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Recent breakthroughs in common adult leukemia highlighted in New England Journal of Medicine

When the most common adult leukemia in the United States was last reviewed by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in 1995, it was seen through the eyes of theories that dated back to the 1960s. As such, the journal recently invited three of the world's foremost experts on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to write an authoritative update covering the transformation in the scientific commu...

Leukemia Drug Breakthrough Study In New England Journal Of Medicine

Alan List, M.D., leader of the Hematologic Malignancies Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, recently conducted a phase I/II trial of the experimental drug Revlimid showing promise as an innovative way to treat patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a form of pre-leukemia. Given in pill form, Revlimid simultaneously blocks the growth of new blood vessels th...

Transport System Smuggles Medicines Into Brain

Parrots, long a favorite pet animal, are attractive to owners because of their vibrant colors. But those colors may mean more to parrots than what meets the eye. For more than a century, biochemists have known that parrots use an unusual set of pigments to produce their rainbow of plumage colors, but their biochemical identity has remained elusive. Now, an Arizona State University researc...

Papers of DNA Pioneer and Nobel Laureate Francis Crick Added to National Library of Medicine’s Profiles in Science Web Site

The National Library of Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health, is proud to present an extensive selection from the papers of one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists, Francis Crick, on its Profiles in Science Web site. Don't miss Crick's This la...

Affymetrix and the Karolinska Institutet Announce Translational Medicine Strategic Alliance

Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX - News) and Karolinska Institutet announced today that they have entered into a strategic alliance designed to improve healthcare by accelerating the translation of basic genetic research into tools for better diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. During the next five years the projects include genetic analyses and measurement of gene expression in patients wi...

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Stem cell and regenerative medicine center to aid education and commerce

The center initially will operate in virtual space, and w...

Personalized medicine and technology convergence

It's been one year since the debut of MedTech Futures and it has been a pleasure and a privilege to have the opportunity to share ideas with through this forum. As this column enters its second year, I wanted to take an opportunity to briefly summarize some of the perspectives over the past year and also discuss a topic of great timeliness and importance - namely pe...

What patients want: A story of choice, clinical trials & evidence-based medicine

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Medical College researcher working to make genetic-based medicine a reality

In genetic-based medicine, personal genetic profiles will be used to identify the patient's predisposition to various diseases, and to develop disease management programs tailored to individual...

Predictive medicine: Genes indicate diseases before symptoms do

Today, doctors still follow the same basic paradigm for healthcare, said William Clarke, executive...
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Nobel Prize for Medicine shared by Three scientists

Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries concerning "signal transduction in the nervous system." The three Nobel laureates will share the 9 million kronor ($915,000) prize for their pioneering discoveries "concerning one type of signal transduction between nerve cells, referred to as slow synaptic transmission," according to the award ci...

Prince Charles lends support to Alternative Medicine

In an open show of support to Alternative Medicine, Britain's Prince Charles has urged the government to allocate 10 million pounds ($14.21 million) to fund a five-year research program into the effects of alternative medicine. The world is now sitting up and taking notice of holistic medicine and Prince Charles’s support to fund research in this field has come as a shot in the arm for these crus...

Alternative medicine more popular among HIV positive patients

Despite significant improvements in anti AIDS therapy, complimentary and alternative medicine seem to be more attractive to the AIDS positive patients, according to a new study. Among 191 HIV-positive outpatients surveyed about their use of complementary and alternative therapies, 67% said they had used alternative therapies at some point to control their HIV infection and 40% reported current us...

Complementary and Alternative medicine

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have looked at the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in over 2000 people. They find that the use of 20 therapies - from acupuncture to yoga - has increased in popularity since the 1960s. A new survey reveals that complementary and alternative medicine has always been popular, although the type of therapies used has changed over the years. /...

Pharmacies in for a dose of bitter medicine

In a long-delayed move, the Foods and Drugs Department is beginning to bare its fangs at chemists and druggists operating without qualified pharmacists, an offence under the Indian Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. According to official sources, not only does this common practice jeopardise the health of the masses -- it allows untrained people to deal with high-risk drugs -- it also end...

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Topcon Telemedicine System

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PDSHEART Telemedicine Service

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Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 15th Edition

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Just the Facts in Emergency Medicine

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Labopharm to Present Poster on Dose Titration of Once-daily Tramadol at 3rd International Forum on Pain Medicine

- Article Discussing Pharmacokinetics and Dose Proportionality ofCompany's Once-Daily Tramadol to be Published in BiopharmaceuticsJournal - LAVAL, QC, June 29, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Labopharm Inc.today announced that it will present a poster discussing the dosetitration of its once-daily formulation of tramadol at the 3rdInternational Forum on Pain Medicine to be held June 28 to J...

New Proof of Genistein's Efficacy and Safety for Osteopenia and Osteoporosis Published in Annals of Internal Medicine

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - Annals ofInternal Medicine has published the results of a two-year clinicalstudy on the impact of genistein on bone loss. The paper, "Effectsof the Phytoestrogen Genistein on Bone Metabolism in OsteopenicPostmenopausal Women-A Randomized Trial," appears in the currentissue (June 19, 2007) and details the safety and efficacy ofgenistein for...

Interim Analysis of Crinone Pregnancy Study to Be Published in American Society for Reproductive Medicine Journal

LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2007 - ColumbiaLaboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRX) announced today that an interimanalysis of a pregnancy study comparing the efficacy of CRINONE(R)8% (progesterone gel) to compounded intramuscular progesterone(IMP) injections is now available online and will be published inFertility and Sterility, the journal of the American Society forReproductive...

Research on New Treatment for Neglected Disease Published in The New England Journal of Medicine

SAN FRANCISCO & NEW DELHI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2007- The Institute for OneWorld Health, a US-based non-profitpharmaceutical company, today announced that Phase 3 researchrelated to its first approved drug product, Paromomycin IMInjection (Paromomycin), was published in the current issue of TheNew England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). This clinical trial showsthat the medicine...

Data Showing that ReGen's Colostrinin Supports Healthy Cognitive Function Presented at the 2007 International Congress on Natural Medicine in Australia

London, UK, June 11, 2007-ReGen is pleased to announce thata review of scientific and clinical information on Colostrinin, itsnutraceutical product which the Company believes has the potentialto support healthy cognitive function, was presented today at the2007 International Congress on Natural Medicine in SurfersParadise, Queensland, Australia by Dr Marian Kruzel, ReGen's ChiefScientifi...

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