Is it reasonable to perform polypectomy without interruption of anticoagulation?
Currently, patients taking anticoagulants to prevent stroke and blood clots are often recommended to stop these medications in order to perform colonoscopy with removal of polyps. However, interruption of these medications can place patients at risk of stroke and blood clots. A group led by Shai ...HIV treatment interruption may enhance the risk of brain injury
Although the current therapeutic regimens are effective in suppressing HIV infection, they do not eradicate it, and prolonged treatment may be complicated by development of drug resistance and an array of side effects. Despite // continued concerns over the safety of interrupting therapy, a large p...SXC Health solutions announces record second quarter financial results
...te successfully; potential liability for the use of incorrect or incomplete data; the length of the sales cycle for our healthcare software solutions; interruption of our operations due to outside sources; our dependence on key customers; maintaining our intellectual property rights and litigation involving intel...Nutraceutical Reports Fiscal 2009 Q3 Results and Expands Share Repurchase Program
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... Factors which may materially affect such forward-looking statements include: (i) slow or negative growth in the nutritional supplement industry; (ii) interruption of business or negative impact on sales and earnings due to acts of God, acts of war, terrorism, bio-terrorism, civil unrest or disruption of mail ser...SXC Health Solutions announces contract with largest worker's compensation organization in the U.S.
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... patients who were diagnosed at Mayo Clinic's emergency department with either acute ischemic stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), a temporary interruption of blood flow to part of the brain. Less than half of the patients -- 42 percent -- thought they were having a stroke. In fact, most in the s...SmartVac Smoke Evacuation System
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Findings from one of the largest HIV/AIDS therapy studies conducted to date show that a specific strategy of interrupting antiretroviral therapy more than doubles the risk of AIDS or death from any cause. Researchers affiliated with the Mailman School of Public Health and Harlem Hospital Hospital l...Protein that promotes cancer cell growth identified
...shown in another study that Caspase-8 associates with Src, a protein known to be involved in cancer cell proliferation. In this study they showed that interruption in this association disrupts EGF signaling indicating that Caspase-8 exerts EGF signaling through Src. Cancer results from excessive cell division ...US-Mexico border wall could threaten wildlife species
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... Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have manipulated cell activity that occurs during the interruption of blood flow to strongly protect heart tissue in animal studies. The finding has the potential to become an emergency treatment for heart attack pati...Experts tackle shipment issues for beneficial radiation sources
...pitals and industries. Some radioisotopes, such as iodine-123 - used for heart and thyroid imaging - have a half-life of only hours. Consequently, any interruption to their delivery can threaten the medical care of patients. According to industry statistics 85,000 nuclear medicine procedures are carried out ar...UC Davis researchers discover how HIV turns food-poisoning into lethal infection
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...adsen and the researchers worked with are caused by splicing defects, or an interruption in genetic code. The morpholinos prevent that interruption by patching over the defect so the gene can generate its normal product. ...Department of Energy putting power in the hands of consumers through technology
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...iversity of Jerusalem. Angioplasty is the "gold-standard" treatment for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), which is the result of abrupt interruption in blood supply to part of the beating heart, usually due to plaque-rupture in an atherosclerotic (hardened) coronary artery. In angioplasty, a c...Mirixa Corporation and the APhA Foundation Finalize Partnership
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...rises six subjects who are responsive to their current therapy regimen who will be treated with CCR5-modified T-cells and undergo a structured therapy interruption (STI) or therapy "break". The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of SB-728-T. In addition to safety monitoring,...InCode BioPharmaceutics Appoints New President and CEO
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...A) continue to pursue enhancements to the product and to work closely with the FDA to implement changes that may improve the usability of DAYTRANA. No interruption in the production of DAYTRANA is anticipated. Shire and Noven may take additional corrective action. US oral mesalamine market share Shire's avera...