BioMS Medical's Phase III U.S. Multiple Sclerosis Trial Receives Positive Safety Review From Data Safety Monitoring Board BioMS Medical Corp. (TSX: MS), a leading developer in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), announced that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the Company's U.S.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comProgram Offers Lifeline To Those Lost In The Transition From Cancer Patient To Cancer Survivor At the end of her chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, Sylvia Ott-Durkin of Schaumburg, Ill., found herself facing an unsettling quandary. "Finishing chemo was exciting but then I was confronted with the next step," said Ott-Durkin, a young mother of two. "My appointments were gone and I couldn't see my doctor as much as I wanted to. I felt like I was in limbo. I was done with treatment.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFor Tighter Abs, Look To Core Strengthening Many of us would like to firm up our tummies, a goal that seems more frustrating and elusive the older we get. Working on strengthening a variety of trunk muscles, collectively known as "the core," can help with that and much more, reports the October 2008 issue of Harvard Women's
Health Watch.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMajor Grant To Bolster Epigenomics Research Awarded To Broad Institute Researchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have announced that they have received a grant from the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) to map the epigenomes of a variety of medically important cell types, including human embryonic stem cells.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWestern Reserve Heart Care Opens Vascular Laboratory To Diagnose And Treat Arterial Disease In Hudson Western Reserve Heart Care, a cardiology testing and treatment facility, recently opened a full service vascular lab to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm and deep vein thrombosis.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTotal Or Near Total Thyroidectomy In Patients With Multifocal Micropapillary Cancer May Reduce The Risk Of Cancer Recurrence Cancer recurrence is more common in patients with multifocal micropapillary cancer who are treated with less than near total thyroidectomy compared to patients with unifocal papillary cancer who are treated with less than near total thyroidectomy, according to data presented on Oct 2, 2008 at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Chicago, IL.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAre Patients Who Often Go To The Doctor Different From The Others? There has been a considerable amount of research trying to characterize the patients who often see their doctors as actually suffering from a psychiatric disorder. The results have varied across studies. This new investigation attempts to characterize these patients according to psychosomatic characteristics (as assessed by the Diagnostic Criteria for Use in Psychosomatic Research, DCPR).
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