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Physicians and Nurses to Learn Meditation and Yoga at The American Meditation Institute’s Fifth Annual CME course on Mind/Body Medicine

The American Meditation Institute (AMI), in joint sponsorship with the Albany Medical College, will present the fifth annual mind/body medicine CME course on meditation and yoga for physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, November 6-10, 2013 at the Cranwell Resort and Spa in Lenox, Massachusetts. Averill Park, NY (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 The American Meditation Institute (AMI), in joi...

Study suggests that fluid, sodium restrictions have no effect on weight loss in ADHF patients

A clinical trial of 75 patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure suggests that aggressive fluid and sodium restriction has no effect on weight loss or clinical stability at three days but was associated with an increase in perceive...

Hospitals that prevent cardiac arrests also have higher survival rates for cardiac arrest cases: Study

Hospitals with higher rates of survival among patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest also appear to have a lower incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Networ...

No significant benefit differences between IMRT and CRT therapies after prostatectomy

Use of the newer, more expensive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and use of the older conformal radiotherapy (CRT) after surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland were associated with similar morbidity and cancer control outcomes,...

RxAlly Releases White Paper on Necessity of Personalized Pharmacist Care

LEESBURG, Va., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RxAlly, a first-of-its-kind alliance of more than 22,000 pharmacies nationwide, announces today the publication of a white paper entitled Personalized Pharmacist Care: Healing America's Post-Reform Health Care System. The white paper highlights an unprecedented solution for improving patient health, reducing costs, and seeks public engagement to ave...

Nighttime intensivists have no effect on ICU length of stay, find researchers

With little evidence to guide them, many hospital intensive care units have been employing critical care physicians at night with the notion it would improve patients' outcomes. However, new results from a one-year randomized trial from researchers a...

UIC researchers to study gender differences in how the heart uses and stores fat

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine will study gender differences in how the heart uses and stores fat -- its main energy source -- and how changes in fat metabolism play a role in heart disease, under a new $2 mi...

Noise, Dirty Air May Be Double Whammy for the Heart

MONDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution and noise pollution both may boost the risk of heart disease, new research from Germany suggests. "Many studies have looked at air pollution, while others have looked at noise pollution," said Dr. Bar...

New study finds link between AAS use and mental health

There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in t...

BIOLASE Declares Stock Dividend for 2013 Second Quarter

IRVINE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL), the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of dental lasers, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a one-half percent stock dividend payable on June 28, 2013, to stockholders of record on June 14, 2013. About BIOLASE, Inc. BIOLASE, Inc. is a biomedical company that develops, manufactures, and market...

New Approach To Improving Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis And Other Conditions

Working with lab mice models of multiple sclerosis (MS), UC Davis scientists have detected a novel molecular target for the design of drugs that could be safer and more effective than current FDA-approved medications against MS. The findings of the r...

'Fear Circuitry' In The Brain Over-Active In Combat Veterans Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety. Previous imaging studies of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have shown that these brain regions can over-or under-react in response to s...

Why Old Schizophrenia Medicine Works On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

In 2008 researchers from the University of Southern Denmark showed that the drug thioridazine, which has previously been used to treat schizophrenia, is also a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as staphylococci (Staphylococcu...

New Role For ECMO In Treating Patients With Cardiac Arrest And Profound Shock

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims i...

Genetic predictors of postpartum depression uncovered by Hopkins researchers

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered specific chemical alterations in two genes that, when present during pregnancy, reliably predict whether a woman will develop postpartum depression.

Taking Actos for Two Years Caused Bladder Cancer, Alleges Lawsuit Filed by Parker Waichman LLP on Behalf of South Dakota Man

Actos (pioglitazone) is a Type 2 diabetes drugs that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1999. Parker Waichman LLP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a South Dakota man who took the drug, and alleges that it caused his bladder cancer; the case is one of thousands filed into the Actos multidistrict litigation, where Jerrold S. Parker, founding partner of Parker Waichman LLP...

Ignyta Announces Acquisition of Actagene Oncology and Entry into Oncology Personalized Medicine

--Company adds world class drug discovery and development veterans to management and advisory team-- Ignyta, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Actagene Oncology, Inc., effective May 20, 2013. Actagene was a San Diego based privately held biotechnology company founded in February 2013 that was developing personalized medicines for high unmet nee...

Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide

May 20 (Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives.

Race Horses May Hold Key to Cure for Deadly Lung Disease Killing Humans, Horses, Other Domestic Animals

LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers from human and veterinary medicine want to know more about the lung disease that is killing horses, including thoroughbred horses and other domestic animals, just as it's claiming an increasing number of human lives – and are hoping the animals will hold a key to finding treatments faster for both. Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF)...

Noted Cardiologist Robert Wilensky to Join Stemedica Cardiology Division Scientific & Medical Advisory Board

Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., a leader in adult allogeneic stem cell manufacturing, research and development, announced today that Robert L. Wilensky, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Interventional Cardiology Research at the University of Pennsylvania has agreed to join the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board for Stemedica’s Cardiology Division. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 201...

Positive Results Reported for Phase I Clinical Trial at UCLA for the Treatment of ADHD in Children Using External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS)

LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meeting in San Francisco, James McGough, M.D., M.S., principal investigator and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and director of clinical teaching programs in...

Benefits of Pharmacy Home Delivery Report Published by MedEx Direct

A new Benefits of Pharmacy Home Delivery report was recently published by MedEx Direct, the creators of the MedEx Pack announced. (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 A new Benefits of Pharmacy Home Delivery report was recently published by MedEx Direct, the creators of the MedEx Pack announced. The new report offers helpful information on the Benefits of Pharmacy Home Delivery, in order to provide useful detai...

Cliff Lake Dental Care Announces Office Hours Change

Eagan, MN area dental office is changing its hours of operation to assist patient needs. Eagan, Minnesota (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Cliff Lake Dental Care is pleased to announce that it has adjusted its office hours to accommodate patient schedules when visiting the dentist office. The change was made to be more conductive to patient’s busy work and life schedule. Here are the new office hours: Mond...

Dr. Braiteh of Las Vegas, NV has been named a Patients' Choice Award Winner for 2012

LAS VEGAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Among the select few physicians honored with the prestigious Patients' Choice Award this year is Dr. Fadi Braiteh. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130520/DC17247) In fact, of the nation's 870,000 active physicians and dentists, just five percent consistently received top scores from their patients on sites like Vitals (http://w...

Two radiotherapy treatments show similar morbidity, cancer control after prostatectomy

Use of the newer, more expensive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and use of the older conformal radiotherapy (CRT) after surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland were associated with similar morbidity and cancer control outcomes,...