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Children Of Older Fathers Could Live Longer
Date: Jun-12-2012It appears that older men can impart a genetic advantage to their children that might mean their offspring live longer. It has been known for some time that one of the causes of aging is what is known as the telomere, DNA found at the end of each chromosome, that slowly shortens as cells reproduce. As the telomeres shorten, the replication of the DNA becomes compromised. The study publsijed in the June 11-15 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that it appears that older men have longer telomeres in their sperm...
HIV Drug Resistance Often Caused By Mutations
Date: Jun-12-2012Harvard researchers have made a critical discovery that could pave the way for new, more effective HIV treatments. The researchers discovered pre-existing mutations in a small number of HIV patients, which can lead to the virus developing a resistance to the drugs that are administered in order to slow the progression of the disease...
Basal Cell Carcinoma Risk Linked To Early Life Stress
Date: Jun-12-2012Having a troubled early parent-child relationship together with a severe life event in the past year may potentially be linked to immune responses to the most common skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma (BCC). The study is published in Archives of General Psychiatry. Background information in the article states that stressful events and resulting negative emotions can trigger a dysfunction in the body's immunity system producing clinically important changes, which impact on BCC, the appearance of the tumor, as well as progression of the disease...
Making The Facility Part Of The Solution In The Healthcare Industry
Date: Jun-12-2012For many years now, healthcare organizations have tried to find efficiencies in their supply chain and staff, but most have not considered the facility as part of the solution, according to R. Wayne Estopinal, AIA, ACHA, LEEDAP, President, TEG Architects, The Estopinal Group. The good news is that it is not necessary to build a new facility to achieve the efficiency and productivity gains that TEG Architects considers possible...
Avoiding Healthcare Service Reimbursement Gaps
Date: Jun-12-2012Healthcare Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) cannot do much about the reimbursement rates that Medicare has set, but they can make sure their organization is paid for all services provided, says Lloyd R. Vaughan, Founder, Vaughan Holland Consulting, Inc. From a solution provider company at the upcoming marcus evans National Healthcare CFO Summit Fall 2012, in Dallas, Texas, October 21-23, Vaughan discusses how to maximize reimbursement for healthcare services through better billing practices...
SMi's 5th Annual KOL Management Conference, 26-27 September 2012, London
Date: Jun-12-2012SMi is proud to present their 5th annual KOL Management on 26th & 27th September 2012, in London, the conference focused to keep our audience up-to-date with developments in the ever-changing KOL sphere. Every pharmaceutical company knows how important it is to develop a successful KOL management program. Audrey Craven, President, European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) talks about understanding the key needs and making it work...
SMi's Next-Generation Sequencing Conference, 17-18 September 2012, London
Date: Jun-12-2012SMi's Next-Generation Sequencing conference on 17th - 18th September 2012, in London focuses exclusively on the data interpretation and analytical challenges facing genomics and computational biology today. Whether working with microbial or human DNA, the latest developments to extract biological meaning from short-reads, oligonulceotide sequences or whole genome studies are showcased in this innovative conference. Featuring experts from the EBI, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Merck, Pfizer and Janssen, join your peers at the forefront of translating genomics to targeted therapies...
One In Four Type 2 Diabetes Patients Do Not Take Basal Insulin As Prescribed And More Than A Third Suffer From Hypoglycemia
Date: Jun-12-2012One in four people with type 2 diabetes missed or did not dose their long-acting (basal) insulin correctly in the previous 30 days, according to a new global survey funded by Novo Nordisk. The GAPP2™ (Global Attitudes of Patients and Physicians) survey also found that more than a third experienced a self-treated low blood sugar event called hypoglycemia. 1 The data was presented at the late-breaking poster session of the 72nd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in Philadelphia today...
New Drug Treatment Extends Life In Advanced Prostate Cancer That Has Spread To Bone
Date: Jun-12-2012Prostate cancer patients with advanced tumors that have spread to bone have a poor chance of surviving. Patients with the disease may now live longer with a new line of radioisotope therapy, said researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 2012 Annual Meeting. The skeletal systemis the number one metastatic site in patients with prostate cancer. Bone metastases occur when the primary cancer is transmitted through the blood and develops in the bone...
Scientists Determine 1,000 Protein Structures Of Deadly Diseases
Date: Jun-12-2012Working together, two scientific organizations have achieved a key milestone earlier than planned: using X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance to probe at the atomic level, they have determined the structure of 1,000 proteins from more than 40 organisms that cause deadly diseases in humans, such as leprosy, TB, cholera, anthrax, the plague, salmonellosis, amoebic dysentery and influenza. The knowledge gained should help improve disease diagnosis and the discovery of new drugs...
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