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New Insight To Demineralization
08.07.2008 06:12
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From toothpaste to technology, noncrystalline or amorphous silica is an active ingredient in a myriad of products that we use in our daily lives. As a minor, but essential component of vertebrate bone, an understanding of silica reactivity in physiological environments is crucial to the development of successful biomedical implants and synthetic materials with bone-like properties.
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Orthopedics
Research Shows Those Who Are Fit Fight Drugs Better
08.07.2008 06:11
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Research by a Davidson College neuroscientist and students demonstrates that the benefits of regular exercise include a lowered tendency to become addicted to illegal drugs. The online version of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence published this week the results of the study by Associate Professor Mark A. Smith that shows that exercise can help prevent drug addiction.
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Harmful Habits
Light Sciences Oncology Begins Clinical Trials Of Litx Therapy In Patients With Enlarged Prostate
08.07.2008 05:14
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Light Sciences Oncology, Inc. (LSO) today announced that it has begun treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlargement of the prostate, using Light Infusion Therapy(TM) (Litx(TM)), an innovative light-activated drug treatment under development. LSO plans to conduct a 12-patient, Phase I/I I dose-escalation study at four sites in the United States as well as a 40-patient, Phase IIa study in Australia, expected to begin during the current quarter.
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Urology
Half Of Children In Welfare System Have History Of Special Health Care Needs
08.07.2008 05:14
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Half of the children in the nation's child welfare system have a history of special health care needs, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International and the University of Illinois.
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Children Diseases
St. Jude Study Reveals A New Function For An Old Enzyme In Fatal Childhood Disease
08.07.2008 05:14
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The lack of a single protein usually thought of as a run-of-the-mill enzyme that helps to recycle molecules in cells causes an incurable and often fatal disease of children, according to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators. Children with this disease, called sialidosis, suffer from enlarged spleens and often develop vision problems, loss of coordination and seizures, among other symptoms.
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Children Diseases
Larger Patients Seek Less Lecturing, Better Health Care
08.07.2008 05:14
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If you're a heavy person, you probably dread medical visits that seem to center on weight, regardless of whether you come in for an unrelated complaint or a routine screening. Even so, don't let that stop you from getting the health care you deserve. Larger patients can take control of their health care experience through communication, planning, assertiveness and even a bit of attitude.
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Weight Correction
Combination Drug Taken Early Relieves Migraine Symptoms
08.07.2008 05:14
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A combination drug taken within an hour after the start of a migraine is effective in relieving symptoms, according to research published in the July 8, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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Neurology
Study Provides Evidence Of Brain Damage In Adults With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
08.07.2008 05:14
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A study in the July 1 issue of the journal Sleep provides visual evidence of the severe structural damage that occurs in numerous regions of the brain in people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Results show that OSA patients have extensive alterations in "white matter," nerve tissue in the brain containing fibers that are insulated with myelin - a white, fatty sheath.
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Neurology
Vaginal Microbicides May Prevent More Infections In Men Than Women
08.07.2008 05:13
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Vaginal microbicides currently in clinical trials may be the only weapon that will protect women against infection from HIV. Yet, under likely circumstances, these microbicides may be of more benefit to men than women, according to a new UCLA AIDS Institute study. The study, which used novel mathematical models to simulate clinical trials and population-level transmission of HIV, appears July 7 in the online issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Infectious Diseases
GeoVax Reports Progress On Its AIDS Vaccine Technology
08.07.2008 05:13
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GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GOVX), an Atlanta based, publicly traded biopharmaceutical company specializing in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, provided an operational update on the company's progress towards entering Phase 2 preventative human clinical trial testing and plans to proceed into therapeutic human trials with its AIDS vaccine. Five successful human trials evaluating GeoVax AIDS vaccines have previously been reported.
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HIV/AIDS
Digestive Care, Inc. Announces The Filing Of The First Module Of NDA Submission For PANCRECARB(R) (pancrelipase)
08.07.2008 05:13
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Digestive Care, Inc. (DCI) announced that it has submitted the first module of its New Drug Application ("NDA") for PANCRECARB(R) (pancrelipase), used in the treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency ("EPI"), with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). The FDA has granted the product Fast Track designation.
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Endocrinology
The Coming Epidemic Of Type 2 Diabetes In Young Adults
08.07.2008 05:13
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How will the epidemic of childhood obesity affect the future health of Americans? As concern about children's health grows along with their waistlines, medical experts fear that the childhood obesity epidemic could lead to large numbers of younger adults developing type 2 diabetes, causing serious and lasting health complications for future generations of Americans.
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Diabetes
98% Of Elective Mastectomy Patients Would Have Reconstruction Again, Says ASPS Study
08.07.2008 05:13
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Women who have breast reconstruction after an elective mastectomy are satisfied with their decision, have low complication rates and 98 percent would do it again, reports a study in July's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(R), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). In addition, breast reconstruction after preventive mastectomy was as safe as or safer than reconstruction in women with breast cancer and had excellent cosmetic results.
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Plastic Surgery
NYC First: Complex Aneurysm Treated Using New Fenestrated Endograft Stent
08.07.2008 05:13
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In a New York City metro-area first, a 93-year-old Bronx man underwent implantation of a new stent graft at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the only center on the Eastern Seaboard with access to this investigational device. The new stent graft was implanted under an FDA-approved clinical trial protocol. The stent graft is designed to treat a complex form of abdominal aortic aneurysms in which the weakened, enlarged vessel wall is too close to the arteries leading to the kidneys.
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Cardiology
First Hospital In Illinois To Stop Cancer Cold With Cold
08.07.2008 05:12
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Patricia Carlson of Mokena, Ill., can't remember ever feeling as optimistic about the future as she does today. Having a family history of cancer and being a long-time sufferer of Barrett's esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition largely caused by acid reflux disease, Carlson worried for years about developing esophageal cancer, the fastest-growing cancer in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.
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Cancer
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