Scientists discuss in ”If it was osteoporosis, I would have really hurt myself.’ Ambiguity about osteoporosis and osteoporosis care despite a screening programme to educate fragility fracture patients’ new findings in osteoporosis. According to recent research published in the Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice, "AND OBJECTIVES: Behaviour change models suggest that people need clear [...]
"Two patients with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) were treated with outpatient in-bore magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focal laser ablation. The tumor was identified on MRI," researchers in Toronto, Canada report (see also Prostate Cancer)."A laser fiber was delivered via a catheter inserted through a perineal template and guided to the target with MRI. The tissue [...]
Investigators publish new data in the report ‘ADAMTS5 is a biomarker for prediction of response to infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.’ "To identify a biomarker for prediction of the response to infliximab (IFX) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we focused on a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5 (ADAMTS5) that seems to [...]
New research, ‘Performance and training standards for endovascular ischemic stroke treatment,’ is the subject of a report. "Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan. According to the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, there are now 750,000 new strokes that occur each year, resulting in [...]
VANCOUVER, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI, TSX: ANP) ("Angiotech") and partner Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) announced positive results from its phase I clinical trial of MultiStem(R), its allogeneic cell therapy product, administered to individuals following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), more commonly referred to as a heart attack. The study results, which [...]
Current study results from the report, ‘Bone microarchitecture assessment by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus taking corticosteroids,’ have been published. "We assessed the relationship between vertebral fracture and bone microarchitecture in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on chronic corticosteroid therapy using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT). Fifty-nine [...]
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 28 /CNW/ – Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX: DND) today announced its financial and operational results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.
<< Q2 2010 Summary – – Net revenue increased [...]
LEXINGTON, Mass.(BUSINESS WIRE) AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a therapeutic iron compound to treat iron deficiency anemia and novel imaging agents to aid in the [...]
ARLINGTON, VA (MARKET WIRE) 07/27/10 Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and strategic business process solutions, will upgrade the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)’s Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) to meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Electronic Transaction Standards, enabling streamlined third-party health [...]
MUNDELEIN, Ill., July 27 /PRNewswire/ Sysmex America, Inc., a leading medical diagnostic instrument manufacturer and information systems developer, today announced plans to debut its expanded cell image analysis portfolio during this year's American Association of Clinical Chemistry's (AACC) Annual Conference and Clinical Lab Expo July 25 – 29 in Anaheim, California. The CellaVision DM1200 [...]
