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Fungi In Lungs May Hold Asthma Treatment Clues
Date: Feb-19-2013There was a time when we assumed the insides of our lungs were devoid of life, apart from our own cells helping us breathe. But now we learn that the lung is home to a wide range of organisms, including fungi. A new study finds that people with asthma have a different blend of fungi in their lungs compared to healthy people who do not have asthma, leading the researchers to suggest this could be a useful avenue for developing new treatments...
UN Warns Of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals In Domestic Products
Date: Feb-19-2013Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in domestic and industrial products which have not been properly tested may result in significant health problems. The finding was reported by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and WHO (World Health Organization). Their research suggests that more studies are needed to completely understand the link between EDCs (endocrine disrupting chemicals) and certain illnesses and disorders...
Gilead's Hepatitis C Drug Shows Promise In Final Phase 3 Study
Date: Feb-19-2013Gildead Sciences has just announced that its experimental hepatitis C drug, called sofosbuvir, successfully met its primary efficacy endpoint in a fourth pivotal phase 3 study called FUSION. The drug, an oral nucleotide inhibitor of HCV polymerase, performed very well in the late-stage trial testing...
Brain Lesions Can Predict Alzheimer's Diagnosis
Date: Feb-19-2013Damage to small blood vessels in the brain could be a secondary risk factor leading to Alzheimer's Disease, a new study in JAMA Neurology suggests. A part of this blood vessel damage is known as white matter hyperintensities, seen in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and appearing to increase the risk for the disease, making it a secondary factor. Experts believe the primary factor of Alzheimer's development is the accumulation of beta amyloid plaques in the brain...
Excessive TV Watching During Childhood Linked To Criminal Behavior Risk Later
Date: Feb-19-2013Watching a lot of television as a kid may lead to violent behavior later in life, according to a new study carried out by researchers from the University of Otago. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, identified that children and adolescents who spend an excessive amount of time watching television are more likely to express antisocial behaviors, as well as involve themselves in criminal activity when they are adults. A total of 1000 children who were born between 1972-73 were included in the study...
Novel Coronavirus Infection Death Reported In UK
Date: Feb-19-2013A patient who was being treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), England, for novel coronavirus (NCoV) infection has died, the hospital has announced today. The patient passed away in the hospital's critical care unit on Sunday morning. The hospital says it "extends its sympathies to the family". The patient was one of three family members who had been confirmed ill with NCoV over the last week - what health authorities describe as a "family cluster". According to QEHB, the patient who died had been undergoing treatment for a long-term, complex, unrelated health condition...
U.S. FDA Approval Of Aorfix™
Date: Feb-19-2013Lombard Medical Technologies PLC (AIM: LMT), the specialist medical technology company focused on innovative vascular products, has announced that Aorfix™ has been approved for commercial sale in the U.S. by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). Aorfix™ is the Company's flexible stent graft for the endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms ("AAAs"). Data from the U.S...
Hip Implant Failure More Likely In Women
Date: Feb-19-2013A new study of 35,000 US patients, one of the largest of its kind, suggests while the risk of total hip implant failure is low, it is slightly higher in women than in men. It has prompted calls for studies to investigate which types of implants are more likely to succeed in women than men. Maria C.S. Inacio, of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, San Diego, and colleagues write about their findings in the 18 February online first issue of JAMA Internal Medicine...
Dako Receives FDA Approval For Fast, Accurate, Nontoxic FISH Assay For Cancer Diagnostics
Date: Feb-19-2013Dako, an Agilent Technologies Company, has introduced IQISH technology in the United States. The technology will reduce the turnaround time for cancer evaluation from two days to three and a half hours. This will ease the waiting time and associated anxiety for the patient and allow physicians to more quickly initiate targeted cancer treatments. HER2 IQFISH pharmDx, a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay, is the first product approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that uses the Dako IQISH technology, which is based on Dako's fast IQISH hybridization buffer chemistry...
Researchers Uncover New Findings On Genetic Risks Of Chronic Inflammatory Disorder Behçet's Disease
Date: Feb-19-2013Researchers don't know the exact cause of Behçet's disease, a chronic condition that leads to oral and genital sores and serious complications such as blindness, but new research brings better understanding to what makes some people more susceptible to being affected. In one of the most extensive genetic analyses of Behçet's disease, a University of Michigan-led, international team of researchers has identified novel gene variants in the inflammatory disorder and uncovered data that could apply to studies of other diseases. The results appear in the journal Nature Genetics...
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