Study Reveals Femara Improves Chances for Harder to Treat Early Breast Cancer Relapse in Postmenopausal Women

FRIMLEY, SURREY, England, April 30, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Femara reduces the risk of breast cancer spreading to the lungs, the brain or the bone which has a worse prognosis than when the cancer is localised to the breast Newly published data in the May issue of Annals of Oncology, O...

Waismann Method Survey Reveals 65 Percent of Women Seeking Opiate Dependency Treatment Are Mothers

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2007 - According to The Waismann Method 2006 Opiate Dependency Survey 65 percent of female respondents seeking treatment for opiate dependency have one or more children. Painkillers such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet and Fentanyl were among the drug...

New Study Reveals Limitations of a Complex and Challenging Global Tuberculosis Drug Marketplace

First comprehensive study of market dynamics offers insights into what will be needed to get new, faster and better TB drugs to patients NEW YORK, May 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewsire/ -- The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance), a not-for-profit, product development partnership acc...

Waismann Method Survey Reveals Dependency Risk for People Using Suboxone

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2007 - The Waismann Method today announced findings from an online survey of Suboxone users, indicating that 66 percent of individuals currently taking Suboxone, also known as Subutex or Buprenorphine, believe they cannot stop taking the drug without ...

Injection Reverses Heart-Attack Damage

...oston for future application in human patients with heart failure. The new work adds a second compound to the heart-regeneration toolbox, and reveals how both periostin and NRG1 work at the cellular and molecular level, an essential step in predicting possible side effects. Both compounds ultimately...

Newly Published Article Details How PGS Techniques Directly Effect Successful Pregnancy Outcomes

... article, published in the latest edition of Fertility and Sterility, details when PGS should be used, emphasizes proper embryo biopsy technique and reveals the most common errors made with the ultimate goal of educating clinics, embryologists and other experts to improve pregnancy outcomes. When done...

VIDEO from Medialink and the Epilepsy Foundation: New Study Suggests Different Versions of the Same Epilepsy Medication Can Be Harmful

...all patients," said Eric R. Hargis, president and CEO of the Epilepsy Foundation. The study, which surveyed more than 1,000 people with epilepsy, reveals that seizures worsened for 59 percent of people who had switched from a brand-name to a generic AED, while side effects increased for 49 percent of th...

Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells

... Nature , published online April 28, 2009. ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature07999 ) Glessner et al, "Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes," Nature , published online April 28, 2009. ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature07953 ) About The Children's Hospit...

Pistachios Offer Protective Benefits Against Heart Disease, Type II Diabetes and Obesity

... Research Presented at Experimental Biology 2009 reveals Cardiovascular and Glycemic Control Benefits of Pistachios NEW ORLEANS, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Pistachios are much more than a great-tasting sn...

Hospital Care Varies Greatly for Children with Urinary Tract Infections

...ire-USNewswire/ -- More than 45,000 infants and children in the United States are hospitalized each year for urinary tract infections, but a new study reveals significant variability across hospitals in treatment and outcomes. The findings of the study provide an opportunity to eliminate potential waste...

DaVita Abstracts Accepted Into National Kidney Foundation's 2009 Spring Symposium

...d pharmacy management. Highlights from these scheduled presentations will include: Improved Results in CKD Management: Recent data reveals superior outcomes in the areas of CKD and mortality, anemia, incident patient management and phosphorus and coronary artery calcification. DaVita res...

Orthopaedic Injury: High Risk to Pregnant Women

...ng to a study presented today at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) ( http://www.aaos.org/ ) . The study reveals that even seemingly minor orthopaedic trauma can have an adverse affect on pregnancy. "Our results suggest that pregnant women with orthopaedic i...

New Study Confirms That the Supports Intensity Scale Assessment is Effective in Measuring the Support Needs of People With Intellectual Disability and Making Funding Decisions

... adaptive behavior instruments or other measures of personal competence commonly used to determine services for people with intellectual disabilities, reveals a new study with 274 adults currently receiving funding from a state developmental disability agency. The study, titled, " Efficacy of the Supports In...

Research Teams at J. Craig Venter Institute and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Uncover New Chromosomal Alterations in Cancer Using Transcriptome Sequencing Approach

...development of cancer. Robert Strausberg, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the JCVI and leader of the Human Genomic Medicine team noted, "This approach reveals alterations in the cancer genome within the active genes of cancer cells. Through the comparison with related normal cells we can glean those that are...

Over $10 Million of CSL Behring's Privigen Was Sold in the U.S. During the Third Quarter of 2008

...(U.S.) enables pharmaceutical companies to monitor hospital utilization rates of intravenous immune globulin products. The data captured in this audit reveals usage by indication, dosing, ordering physician specialty and patient demographics for recipients of this group of products. About The IVIG Ma...

A Window Into Parkinson's Disease

...or their "translational profile." The new method discovered by Greengard, Heiman, and colleagues, Translating Ribosome Affinity Purification (TRAP), reveals translational profiles in cells by isolating the genetic messages as they pass through the protein production factories called ribosomes. This new t...

Parasites That Live Inside Cells Use Loophole to Thwart Immune System

...his discovery offers two important insights. It reaffirms the notion that pathogens have an incredibly diverse way of manipulating their hosts. And it reveals a new pathway by which a pathogen can induce an enzyme that is normally not present in those macrophages and use the induction of that enzyme to its a...

Say 'Goodbye' to Back Fat Rolls

...lished in the October issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(R), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), reveals a new back lift procedure that removes these unsightly bumps and bulges while hiding the scar under the bra line. "For many patients -- even the ver...