Diseases & Disorders

Men taking MDV3100 lived for a median of 18.4 months, compared with 13.6 months for men taking placebo (p < 0.0001; HR=0.631); MDV3100 also met all secondary endpoints, including radiographic progression-free survival (8.3...

KALYDECO is approved for people with CF ages 6 and older who have at least one copy of the G551D mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. KALYDECO was granted...

This treatment regimen has been shown to improve recurrence-free survival, or RFS, and overall survival, or OS, for KIT+ GIST patients compared to 12 months of treatment. The US approval was based on...

Byline: Tom Sharpe The Old Main prison south of Santa Fe is cold and dark, with rusty metal, broken glass and fire-stained walls where a bloody prison riot left 33 prisoners dead 32...

Byline: HELGA C. SCHIMKAT New Mexico's animal organizations offer countless opportunities for those who want to help animals. Volunteering is a win for all involved.The organizations gain countless hours of assistance (1,130 per...

ABSTRACT Stroke survivors are at high risk for cardiovascular mortality which can be in part mitigated by increasing physical activity. Self-efficacy for exercise is known to play a role in adoption of exercise...

ABSTRACT Despite the prevalence of women caring for stroke survivors, relatively little research has focused specifically on the experience and needs of informal female caregivers of stroke survivors. Therefore, the purpose of this...

ABSTRACT This phenomenological study examined the experience of being the father of a child with severe cerebral palsy (CP). Participants were selected using purposive sampling. Two interviews were conducted with 6 English-speaking, biological...

ABSTRACT One aspect of successful aging is maintaining cognitive functioning, which includes both subjective cognitive functioning and objective cognitive functioning even in lieu of subtle cognitive deficits that occur with normal, nonpathological aging....

Peters brings more than 25 years of health care experience in marketing, market access and reimbursement, and business development positions. Most recently, Peters was vice president of US payers and national accounts, corporate...

If applied in time, changes in diet and exercise can reverse atherosclerosis, the hardening of the arteries that is caused by a buildup of cholesterol. Unfortunately, the earliest signs of atherosclerosis have been...

CGEN-15001, CGEN-15021 and CGEN-15091 are predicted B7/CD28-like proteins discovered using the company's Protein Family Members Discovery Platform. The company reported that in the collagen induced arthritis model of RA, treatments with either CGEN-15001...

HEADNOTE Smartphones and tablets are transforming the future of health care. Can we really trust them to save our lives? The average auto refractor- that clunky-looking device eye doctors use to pinpoint your...

Based in Shanghai with a staff of 5 persons for its debut in 2012, Transgene Biopharmaceuticals Technology Co. Ltd is a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise, or WOFE, under the laws of the People's...

OUR WEB READERS HAD THE FOLLOWING TO SAY ABOUT SOME OF LAST WEEK'S STORIES: "Police: Suspect in fatal shooting remains at large: Police believe Santa Fe man with criminal past killed teen, injured...

In the Phase I trial, newly diagnosed patients are enrolled to one of two regimens evaluating ADCETRIS administered either sequentially with CHOP or concurrently with CH-P, which removes vincristine from the regimen: The...

In SHARP, VYTORIN 10/20 mg lowered LDL cholesterol in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease, or CKD, and major vascular events were reduced in the treatment group compared to placebo. The...

The company has also announced the assignment of US co-promotion rights to AQUORAL, an FDA-cleared, prescription-only spray for the treatment of Xerostomia, or the medical term for dry mouth due to a lack...

Tokyo, Jan 31, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Ltd and Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation today announced they had received the IEEE Milestone for Hitachi's pioneering development of the world's "First Practical Field Emission...