Medicine NewsOne of the promises of nanomedicine is the design of tiny particles that can home in on diseased cells and get inside them. Nanoparticles can carry drugs into cells and tag cells for MRI and other diagnostic tests; and they may eventually even enter a cell’s nucleus to repair damaged genes. Unfortunately, designing them involves [...]
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VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd. (“VentriPoint” or the “Corporation”) (TSX VENTURE:VPT) is pleased to announce that it has received approval to CE Mark its VentriPoint Medical System (VMS) which generates critical heart measurements from 2D ultrasounds in a rapid, accurate and inexpensive manner not currently available…
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Epidemiological studies are difficult to do well, pharmacoepidemiological studies are particularly complicated and studies of insulin and cancer risk are even more difficult to do well. “Well” in the sense that any association found can be interpreted in an unambiguous manner…
Despite free public healthcare, Italy’s poor are more likely to end up in hospital with avoidable conditions, new research shows. This pattern, reported in the online open access journal BMC Public Health, mirrors findings from a number of different healthcare systems around the world, although to date fewer studies have been completed in Europe…
AP – Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.
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AP – New results from a landmark women’s health study raise the exciting possibility that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel may help prevent breast cancer.
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AP – Health officials say winter flu is just starting to show up in the U.S. while swine flu infections continue to wane.
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Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has submitted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for two new dosage strengths of SIMCOR®, a cholesterol medication. SIMCOR is a fixed-dose combination of niacin extended-release and simvastatin…
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Researchers have discovered a new explanation for differences in the severity of mental illness in males. The more excess copies of a certain gene, the more serious the handicap. The genetic defect is situated on the X-chromosome; and it is suspected that it is the amount of copies of the GDI1 gene that is responsible…
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