The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) today announced the release of a new Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention. In a major revision of GINA's 2002 Global Strategy, the new guidelines put the emphasis on asthma control. [click link for full article]
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People with heart failure tend to think that they should avoid physical efforts, in order to prevent the worsening of the already compromised cardiac functions. But a joint research carried out by EVGN scientists and other Italian partners proved that the opposite is true. [click link for full artic...
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Predictive medicine company PreMD Inc. (TSX: PMD; Amex: PME) today announced that it has submitted a premarket notification or 510(k) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clearance of PREVU(x) LT, the lab-processed format of the PREVU(x) technology. PREVU(x)LT is the second product in ...
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Close to 4,000 physicians, researchers, nurses and other healthcare professionals from around the world have gathered in San Diego starting today through Tuesday, December 5th, for the 1st North American Regional Epilepsy Congress with the American Epilepsy Society (AES), the Canadian League Against...
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Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceuticals company focused on the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic disease, today announced interim results from its on-going phase II clinical trial involving its lead cholesterol management compound, AEGR-733, alone and in combination with ...
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The new neurons generated as a result of neural damage due to epilepsy show a reduced excitability that could alleviate the disorder, researchers have found. The researchers said their results suggest that therapies for epilepsy aimed at inducing neurogenesis could prove effective in alleviating the...
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China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CHBP), a leading Chinese pharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing and marketing of innovative drugs in China, today announced the completion of all required clinical trials for Desloratadine tablets for seasonal all...
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A US pilot study suggests that training staff to stick to basic hygiene measures like routine handwashing and following inexpensive, common sense guidelines, could reduce catheter-related blood infections in the ICU by up to 66 per cent.The study is published in today's issue of the New England Jour...
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A new study found that taking WelChol(R) (colesevelam HCl) in combination with ezetimibe reduced LDL-C by 32%, reducing mean LDL-C levels by an additional 11% over ezetimibe monotherapy in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia (p [click link for full article]
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