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Hope For Improved Management Of Cirrhosis
Date: Apr-27-2013New data from clinical studies presented for the first time at the International Liver Congress™ 2013 provide new rationale for an old and established treatment option for portal hypertension. Additionally, spleen stiffness predicts the occurrence of clinical complications, which is of paramount importance in clinical practice. In patients with cirrhosis, increasing blood pressure in the abdominal circulatory system (known as portal hypertension) leads to potentially lethal complications which might be prevented with simple medical treatment...
Association Between Belief In God And Improved Treatment Outcomes In Psychiatric Care
Date: Apr-27-2013Belief in God may significantly improve the outcome of those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness, according to a recent study conducted by McLean Hospital investigators. In the study, published in the current issue of Journal of Affective Disorders, David H...
Abnormal Placentas At Birth Reveal Increased Risk For Autism
Date: Apr-27-2013Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have figured out how to measure an infant's risk of developing autism by looking for abnormalities in his/her placenta at birth, allowing for earlier diagnosis and treatment for the developmental disorder. The findings are reported in the online issue of Biological Psychiatry. One out of 50 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the diagnosis is usually made when these children are 3 to 4 years of age or older...
Identifying Risk Factors For Potentially Prolonged Recoveries From Concussion
Date: Apr-27-2013Most children who suffer from sports-related concussions recover within a few days. However, in a small number of children, symptoms can last for a month or more. Although there have been numerous theories as to what might predict a longer recovery time, there is no definitive answer as to why it takes some children longer to recover. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers attempted to identify risk factors that might predispose some children with concussions to longer recovery times. Dr. William P...
Source Of H7N9 Avian Influenza Virus Causing Human Infections Identified
Date: Apr-27-2013In March 2013, a novel H7N9 influenza virus was identified in China as the etiological agent of a flu-like disease in humans, resulting in some deaths. A group of scientists, led by Professor Chen Hualan (National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) have investigated the origins of this novel H7N9 influenza virus (Shi et al., 2013)...
Western Researchers Confirm Pine Bark Extract Could Reduce Cataract Risk
Date: Apr-27-2013A winter after discovering Canada for France, Jacques Cartier's exploration crew started suffering and dying from the dreadful scurvy disease in 1535. But thanks to an Iroquoian healer, they were miraculously cured by a tea made from pine bark. Nearly 500 years later, a research team from Western University has found that an over-the-counter pill boasting the same antioxidants may reduce risk of cataracts - the clouding of the normally clear lens of an eye - when delivered through the correct method. The findings were recently published in Current Eye Research, Informa Healthcare...
RAPID-PsA Study Showed That Cimzia® (Certolizumab Pegol) Improved Active Psoriatic Arthritis, In Patients Both With And Without Prior TNF Exposure
Date: Apr-27-2013ACR20 response rates with certolizumab pegol were higher than placebo at weeks 12 and 24 with response observed as early as week 1 in some patients1 Last week the British Society of Rheumatology annual meeting UCB presented results from the RAPID™-PsA study. Data presented from this phase 3 study showed that compared to placebo, certolizumab pegol provided improvements in the signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in adult patients, both with and without prior anti-TNF (tumor necrosis factor) exposure1...
Understanding Human Thought, Behavior, Consciousness... BRAIN Initiative
Date: Apr-27-2013The newly proposed scientific project to understand the most complicated 3 pounds of material in the world - the human brain - is the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. In the article, Lauren Wolf, C&EN associate editor, focuses on the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative, previously known as the Brain Activity Map project, which President Barack Obama announced earlier in April...
Effective Leukemia Drugs Too Expensive, Desperate Patients Left Untreated
Date: Apr-26-2013Eleven of the 12 drugs approved for treating chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and some other cancers cost over $100,000 per year, leaving many desperate patients either untreated or under-treated because they simply cannot afford care, nearly 120 CML experts from over 15 countries reported today in the journal Blood. The authors describe the cost of chronic myeloid leukemia drug treatments as having reached "unsustainably high levels". Chronic myeloid leukemia is a highly curable disease, thanks to powerful, targeted therapies known as TKIs (tyrosine kinase inhibitors)...
Population Of Uninsured Americans Rises, 84 Million Left Out In 2012
Date: Apr-26-2013In 2012, close to 84 million people - half of all working-age U.S. adults did not have health insurance at one point, or had extra out-of-pocket expenses that were so high relative to their pay, they were actually considered underinsured, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2012 Biennial Health Insurance Survey. The survey also revealed that the sample of young adults aged 19-25 who were uninsured during the year dropped from 48% to 41% between 2010 and 2012 - reversing a trend of climbing uninsured rates in that age group...
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