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Regular Aerobic Exercise Improves Vascular Reactivity for Patients at Risk of Developing DiabetesPre-diabetic patients who engage in regular aerobic exercise improve their vascular reactivity to nearly normal levels, even if no weight loss is achieved, according to research presented today at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 21st Annual Meeting & Clinica

Sanofi and Regeneron Announce Publication of Positive Phase 2 Results for Lipid-Lowering PCSK9 Antibody in The LancetPARIS and TARRYTOWN, New York, May 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced additional positive results from a Phase 2 trial of SAR236553/REGN727 (Study 1003, NTC01266876) in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH). SAR236553/REGN727 is a subcutaneously administered, fully-human antibod...

Natural Treatment and Maintenance of Prostate Enlargement with New Thermobalancing Therapy Improves Men’s Well-being in Safety States Fine TreatmentFine Treatment recommends new Thermobalancing Therapy as successful natural solution for benign prostatic hyperplasia that is also the most cost-effective prostate treatment on the market. While long-term medication courses and BPH surgeries may cost thousands of dollars, the price of Dr. Allen’s Device for Prostate Treatment under $150 makes it widely affordable. London, UK (PRWEB) May 26, 2012...

Joe Pezzini, COO of Ocean Mist Farms, Member of Produce Marketing Association’s Board of Directors and Chairman of PMA’s Food Safety, Science and Technology Committee, Issues StatementJoe Pezzini, COO of Ocean Mist Farms in Castroville, Calif., member of Produce Marketing Association’s board of directors and chairman of PMA’s Food Safety, Science and Technology Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Data Program report: “This report re...

Text messages increase medication adherence rateThe first large-scale U.S. study linking medication adherence and text message reminders showed improved adherence rates for patients with diabetes and heart conditions.

CIRM awards $69 million in grantsThe California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded $69.4 million in 21 Early Translational III awards across 11 universities and institutions. CIRM said three of the projects also will receive collaborative funding from the governments of Aus...

KettleBell Concepts Partners with the National Academy of Sports Medicine to Offer a Kettlebell Program to Personal TrainersKettleBell Concepts (KBC) is partnering with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) to offer a kettlebell program specifically designed for personal trainers. Beginning mid-2012, NASM and KBC will offer 6 live sessions in various locations around the United States. The 1-day, 8-hour training will provide trainers with the bare bones, basic skills n...

Amazon Tribe Gives Clues to Heart-Healthy LifestylesFRIDAY, May 25 -- Investigating indigenous Amazonian or African peoples who still follow a hunter-gatherer or forager-horticulturist lifestyle is giving new insights into how diet and lifestyle affect the heart as humans age. Two new studies found......

Tribute to David Rosenbaum, a Leader in ElectrophysiologyIleana Pina pays tribute to David Rosenbaum, who died earlier this month and who posthumously received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting. Medscape Cardiology

REFILE: Death rate drops among Americans with diabetesATLANTA (Reuters) - A 40% decline in the death rate of diabetic American adults from heart disease and strokes is a sign that patients are taking better care of themselves and receiving improved treatment, according to a government study rele...

Dietary Sodium Intake and Cardiovascular Mortality: Controversy Resolved?

Astellas Sues U.S.-Based Hospira For Infringing Adenocard PatentAstellas Pharma filed a suit against Hospira alleging the U.S. firm infringed on a patent for Adenocard (adenosine) for diagnosing heart blockage.

Pfizer’s Axitinib Receives Positive Opinion from the Committee for Human Medicinal Products for the Second-line Treatment of Advanced Kidney Cancer in the EUPfizer announced today that the Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion regarding the marketing authorization of axitinib in the European Union (EU), for the treatment of adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a type of advanced kidney cancer, after failure of pri...

One-fifth of healthy middle-aged men have low-grade murmur(HealthDay) -- More than one-fifth of healthy middle-aged men have a low-grade systolic heart murmur that confers a nearly five-fold higher risk of future aortic valve replacement (AVR), according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal...

A.M. Vitals: Shrinking School Budgets Hit Nurse’s OfficeAlso: Researchers say they have identified a gene that's important for producing sperm, a potential target for contraceptive pills; and a study suggests metabolic factors may be more important than obesity in predicting heart-disease risk.

Obesity Ups Kidney Injury in Heart Surgery (CME/CE)(MedPage Today) -- Obese patients may be at risk for acute kidney injury after heart surgery, but therapies designed to reduce oxidative stress could potentially reduce that risk, researchers report.

Chronic diseases are health ministers' target: WHOGENEVA (Reuters) - The world's health ministers have agreed to try to cut premature deaths from chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer by 25 percent by 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

Chronic diseases are health ministers' target -WHO* Heart disease, cancers, others account for 63 pct of deaths

New device allows pacemaker patients to safely undergo MRIsFor many, it's a medical conundrum: The very pacemaker keeping their heart in rhythm prevents them from undergoing an MRI to diagnose other ailments, because interaction between the two devices could prove deadly.

TB4 Provides Both Neuroprotection and Neurorestoration When Administered Shortly after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rat ModelRegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RGRX) (“the Company” or “RegeneRx”) reported that data showing that Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4) “provides both neuroprotection and neurorestoration after traumatic brain injury (TBI),” was published in the current (May 2012) edition of the Journal of Neurosurgery, 116:1081–1092. As re...

Tissue Regenix extends development partnership with NHS- updateAdds additional comments and share price Regenerative tissue specialist Tissue Regenix (LON:TRX) has agreed a major expansion of its development partnership with the NHS’s blood and transplant unit. The company, which has pioneered a technology...

Medtronic Resolute® Stent Shows Strong Performance in Heart Disease Patients With and Without DiabetesAccording to study results to be featured in Sunday’s late-breaking clinical trials session at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 21st Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress in Philadelphia, the Resolute® drug-eluting stent (DES) from Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) yields strong performance in coronary artery disease (CAD) patient...

Study Nixes Assumed Link Between Obesity and Heart DiseaseFIRST PERSON | For many obese people, the risk of dying of heart disease might not be any higher than it is for their thinner friends, British researchers believe. This startling conclusion comes after years of warnings from the medical community of...

Countries aim to cut quarter of premature deathsThe World Health Organization says its members are poised to agree to a target of cutting a quarter of premature deaths from chronic diseases by 2025.It is the first time that countries will set a concrete global goal for reducing premature deaths f...

Single-port laparoscopy bimanual robot abdominal surgeryMillions of Europeans undergo abdominal surgery each year to treat a range of different disorders, from cancer and heart disease to obesity. EU-funded researchers are developing innovative micro-robotics and micro-system technologies to make such sur...

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