Little Convincing Evidence That Omega-3 Combats Depression

There is no convincing evidence that taking omega-3 fatty acids on their own can alleviate depression, says Drug// and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). And there is only limited evidence that they can relieve depression when used in combination with antidepressant drugs, it adds. Evidence f...

Blood transfusion study: Less is more

...next 30 days was nearly three times greater. Some of the risk may've been due to the underlying condition that led to transfusion but an increasingly convincing body of evidence demonstrates that some of the effect is almost certainly due to the transfusion itself, Blumberg said. Blood transfusions are extr...

The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a flight is often overestimated

...t were not highly likely to develop deep vein thrombosis: only 20 out of every 10,000 travellers were affected (0.2%). The Institute did not find any convincing evidence that people who flew for less than 4 to 6 hours had an increased risk of thrombosis. "By the way," says Professor Sawicki, "if you want t...

Burner Balm Gets International Attention

...s ingestion of the product as well as absorption into the bloodstream." Dr. Allan Kurtz, lead developer and co-founder of Burner Balm tells a convincing story of how Burner Balm works. "When Burner Balm is used as directed (placed on your lips four to six times daily), the product will energize you wh...

Crestor Patent Invalidity Evidence Uncovered By Article One Partners Community

...ule, and why a person of ordinary skill at the time would have applied the teachings to create the claimed invention. The references can form a clear, convincing invalidity position as verified by the independent outside counsel and expert referenced above. Both the Crestor and JSA Study proprietary collections...

Reduced ovarian reserve associated with increased risk of trisomic pregnancy

...eir fertile life and leave their abnormal ones to the last. Women with fewer eggs would then be at increased risk of trisomic pregnancy. However, more convincing in my opinion, is the hypothesis that the chance that a fertilised, abnormal egg is selected for embryo transfer in IVF is increased in women with red...

Eating Animal Fat May Lead to Pancreatic Cancer

...ehaviors, Wolpin said. "Whether it's red meat or a constituent of red meat or your overall lifestyle that matters, these studies cannot tease out to a convincing extent," he said. "But it's clear that lifestyle does impact this disease." Eric J. Jacobs, strategic director of pharmacoepidemiology at the Ameri...

Window for Stroke Treatment Opens Wider

...-damaging bleeding when the drug is given up to 4.5 hours after first symptoms, according to a report in the May 28 online issue of Stroke . The most convincing results came from the latest study, in which 821 people were treated later than is currently recommended. "By pooling data from four prior clinical...

Early childhood health interventions could save billions in health costs later in life

... Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The results are published in the May 15, 2009, issue of Academic Pediatrics . "Our review found convincing evidence that the four health problems we studiedearly life tobacco exposure, unintentional injury, obesity and mental healthconstitute significant bu...

Heating heart with catheter better than drugs for common heart rhythm disorder

...free of any recurrent atrial arrhythmias or symptoms. By comparison, only 17 percent of those treated with drugs were arrhythmia-free. Results were so convincing the trial was halted early. The ablation group also scored significantly higher on a quality-of-life scale. The study included 167 patients at 1...

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InterMune Reports Presentation of Triple Combination Study of ITMN-191 at European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

... Dr. Zeuzem, protocol chair of the study, said, "Based on the totality of the viral kinetic data, the q12h and q8h regimens delivered very convincing results and appeared to perform very comparably in this 14-day study. The safety and tolerability profile of ITMN-191 in both the earlier monotherapy...

A Joint Statement From America's Prostate Cancer Advocacy, Education, and Support Organizations

...nefit associated with the regular use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing and digital rectal examination (DRE). * These studies provide no convincing evidence that mass screening of men over 50 or 55 years of age will lead to a prostate cancer-specific survival benefit within 10 years. We have...

Evidence Lacking in Multivitamin Study of Women's Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease or Death, Says Natural Products Association

... women who do not take multivitamin supplements." "While cohort and observational studies like these can be important, they in no way constitute convincing or conclusive evidence," said Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D., vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs for the Natural Products Association. "This...

Paratek Reports Positive Phase 2 Clinical Data on its New Antibiotic PTK 0796 in Late Breaker Presentation at the 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

...evious findings showing activity of PTK 0796 against a broad spectrum of drug resistant bacteria, including MRSA. Overall, the Phase 2 data indicate a convincing safety profile and promising clinical outcomes comparable to other antibiotics either on the market or in development. What is most encouraging about ...

Biopure Announces Meeting With FDA

...n this clinical setting. "We are very excited at the possibility of initiating a new clinical trial with Hemopure in the U.S. If this trial provides convincing evidence of benefit in this high mortality population, it has the potential to become a pivotal trial for Hemopure's use as an adjunct to AML inductio...

Preventing Prostate Cancer and BPH: Prostate-Health Expert Available (National Men's Health Week Is June 9-15)

...cer prevention is probably a mistake, Kristal says. Most large and well-designed human studies, and most animal studies, have failed to find convincing associations between lycopene and reduced prostate-cancer risk. Men should be wary of quick fixes like lycopene supplements, vegetable-juice...

Study Shows: New Blood Test Proven Six Times More Effective For Tuberculosis Control

... Newark, New Jersey USA comments: "For many years we have known that active TB is a preventable disease, but we have had an extremely difficult time convincing health professionals and patients to apply and accept well recognized preventive measures because the tuberculin skin test universally used to define ...

Evidence of Benefit Lacking for Many Common Ways of Treating Osteoarthritis of the Knee

..., but which has no medical effect. The review, which was requested and funded by HHS' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also failed to find convincing evidence of benefit from arthroscopic surgery to clean the knee joint with or without removal of debris and loose cartilage. Published studies genera...

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Convincing in Biological News

No convincing evidence for decline in tropical forests

Claims that tropical forests are declining cannot be backed up by hard evidence, according to new research from the University of Leeds. This major challenge to conventional thinking is the surprising finding of a study published today in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences b...

Placenta-derived stem cells may help sufferers of lung diseases

... procedure resulted in a significant anti-fibrotic effect on the lab animals. A "consistent" reduction in lung fibrosis, says Dr. Parolini, "provides convincing proof" that placenta-derived cells do confer benefits for bleomycin-induced lung injury. While the severity of inflammation did not show an overall re...

Promising device snags young inventors coveted spot at IShow

...thodist Hospital Research Institute, said the device has received good reviews from patients involved in preliminary clinical testing, which will make convincing investors that much easier. "I am excited about the marketing presentation, even with limited experience with investors, because I look forward to ...

'Jellyfish joyride' a threat to the oceans

... New research led by CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship and University of Queensland scientist, Dr Anthony Richardson, presents convincing evidence that this 'jellyfish joyride' is associated with over-fishing and excess nutrients from fertilisers and sewage. "Dense jellyfish aggregat...

Scholar unconvinced new lie-detection methods better than old ones

...n't use them luckily." Still, she said, those promoting the newer, brain-based deception-detection technologies have had some degree of success in convincing the media and public that new and improved does equal better/safer. And that notion that science and technology can protect us "makes us feel better,"...

IPM reduces cockroaches and allergens in schools

... that IPM has superior and longer-lasting results than pesticide use alone," said Dr. Godfrey Nalyanya, one of the authors. "In fact, the study was so convincing that the two school districts using conventional pest control quickly made the switch to IPM." The authors also state that besides being more effec...

Princeton geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs

...mile-in-diameter size, indicates that even large asteroid impacts may not be as deadly as imagined. She regards the latest evidence as sufficiently convincing and compelling to allow her to move on and investigate further the evidence for Deccan volcanism as being at the root of dinosaur extinction. But she ...

Some vocal-mimicking animals, particularly parrots, can move to a musical beat

... music, but they were all vocal mimics," says Schachner. "Most of them were parrots -- we found 14 different species of parrot on YouTube that showed convincing evidence that they could keep a beat." Because only animals capable of vocal mimicry such as parrots appear to be able to keep a beat, the study...

UC Davis bench-to-bedside research: Promising treatment in clinical trials

...l Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, to optimize the potency and drug properties of the s-EH inhibitors to the stage where we could present a convincing picture to venture groups of compounds ready to move to the clinic." In 2005, the company raised more than $51 million in Series A financing led b...

Female mammals follow their noses to the right mates

...chase away other males, it's hard to tell if females are choosing to mate with certain males, or are merely mating with them by default. "The most convincing evidence for female mate choice in mammals comes from studies of captive mammals carried out under controlled conditions where the effects of male com...

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DOR BioPharma Announces Publication of orBec(R) Clinical Pulmonary Data in Bone Marrow Transplantation

...ant recipients," stated Jason W. Chien, MD, MS, Assistant Member, Clinical Research Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. "There was convincing evidence of preservation of lung function and an absence of non-infectious pulmonary disease in those who had received oral BDP. The explanation for t...

Amylin Co-Founder Announces Plans to Vote for Eastbourne Slate

..., for recognizing that they need to achieve a more effective working relationship with Lilly, and that they must design a more innovative strategy for convincing primary care physicians that Amylin's injectible medicines are their best treatment option for patients with diabetes. Our board of directors wil...

Robust Annual Growth Through 2012 in the Age-Related Macular Degeneration Market Will Be Driven by Expanding Use of Lucentis in Europe

...ently (as needed) than its approved monthly dosing --which is the dosing used in clinical trials -- emerging therapies face high barriers in providing convincing evidence for dosing improvements over Lucentis. Additionally, although experts have considered Regeneron/Bayer's aflibercept the most promising ...

Cordex Pharma Forms Heart Failure Medical Advisory Board

...o new medicines. With the help of our Medical Advisory Board, we hope to demonstrate the clinical safety and efficacy of CDP-1050 in an efficient and convincing manner to the satisfaction of the medical community and regulatory authorities alike. Eventually, we hope to make the drug available to treat the des...

BioElectronics Corporation - Substantial International Expansion Producing Sustained Revenue Growth-Company Reaches Monthly Break Even

... in the field. It has been a lot of basic blocking and tackling -- going out to see physicians and surgeons to explain the benefits of the product and convincing them to take that initial step to try it on the first patient. When these physicians have taken that step most have become strong believers in the tec...

A Smoking Gene: deCODE Shows How a Single Variant in the Sequence of the Genome Confers Nicotine Dependence and Risk of Lung Cancer and Other Disease

... "These findings provide an example of the power of human genetics for shedding light on the most complex health challenges. Not only have we made a convincing link between a single SNP and a behavioral disorder -- greater smoking quantity and addiction to nicotine -- but also demonstrated how this risk facto...

Board Pieces

...ng quickly and effectively requires a small, dedicated group with appropriate knowledge. Three directors allow the entrepreneur to push initiatives by convincing only one additional person. At the same time, he can be over-ridden by the joint opinion of the other two. If the entrepreneur cant convince two quali...

Romanian Student Leverages Burrill Competition to Accomplish Her Dream

...periments with a technology designed to increase the speed of transmission in optical fibers. This technology sounded viable, so she wasted no time in convincing him to join team Romania. For the next few months, everything seemed to be going smoothly. Then, near the end of February 2001, the engineering studen...

Romanian Student Leverages Burrill Competition to Accomplish Her Dream

...periments with a technology designed to increase the speed of transmission in optical fibers. This technology sounded viable, so she wasted no time in convincing him to join team Romania. For the next few months, everything seemed to be going smoothly. Then, near the end of February 2001, the engineering studen...

Qurb Gets a Step Up From Second-Time Entrepreneurs

...reat fanfare a couple of years ago. Then, the company got dragged into the P2P debate that it was never really a part of. Now, Kontiki has a clean and convincing ROI story and the sparks to jumpstart broader use of business video. . . It's been a busy week for former DEMO conference demonstrators. Fresh from DE...

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