Medical News
Another Ebola Patient Coming to U.S.
Tech Times - 15 Nov 2014 16:57
Martin Salia, a doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, may be moved to the United States, becoming the tenth patient sent to the country. Salia is a native of Sierra Leone, who is currently living in Maryland.
FDA Approves Multiple Sclerosis Drug Lemtrada by Genzyme, Comes with Boxed Warning
Tech Times - 15 Nov 2014 16:55
Lemtrada, a drug manufactured by Genzyme for the treatment of MS has been approved for sale in the U.S. The drug, however, will come with a boxed warning.
Cutting-edge computer software helps pinpoint aggressiveness of breast cancer tumors
e! Science News - 15 Nov 2014 11:57
Researchers at Western University are using cutting-edge genetic mutation-analysis software developed in their lab to interpret mutations in tumour genome that may provide insight into determining which breast cancer tum...
Health Tip: Think You're Getting Enough Calcium?
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Health Tip: Think You're Getting Enough Calcium?Category: Health NewsCreated: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Health Tip: When Headaches Signal Trouble
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Health Tip: When Headaches Signal TroubleCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Improper Contact Lens Use Causes Millions of Eye Infections: CDC
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Improper Contact Lens Use Causes Millions of Eye Infections: CDCCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Many Dialysis Patients Ill-Prepared for Emergencies, Study Says
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Many Dialysis Patients Ill-Prepared for Emergencies, Study SaysCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Medical Products Used With Preemies in Hospitals May Harm Them, Study Suggests
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Medical Products Used With Preemies in Hospitals May Harm Them, Study SuggestsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
More Than One-Fifth of High School Students Smoke: CDC
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: More Than One-Fifth of High School Students Smoke: CDCCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Talking to Friend While Driving? May Be Safer When They See the Road, Too
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Talking to Friend While Driving? May Be Safer When They See the Road, TooCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Trials of Experimental Ebola Therapies to Begin
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Trials of Experimental Ebola Therapies to BeginCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Undiagnosed Sleep Problems May Be Common Among Firefighters
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Undiagnosed Sleep Problems May Be Common Among FirefightersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
ADHD Stimulant Drug Abuse Common Among Young Adults: Survey
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: ADHD Stimulant Drug Abuse Common Among Young Adults: SurveyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Drug Regimen Cures Hepatitis C in Most Liver Transplant Patients in Study
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Drug Regimen Cures Hepatitis C in Most Liver Transplant Patients in StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Easy-to-Walk Communities Linked to Sharper Senior Minds
MedicineNet - 15 Nov 2014 09:00
Title: Easy-to-Walk Communities Linked to Sharper Senior MindsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/13/2014 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
Winners of IOF Young Investigators Awards announced in Taipei
EurekAlert! - 15 Nov 2014 07:00
(International Osteoporosis Foundation) Researchers from Australia, Hong Kong/China, Malaysia, and Singapore received the International Osteoporosis Foundation's Young Investigators Awards, presented at the IOF Regionals...
Osteoporotic fractures cost China's healthcare system close to 10 billion USD annually
EurekAlert! - 15 Nov 2014 07:00
(International Osteoporosis Foundation) An epidemiological study presented at the 5th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting is one of the first to project the immense and growing economic cost of osteoporotic fractures in Ch...
Aspirin or blood pressure medication before and after surgery does not reduce risk of AKI
EurekAlert! - 15 Nov 2014 07:00
(The JAMA Network Journals) In patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, neither aspirin nor clonidine (a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure) taken before and after surgery reduced the risk of acute kid...
Two drugs are no more effective than 1 to treat common kidney disease
EurekAlert! - 15 Nov 2014 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) Using two drugs was no more effective than a single drug in slowing disease progression in people with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (...
Use of antibiotic following kidney transplantation does not prevent virus infection
EurekAlert! - 15 Nov 2014 07:00
(The JAMA Network Journals) Among kidney transplant recipients, a 3-month course of the antibiotic levofloxacin following transplantation did not prevent the major complication known as BK virus from appearing in the uri...
Chemotherapy following radiation treatment slows disease progress
EurekAlert! - 15 Nov 2014 07:00
(Mayo Clinic) A chemotherapy regimen consisting of procarbazine, CCNU, and vincristine administered following radiation therapy improved progression-free survival and overall survival in adults with low-grade gliomas, a ...
ASN Kidney Week late-breaking clinical studies highlight advances in kidney care
EurekAlert! - 15 Nov 2014 07:00
(American Society of Nephrology) The results of numerous high-impact clinical trials that could affect kidney-related medical care will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014, Nov. 11-16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Cent...