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PubMed Articles
Clinical significance of tumor cavitation (TC) prior to and following first-line chemotherapy of lung cancer is unclear. An evaluation of the incidence and prognostic role of TC among treatment naive...
Temsirolimus controlled metastatic advanced renal cell carcinoma for over 4Â years: a case study.
We present a case report of long-term response with temsirolimus in cytokine refractory metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). A 74-year-old Japanese man was diagnosed with advanced RCC in November 20...
Treatment for hepatitis C virus-induced portal hypertension in leukemic children.
Children with acute leukemia are at high risk of hepatitis C infection, either by immunosuppression secondary to chemotherapy or by multiple transfusions of blood products during the course of the dis...
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in adults in Western countries. It is characterized by heterogeneous clinical course of the disease and new prognostic factors are still...
Doubly obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Diabetes and coronary disease: a need for new therapies for an expanding disease burden.
This study sought to examine the efficacy of ranolazine versus placebo on weekly angina frequency and sublingual nitroglycerin use in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease (C...
Interstitial lung disease associated with lung cancer treatment.
Interstitial lung disease is one of the most serious side effects caused by lung cancer treatment. Due to the complexity diagnosis and variability of the disease, it is often not diagnosied and treate...
Research progress of treatment strategy for pulmonary nodule.
Pathological characteristic and clinical management of pulmonary carcinoid.
Treatment of pulmonary carcinoid is a comprehensive modality focusing on surgery. Thus, accurate and timely preoperative and intraoperative pathological diagnoses are very crucial. The aim of this stu...
News Articles
PreDiabetes Centers to Appear at the Philadelphia Tour de Cure
King of Prussia Prediabetes Treatment Center Will Attend American Diabetes Association Cycling Event. King of Prussia, PA (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 The PreDiabetes Center of King of Prussia is proud to an...
New Study Indicates Sufferers of Sleep Apnea 30% More Likely to Experience Heart Attack
Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS, and Director of the Institute for Rhinoplasty & Nasal Reconstruction in Los Angeles comments on a recent article and discusses how a functional rhinoplasty can improve q...
Endoscopic ablation in patients with Barrett’s esophagus containing confirmed low-grade dysplasia reduces the relative risk for disease progression by 94% as compared to control...
COPD patients suffer pain 'on par with arthritis'
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience significant chronic pain of similar severity to the pain of arthritis, a new study has found.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grifols, a global healthcare company based in Barcelona, Spain, presented results from a study demonstrating that a higher dose of PROLASTIN©-C (Al...
Los Angeles Periodontist, Dr. Markzar, Explains the Symptoms of Gum Disease
LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Sam Markzar, Los Angeles dental implants specialist, warns patients to be aware of the symptoms of gum disease, and seek dental care immediately if they n...
Life Line Screening and MCM Solutions for Better Health Announce New Partnership
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Line Screening (LLS), a leading national provider of health screening services announced today the creation of a unique partnership wit...
MUC5B gene variation improves survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Variation in the gene MUC5B among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was associated with improved survival, according to a study published online by JAMA. The study is being released early on...
GREENSBORO, N.C., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Author Risa Peets recently published a new book titled, "It's OK To Be Different" to educate children and parents about managing childhood...
Early adenotonsillectomy can improve behavior and sleep apnea symptoms in children
Adenotonsillectomy, or the removal of the adenoids and tonsils, is performed 500,000 times a year in the United States, often as a treatment for children with obstructive sleep apnea.
Events
Diabetes: Secondary Complications, Regulation and Innovation Conference
SMi is very proud to present our 11th conference focusing on Diabetes and metabolic disorders taking place on 1st and 2nd Oct 2013, London.
Welcome to AgriGenomics World Congress 2013.
14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY
The annual Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) conference brings together academic and industry scientists intent on accelerating the development of innovative treatments for Alzheimer’s di...
Companies
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Multiple myeloma is an incurable blood cancer. The five-year relative survival rate for multiple myeloma is approximately 34 percent, one of the lowest of all cancers. In 2009, ap...
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. was established in March 1995 to develop therapeutic products for spinal cord injury ("SCI") and other central nervous system disorders. Acorda is focusing its initial develo...
KineMed, Inc. ("KineMed" or the "Company") is a drug discovery and development company employing its proprietary translational medicine technology (AquaTag™ and KineMarkerâÂ...
ALung Technologies, Inc. is commercializing artificial lung devices for the treatment of acute and chronic respiratory disorders. The company's Hemolung System, designed to replace or supplement the u...
Neovacs is a French biotechnology company focused on active immunotherapy for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and cancer. Neovacs is a spin-off from Université Pierre et Marie Curie in P...
Diabetes Care Club, a Simplex brand, has grown to become the third largest mail-order supplier of diabetic testing supplies for seniors. The company provides home delivery...
From its establishment in 1977, simply as a Distributor of diagnostic products, IDS has become a globally-recognised innovator and marketeer in the IVD industry.The Company is particularly well-known...
National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI)
Promedior has developed a novel drug discovery platform to regulate the monocyte-derived cell populations that play key roles in fibrotic, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. By...
Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a private, clinical-stage, specialty biopharmaceutical company located in San Carlos, CA, focused on the development of biologics targeting autoimm...
Clinical Trials
Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Preventing Chronic Lung Disease in Premature Infants
To determine whether or not inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) safely decreases the incidence of chronic lung disease (CLD) in premature infants.
This randomized phase II trial is studying how well giving tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) together with or without sirolimus works in preventing acute graft-versus-host disease...
Intra-operative Ketamine Infusions in Opioid-dependent Patients With Chronic Lower Back Pain
Noxious stimuli occurring intraoperatively and postoperatively generate central sensitization, decreasing pain thresholds and ultimately increasing analgesic requirements. The pathophysiol...
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the CardioFocus Endoscopic Ablation System with Adaptive Contact (HeartLight) in the treatment of atrial fibrill...
Genitourinary Symptoms With Levonorgestrel Releasing Intrauterine Systems
The main purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of Levonorgestrel Releasing Intrauterine devices (LNR-IUD) on genitourinary symptoms in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding....
The purpose of this study is to assess the control of COPD using a symptom and exacerbation risk based treatment strategy based on GOLD 2011. This study is conducted in Japanese subjects w...
The purpose of the study is to determine the safety, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of orally administered VX-135 with ribavirin in treatment naive subjects with chronic hepatitis C infecti...
A Study of Prasugrel in Pediatric Participants With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the study drug known as prasugrel for the reduction of Vaso-Occlusive Crisis events in pediatric participants with s...
The Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Ampligen in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the safety and efficacy.
Fatigue is a symptom present in 76 to 92% of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Fatigue is usually described as an overwhelming sense of tiredness, lack of energy, and feeling of exhaust...
Videos
Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD#1)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects 12 million Americans—most of them smokers. Here, we'll cover the basics on America's fourth leading cause of de...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Casuistry
A method of ETHICAL ANALYSIS that emphasizes practical problem solving through examining individual cases that are considered to be representative; sometimes used to denote specious argument or rationalization. Differentiate from casuistics, which is the recording and study of cases and disease.
Incidental Findings
Unanticipated information discovered in the course of testing or medical care. Used in discussions of information that may have social or psychological consequences, such as when it is learned that a child's biological father is someone other than the putative father, or that a person tested for one disease or disorder has, or is at risk for, something else.
Wasting Disease, Chronic
A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of DEER and elk characterized by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to spread by direct contact between animals or through environmental contamination with the prion protein (PRIONS).
Ulmus
A plant genus of the family ULMACEAE that is susceptible to Dutch elm disease which is caused by the ASCOMYCOTA fungus, Ophiostoma.
Toxicity Tests, Chronic
Experiments designed to determine the potential toxic effects of a long-term exposure to a chemical or chemicals.
