Use of Mealtime Pramlintide Added to Basal Insulin Showed Similar Improvements in Glycemic Control Compared to Rapid-Acting Insulin, With Lower Risk of Hypoglycemia and Without Weight Gain: Data Presented at ADA 2009
Additional Analyses
Showed Pramlintide Improved Treatment Satisfaction and Quality of Life
NEW ORLEANS, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ) today announced data showing that the use of mealtime SYMLIN(R) (pramlintide acetate) injection improved gluc...
Study Showed New Episodes of Depression Delayed in People Taking Cymbalta(R)
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New data suggest that
Cymbalta (duloxetine HCl) 60 mg to 120 mg once daily delayed the onset of a
new episode of depression in patients who had previously responded to the
medication and who had recurrent depressive disorder, defined in the study as
...
Study Showed ALIMTA(R) (pemetrexed for injection) Improved Survival in Certain Types of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Patients with Adenocarcinoma or Large Cell Carcinoma Histologies Achieved
Improvement in Overall Survival when Treated with ALIMTA-based Regimen
INDIANAPOLIS, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The type of non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have may now influence their treatment
regim...
Shire investigational nonstimulant INTUNIV showed significant efficacy in reducing ADHD symptoms
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Shire plc(LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company,
presented today at a major scientific meeting findings from analyses of
pivotal trial results of INTUNIV, a selective alpha-2A-agonist. This compound
is an investigational once-daily medic...
Study Showed Minimally Invasive Surgery Reduced Risk of Hospital-Acquired Infections Compared to Open Surgery
PHILADELPHIA, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- SAGES 2008 ANNUAL MEETING -
Ethicon Endo-Surgery today announced results from a new study showing
laparoscopic surgery reduced the risk of nosocomial (hospital-acquired)
infections by 52 percent when compared to open surgery in a sample of more
than 11,00...
New data showed Actos prevented progression of atherosclerotic plaque volume in patients
Chicago, IL, March 31, 2008 New data from a clinical trial using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) technology found that in patients living with type 2 diabetes, ACTOS® (pioglitazone HCl) reduced the atherosclerotic burden in the coronary arteries compared to glimepiride, and prevented progress...
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Meta-Analysis of Clinical Data Showed No Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events Associated With Exenatide Use: Data Presented at ADA 2009
Cardiovascular Safety and Potential Benefits of Exenatide to be Prospectively Assessed in Large Outcomes Trial
NEW ORLEANS, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) today announced results from a meta-analysis of ...
New Study Showed Lantus(R) Plus One, Two or Three Shots of Apidra(R) Lowered Patients' Blood Sugar
- Study Presented at 69th Annual ADA Scientific Sessions Examined Efficacy and Safety of Basal-Prandial Treatment with Lantus(R) and Apidra(R) -
NEW ORLEANS, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis U.S. presented results of a new study, "Effects of 1, 2, or 3 Prandial Injections of ...
Investigational Cancer Drug BSI-201 Showed Clinical Benefit in 62% of Patients with Triple-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer and Significantly Prolonged Survival
PARIS and BRISBANE, California, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
- Data Highlighted in Plenary Session of 2009 American Society of
Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY ) and its fully owned
subsidiary, BiPar Sciences, today announced resu...
IMPACT Study Showed Longer Valcyte(R) (valganciclovir hydrochloride tablets) Treatment Demonstrated Better Protection Against Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease One Year Post-Transplant
CMV is the most serious viral infection affecting transplant patients
BOSTON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- New Phase III study results presented for the first time today at the ninth annual American Transplant Congress 2009 (ATC) demonstrate that doubling the duration of preventive therapy ('prop...
Study Showed Lilly's GEMZAR(R) (gemcitabine HCl for injection) Improved Progression-Free Survival in Cervical Cancer Patients
ORLANDO, Fla., May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company announced today that Phase III trial data
showed the addition of Lilly's GEMZAR(R) (gemcitabine HCl for injection) to the current standard of care provided a statistically significant increase in progression-free survival at thr...
Final Results of Boceprevir Phase II HCV SPRINT-1 Study Showed Significantly Higher SVR Rates Compared to Standard of Care in Treatment-Naive Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients
48-week investigational regimen yielded nearly double SVR rate compared to standard of care
Update on next-generation HCV protease inhibitor SCH 900518 presented at EASL annual meeting
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP ) toda...
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Osteomesh Bioresorbable Implant for Craniofacial Surgery
Description:...sufficient mechanical strength that supports bone in-growth and it degrades as bone regeneration and remodeling takes place. Long term clinical trials
showed significant bone regeneration, as the material is slowly resorbed by the body and replaced by autologous bone....
Company:Osteopore International
Osteoplug Bioresorbable Implant for Trephination Burr Holes
Description:...orous matrix architecture allows it to be rapidly saturated with marrow, blood and nutrients for bone growth and remodeling. Long-term clinical trials
showed significant bone regeneration, re-covering the burr hole as the material is slowly resorbed by the body and replaced by autologous bone....
Company:Osteopore International
Ocuvite® PreserVision® Tablets AREDS formula
Description:...ay format. The 10-year clinical Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) by the National Eye Institute (a division of the National Institutes of Health)
showed that a unique vitamin and mineral supplement may help slow the progression of age-related macular degeneration and its associated vision loss among pa...
Company:Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
CanDia5®
Description:...There is no similar POC product for VVC diagnosis available on the market in the world. CanDia5® is highly accurate and specific. A clinical study
showed that CanDia5® has a 78 percent rate of sensitivity and 90 percent rate of specificity for diagnosing VVC. The test result is consistent with 5 rep...
Company:Rockeby
AcrySof ReSTOR Apodized Diffractive IOL
Description:...n (near, intermediate and distance) that greatly increases their independence from glasses after surgery. The clinical studies supporting the approval
showed that 80 percent of patients who received the AcrySof ReSTOR lens did not use glasses for any activities after cataract surgery....
Company:Alcon Laboratories
DonJoy SpinaLogic
Description:... to help the bodys own healing process begin working. Clinical studies have also shown that individuals who use DonJoy SpinaLogic after fusion surgery
showed a 21 percentage point increase in healing over those who did not. DonJoy SpinaLogic is manufactured by dj Orthopedics and distributed exclusively by D...
Company:DJO Incorporated
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Artecoll
...ts' improved appearance and the reactions of research subjects to the injections. At the six-month follow up, the researchers found the Artecoll group
showed 86.7 percent better augmentation of loose skin than the group which received only collagen. Adverse reactions to collagen and to Artecoll among both g...
Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition
...emonstrated heavy involvement of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor in DSI, suggesting that the endocannabinoids were the brain's mediators of DSI. They
showed that cannabinoid receptor agonists, drugs that mimic the actions of endocannabinoids or THC, could evoke the same reduction in inhibitory currents c...
Full-body scan
...being that these scans are done before any disease is found.
Low-dose CT scanning of the lungs may be done to screen for lung cancer , but it has
showed varied success. [11] [12] CT colography, or virtual colonoscopy is a CT scan that looks for polyps that may develop into colon cancer . It h...
Ramón Carrillo
...e did it brilliantly, studying with Christfried Jakob among others, and graduated in 1929 with the Gold Medal for the best student.
After this he
showed a preference for neurology and neurosurgery , collaborating with eminent neurosurgeon Manuel Balado , a Mayo alumnus and also a disciple of Christf...
Swank Multiple Sclerosis Diet
...atients over a 34 year period was published in one of the worlds leading medical journals, The Lancet on July 7th 1990 . The results of the study
showed that those who followed the diet had not shown any significant deterioration of their condition over a 34 year period. Conversely, those that did not ...
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Xanthelasma
...aightforward Guide: What is Xanthelasma ? ... Xanthelasma is a condition where lipids, especially cholesterol, build up under the skin. ... ...
showed characteristic findings of xanthelasma . ... Xanthelasma palpebrarum is the most common form ... though the original xanthelasma improved with th...
Wounds
...nds medical term. What does Wounds mean? ... Crush wounds . ... Slicing wounds made with a sharp instrument, leaving even edges. ... Results
showed that skin wounds healed nearly twice as fast in the hamsters ... The researchers photographed and measured the wounds each day. ... Most wo...
Vitamin B
...ant roles in cell metabolism. Historically, the B vitamins were once thought to be a single vitamin , referred to as vitamin B . Later research
showed that they... Riboflavin (E101), also known as vitamin B2, is an easily absorbed micronutrient with a key role in maintaining health in humans an...
Swallowed object
... pass through the rest of your ... A swallowed object doesn''t show up in the stool ... My child swallowed a quarter 10 days ago. An X-ray
showed the coin is still in his stomach. ... monitor the passage of the object through a series of X-rays. ... ... Foreign object - inhaled or swall...
Subcutaneous
...neous , being covered only by the Platysma. ... it is divided by a narrow subcutaneous area into two parts: a lower, ... Subcutaneous tissue
showed expansion and hardening, with hemorrhage and adhesion ... This injury affected skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscle as well as nerve. ... ...
Relapse
...op.com. Release Date 2007-07-16 Audio CD COP International Music|Electronic|Cop International|Chiasm| Relapse Relapse Music The relapse group
showed less activation of the dorsolateral, prefrontal, ... The patterns of brain activation predicted relapse in 17 of the 18 men who had ... cancer, ...
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Carbon nanoparticles toxic to adult fruit flies but benign to young
...ientists found that larval Drosophila melanogaster
showed no physical or reproductive effects from consuming...ult Drosophila experienced a different fate. Tests
showed adults immersed in tiny pits containing two variet...ctly to the flies' death.
A separate experiment
showed adult flies transported carbon nanoparticles and t...
Moving to the US increases cancer risk for Hispanics
...se Hispanic community composed of Cubans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Central and South Americans.
The results indicated that these population groups
showed different patterns of cancer once they moved to the United States; Mexicans had the lowest rates of cancer overall and Puerto Ricans had the highest r...
More than half of Texas physicians do not always recommend HPV vaccine to girls
... Committee on Immunization Practices recommends the human papillomavirus vaccination for all 11- and 12-year-old girls, but results of a recent survey
showed that more than half of Texas physicians do not follow these recommendations.
The survey was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Preven...
Venomous sea snakes play heads or tails with their predators
...g they have two heads, claims research published today in Marine Ecology .
The discovery, made by Dr Arne Redsted Rasmussen and Dr Johan Elmberg,
showed that Yellow-lipped Sea Kraits ( Laticauda colubrina ) use skin markings and behaviour patterns to fool predators into thinking their tail is a second ...
Lead-based consumer paint remains a global public health threat
...e of lead concentrations, there is no significant consumer price difference between leaded and unleaded consumer paint," says Clark.
Their research
showed that one large multi-national company produced low lead paint in each of the countries where it was sampled and another company was found to have stop...
Holding breath for several minutes elevates marker for brain damage
...r for brain damage, S100B, rose in seven of the nine divers.
The controls
showed no change in S100B
On average, S100B rose 37% within 10 minutes after the... returned to normal within two hours for all the participants.
The divers
showed signs of asphyxia, that is, blood oxygen levels fell, while carbon dioxide ...
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Study Showed VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII Provided Significant Efficacy at 14 Hours After Administration in Adults with ADHD in an Adult Simulated Workplace Environment
VYVANSE is the first stimulant to establish duration of efficacy from two hours up to 14 hours after administration in adults with ADHD
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced res...
New Data Published in Circulation Showed an Increase in HDL Cholesterol Levels with ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl)
DEERFIELD, Ill., April 15 /PRNewswire/ --
What and When
Additional results from the clinical trial CHICAGO (Carotid
intima-media tHICkness in Atherosclerosis using pioGlitazOne) published
today in Circulation revealed that reduced progression of carotid
intima-media thickness (CIMT) with A...
New Phase 3 Data Showed PRISTIQ Significantly Reduced Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder Versus Placebo
Data Presented for the First Time on 50 mg/Day Dose for PRISTIQ for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), announces that data from
two Phase 3 clinical studies of...
Study Data Results Showed Desvenlafaxine Significantly Reduced Moderate to Severe Vasomotor Symptoms in Menopausal Women Versus Placebo
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), reported that new study
data presented today at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for
Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
showed that women who received 100 mg/day or
150 mg/da...
Growth spurts
...opy who combined their skills to observe the dynamic growth of colloidal platinum nanocrystals in solution with subnanometer resolution. Their results
showed that while some crystals in solution grow steadily in size via classical nucleation and aggregation meaning monomer molecules collide and join togeth...
NeurogesX Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
...ovide similar tolerability to the topical agent used as a pretreatment in the clinical development program. The study, conducted in patients with PHN,
showed a mean duration of patch application of 60.2 minutes, versus the target application of 60 minutes. The submission of additional information to the FDA...
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Antibody
...a separate gene for each possible antigen, the immune system would require many more genes than exist in the genome . Instead, as Susumu Tonegawa
showed in 1976, portions of the genome in B lymphocytes can recombine to form all the variation seen in the antibodies and more. Tonegawa won the Nobel Pr...
Artificial life
...ephen Wolfram turned his attention to cellular automata. He explored and categorized the types of complexity displayed by one-dimensional CAs, and
showed how they applied to natural phenomena such as the patterns of seashells and the nature of plant growth.
Norman Packard , who worked with Wolfram at th...
Brain
...notions of Galen and Descartes and discovered many facts about the macro structure of the brain of animals and humans.
In the 1700s, Luigi Galvani
showed that electrically stimulating the sciatic nerve of a dissected frog caused movement of the attached muscle. His experiments led scientists away fr...
Carolus Linnaeus
...ternal grandfather, Linnaeus was groomed as a youth to be churchman, but he
showed little enthusiasm for it. His interest in botany impressed a physician f...e continent. While in the Netherlands he met Jan Frederik Gronovius and
showed him a draft of his work on taxonomy, the Systema Naturae . In it, the unw...
Charles Darwin
...land-forms as if he had the eyes of Lyell .
He discovered fossils of gigantic extinct South American Megatheriums and Armadillos in strata which
showed no signs of catastrophy or change in climate, and found later that these were relatives of creatures still living in the area.
Argentinian Rheas...
Cloning
...appeared to be younger than they should be. Analysis of the cow's telomeres
showed they had not only been 'reset' to birth-length, but they were actually long...5 2005 the museum announced that it was stopping the project after tests
showed the specimens' DNA had been too badly degraded by the ( ethanol ) preservat...
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Xanthophyll
...protective role ... Analysis of the xanthophyll binding LHC proteins
showed that the Lhcb5 ... from the IEF gel
showed differences in xanthophyll composition: ... ...
Vitamins
...rtant roles in cell metabolism. Historically, the B vitamins were once thought to be a single vitamin, referred to as vitamin B . Later research
showed that they... Cheap Vitamins brings you weight loss, energy and nutrition supplements online. Discount nutritional supplements and other fitnes...
Uropod
...onse to body rolling during walking is ... II. Modulation Of uropod motoneurone excitation by leg proprioception. M ... The uropod motoneurones
showed little or no synaptic response when the treadmill ... Product Condition: The Uropod Dry Bag - 37L is in Like New condition. ... bombproof waterpr...
Unicellular
...the first finding of microRNAs in a unicellular organism. This is the first finding of microRNAs in a unicellular organism. ... The researchers
showed that unicellular miRNAs share functional characteristics ... ...
Transformed phenotype
...pe of HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cells ... the expression of the transformed phenotype , we have isolated flat ... Cells induced with IPTG
showed the transformed phenotype , independent of TGF-ß treatment. Non-induced cells did not show the transformed phenotype . ... ... parva induce...
Rhizobia
...x nitrogen. Morphologically, they are... Selection of rhizobia for prairie legumes used in restoration and reconstruction ... Sesbania rhizobia
showed extremely high specificity to rhizobiophages. ... Rhizobia bacteria establish symbiotic relationships with legumes ... Rhizobia bacteria ar...