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Meda: FDA Approves Azelastine Eye Drops Unit Dose
10.07.2008 09:14
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Meda's (STO:MEDAA) registration application for azelastine eye drops in unit dose (Optivar Unit Dose). The substance azelastine is an antihistamine and the eye drop formulation is approved for treatment of allergic conjunctivitis in adults and pediatrics. Meda is conducting a broad development program for the azelastine substance, both as azelastine eye drops and azelastine nasal spray.
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Eyesight Disorders
EpiVax Receives 600,000 Dollars Grant To Develop Treatment For Diabetes From National Institutes Of Health
10.07.2008 09:14
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EpiVax, Inc, a leader in the field of computational immunology, announced that it has received a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop "Epi-13", a novel therapeutic for the prevention and treatment of Type 1 diabetes, a devastating and chronic autoimmune disease that affects three million Americans.
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Diabetes
Mathematical Models Of Energy Homeostasis
10.07.2008 09:14
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To tackle diabetes and obesity, clinicians are now turning to mechanism-based mathematical models to reach quantitative diagnoses of insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and obesity, and to predict the likely outcomes of therapeutic interventions. A massive range of such models is available, which renders a judicious choice difficult.
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Diabetes
Depression After Stroke: A Neglected Problem
10.07.2008 09:14
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People who have had a stroke and the people who are close to them need more support in order to manage the consequences of stroke. As well as the physical disabilities, the psychological burden is difficult to cope with. It is not only stroke patients who become depressed: their friends and relatives often become depressed too. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has now assessed research on treatments for depression after a stroke.
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Depression
Aerosol Toxins From Red Tides May Cause Long-Term Health Threat
10.07.2008 09:13
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NOAA scientists reported in the current issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives that an algal toxin commonly inhaled in sea spray, attacks and damages DNA in the lungs of laboratory rats. The findings document how the body's way of disposing the toxin inadvertently converts it to a molecule that damages DNA. Human inhalation of brevetoxins produced by the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, is an increasing public health concern.
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Cancer
A World Novelty For An Improved Tsunami Early Warning
10.07.2008 09:13
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After completing their simulation component in the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS), the team for tsunami modelling of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association has presented the currently leading software system for tsunami events with the potential for catastrophe. It is now being integrated into the Decision Support System (DSS) of the German Aerospace Center in Oberpfaffenhofen.
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International Organizations And IAEA Member States To Test Emergency Plans
10.07.2008 08:16
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In an effort to strengthen public health emergency response, the World Health Organization (WHO) will take part in a test of radiation emergency plans through a simulated accident at the Laguna Verde Nuclear power plant, Mexico, 9-10 July 2008. This exercise is coordinated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Radiology
Verbally Aggressive Mothers Direct Their Children's Behavior
10.07.2008 08:16
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A new study in Human Communication Research reveals that verbally aggressive (VA) mothers tend to control their children's choice of activities as well as use physical negative touch, along with directives, when trying to alter their child's actions. Researchers led by Steven R. Wilson of Purdue University videotaped forty mothers as they completed a ten minute play period with one of their children between the ages of three and eight years.
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Children Diseases
Studying How Food Affects The Brain
10.07.2008 08:16
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In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders. "Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain," said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science who has spent years studying the effects of food, exercise and sleep on the brain.
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Neurology
Majority Of Subjects Report That Music Sounds Pleasant With Their MAESTRO Cochlear Implant
10.07.2008 08:16
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MED-EL Corporation has announced new data regarding FineHearingTM technology, available only with the MAESTRO™ Cochlear Implant System. In addition to hearing in "high definition" with FineHearing, MED-EL's MAESTRO system offers the smallest internal implant and the thinnest, lightest externally-worn speech processor available.
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Hearing Disorders
Ethical Red Flags Raised Following Gene Therapy Research In Developing World
10.07.2008 08:15
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Early stage gene therapy clinical trials are recruiting patients from the developing world, providing medically deprived populations access to interventions that show promise but have largely unknown effects in humans. According to commentary by bioethicists at Carnegie Mellon and McGill universities published in this week's issue of The Lancet, the practice may be inconsistent with international ethics guidelines on justice.
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Genetics
U.S. Health Authorities Report Reduction In Rotavirus Disease After The Introduction Of Pentavalent Rotavirus Vaccine RotaTeq(R)
10.07.2008 08:15
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Findings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that rotavirus disease was dramatically reduced in the United States from November 2007 through May 2008 compared to previous years. The findings were published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on the 26th June.1 RotaTeq®, Merck & Co. Inc.'s and Sanofi Pasteur MSD's pentavalent oral rotavirus vaccine was introduced in February 2006 in the U.S.
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Gastroenterology
Better Outcomes In Heart Attack Patients Linked To Chest Pain Center Accreditation
10.07.2008 08:15
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Hospitals accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) have been shown to perform better in the heart attack core measures established by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as compared to non-accredited hospitals, according to a national study led by an Emory University researcher.
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Cardiology
Introgen To Host Conference Call With Clinical Investigators To Discuss Phase III Data And ADVEXIN Registration Activities
10.07.2008 08:15
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Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:INGN) announced that it will host a conference call with management and invited clinical experts on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. ET. Introgen management will discuss its recent ADVEXIN regulatory approval filings and phase III clinical data. In addition, several clinical investigators will be available to respond to questions. These clinicians to include, Dr.
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Cancer
In Spite Of Setbacks, Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines Continue To Make Gains - Immune Science Associates Assessment Analyzes Evolving Strategies
10.07.2008 08:15
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Efforts to up-regulate the human immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells with minimal side effects and collateral damage to healthy tissue continue to attract a mixture of optimism and determination from vaccine developers and skepticism from potential Pharma partners.
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Cancer
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