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Almost One-Quarter Of Florida Residents Under Age 65 Lack Health Insurance (AHN)

11.10.2008 23:49    allheadlinenews.com
Nationwide, only 17.2 percent of people younger than 65 lack health insurance, with residents of Hawaii, at 9.7 percent, and Wisconsin, at 10.3 percent, having the lowest percentage of people in that category. .


Bipolar Disorder Also Lingers In Children, Study Says (AHN)

11.10.2008 23:49    allheadlinenews.com
According to the latest report published in Archives of General Psychology this week, diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children was earlier thought as causes of senior depression.

Boy's Rare Bone Disease Producing An Extra Skeleton (AHN)

11.10.2008 23:49    allheadlinenews.com
Kimberley Hayes, a 4th-grade teacher at Watertown City School District's Knickerbocker Elementary School, revealed to Watertown Daily Times on Thursday that his son, Shane, has been diagnosed with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), which affects only 600 people worldwide.

A New Improved Gene Therapy Can Be The First Treatment For Machado-Joseph Disease

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
MJD (or spinocerebellar ataxia type 3) is a neurodegenerative disease provoked by the abnormal repetition of a set of three nucleotides nucleotides are the DNA building blocks - within the MJD1 gene, which produces the brain protein ataxin-3. The mutated


When Nothing Else Works: Therapy Approved By FDA For Treatment-resistant Depression

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
The NeuroStar TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Therapy system, developed by Neuronetics, Inc. and initiated by research at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), is the first and only approved TMS Therapy® device cleared by the Food and Drug Administration

Early Data Show Potential For Imatinib To Treat Life-threatening Form Of Pulmonary Artery Disease

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
These initial data were presented today at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress in Berlin, Germany, and further details on the study are expected to be published later this year. Imatinib is available for oncology indications in many countries as

Boston Scientific To Release Broad Range Of Clinical Trial Data On The Performance Of TAXUS(R) Coronary Stent Systems At TCT 2008

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
Boston Scientific will be announcing a wide range of safety and efficacy data on its TAXUS(R) Express2(TM) and second-generation TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent Systems, including 12-month subset data on patients with left main (LM) and three-vessel disease (3VD) from

Phase III Study Showed Rituxan In Combination With Chemotherapy Improved Progression-Free Survival In Patients With Relapsed Chronic Leukemia

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
Data from the study, REACH, will be submitted for presentation at a future medical meeting. Earlier this year, another European Phase III study, CLL-8, showed a similar treatment combination improved PFS in patients with CLL who had not previously received

American Society Of Hypertension Updates Guidelines To Address 7-Fold Mortality Increase In Hypertensive Patients With Diabetes

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
Hypertension affects more than 70 million Americans and is the most prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney disease. More than 75% of adults with diabetes have hypertension or are using antihypertensive medications. If implemented, this new guidance will potentially

At ASPS Annual Meeting: Innovative 'No Breast Implant' Procedure

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
In the past several years I've seen more women in their 50s who are unhappy with their breasts," said Dennis Hurwitz, MD, ASPS Member Surgeon and course instructor. "These women have had numerous pregnancies, waited later in life to have

Gene Determines Rapidity Of Ejaculation In Men

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
The participants in the study by Waldinger and Janssen were 89 Dutch men who suffer from the primary form of premature ejaculation, in other words, men who always had this problem. A control group of 92 men was also studied.

Scientists To Explore Chemical Reactions In Extreme Conditions

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
The Center for Chemistry of the Universe will allow scientists to explore new types of chemical reactions that occur under the extreme conditions of space. The center will combine laboratory experiments, theoretical studies, and radio-telescope observations to dramatically expand our

Memory Improves If Neurons Are New

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
The team of researchers of CNR-LUMSA-EBRI at the European Centre for Brain Research, organization established in Rome with the key contribution of the Santa Lucia Foundation, has taken a step forward to understand the requirements of newborn neurons in the

Age Related Macular Degeneration: New Genetic Association Identified

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
Their research, which is published online in The Lancet, adds to the growing understanding of the genetics of age-related macular degeneration and they believe it will better help predict those at risk and ultimately lead to better treatments.

Nobel Prize For Discovery Of Green Fluorescent Protein Won By MBL Scientist Osamu Shimomura

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
Dr. Shimomura shares the prize, which was announced in Stockholm, with Martin Chalfie of Columbia University, New York, and Roger Y. Tsien of University of California, San Diego.

Antioxidants Could Help Huntington's Disease Sufferers

11.10.2008 22:21    medicalnewstoday.com
A study carried out by Catalan researchers shows that oxidative stress and damage to certain macromolecules are involved in the progression of Huntington's Disease (HD), which is characterised by psychiatric and cognitive disturbance, involuntary movements (chorea) and dementia.

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