Syndrome X

Syndrome X may refer to: Cardiac syndrome X Cardiac syndrome X is angina (chest pain) with signs associated with decreased blood flow to heart tissue but with normal coronary arteries. Some stud...

Somatropin Hgh rDNA Pfizer

What is GENOTROPIN? GENOTROPIN (somatropin [rDNA origin] for injection) is a growth hormone treatment. It is an exact copy of the natural growth hormone that our bodies make. The main difference i...

Pike Electric names new board member

Pike Electric Corp. said Monday that it named James Turner to its board of directors.Turner, 53, is an executive mentor with Merryk & Co., a business leader mentoring firm. Turner is a former preside...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett Joins Business Law Firm Leech Tishman and the Pittsburgh Technology Council to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, Dec. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What: Pittsburgh-based business law firm Leech Tishman and the Pittsburgh Technology Council, a trade association which aims to foster the developmen...

National Centers Needed to Aid Transition in Turner Syndrome

Girls with Turner Syndrome require lifelong care, with adequate screening for a range of comorbidities, including cardiovascular-disease risk factors, to ensure good quality of life, says one...

Orexigen Therapeutics' CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (OREX) Q1 2013 Earnings Call May, 08, 2013, 05:00 pm ET Executives Heather Turner - VP & General Counsel Mike Narachi - President & CEO Mark Booth - Chief Comm...

Analysis: Biosensors - the canary in a coalmine worth $13 billion

LONDON (Reuters) - When Tony Turner started studying the arcane area of biosensors 30 years ago, the market for those devices was worth only $5 million a year and he used to see one research paper on...

Genentech, Avalon's RQx in discovery deal

Genentech Inc. partnered with RQx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (San Diego, Calif.) to discover and develop compounds against an undisclosed target. RQx is eligible to receive up to $111 million in an undisclo...

Jeffrey Turner, MD, Medical Oncologist, Joins Prostate Oncology Specialists in Marina del Rey, CA.

MARINA DEL REY, Calif., Dec. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prostate Oncology Specialists is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Turner, MD has joined the prostate cancer specialist team. Dr. Turner is a board...

Orexigen Therapeutics' CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (OREX) Q3 2012 Earnings Call November 07, 2012, 05:00 pm ET Executives Heather Turner - SVP, General Counsel & Secretary Mike Narachi - President & CEO Mark Boo...

Moderate aortic enlargement and bicuspid aortic valve are associated with aortic dissection in turner syndrome: report of the international turner syndrome aortic dissection registry.

Girls and women with Turner syndrome are at risk for aortic dissection and rupture. However, the size of the aorta and the clinical characteristics among those with Turner syndrome and dissection have...

Aneurysmal Dilatation of Medium Caliber Arteries in Turner Syndrome.

Turner syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality in female subjects, affecting 1 in 2000 live births. The condition is associated with a generalized vasculopathy as well as congenital cardia...

Turner Syndrome and apparent absent uterus: a case report and review of the literature.

Abstract We report on a patient who initially presented with delayed puberty and an absent uterus on imaging with ultrasound and MRI. She was subsequently diagnosed with Turner Syndrome. Turner Syndro...

Nephrourologic pathology in girls with Turner syndrome.

Nephrourologic malformations in Turner syndrome are frequent, its diagnosis and follow-up is important in order to diminish the morbidity of this disease. The aim of this retrospective study was to an...

Usefulness of stenting in aortic coarctation in patients with the turner syndrome.

We report our experience with stent implantation for treatment of aortic coarctation in patients with Turner syndrome. Ten consecutive patients with Turner syndrome and aortic coarctation (median age...