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• Advice For Muslims With Asthma During Ramadan

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 4:00am EDT

  Although Islamic rules state that people with chronic conditions are permitted not to fast, some Muslims with asthma still chose to observe Ramadan and many may consider using an inhaler to be breaking the fast.

• Tiny Ancestral Remnant Lends Developmental Edge To Humans

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 4:00am EDT

  Subtle genetic changes that confer an evolutionary advantage upon a species, such as the dexterity characteristic of the human hand, while difficult to detect and even harder to reproduce in a model system, have nevertheless generated keen interest amongst evolutionary biologists. In findings published online in the September 5 edition of the journal Science, researchers from the U.S.

• Rasilez(R), First-In-Class Direct Renin Inhibitor, Lowers High Blood Pressure More Effectively Than Diuretic In Obese Patients

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  New clinical data analysis confirms that the first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez® (aliskiren), known as Tekturna® in the US, provides significantly greater blood pressure reductions in obese patients with high blood pressure compared to the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) alone1.

• Excessive Calorie Intake Induced By Intellectual Work

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  A Universite Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. The details of this discovery, which could go some way to explaining the current obesity epidemic, are published in the most recent issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. The research team, supervised by Dr.

• Toward Improved Antibiotics Using Proteins From Marine Diatoms - Biomacromolecules Journal

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Researchers in Florida are reporting an advance toward tapping the enormous potential of an emerging new group of antibiotics identical to certain germ-fighting proteins found in the human immune system. Their study, which may help fight the growing epidemic of drug-resistant infections, is in the current (August) issue of ACS' Biomacromolecules, a monthly journal. In the new study, D.

• Study Suggests A Possible Way To Offset Chemobrain Memory Loss

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University (WVU), researchers have discovered that injections of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, can prevent the memory loss that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs sometimes induce.

• Promising Method For Reducing MRSA Infections In Hospital Intensive Care Units Revealed By University Of Virginia Study

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Doctors at the University of Virginia Health System have significantly reduced MRSA infections among surgical intensive care patients by using antibiotic cycling, a method of rotating drugs at regular intervals.

• Marijuana Ingredients Show Promise In Battling Superbugs - Journal Of Natural Products

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Substances in marijuana show promise for fighting deadly drug-resistant bacterial infections, including so-called "superbugs," without causing the drug's mood-altering effects, scientists in Italy and the United Kingdom are reporting.

• A Bioinformatic System Takes Adult Stem Cell Research To A New Level

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Stem cell research is the next great leap in medicine. In the future, new tissue grown in a laboratory could replace a failing heart, or new cells take the place of damaged cells in the brain. Rather than using stem cells from embryonic sources, which opens difficult ethical and complicated scientific issues, scientists have been looking to adult human stem cells, culled from a person's own body.

• Link Between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes And Neurodegeneration

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  New research from Rhode Island Hospital found that obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) can contribute to mild neurodegeneration with features common with Alzheimer's disease (AD) - the first study to show that obesity can cause neurodegeneration. The study appeared in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Volume 15:1 (September 2008) .

• An Advance On New Generations Of Chemotherapy And Antiviral Drugs

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Researchers are describing progress toward developing a new generation of chemotherapy agents that target and block uncontrolled DNA replication - a hallmark of cancer, viral infections, and other diseases - more effectively than current drugs in ways that may produce fewer side effects. Their article is scheduled for the Aug. 27 issue of ACS' Biochemistry, a weekly journal.

• Major Flooding Risk Could Span Decades After Chinese Earthquake

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following the devastating Chinese earthquake, are at increased risk from flooding and major power shortages in the massive Sichuan Basin over the next few decades and possibly centuries.

• VSP Vision Care Study: Nearly 8 Out Of 10 American Kids Under Five Have Never Had An Eye Exam

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  A recent nationwide survey of nearly 4,000 Americans by VSP® Vision Care revealed that more than three-quarters (76 percent) of children under the age of five have never had a comprehensive eye exam.

• PITT Receives $10 Million NIMH Grant For Schizophrenia Research

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  The University of Pittsburgh has received a $10 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to support a new Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders (CCNMD). The center will focus on developing new treatments for schizophrenia, a disease that affects over two million adults in the United States alone.

• eHealthMe.com Offers New Look At Statin Side Effects Study, More Research May Be Needed

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  In 2004, the FDA sponsored a study on occurrences of rhabdomyolysis, a sometimes deadly side effect of cholesterol-lowering statins, generally believed to be rare after the withdrawal of cerivastatin. The FDA study looked at patients using statins for a period of one year, with results showing that only 0.44 in 10,000 patients will develop this sometimes life-threatening condition.

• American Kidney Fund's Disaster Relief Program Available To Dialysis Patients

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  The American Kidney Fund's Disaster Relief Program is ready to provide emergency financial assistance to U.S. dialysis patients affected by Hurricane Gustav--as well as to help dialysis patients who may be affected by additional storms as hurricane season reaches its peak.

• Two-Thirds Of Adult Americans Willing To Pay Higher Taxes To Fund Chronic Disease Prevention Programs, Survey Finds

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  More than two-thirds of adult Americans agree that the U.S. healthcare system needs to put more emphasis on chronic disease preventive care than on treatment, and they're willing to pay higher taxes to fund those programs, according to a new survey by the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.

• Spencer Forrest Begins Clinical Trials On The X5 Hair Laser, Sets Sights On Beating Genetic Hair Loss

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  In yet another milestone for its line of products aimed at countering hair loss, Spencer Forrest Inc. has officially entered clinical trials with its X5 Hair Laser. Featuring 15 individual lasers that interact directly with the scalp, the X5 is the most powerful Laser Therapy device on the market.

• Early And Accurate Detection Of Bowel Cancer With RanplexCRC - Detects 28 Polymorphisms Associated With Colorectal Cancer In A Single Stool Sample

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  RanplexCRC is a diagnostic test that can detect 28 polymorphisms associated with colorectal cancer in a single stool sample. It does not require a hospital visit or dietary restrictions, while having greater sensitivity than the currently used Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) screening test.

• New Think Tank Tackles Health Policy And Professionalism Issues - Indiana University School Of Medicine And Riley Hospital For Children

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Quick turnaround research on the hottest topics of the day related to health policy, medical professionalism, medical education, and physician practice is the goal of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR), recently created as an innovative think tank at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children.

• Smoking Cessation Reduces Cardiovascular Risks In Patients With CKD

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Nearly 47.5 million Americans currently smoke, and the habit is one that increases the risk and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients with CKD also develop cardiovascular issues as the disease worsens, and researchers are calling for more studies that will help reduce cardiovascular mortality in this patient group.

• Case Report: Delivering A Full-Term Baby While On Hemodialysis Is Possible

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  For women with chronic kidney disease (CKD), getting pregnant is very rare, and a successful pregnancy is even more uncommon, especially for women on dialysis. In the July-August 2008 issue of Nephrology Nursing Journal, Mary Coyle and co-authors present a case report of a 35-year-old woman with Stage 5 CKD who successfully completed a 39-week pregnancy while on hemodialysis.

• Kidney Research UK Launches First Ever National Kidney Disease Screening Pilot

  Posted: September 7th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Kidney Research UK is to launch a pilot programme of national screening days for chronic kidney disease (CKD).  The screenings will take place from September until the end of November in four centres across the UK.

• Minister Clement Announces Reappointment To The Canadian Institutes Of Health Research

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

  The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced the reappointment of Arnold Steinberg as a member of the Governing Council for the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), for a three year term. "Mr. Steinberg has already made a significant contribution having acted as Chair of the Governing Council while a new president was being sought," said Minister Clement.

• NovaDel Announces Data From Pilot Efficacy Study Comparing Sumatriptan Oral Spray To Imitrex(R) Tablets

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

  NovaDel Pharma Inc. (AMEX: NVD), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing oral spray formulations for a broad range of marketed treatments, today announced data from its Pilot Efficacy Study of its Oral Spray formulation of sumatriptan (Sumatriptan OS) compared to sumatriptan tablets, marketed as Imitrex®/Imigran®, the leading triptan indicated for the treatment of migraine headaches.

• Safety In Numbers For Cyclists

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

  It seems paradoxical but the more people ride bicycles on our city streets, the less likely they are to be injured in traffic accidents. International research reveals that as cycling participation increases, a cyclist is far less likely to collide with a motor vehicle or suffer injury and death - and what's true for cyclists is true for pedestrians.

• Government Of Canada And Province Of British Columbia Collaborate On Addictions Treatment Programs In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT

  Individuals living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will benefit from two new treatment services thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, and the Honourable George Abbott, B.C.

• NIMS' Acceleration Therapeutic Platform: Potential Non-Invasive Home Treatment Of Coronary Artery Disease

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT

  Marvin A Sackner, M.D., CEO, Chairman of the Board, Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc.

• Yerkes Researchers Create Animal Model Of Chronic Stress

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT

  In an effort to better understand how chronic stress affects the human body, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, have created an animal model that shows how chronic stress affects behavior, physiology and reproduction.

• Situation Worsens For Children As Relief Measures Falter In Horn Crisis

  Posted: September 6th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT

  Children, already casualties of the complex drought, food price and conflict crisis unfolding in the Horn of Africa, are suffering severe effects of the lack of food, water and medical care. Three million children in the arid, marginalized region are at risk of death, disease or the long-term consequences of malnutrition.