Saturday, May 17, 2008
No Prescription - Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation
Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund STOP Diabetes, a project to be implemented and studied in Australia. The STOP project is designed to reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes in women by encouraging healthy behaviours. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Treatment Implications For Ovarian Cancer Unveiled New research findings from a top clinical investigator at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) indicate the potential for more targeted treatment of ovarian cancer, which is expected to claim more than 15,000 lives nationwide this year, with 480 in New Jersey. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFibroids Common, But Women Have Options Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus (submucosal) are more likely to move to the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization (UAE) but usually don't cause major complications, according to a new study.The study included 49 patients with 140 fibroids who underwent an MRI examination before and after UAE. The study found that 39 of these were submucosal. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation (Online Pharmacy)
Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund STOP Diabetes, a project to be implemented and studied in Australia. The STOP project is designed to reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes in women by encouraging healthy behaviours. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFibroids Common, But Women Have Options Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus (submucosal) are more likely to move to the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization (UAE) but usually don't cause major complications, according to a new study.The study included 49 patients with 140 fibroids who underwent an MRI examination before and after UAE. The study found that 39 of these were submucosal. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Treatment Implications For Ovarian Cancer Unveiled New research findings from a top clinical investigator at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) indicate the potential for more targeted treatment of ovarian cancer, which is expected to claim more than 15,000 lives nationwide this year, with 480 in New Jersey. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation (No Prescription)
Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund STOP Diabetes, a project to be implemented and studied in Australia. The STOP project is designed to reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes in women by encouraging healthy behaviours. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Treatment Implications For Ovarian Cancer Unveiled New research findings from a top clinical investigator at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) indicate the potential for more targeted treatment of ovarian cancer, which is expected to claim more than 15,000 lives nationwide this year, with 480 in New Jersey. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFibroids Common, But Women Have Options Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus (submucosal) are more likely to move to the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization (UAE) but usually don't cause major complications, according to a new study.The study included 49 patients with 140 fibroids who underwent an MRI examination before and after UAE. The study found that 39 of these were submucosal. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
New Treatment Implications For Ovarian Cancer Unveiled (Online Pharmacy)
New Treatment Implications For Ovarian Cancer Unveiled New research findings from a top clinical investigator at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) indicate the potential for more targeted treatment of ovarian cancer, which is expected to claim more than 15,000 lives nationwide this year, with 480 in New Jersey. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFibroids Common, But Women Have Options Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus (submucosal) are more likely to move to the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization (UAE) but usually don't cause major complications, according to a new study.The study included 49 patients with 140 fibroids who underwent an MRI examination before and after UAE. The study found that 39 of these were submucosal. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Friday, May 16, 2008
Cerenis Therapeutics Completes Phase I Clinical (Online Pharmacy) Trial Of CER-002 For Treatment Of Cardiovascular Disease
Cerenis Therapeutics Completes Phase I Clinical Trial Of CER-002 For Treatment Of Cardiovascular Disease Cerenis Therapeutics SA (Cerenis), a privately held pharmaceutical company developing HDL-related compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, announced that it has completed a Phase I clinical trial for CER-002, one of the company's lead product candidates. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Online Pharmacy - Veterinarians, Pediatricians And Postal Workers Team Up To Reduce Incidence Of Dog Bites, USA
Veterinarians, Pediatricians And Postal Workers Team Up To Reduce Incidence Of Dog Bites, USA There are very few public health crises that can truly be cured by public awareness and education ... but dog bites are one of them. There are 4. 7 million people bitten by dogs every year, and this suffering, injury, disability and mortality is completely unnecessary. It's up to people, not dogs, to stop dog bites. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comA 5-Year Follow-up Study Of Asymptomatic Men With Testicular Microlithiasis UroToday.com - This study has designed to assess the risk of testicular malignancy is patients with known microlithiasis. It is a follow-up study to the 2001 prospective screening study previously published by the authors which established the prevalence of testicular microlithiasis to be 5.6% in a healthy asymptomatic population of Army volunteers (18 to 35 years old). Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Female Sex Offenders (No Prescription) Often Have Mental Problems
Female Sex Offenders Often Have Mental Problems Women who commit sexual offences are just as likely to have mental problems or drug addictions as other violent female criminals. This according to the largest study ever conducted of women convicted of sexual offences in Sweden. Between 1988 and 2000, 93 women and 8,500 men were convicted of sexual offences in Sweden. Given that previous research has focused on male perpetrators, knowledge of the factors specific to female sex offenders has been scant. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
No Prescription - Office Initiative Reduces Headaches And Neck And Shoulder Pain By More Than 40 Per Cent
Office Initiative Reduces Headaches And Neck And Shoulder Pain By More Than 40 Per Cent Office staff who took part in an eight-month workplace initiative reported that headaches and neck and shoulder pain fell by more than 40 per cent and their use of painkillers halved, according to research published in the May issue of Cephalalgia. They also reported that pain levels were less severe at the end of the study than at the start. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPain Free Without Numbness - Substance Combination With Chili Peppers A dentist's injection typically causes numbness for several hours. This experience could soon be history. Now, Clifford Woolf, professor at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, and his colleagues have developed a combination of two agents which is able to specifically block pain without producing numbness or motor paralysis. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Cerenis Therapeutics Completes Phase I Clinical Trial Of CER-002 For Treatment Of Cardiovascular Disease (No Prescription)
Cerenis Therapeutics Completes Phase I Clinical Trial Of CER-002 For Treatment Of Cardiovascular Disease Cerenis Therapeutics SA (Cerenis), a privately held pharmaceutical company developing HDL-related compounds for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, announced that it has completed a Phase I clinical trial for CER-002, one of the company's lead product candidates. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comResearcher Finds An SOS Response To Cancer Causing Agents University of Saskatchewan microbiologist Wei Xiao has found a way to trigger a protein combination called 9-1-1 that sends an SOS signal for cells to fight cancer-causing agents such as industrial toxins, ultraviolet radiation, and X-rays. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSolving The Mystery Of Disease Origins: St. Louis Encephalitis Before West Nile virus arrived in this country, we had (and still have) a home-grown relative of this pathogen. An epidemic of unknown origin exploded around St. Louis, Missouri in the autumn of 1933, a disease that is now known to be transmitted by mosquitoes from birds to people. Now, a new analysis of the genome of St. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Takes A Step Toward Better Defining Fatigue In an effort to better define and ultimately address fatigue more effectively, a qualitative study from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has identified three primary themes loss of strength or energy, major effects of fatigue and associated sensations - among patients being treated with standard radiation therapy. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Conversion Of White-To-Brown Fat Cells As A Therapeutic Treatment For Obesity In the May 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Bruce Spiegelman (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and colleagues elucidate the molecular pathway that induces cells to become energy-burning brown fat cells as opposed to energy-storing white fat cells. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Role Found For A Cardiac Progenitor Population In a discovery that could one day lead to an understanding of how to regenerate damaged heart tissue, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found that parent cells involved in embryonic development of the epicardium - the cell layer surrounding the outside of the heart - give rise to three important types of cells with potential for cardiac repair. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHidden Heart Condition Increases The Risk Of Death In Patients Waiting For Kidney Transplants An often asymptomatic condition systolic dysfunction, or decreased pumping of the heart poses an increased risk of death for patients on kidney transplant waiting lists, according to a study appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCanada, BC, Vancouver Working Together To Find Treatment Solutions For Residents Of Vancouver's Downtown East Side The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health was joined by City of Vancouver Mayor Mr. Sam Sullivan to announce new treatment services that will help to treat individuals living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a condition often marked by debilitating chronic pain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended. CDC recommends a single dose of the zoster vaccine, Zostavax, for adults 60 years of age and older even if they have had a prior episode of shingles. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCould Violent Video Games Reduce Rather Than Increase Violence? Does playing violent video games make players aggressive? It is a question that has taxed researchers, sociologists, and regulators ever since the first console was plugged into a TV and the first shots fired in a shoot 'em up game. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Depression And Anger Can Plague Recent University Graduates: (Online Pharmacy) Study
Depression And Anger Can Plague Recent University Graduates: Study The post-university years can start out tough. The good news: it gets better.A new University of Alberta study of almost 600 of its graduates (ages 20-29 years old) tracked mental health symptoms in participants for seven years post-graduation and looked at how key events like leaving home and becoming a parent were related to depression and anger. Graduates showed a significant decrease in depressive symptoms over the seven years. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Online Pharmacy - Washington Post Publishes Women's Health-Related Articles
Washington Post Publishes Women's Health-Related Articles The Washington Post on Tuesday in its health section published two women's health-related articles. Summaries appear below. "A Place To Pump: Despite Law, Some Nursing Moms Still Find It Hard To Express Breastmilk at Work": The Post examined the challenges some Washington, D.C. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSociety Announces Synergy Award Winner, UK Hemant Patel, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, has named Professor David Taylor as winner of this year's Synergy Award. The award is given by the President to recognise a person who is not a pharmacist but who has made an outstanding contribution to the pharmacy profession. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Grades Expands Health Care Facilities Grading Tool To Include Prescription Drugs Health Grades on Wednesday announced it will expand its online health care facilities and services grading tool to include information and ratings of prescription medications, Dow Jones reports. The new program will feature information on 4,345 prescription medications, including which drugs are most commonly prescribed and whether use of a certain drug is increasing or decreasing. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBreastfeeding Reduces Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Women who breast feed for a longer period of time are less likely toget rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study published on May 13,2008 in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, a BMJ Specialist journal.In the last thirty years, the fraction of women breastfeeding for morethan six months has increased substantially. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Online Pharmacy - Health Grades Expands Health Care Facilities Grading Tool To Include Prescription Drugs
Health Grades Expands Health Care Facilities Grading Tool To Include Prescription Drugs Health Grades on Wednesday announced it will expand its online health care facilities and services grading tool to include information and ratings of prescription medications, Dow Jones reports. The new program will feature information on 4,345 prescription medications, including which drugs are most commonly prescribed and whether use of a certain drug is increasing or decreasing. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSociety Announces Synergy Award Winner, UK Hemant Patel, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, has named Professor David Taylor as winner of this year's Synergy Award. The award is given by the President to recognise a person who is not a pharmacist but who has made an outstanding contribution to the pharmacy profession. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMembers' Forum Will Discuss Clarke Report, UK The independent Clarke Inquiry will be the subject of a discussion forum to be held prior to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's AGM on the evening of Wednesday 21 May. A presentation will provide an overview of the report of the Clarke Inquiry into the principles, functions and structure of a future professional body for pharmacy. It will also highlight the Society Council's response to the report. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com51% Of Insured U.S. Residents Regularly Take Prescription Drugs For Chronic Illnesses, Study Finds Fifty-one percent of insured U.S. residents last year took one or more prescription drugs for chronic diseases, compared with 50% in the previous four years and 47% in 2001, according to a report released on Tuesday by Medco Health Solutions, the Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
UNICEF Rushing Medical Supplies, Tents, Clean Water To (Online Pharmacy) Children Affected By Powerful Earthquake In China
UNICEF Rushing Medical Supplies, Tents, Clean Water To Children Affected By Powerful Earthquake In China Two days after the largest earthquake to hit China in a generation, news of its full impact on the communities living close to the epicenter is still trickling in at a painfully slow speed. According to AFP news service, military aircraft today dropped relief supplies and personnel by parachute from the air. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
No Prescription - Global Warming May Lead To Increase In Kidney Stones Disease
Global Warming May Lead To Increase In Kidney Stones Disease Rising global temperatures could lead to an increase in kidney stones, according to research presented today at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). Dehydration has been linked to stone disease, particularly in warmer climates, and global warming will exacerbate this effect. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Heat Sensing Regulator Identified (No Prescription)
Heat Sensing Regulator Identified Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins are a step closer to understanding pain sensitivity - specifically why it's variable instead of constant - having identified a gene that regulates a heat-activated molecular sensor.Their description of the function of a membrane protein called Pirt appears in the May 2 issue of Cell. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCuba Increasing HIV Prevention Efforts Targeted At MSM, Health Official Says Health officials in Cuba this year will focus HIV prevention messages at men who have sex with men, Rosaida Ochoa, director of the National Center for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV, said recently, EFE News Service reports. Ochoa, who was speaking ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on May 17, said that about 80% of people living with HIV in Cuba are men. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comZero Tolerance For Counterfeit Medicines Counterfeit medicines, already widespread in the developing world, are now being found increasingly in the EU. While Internet-based sales are the main source of counterfeit medicines, these products are also appearing in the traditional supply chain. Urgent measures are required to protect European patients, including a ban on medicine repackaging. "Even one single case of counterfeit medicine is unacceptable", commented Brian Ager, Director General of EFPIA. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
No Prescription - Adding Breast Ultrasound Screening To Mammography Reveals Cancers Not Seen On Mammography Alone In Women At Increased Risk For Breast Cancer
Adding Breast Ultrasound Screening To Mammography Reveals Cancers Not Seen On Mammography Alone In Women At Increased Risk For Breast Cancer In women at increased risk for breast cancer, adding a screening ultrasound examination to routine mammography revealed 28 percent more cancers than mammography alone. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCDC Needs Increased Funding For HIV Prevention Efforts, Advocates Say CDC needs a $600 million increase in funding for effective HIV/AIDS prevention and surveillance programs, advocates said Monday at a briefing hosted by the AIDS Institute to assess the agency's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in the U.S., CQ HealthBeat reports. The $600 million increase would nearly double CDC's current HIV/AIDS prevention budget, CQ HealthBeat reports. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Online Pharmacy - Cuba Increasing HIV Prevention Efforts Targeted At MSM, Health Official Says
Cuba Increasing HIV Prevention Efforts Targeted At MSM, Health Official Says Health officials in Cuba this year will focus HIV prevention messages at men who have sex with men, Rosaida Ochoa, director of the National Center for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV, said recently, EFE News Service reports. Ochoa, who was speaking ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia on May 17, said that about 80% of people living with HIV in Cuba are men. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
No Prescription - Zero Tolerance For Counterfeit Medicines
Zero Tolerance For Counterfeit Medicines Counterfeit medicines, already widespread in the developing world, are now being found increasingly in the EU. While Internet-based sales are the main source of counterfeit medicines, these products are also appearing in the traditional supply chain. Urgent measures are required to protect European patients, including a ban on medicine repackaging. "Even one single case of counterfeit medicine is unacceptable", commented Brian Ager, Director General of EFPIA. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHeat Sensing Regulator Identified Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins are a step closer to understanding pain sensitivity - specifically why it's variable instead of constant - having identified a gene that regulates a heat-activated molecular sensor.Their description of the function of a membrane protein called Pirt appears in the May 2 issue of Cell. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Zero Tolerance For Counterfeit Medicines (No Prescription)
Zero Tolerance For Counterfeit Medicines Counterfeit medicines, already widespread in the developing world, are now being found increasingly in the EU. While Internet-based sales are the main source of counterfeit medicines, these products are also appearing in the traditional supply chain. Urgent measures are required to protect European patients, including a ban on medicine repackaging. "Even one single case of counterfeit medicine is unacceptable", commented Brian Ager, Director General of EFPIA. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHeat Sensing Regulator Identified Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins are a step closer to understanding pain sensitivity - specifically why it's variable instead of constant - having identified a gene that regulates a heat-activated molecular sensor.Their description of the function of a membrane protein called Pirt appears in the May 2 issue of Cell. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Concern Over Strong Media Influence On Women's Body Image (Online Pharmacy)
Concern Over Strong Media Influence On Women's Body Image As France's parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images affect women.In the May issue of Psychological Bulletin, University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher Shelly Grabe and psychology professor Janet Hyde describe a sweeping analysis of 77 previous studies involving more than 15,000 subjects. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPew Report Finds Higher Fertility Rates Among Hispanic Women Than Among Non-Hispanics The Pew Hispanic Center on Thursday released an analysis that found that Hispanic women in the U.S. -- whether they are U.S. born or immigrants -- have higher fertility rates than non-Hispanic women, the AP/Hartford Courant reports (Gamboa, AP/Hartford Courant, 5/8). Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Role Of Gender In Disease Should Be Considered In Medical Research Are the health needs of women adequately addressed by medical research as it is currently conducted? In the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a team of Australian researchers and two cardiologists closely examine this question."The traditional model of medical research was limited by gender and racial blindness and assumed that results of research on white male participants could be easily extrapolated to female and minority populations," write Wendy Rogers, B.M.B.S. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comcolesevelam, Welchol Title: colesevelam, Welchol Category: Medications Created: 8/9/2004 8:41:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 5/13/2008 Source: www.medicinenet.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Latest BGOP Briefing To Highlight Community Pharmacy Role For (Online Pharmacy) Organisations Working With Older People, UK
Latest BGOP Briefing To Highlight Community Pharmacy Role For Organisations Working With Older People, UK Better Government for Older People has published the latest in a series of briefings - easy reference information leaflets for BGOP Older People's Forums/Advisory Groups, Local Authorities (County Councils who are BGOP members) and some PCTs. Each edition is dedicated to one of the BGOP strategic priorities on issues affecting older people.BGOP Briefing 13 promotes community pharmacy to the BGOP audience and considers the role of community pharmacy in supporting older people. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNPA Establishes Pharmacy IT Supply Chain Forum, UK The NPA has brought together all members of the pharmacy IT supply chain including PMR suppliers, aggregators and transaction brokers to allow the NPA, on behalf of its members, to raise issues and concerns and discuss potential solutions with those responsible for implementing IT (and EPS in particular) in community pharmacy. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAlzheimer' S Society Comment On A Review Of Palliative Care Published In The May Issue Of Journal Of Clinical Nursing, UK One in three people over 65 will die with dementia and too many of them are subjected to an undignified and unnecessarily painful death. This is often because staff lack the specialist training to provide good care at the end of someone's life. It is vital that all people, not just those with cancer, benefit from good palliative care. The number of people living with dementia in the UK is set to soar to more than a million in less than twenty years. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comQuit Smoking Message Not Getting Air Time In Mental Health Care People with mental illness are not receiving the support they need to stop smoking, despite high rates of nicotine dependence and deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses.According to Professor Steve Kisely, from Griffith University's School of Medicine, health services are failing to provide appropriate smoking cessation strategies to people with problems including depression, schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress disorder. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
No Prescription - New Automatic Analysis Of Protein Patterns In Tissues From Carnegie Mellon Engineering Researchers
New Automatic Analysis Of Protein Patterns In Tissues From Carnegie Mellon Engineering Researchers Carnegie Mellon University's Justin Y. Newberg and Robert F. Murphy have developed a software toolbox that is intended to help bioscience researchers characterize protein patterns in human tissues.Newberg, a Ph.D. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDemonstrating How Embryonic Stem Cells Develop Into Tissue-Specific Cells While it has long been known that embryonic stem cells have the ability to develop into any kind of tissue-specific cells, the exact mechanism as to how this occurs has heretofore not been demonstrated. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comScientists Find Genetic Alterations That Increase The Risk Of Neuroblastoma, An Aggressive Childhood Cancer, UK Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, led by Professor Nazneen Rahman, have been taking part in an international study into the causes of neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer. The findings were published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine*. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIncreased Research, Determination Needed In HIV/AIDS Vaccine Efforts, HIV Vaccine Enterprise Head Says The disappointment that followed the cancellation of a Merck vaccine trial in September 2007 has been replaced by a renewed determination among the scientific community, Alan Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, said ahead of the 25th anniversary of the scientific paper announcing the discovery of HIV, the CP/Yahoo! News reports. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPollution Linked To Deep Vein Thrombosis And Blood Clots New research on people living in Italy, suggests that long term exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and blood clots in the legs or thighs, adding to previous research findings linking particulate air pollution and increased risk of death from cardiovascular diseases. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOlder Persons With More Schooling Spend Fewer Years With Cognitive Loss Those with at least a high school education spend more of their older years without cognitive loss - including the effects of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and dementia -- but die sooner after the loss becomes apparent, reveals a new study appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Aging and Health. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenate GOP Seeks To Remove Provisions To Delay Medicaid Regulations From War Spending Bill Some Senate Republicans are pushing to remove provisions in the supplemental war spending measure that would prevent seven new Medicaid regulations from taking effect until April 1, 2009, CQ Today reports. Republicans also are attempting to remove a provision in the bill that would ban physician-owned specialty hospitals from receiving Medicare payments. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNFIB Launches Advertising Campaign With Focus On Cost Of Health Insurance For Small Businesses The National Federation of Independent Business last week in Washington, D.C., launched a new advertising campaign that focuses on the cost of health insurance for small businesses, CQ HealthBeat reports.The campaign, titled "Solutions Start Here," includes ads on four local radio stations and in local print publications focused on politics, as well as ads scheduled to appear online this week. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Society Director Takes Up (Online Pharmacy) New Role With Bar Standards Board
Society Director Takes Up New Role With Bar Standards Board The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain announced that Director of Fitness to Practise and Legal Affairs (FTP), Mandie Lavin, has been appointed as Director of the Bar Standards Board and will take up her new role on 23 June 2008. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Society Director Takes Up New Role With Bar Standards Board (Online Pharmacy)
Society Director Takes Up New Role With Bar Standards Board The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain announced that Director of Fitness to Practise and Legal Affairs (FTP), Mandie Lavin, has been appointed as Director of the Bar Standards Board and will take up her new role on 23 June 2008. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBrook Encourages Sexual Health Services To Be More Welcoming To Boys And Young Men, UK Brook has launched research to encourage sexual health services to be more welcoming to boys and young men, Through the eyes of young men - a new vision for sexual health services, which looks at the reasons why young men do not make full and effective use of sexual health services. Boys and young men make up just 20% of Brook's clients with lack of information and mistaken expectations stopping them from using services. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Monday, May 12, 2008
Research Into Cell Metabolism And Medical Injuries To Be Spearheaded By Engineer (Online Pharmacy)
Research Into Cell Metabolism And Medical Injuries To Be Spearheaded By Engineer A University of Leicester engineer has won a share of grants totalling over £1m to target lung injury and cancer.In an unusual move, Dr. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGinny Hanrahan To Be First Chief Executive Officer At Health And Social Care Professionals Council, Ireland The Minister for Health and Children, Ms. Mary Harney welcomed the announcement by The Health and Social Care Professionals' Council of the appointment of Virginia (Ginny) Hanrahan as its first Chief Executive Officer. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCommon Laser Surgery For Uncommon Cancer - Doctors Have New Option In Treating Often Devastating Eye Cancer Chances are you or someone you know has had laser eye surgery to correct blurry vision. Now, doctors are using the procedure in a new way. In some cases, they're not just helping patients see better, they're actually preventing them from going blind. Mike Samogala says he's never taken time with his kids for granted. Lately, those moments have meant even more. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUniversity Of Alabama Receives $3M NIH Grant To Study Health Issues That Affect Rural, Elderly Blacks The University of Alabama-Birmingham has received a $3 million, five-year NIH grant to fund three pilot projects that focus on reducing health disparities among rural, elderly blacks, the Birmingham News reports. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comProposed Federal Rule Would Ban Certain Marketing Techniques For Private Medicare Plans The Bush administration on Thursday proposed new marketing rules for Medicare Advantage comprehensive coverage and drug plans that aim to curb aggressive sales tactics, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, health insurers have been criticized for their "overly aggressive marketing tactics, such as enrolling seniors without explaining what they are getting into. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Future Of Medicines In Australia: (No Prescription) The Experts Gather In Canberra
Future Of Medicines In Australia: The Experts Gather In Canberra Where will we be in five years time? How will the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme change? Will complementary therapies be more regulated? And what of medicines use by children and new mothers? Will Indigenous health outcomes have improved? These are just some of the topics being discussed at the National Medicines Symposium taking place in Canberra. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Class of Drugs Might Treat Many Conditions Title: New Class of Drugs Might Treat Many Conditions Category: Health News Created: 5/10/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/12/2008 Source: www.medicinenet.comDrug Company Executives Respond To Concerns About Ads At House Panel Hearing During a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight Subcommittee on Thursday, executives from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and a joint-venture between Merck and Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNPA Rallies Local Authorities To Secure Pharmacy Network In Face Of Polyclinic Plans, UK The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has written to the chairs of all local council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committees (OSCs) in England, asking them to use their powers to ensure that adequate consultation takes place over the development of GP-led health centres. Local consultations are underway across England, triggered by the recommendations of Health Minister Lord Ara Darzi in his interim report on the NHS. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSafe Measurement & Administration Of Liquid Medicines SOP Developed By NPA, UK The NPA has produced a resource for the promotion of safer measurement and administration of liquid medicines. It is the final resource in the current series from the NPA in light of recent NPSA patient safety alerts. The NPA resource, 'Promoting safer measurement and administration of liquid medicines' is composed of a template SOP and guidance notes. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Online Pharmacy - Smoking Ban Deters Teens From Becoming Established Smokers
Smoking Ban Deters Teens From Becoming Established Smokers A study on teenagers in the US state of Massachusetts suggests that smoke-free restaurant laws designed to protect non-smokers have had an unexpected benefit: they may be stopping a significant number of teenagers becoming established smokers. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comA New Gene Trigger For Pregnancy Disorder Identified The COMT gene - known already for its role in schizophrenia - has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today's advance on-line issue of Nature. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Australian Nursing Federation Marks International Nurses' Day, May 12, By Celebrating Inspirational Nursing Initiatives In Primary Care As part of International Nurses' Day celebrations the ANF is highlighting the commitment and fantastic innovations brought to primary health care by nurses in Australia. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStroke Study Wins $20.8 Million Grant Renewal To Explore Disparities The nation's largest study aimed at exploring regional and racial differences in stroke illness and stroke death has earned a $20.8 million grant renewal.The funding renewal puts the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, which has enrolled more than 30,200 U.S. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLighting The Way To Cleaner Facilities Using UV Lotion A team of Canadian scientists using a lotion which glows under ultraviolet light have shown that up to a third of patient toilets are not properly cleaned. Their findings, published in BioMed Central's journal, BMC Infectious Diseases, also show that spores from the nasty bacteria Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) linger in the loo even when it has been thoroughly wiped down. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInternational Study Discovers 10 New Genes Related To Human Growth This meta-analysis, published in the latest issue of Nature Genetics, is based on data from more than 26,000 study participants. It verifies two already known genes, but also discovered ten new genes. Altogether they explain a difference in body size of about 3.5 centimeters.The analysis produced some biologically insightful findings. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
No Prescription - Benefits In Chronic Pain Outweigh Risks For Painkiller Abuse
Benefits In Chronic Pain Outweigh Risks For Painkiller Abuse As controversy swirls about proper clinical use of opioids and other potent pain medications, research reported at the American Pain Society annual meeting shows that, contrary to widespread beliefs, less than 3 percent of patients with no history of drug abuse who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain will show signs of possible drug abuse or dependence. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBEMA(TM) Fentanyl Phase III Data Demonstrating Efficacy And Tolerability To Be Presented At American Pain Society Annual Meeting BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) and commercial partner Meda Pharmaceuticals will present, data from Phase III clinical pivotal trials for BEMA? Fentanyl, a potential treatment for breakthrough pain (BTP) in opioid tolerant patients with cancer. The presentations will be made at the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS) in Tampa, Florida. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDrug Company Executives Respond To Concerns About Ads At House Panel Hearing During a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight Subcommittee on Thursday, executives from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and a joint-venture between Merck and Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCRI Worldwide Opens Center For The Research Of Pain Disorders In Philadelphia CRI Worldwide, Inc., a leading provider of clinical research services to the global pharmaceutical and biotech industry, has announced the opening of its Center for the Research of Pain Disorders, based at the company's state-of-the-art clinical research facility at the Kirkbride Center in Philadelphia. The Center for the Research of Pain Disorders will be led by Daniel Gruener, MD, a recognized expert in the areas of analgesic and neuropathic pain research. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInterventional Procedures Now Included In American Pain Society's Low Back Guideline For low-back pain patients and their doctors, the American Pain Society, http://www.ampainsoc.org/, said it is expanding its evidence-based, clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of chronic low back pain to include recommendations on surgery and other interventional treatments. The expanded guideline was previewed in a symposium at the APS Annual Scientific Meeting. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFruit Fly Avoidance Mechanism Could Lead To New Ways To Control Pain In Humans At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can't refuse. To survive, they must leave the fruit, wander off and burrow into the earth where they avoid food as if it were poison. Only then can the larvae grow and hatch into flies that will take wing to lay their own eggs. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
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No Prescription - New Study Suggests Tapentadol IR For Acute Pain Is Associated With Improved Gastrointestinal Tolerability Compared To Oxycodone IR
New Study Suggests Tapentadol IR For Acute Pain Is Associated With Improved Gastrointestinal Tolerability Compared To Oxycodone IR Many strong acting pain medications have bothersome side effects. These can include nausea and vomiting with short-term use, and constipation with longer, chronic use. Such symptoms can lead patients to discontinue treatment, adding additional complications to pain management for physicians. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Data From Phase 3 Study Suggests Tapentadol Immediate Release Effective For Acute Pain From Common Foot Surgery Many foot-surgery patients experience intense pain for several days following removal of a bunion, one of the most common foot surgeries. The investigational pain medication tapentadol provided significant relief for patients who had this surgery, compared to those treated with placebo. Treatment with tapentadol also resulted in patients reporting fewer gastrointestinal side effects compared to those treated with an older, prescription pain reliever, researchers announced. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
Study Shows Racial Discrimination Has Different Mental Health Effects On Asians (Online Pharmacy)
Study Shows Racial Discrimination Has Different Mental Health Effects On Asians The first national study of Asians living in the United States shows that for some individuals, strong ties to their ethnicity can guard against the negative effects of racism. For others, strong ties to ethnicity can actually make the negative effects of discrimination worse. And the mental health effects of such discrimination may shift over a lifetime as Asian-Americans continue to examine their ethnic ties, say researchers. Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLabels: No Prescription, Online Pharmacy
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