Cancer Breath? New Tool Aims To Detect Cancer Early In Exhaled Air Aug 28, 2008
A device that measures cancer specific gases in exhaled breath would change medical research, as we know it ... It s up to the medical research community using the best measurement tools to figure that out. (Science Daily)
Your Health Check - VENOUS DISEASE: Part 1 Aug 28, 2008
Arterial disease, because of the threat to life and limb, has had a special place in medical research for the past fifty years. Interventional strategies have made great strides, from open operations of bypass and endarterectomy procedures to wire and catheter techniques of balloon dilatation and stenting in a very short period of time. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
How safe are our clinical trials? Aug 27, 2008
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The responsible virus and sharing benefits Aug 27, 2008
The article merged the two separate issues of H5N1 virus sharing and the legal problem of Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 into a confusing unrelated issue. While the avian influenza problem lies within the authority of the Ministry of Health, the Namru facility issue is jointly managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
SoBran Named to Inc. 5000 for the Second Year Aug 27, 2008
Specializing in anti-terrorism, critical infrastructure protection and security, biomedical research, defense systems engineering and sustainment, and supply chain services, SoBran employs more than 700 professionals and has operations in a dozen locations to support an array of high-profile customers. The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint Military Commands, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Homeland Security contract with SoBran for best-in-class services in a variety of... (Primezone Releases)
CongressNow: Democrats Put Advocates for Veterans in Spotlight Aug 27, 2008
6 billion, would improve health care facilities and treatment by increasing spending for prosthetics, caseworkers and medical research for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Sen. (Roll Call)
Weight-loss surgery saves lives, studies find Aug 27, 2008
The study was supported by several pharmaceutical companies and the Swedish Medical Research Council. In the second study, Dr. Ted D. Adams of the University of Utah School of Medicine and his colleagues compared 7,925 obese patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery with an equal number of patients who did not. (Yahoo News -- Obesity)
Research Supports Medicinal Marijuana Aug 27, 2008
In an 87-page opinion, administrative law judge Mary Ellen Bittner ruled that it "would be in the public interest" to allow a University of Massachusetts researcher to cultivate marijuana under contract to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), which sponsors medical research on marijuana and other drugs. The DEA is not obligated to follow the advice of its law judges, but the detailed decision should make it difficult for the agency to balk, said MAPS President Rick... (Yahoo News -- Medical Marijuana)
Europe's Billionaire Women Aug 27, 2008
9 billion net worth to fund the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, which supports medical research, cultural projects and humanitarian relief. Following Bettencourt on Europe's female rich list is a Swedish citizen. (Forbes -- Business)
Canada's commitment to cancer research demonstrated in new CCRA report Aug 26, 2008
" "By not only quantifying but qualifying Canada's cancer research investment in terms of the types of research being conducted and the cancer sites being studied, our survey helps to inform cancer research funders as well as key groups like The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer on how future investments may need to be targeted in order to facilitate key discoveries in cancer prevention, detection, treatment and ongoing care," adds Dr. Elizabeth Eisenhauer, Chair of the CCRA and President of... (Canada Newswire)
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2008 Aug 26, 2008
By supporting medical research, conducting clinical trials, and developing new surgical techniques to help patients recover quickly, the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are helping lead the fight against prostate cancer. During National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, we remember those who lost the battle against prostate cancer, and we pray for their families and friends. (White House News Releases)
CARLSBAD: School district may raise developer fees Aug 26, 2008
And before you people without children start to gripe about how unfair it is to ask you to chip in when our schools aren't adequately funded, YOU pay plenty in poor services by undereducated workers, a poorer qualified work force to hire for your businesses, lower property values (good school districts raise the worth of your home), more unsupervised teens wandering the streets due to fewer after-school activities, and most important, a society that falls behind the rest of the world in medical... (North County Times)
Scariest Hospital Risks Aug 26, 2008
"Errors will happen anytime you take a complex system and put human beings inside of it," says Dr. Brent James, vice president of medical research and executive director of Salt Lake City s Intermountain Institute for Health Care Delivery Research. "The notion that you can train doctors to completely avoid mistakes is just false.". (Forbes)
Transplant drug aids Huntington's Aug 26, 2008
The research by the Department of Medical Genetics at Cambridge University, funded by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, found that rapamycin can reduce the levels of a toxic protein causing Huntington's. It does this by speeding up the break-down of the protein in cells. (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
Alexander Technique: the great curer of back pain Aug 26, 2008
However, this new large-scale study, funded by the Medical Research Council and the NHS, could bring relief to the millions of people - estimated at half the UK population - who suffer regularly from back pain. Fifteen per cent of those develop chronic problems, at a cost of 5 billion to the economy each year. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Stem cell progress on Parkinson's Aug 26, 2008
He was addressing a meeting of more than 500 stem cell researchers organised by the UK Medical Research Council. Patients with Parkinson's disease have lost large numbers of a particular key type of brain cell that produces a chemical needed for the body to control muscular movements. (Yahoo News -- Parkinson's Disease)
Biotech: Team's method a boon for stem cell research Aug 26, 2008
The work by the team, which included scientists from the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in Torrey Pines, and Mahendra Rao, a stem cell expert now working for Carlsbad-based Invitrogen, was published yesterday in the online edition of the journal Nature. It's kind of been a dirty little secret that we haven't been able to do this before, although it was an obvious thing to try to do, Loring said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Ranks for researchers to boost corporate aid Aug 25, 2008
HEALTH and medical researchers will be ranked on the lead government funding agency's website in an effort to attract private and corporate support. The National Health and Medical Research Council, which vets thousands of funding applications each year, wants to forge new relationships between researchers and the non-government sector to increase overall research funding and improve outcomes. (The Australian)
THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: Monday, August 25th - One Nation Aug 25, 2008
Senator Kennedy and Ms. Stanford have continued to advocate for increased investments in medical research. -- Jasmine Harrison who met Senator Kennedy when he read to her each week for five years, beginning when Jasmine was in the second grade, at a public school in Washington, DC as part of the "Everybody Wins!" program. (PR Newswire)
Study backs safety of MMR vaccine Aug 25, 2008
The Medical Research Council team could find no evidence of autism associated with the triple vaccine ... The Medical Research Council team looked at the vaccination records of 1,294 children diagnosed with autism or other conditions they termed pervasive development disorders (PDDs) between 1987 and 2001 in England and Wales. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
FBI STATEMENT: Science Briefing on the Anthrax Investigation Aug 25, 2008
It is the forensic information that determined the source of the 2001 bacillus anthracis mailings to be derived from a unique pool of spore preparations known as RMR-1029 that was maintained at U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland (USAMRIID). While there were countless investigative hours spent narrowing the field of suspects, we are here today to focus on the scientific aspects of this case. (USA Today -- Tech)
FBI explains the science behind the anthrax investigation Aug 25, 2008
In late July, anthrax vaccine researcher Bruce Ivins, 62, of the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Frederick, Md. committed suicide. (USA Today -- Tech)
Finding answers in MRIs Aug 25, 2008
LOANED PHOTONORIANNE PIMENTEL, a 2006 Cibola graduate and now UA medical research assistant, is investigating MRI imaging techniques applicable to kidney research ... The medical research lab may lack the drama of the Emmy Award-winning "ER" TV show but a Yuma pre-med student applied her passion for science to search for possible discoveries that can impact health and the community at large ... "Whatever your goal in medical research is, you're looking for an advancement that can change... (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
FDA Approves ALOXI(R) (Palonosetron HCl) Capsules for Prevention of Acute Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting Aug 24, 2008
Eisai Corporation of North America supports the activities of its operating companies in North America, which include: Eisai Research Institute of Boston, Inc., a discovery operation with strong organic chemistry capabilities; Morphotek, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies; Eisai Medical Research Inc., a clinical development group; Eisai Inc., a commercial operation with manufacturing and marketing/sales functions; and Eisai... (PR Newswire)
Prince Frederik joins family in Hobart Aug 24, 2008
It is believed the family will spend most of this week in Hobart, with Princess Mary expected to open a medical research centre at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney next month. 2008 Brought to you by. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Teens' risky drinking linked to infertility Aug 24, 2008
Nick Martin, a professor at Queensland Institute of Medical Research who took part in the study, said the links between alcohol and fertility were not conclusive. "This was about women with persistent drinking problems," Professor Martin said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Why is the lint in the clothes dryer always grey even though we putin multi-coloured clothing? Aug 23, 2008
Medical research shows it's so much rumourtology. Dr John H. Sibley of the University of Saskatchewan experimented on 70 osteoarthritics and rheumatoid arthritics over a month in 1985 and found no correlation between reported pain and the 13 different weather features to which they were subjected. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Facial Recognition Seems to Vary by Culture Aug 23, 2008
The research was funded by the U.K.'s Economic and Social Research Council and the Medical Research Council. Copyright. (Fox News)
Stem cells 'created from teeth' Aug 23, 2008
Many religious groups object to using embryos for medical research. Japanese scientists say they have created human stem cells from tissue taken from the discarded wisdom teeth of a 10-year-old girl. (BBC News -- Health)
Conceiving the inconceivable on conception Aug 23, 2008
For those not familiar with embryonic stem-cell research, it works like this: Human embryos are created for the explicit purpose of being dissected and destroyed for medical research. Every human being who has ever lived began as an embryo. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Kids With Pets Grow Up To Be Snorers Aug 23, 2008
(June 6, 2007) New Australian research from the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research shows that children who snore have different risk factors to adults who. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Effects of HRT on sleep and sex Aug 23, 2008
The study was mainly based at the Medical Research Council (MRC) general Practice Research Framework in London but also included researchers and funding from New Zealand and Australia. It was published in the medical journal: British Medical Journal. (NHS Choices)
Cymbalta Receives European Approval for the Treatment of Generalised Anxiety Disorder Aug 22, 2008
Current Medical Research and Opinion 2007: 23(6): 1245-1252 7 Davidson JRT, et al. Duloxetine treatment for relapse prevention in adults with generalized anxiety disorder: A 26-week randomized placebo- controlled study. Poster presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual conference 2007. (PR Newswire)
Biopure Announces 2008 Third Quarter Financial Results Aug 22, 2008
Recent Developments Clinical Both Biopure and the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) continue to be in discussions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for proposed clinical trials. The trial in discussion between Biopure and the FDA is a small trial for patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) who refuse transfusion with blood components and therefore cannot currently undergo induction chemotherapy, which depletes oxygen-carrying capacity. (PR Newswire)
Face Recognition: Nurture Not Nature Aug 22, 2008
The results of the study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Medical Research Council, provide novel insights into why non verbal communication between people from different cultures is sometimes problematic, in an age where globalisation has dramatically increased interdependence, integration and interaction among people and corporations from all over the world. Western societies are generally more individualistic, whereas East Asian societies are collectivistic;... (Science Daily)
National Alliance to boost disease research Aug 22, 2008
The alliance brings together facilities, equipment and expertise to accelerate progress in the provision of biological models for medical research ... "Australia has a wealth of talent in medical research, spread across a number of institutions. Each organisation has its own strengths in different areas," she says ... The APN is funded by the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), contributions from state governments, and the National Health and... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
An infusion of innovation Aug 22, 2008
In 2005 Medical Research Council researcher Dr Jeanine Marnewick conducted studies into the beneficial properties of rooibos and honeybush. She found that both varieties offered protection against mutagenesis, one of the first steps in the potential onset of cancer. (iAfrica.com)
Scientist's embryo cloning faked Aug 22, 2008
Professor Colin Blakemore, chief executive of the UK Medical Research Council, said people should not use Dr Hwang's case to call for an end to stem cell research. "It would be very sad if the clearly unethical behaviour of Dr Hwang were in any way confused with the ethical issues of whether it's right to use human embryos to develop treatments for serious illness," he said. (Yahoo News -- Cloning)
U.S. Awards Anthrax Vaccine Deal Aug 22, 2008
Initial work on the vaccine was done by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md. In 2002, VaxGen licensed the product and, working largely with public money from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, developed a manufacturing process. (Yahoo News -- Anthrax)
Fixed-rate mortgages decrease slightly Aug 22, 2008
Karin Eastham resigned as chief operating officer and board member for the Burnham Institute for Medical Research effective Sept. 30. Karin has made significant contributions to the institute leading our administrative support team over the past four years, said Burnham CEO John Reed. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Medical experts expose ADHD misdiagnoses Aug 21, 2008
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, which is reviewing the outdated guidelines at the request of the National Health and Medical Research Council, has been accused of taking too narrow a view. Dr Jureidini said that about 30 per cent of boys and girls diagnosed with ADHD do not even meet the current diagnostic criteria, which includes being inattentive and easily distracted. (NEWS.com.au)
Top projects show where research cash goes Aug 21, 2008
Professor David James, at the Garvan Medical Research Institute, Sydney says diabetes is becoming Australia's most costly chronic disease ... Their research jobs are among the "10 Of The Best" projects selected by the National Health and Medical Research Council to highlight the practical scope of the science it funds. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Metro Briefs Aug 21, 2008
The UI Carver College of Medicine has received $1 million to assist biomedical research affected by this summer's flooding. The contribution comes from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a nonprofit organization for medical research ... While floodwaters did not directly affect the College of Medicine, shutting down the Power Plant left researchers without the ability to control building temperature - a necessity to medical research. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Vandy doc gets $1.3M for study of abnormal bone growth Aug 21, 2008
The complication strikes wounded American soldiers at a rate much higher than civilians, leading to the three-year grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command. Erika Mitchell, M.D., assistant professor of orthopedic trauma, hopes that learning what causes the excess bone growth will one day mean it can be turned off -- or on, in cases where such growth is needed. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
'Sovereignty' that risks global health Aug 21, 2008
Moreover, the Indonesian government is threatening to close down U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Two (NAMRU-2), a public health laboratory staffed by Indonesians and U.S. military scientists. NAMRU-2 is one of the world's best disease surveillance facilities, and it provides health officials worldwide with vital, transparent information. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Acute maternal stress during pregnancy linked to development of schizophrenia Aug 21, 2008
Located in the heart of New York City, NYU Langone Medical Center is one of the nation's premier centers of excellence in health care, biomedical research, and medical education ... BioMed Central () is an independent online publishing house committed to providing immediate access without charge to the peer-reviewed biological and medical research it publishes. (EurekAlert!)
Back pain eased by good posture Aug 20, 2008
The trial was funded by the Medical Research Council and the NHS Research and Development fund. Longer-term relief. (BBC News -- UK)
Commercial projects stay hot as housing market cools Aug 20, 2008
Genevieve County $900 million Mississippi River bridge $690 million to $910 million MetroLink expansion $678 million Highway 40 reconstruction $535 million Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District system upgrades $500 million Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. casino, Laclede's Landing $400 million Busch Stadium 365 million Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. casino, south St. Louis County $375 million Pfizer research facility, Chesterfield $200 million St. Anthony's Medical Center expansion $91 million Saint... (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit Aug 20, 2008
Increasingly, medical research is showing that it isn t. Despite concerns about an obesity epidemic, there is growing evidence that our obsession about weight as a primary measure of health may be misguided. Last week a report in The Archives of Internal Medicine compared weight and cardiovascular risk factors among a representative sample of more than 5,400 adults. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Alcohol dependence among women is linked to delayed childbearing Aug 20, 2008
Alcoholism: Clinical imental Research (ACER) is the official journal of the Research Society on Alcoholism and the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism. Co-authors of the ACER paper, "Alcohol Dependence and Reproductive Onset: Findings in Two Australian Twin Cohorts," were: Andrew C. Heath, Kathleen K. Bucholz, and Pamela A. F. Madden of the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis; and... (EurekAlert!)
Australians have the right to know if they are eating GM food say ... Aug 19, 2008
Monday, 13-Mar-2006 [Medical Research News. Sunday, 20-Nov-2005 [Medical Science News. (News-Medical.net)
Affitech and Omeros Enter Into Antibody Discovery and Development Agreement Aug 19, 2008
Omeros holds worldwide exclusive licenses to rights related to MASP-2, the antibodies targeting MASP-2 and the therapeutic applications for those antibodies from the University of Leicester and from its collaborator, Medical Research Council at Oxford University. Notes to editors: About Affitech AS Affitech AS is a privately held human therapeutic antibody discovery and development company with headquarters and Rlities in Oslo, Norway and its US subsidiary in the San Francisco Bay Area. (PR Newswire)
Mayo makes $5M donation to Hormel Institute Aug 19, 2008
has made a $5 million donation to for Medical Research Center, a research unit of the ... The institute conducts biomedical research focused on finding natural, nontoxic alternatives to chemotherapy. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Are you obese? Aug 19, 2008
A 2006 Medical Research Council report claimed that 29 percent of South African men and 56 percent of women are classified as either overweight or obese. Obesity can chop up to nine years off your life and is associated with a battery of serious medical conditions. (iAfrica.com)
Weight-loss surgery saves lives, studies find Aug 19, 2008
The study was supported by several pharmaceutical companies and the Swedish Medical Research Council. In the second study, Dr. Ted D. Adams of the University of Utah School of Medicine and his colleagues compared 7,925 obese patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery with an equal number of patients who did not. (Yahoo News -- Obesity)
Research Supports Medicinal Marijuana Aug 19, 2008
In an 87-page opinion, administrative law judge Mary Ellen Bittner ruled that it "would be in the public interest" to allow a University of Massachusetts researcher to cultivate marijuana under contract to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), which sponsors medical research on marijuana and other drugs. The DEA is not obligated to follow the advice of its law judges, but the detailed decision should make it difficult for the agency to balk, said MAPS President Rick... (Yahoo News -- Medical Marijuana)
Dr. Ralph Feigin Laid To Rest Aug 19, 2008
Feigin is not only known for his one-of-a-kind patient care, but is also known for his contribution to medical research. Feigin was an internationally renowned expert in pediatric infectious diseases and had more than 500 published articles or chapters in journals and books. (Click2Houston, TX)
• Scientists elaborate on the case against Bruce Ivins Aug 19, 2008
Starting in 1980, Ivins worked as a microbiologist at the Army's Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, or USAMRIID, at Ft. Detrick. Both before and after the anthrax mailings in September and October of 2001, which killed five people and set off a wave of fear on the heels of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he prepared spores used in experiments on animals in an effort to develop or improve vaccines against anthrax. (Q13.com, WA)
Bayh's Obama Running-Mate Chances May Be Hurt by Wife's Board Memberships Aug 19, 2008
a lawyer, is a director at Indianapolis-based , which is part of a medical research partnership awarded a in May after Evan Bayh and his Indiana colleagues in Congress recommended the group to the National Institutes of Health. She's on the board of E*Trade Bank, a subsidiary of , while her husband sits on the. (Bloomberg -- US)
Anthrax Scientist Aided FBI's Probe Aug 19, 2008
In 2002, the FBI collected samples of anthrax that Ivins had in his possession at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md ... The FBI also seized a flask of anthrax identified as RMR-1029, which was used by scientists at the medical research institute. (ABC News)
New animal testing guidelines developed Aug 18, 2008
The guidelines, released on Monday by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), list the latest acceptable methods for minimising pain for animals during experimentation and euthanasia ... "When it is necessary to study animals in medical research, all involved have an obligation to care for the animals in the best ways possible.". (Sydney Morning Herald)
Researchers warn of heart risks from energy drinks Aug 18, 2008
Medical Research News ... Monday, 20-Mar-2006 [Medical Research News. (News-Medical.net)
Yes, this might have been a real government conspiracy Aug 18, 2008
Soon, a fresh tide of leaks to The New York Times and a few other sources fingered Steven Hatfill, who had worked at the end of the 1990s as a civilian researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Department of Defense s medical research institute for biological warfare defense at Fort Detrick, M.D.. The Department of Justice disclosed that in March of this year it had taken Hatfill off the suspects list and was compensating him for false... (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
The Anthrax Files Aug 18, 2008
Ground zero of the investigation has long been the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. But the lab had dropped from the headlines until recently, much as the FBI had seemingly allowed its investigation to languish. (The American Conservative)
Study backs safety of MMR vaccine Aug 18, 2008
The Medical Research Council team could find no evidence of autism associated with the triple vaccine ... The Medical Research Council team looked at the vaccination records of 1,294 children diagnosed with autism or other conditions they termed pervasive development disorders (PDDs) between 1987 and 2001 in England and Wales. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
