New mums are four times more likely to stop breastfeeding after eight weeks, than mothers who have received text message support, according to a world first study by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). As part of an eight week pilot project led by Associate Professor Rebekah...
Updated data from a National Cancer Institute-sponsored clinical trial conducted by the Cancer and Leukemia Group (CALGB) was presented May 5 at the 13th International Myeloma Workshop in Paris, France. The phase III study evaluated the benefits of continuous, or maintenance, treatment with...
US researchers have made a robotic version of an Amazonian fish that can move from swimming forward and backward to vertically almost instanteously, as a result of which they hope to improve our understanding how the nervous system sends messages throughout the body to make it move. They also...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - A novel potential therapy based on a natural human protein significantly slows muscle damage and improves function in mice who have the same genetic mutation as boys with the most common form of muscular dystrophy, according to a paper published online Dec...
Profectus Biosciences, Inc., a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against infectious diseases and cancers, announced that its GENEVAX™ IL-12 pDNA adjuvant has significantly improved the vaccine-induced response rate in a Phase I clinical study of an experimental DNA...
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage epigenetics oncology company, announces clinical results from ENCORE 401, a double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial, in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The results show that there was a survival advantage in the...
A newly published study in the Lancet suggested that a first-line treatment regimen including Zometa® (zoledronic acid) significantly improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients compared with a regimen that included oral...
...intelligence and physical strengths? In the future will normal people have technology that improves their intelligence and physical strengths?
and what types of "modifications" to their body's will they have?
(didn't know where to put this question)
Standard MRI scans have so far been unable to produce satisfactory images of nerve bundles. However, this is now possible by an MRI technique called Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). Matthan Caan succeeded in improving the DTI method during his PhD research at TU Delft, enabling him to produce...
Tasocitinib (CP-690,550) has been found to reduce the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis considerably, as well as significantly improving physical function according to a Phase 3 clinical trial, ORAL Solo (1045), says Pfizer. Tasocitinib, used as a monotherapy - on its own - is an oral...
An initiative by the U. S. technology company Pitney Bowes to make medications of proven value less expensive for their employees succeeded in stabilizing employees' adherence to their treatment regimens, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study published in this month's Health Affairs...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) announced that Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust has addressed concerns linked to the trust's clinical governance arrangements for infection prevention and control. The regulator will now lift the remaining condition imposed on the trusts licence on 1...
The Canadian MOREOB patient safety program has a measurable, positive impact on the health of mothers and babies. This is the conclusion of a study featured in the August edition of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, entitled Outcomes of the Introduction of the MOREOB Continuing...
The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center is among the world's first to begin using radiation technology that dramatically reduces treatment times. UAB's Hazelrig-Salter Radiation Oncology Center is the third U.S. site to...
In today's demanding health care environment, many community hospitals require imaging equipment that provides a variety of advanced diagnostic exams with features that improve patient cooperation. To offer a variety of high-quality, comfortable MR exams to its patients, Central Washington...
A recent study led by MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., investigated a pilot Value-Based Benefit Design (VBBD) program to improve adherence to diabetes medications. The study found that a VBBD program that reduced copayments for diabetes medications by 36% reduced the number of non-adherent...
A recent study led by MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., investigated a pilot Value-Based Benefit Design (VBBD) program to improve adherence to diabetes medications. The study found that a VBBD program that reduced copayments for diabetes medications by 36% reduced the number of non-adherent...
A recent study led by MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., investigated a pilot Value-Based Benefit Design (VBBD) program to improve adherence to diabetes medications. The study found that a VBBD program that reduced copayments for diabetes medications by 36% reduced the number of non-adherent...
Researchers have developed an automated 3-D mapping and labeling system that reduces scan time and improves the work flow, efficiency, and accuracy of routine freehand ultrasound exams, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. "The labeling and...