The Jury Is Still Out On How Best To Treat Chronic Pain
How best to alleviate chronic pain, a leading cause of disability and employee absenteeism, continues to perplex both patients and their doctors.
Vascular Surgeons Donate Expertise To Combat Casualties
All it took was a quick e-mail to members of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), to convince them to volunteer their expertise to help soldiers who have been injured in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The study will be presented during the Vascular Annual Meeting, June 5-8, in San Diego, Calif.
Potential For Sensitive Blood Test To Identify Type 1 Diabetes
Knowing who has, or will develop Type-1 diabetes is of immense clinical significance, even as the number of cases of the much more common Type-2 diabetes skyrocket.
Abbott's Phase III Sub-Group Analysis Shows Investigational TriLipix trade; In Combination With CRESTOR reg; Improves Key Lipids
New data from a sub-group analysis of patients with mixed dyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes that were enrolled in a Phase III study showed that the use of Abbott's ( NYSE: ABT) investigational TriLipix™ (ABT-335) in combination with AstraZeneca's CRESTOR (rosuvastatin calcium), demonstrated.
Syndecan-1 May Inhibit Growth Of AAAs
Researchers from Emory University in Atlanta have determined that syndecan-1 acts as a negative regulator of proteolytic responses in the aortic wall during the formation of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and that modulating syndecan-1 expression could provide a useful strategy for limiting aneurysm growth.
Losing Weight Without Losing Bone
A higher-protein diet that emphasizes lean meats and low-fat dairy foods as sources of protein and calcium can mean weight loss without bone loss--and the evidence is in bone scans taken throughout a new University of Illinois study.
Among Medicare Beneficiaries At The End Of Life, Hospital Utilization Reduced By Primary Care Visits
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that primary care visits reduce hospital utilization among Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life. The recently published study appears in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
New Methodology For Landfill Management
Scientists of the University of Granada (Spain) have designed a novel and versatile environmental diagnostic method for landfills. It allows for the monitoring of environmental impact, and controls harmful impact such as bad smells and superficial and subterranean water pollution.
Advertising, Alcohol And Adolescents
The advertising of alcohol, the marketing of alcoholic products, peer pressure and parental influence all play a part in the level of alcohol consumption among young people.
Minister Wallace Warns Alcohol Advertising Executives Of The Need For Full Compliance With The New Advertising Codes, Ireland
Ms Mary Wallace T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with special responsibility for Health Promotion and Food Safety warned advertising executives for the main Irish alcohol brands of the need for full compliance with the revised Codes on Advertising, Marketing and Sponsorship.