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Beating Blood Clots after Joint Replacement

...) ( http://www.aaos.org/ ), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ( http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00219 ) a type of prophylaxis a patient receives pre and post-joint replacement, causes controversy. "Patients undergoing total joint replacement are at high risk for DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE)...

Vermillion Presents Critical Data From Its OVA1 Clinical Trial

...of our proprietary OvaCalc algorithm to estimate the risk of malignancy in pre and postmenopausal women who are scheduled for surgery with an ovarian mass... the effectiveness of the OVA1 test in estimating the risk of malignancy in pre and postmenopausal women who are scheduled for surgery with an ovarian mass...

Cardiogenesis Announces Preliminary Clinical Results With the PHOENIX System Combining TMR + Stem Cells

...p of 6 months: -- All patients experienced at least a two class reduction in angina; -- 7 patients were angina free; -- Sublingual nitrate use pre procedure was 37 per patient per month compared to 4 per month at follow up (p=0.03); -- and there were no perioperative adverse events including...

DaVita Clinical Research Completes Record Number of Renal Trials in 2007

...Hepatic, CV, Dermatology and Endocrine subjects, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and drug interactions. Phase II- IV renal studies services include pre ESRD and ESRD subjects, clinical efficacy and safety, special populations and post marketing studies. "Since departing full-time academics for priva...

Data Demonstrate that Obagi Medical Products' Condition & Enhance Skin Care System is an Effective Complement to Facial Rejuvenation Procedures

...nt of patients treated with the Obagi(R) Condition & Enhance System as pre and post-conditioning in combination with: -- Botulinum toxin ty...0% of patients treated with the Obagi(R) Condition & Enhance System as pre and post-conditioning in combination with: -- Non-ablative chemi...

The Oral Cancer Foundation Urges HPV Vaccination for Males

... of HPV will increase and the attendant risks for cancer of the mouth, cervix, vulva, vagina, anus and penis will increase exponentially. "Significant pre approval research was done on these vaccines and proper due diligence review conducted by the FDA prior to approvals. There is no scientific evidence ...

Quest PharmaTech's Prostate Cancer Program Update

...052 in selective destruction of normal and cancerous prostate tissues, with minimal side effects. The use of 18 F FDG (flurodeoxy glucose) PET imaging pre and post PDT treatment, highlighted the complete shut down of metabolic activity at the tumor site 24 hours after PDT treatment. The practical ap...

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. Receives Approval from the FDA to Initiate a Phase III Clinical Trial of prGCD

...pany to directly initiate Phase III based upon the results of the Company's pre clinical and Phase I clinical trials of prGCD. The Company presented the co...made thus far. Following the success of our Phase I trial and our promising pre clinical and biochemical data, we believe that we will continue to see posi...

The Past, Present and Future of HLA Typing

...without the problems associated with radioactivity. Variations of the technique have also risen; for example, it is possible to construct PCR primers pre labeled with biotin, and then amplify biotin labeled HLA loci. These PCR products are then incubated with unlabeled, sequence specific oligonucleo...