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Stone Disease - Randomized Clinic Trials Suggest Lack Of Benefit To Alpha Blocker Therapy For Ureteral Calculi
06.07.2008 04:15
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - (Reported from the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association) There were several randomized clinic trials that suggested a lack of benefit to alpha blocker therapy for Ureteral calculi. Abstract 1491 evaluated tamsulosin vs placebo and Abstract 1410 compared alfuzosin to placbo in untreated patients trying to pass a Ureteral stone.
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Urology
Abstracts Discussing The Treatment Of Peyronie's Disease - Reported From The Annual Meeting Of The American Urological Association
06.07.2008 04:15
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Several abstracts discussed the treatment of Peyronie's disease. The vast majority of men will have medical management for their Peyronie's disease. There were no discernible predictive factors for those men who have a good or bad outcome. Shockwave therapy was not effective in Peyronie's disease. However, after surgical correction of the plaque, men experience less stress and an improvement in psychosocial factors.
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Urology
Two-thirds Of UK Patients Do Not Mind Which Doctor They See If They Can Get A Convenient Appointment, Says Which?
06.07.2008 04:15
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Around two in three patients (65 per cent) don't mind which doctor they see if they can get a convenient appointment, according to new Which? research. 67 per cent of patients would be happy to see any doctor if they could easily access their medical records.
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
New IVF Lab In A Box Increases Clinical Pregnancy Rates By 50% - European Launch Of Ac-tive(R) IVF System At ESHRE 2008, Barcelona
06.07.2008 04:15
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Ruskinn Life Sciences is heralding a breakthrough in IVF treatment at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual conference with the unveiling of Ac-tive®, an innovative new technology capable of significantly boosting in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) conception rates. The state-of-the-art gas controlled device mimics 'in-utero' conditions for all IVF manipulations in a single workstation.
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Medical Equipment
Kings County Death: NAMI Calls For Criminal Probe; Survey Shows Psychiatric Emergency Room Delays Are National Problem
06.07.2008 04:15
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Michael J. Fitzpatrick, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illnesses, has issued this statement: "NAMI continues to monitor the callous treatment and tragic death of Ms. Esmin Elizabeth Green while waiting for admission to the psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Mental Disorders
GiveVaccines.org Creates Quiz Web Site To Donate Life-Saving Vaccines To Impoverished Children Around The World Through The GAVI Alliance
06.07.2008 04:14
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Free Vaccine Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about vaccine-preventable diseases and empowering individuals to be a part of the solution, has launched GiveVaccines.org. The site features a fast-paced vocabulary quiz focusing on word roots, English words and medical terminology. For every correct answer, GiveVaccines.
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Immunology
A New Study Shows DispersinBTM Helps Our Body's Immune Cells To Kill Bacteria
06.07.2008 04:14
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Kane Biotech Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KNE), a biotechnology company engaged in the development of products that prevent and remove microbial biofilms, is pleased to announce a research publication on its DispersinBTM technology. The manuscript appeared in the recent online edition of Microbial Pathogenesis (2008), doi: 10/1016/j.micpath.2008.05.007.
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Immunology
Researchers Reveal Types Of Genes Necessary For Brain Development
06.07.2008 04:14
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Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brandeis University have successfully completed a full-genome RNAi screen in neurons, showing what types of genes are necessary for brain development. Details of the screen and its novel methodology are published July 4th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.
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Genetics
Dr. Eamonn Quigley Reveals Crucial Health Benefits Of Taking Probiotics
06.07.2008 04:14
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According to gastroenterologist and President of World Gastroenterology Organization Dr. Eamonn Quigley, your overall health depends on the healthy functioning of your digestive system. Your digestive system not only pulls nutrients from food to nourish the body, but it participates in protecting it from disease. The bacteria that populate the digestive tract play a critical role in both of these functions. Imbalances in the types of gut flora -- friendly vs.
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Gastroenterology
Medicago Receives Contribution From NRC-IRAP For Seasonal Flu Vaccine Program
06.07.2008 04:14
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Medicago Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MDG) announced it has been awarded a non-refundable contribution of up to $279,700 from Canada's National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program ("NRC-IRAP") to support the development of the Company's seasonal influenza Virus-Like Particles (VLP) vaccine program. Medicago is developing a seasonal vaccine based on its proprietary VLP manufacturing technology, which has the potential to offer speed and cost advantages over competitive technologies.
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SARS
Gaining Body Fat May Be Good For Those With Type 1 Diabetes
06.07.2008 04:14
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Gaining body fat may be a good thing, at least for people with type 1 diabetes, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Their study, being presented at the 68th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association in San Francisco, followed 655 patients with type 1 diabetes for 20 years and found that patients who gained weight over time were less likely to die.
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Diabetes
Mother's Vitamin D Status During Pregnancy Will Affect Her Baby's Dental Health
06.07.2008 04:14
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Low maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy may affect primary tooth calcification, leading to enamel defects, which are a risk factor for early-childhood tooth decay.
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Dentistry
Robotic Surgery As Effective As Open Or Laparoscopic Surgery Regarding Oncological And Functional Outcomes
06.07.2008 04:13
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - (Reported from the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association) Most of the abstracts suggested that robotic surgery is as effective as open or laparoscopic surgery regarding oncological and functional outcomes. Casey et.al., suggested that a laparoscopic cystectomy was more cost effective than open cystectomy, in part due to not needing the patient to stay in the ICU after robotic cystectomy.
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Cancer
Cancer Cases Up But Survival More Than Doubles In Breast And Bowel Cancer
06.07.2008 04:13
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The number of people surviving some of the most common types of cancer for at least five years has doubled since the National Health Service was founded 60 years ago. Comparisons have shown that survival for colon cancer has risen dramatically from 18 per cent to 47 per cent while breast cancer survival has more than doubled from 37 per cent to 77 per cent between 1946 and 1998.
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Cancer
IBM And ETH Scientists Advance Supercomputing Simulations To Improve Diagnosis Of Osteoporosis
06.07.2008 04:13
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Using a Blue Gene supercomputer, scientists of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Zurich Research Laboratory demonstrated the most extensive simulation yet of real human bone structures, providing doctors a "high definition" view of the strength and fragility of bones they never had before.
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