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Study Indicates Certain Men Benefit From Salvage Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy
11.07.2008 06:12
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In the June 18, 2008 edition of JAMA, Dr. Bruce Trock and associates reported on prostate cancer (CaP) specific survival following salvage radiotherapy (XRT) vs. observation in men with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP). They found a benefit to salvage XRT. Between 1982 and 2004, 926 men developed CaP recurrence following RP with staging pelvic lymphadenectomy at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Urology
fpa Reacts To BMJ Research On Parents Talking To Their Children About Sexual Health, UK
11.07.2008 06:12
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In response to research by the British Medical Journal on American research evaluating the outcomes of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens concerning parents talking to their children about sexual health, Julie Bentley, Chief Executive of fpa said: "This is very similar to the positive effects we see from our parents course Speakeasy. "The importance of parents cannot be underestimated.
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Sexology
Comparing Apples And Pears: Scientists See Health Determining Air Paths In Fruit
11.07.2008 06:12
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Pears and apples contain air pathways to "breathe". The pathways are microscopically small structures for oxygen supply and are key elements in determining the fruit's health. Researchers from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have visualized them for the first time, therefore proving their hypothesized existence.
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Radiology
American Medical Student Association Commends PhRMA's Gift Restrictions; Calls For Further Government Regulation
11.07.2008 06:11
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The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest independent medical student organization, supports changes made in the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals. The new code, to which pharmaceutical companies may voluntarily subscribe, acknowledges that gifts do not belong in the health care system. "However, the updates are clearly inadequate," says Dr.
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Pharmaceutics
Muscle Stem Cell Transplant Boosts Diseased Muscle Function And Replenishes Stem Cell Pool
11.07.2008 06:11
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Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have demonstrated for the first time that transplanted muscle stem cells can both improve muscle function in animals with a form of muscular dystrophy and replenish the stem cell population for use in the repair of future muscle injuries. "I'm very excited about this," said lead author Amy J. Wagers, Ph.D.
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Neurology
New Hearing Aid Technology Passes The Restaurant Noise Test
11.07.2008 06:11
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The sound of a noisy Chicago restaurant during the breakfast rush the clang of plates and silverware and the clamor of many voices was the crucial test of new hearing aid technology in a study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study showed that the hearing aids worked well in a noisy environment the most challenging test for a hearing aid. But the patients wearing the devices didn't need to fly from St.
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Hearing Disorders
Sewing DNA Thread With Lasers, Hooks And Microbobbins
11.07.2008 06:11
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Japanese scientists have made a micro-sized sewing machine to sew long threads of DNA into shape. The work published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Lab on a Chip demonstrates a unique way to manipulate delicate DNA chains without breaking them. Scientists can diagnose genetic disorders such as Down's syndrome by using gene markers, or "probes", which bind to only highly similar chains of DNA.
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Genetics
Mesoblast Limited Announce Pre-Clinical Trials Show Allogenic Stem Cells Effectively Treat Eye Diseases
11.07.2008 06:11
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Australia's regenerative medicine company, Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB; USOTC: MBLTY), announced highly significant preclinical trial results of the adult stem cell technology platform for the treatment of eye diseases associated with abnormal blood vessels. These diseases include diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading causes of blindness in the western world.
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Eyesight Disorders
Retina Transplants Show Promise In Patients With Retinal Degeneration
11.07.2008 06:11
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Preliminary research shows encouraging results with transplantation of retinal cells in patients with blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a report in the August issue of American Journal of Ophthalmology (http://www.AJO.com). In the FDA-monitored study, Dr. Norman D. Radtke of University of Louisville, Ky.
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Eyesight Disorders
UM Cardiologist And Researcher Lead Study Identifying Predictors Of Prognosis For Heart Failure Patients
11.07.2008 06:10
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In a discovery that could lead to more successful and personalized treatment, a post-doctoral fellow and the leader of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Cardiovascular Division have published a study that gives physicians a critical tool in predicting the long-term course for heart failure patients. Joshua M. Hare, M.D., chief of the Cardiovascular Division and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, worked with post-doctoral fellow, Bettina Heidecker, M.D.
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Cardiology
Control Switches Found For Immune Cells That Fight Cancer, Viral Infection
11.07.2008 06:10
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Medical science may be a significant step closer to climbing into the driver's seat of an important class of immune cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report in Nature Immunology. The researchers showed that a single protein, HS1, enables key functions of natural killer (NK) cells, which kill early cancers and fight off viral infections.
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Cancer
Cancer Drug Promising Against Graft-vs.-Host Disease
11.07.2008 06:10
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A new University of Michigan study in mice suggests that a drug recently approved to fight cancer tumors is also able to reduce the effects of graft-versus-host disease, a common and sometimes fatal complication for people who have had bone marrow transplants. Plans are under way at U-M for an initial trial of the drug in people as a new way to prevent graft-versus-host disease. Researchers expect to begin a trial within a year.
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Cancer
Researchers Unveil Near Complete Protein Catalog For Mitochondria
11.07.2008 06:10
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Imagine trying to figure out how your car's power train works from just a few of its myriad components: It would be nearly impossible. Scientists have long faced a similar challenge in understanding cells' tiny powerhouses called "mitochondria" from scant knowledge of their molecular parts. Now, an international team of researchers has created the most comprehensive "parts list" to date for mitochondria, a compendium that includes nearly 1,100 proteins.
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Biology
Middle Eastern Families Yield Intriguing Clues To Autism
11.07.2008 06:10
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Research involving large Middle Eastern families, sophisticated genetic analysis and groundbreaking neuroscience has implicated a half-dozen new genes in autism. More importantly, it strongly supports the emerging idea that autism stems from disruptions in the brain's ability to form new connections in response to experience consistent with autism's onset during the first year of life, when many of these connections are normally made.
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Autism
American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) Fall Meeting 2008 - Nephrology Nurses, Managers And Advanced Practitioners To Gather At Fall Meeting
11.07.2008 05:15
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Nephrology nurses in all roles will come together for the American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) Fall Meeting for Nephrology Nurses, Managers, and Advanced Practice Nurses, September 27-29, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL. The meeting is designed for nephrology nurses who practice in a wide variety of settings. Attendees will discover tools to tackle the challenges of providing care to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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