Medicine & Health

Tokyo, Feb 3, 2012 - (JCN) - Toray and Toray Medical Co. are to build a new plant to manufacture artificial kidneys at Toray Medical (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. (TMQ), which was established in...

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...

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 3, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeDan Surgical Innovations, industry leader in surgical access instrumentation, announces the launch of the Phantom Series MIS Anterior Hip Retractor System. TeDan Surgical's revolutionary hip...

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...

Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN An increase in animals hit by cars and attacked by wildlife underscores the need for companion animals to be kept securely in their yards and homes. The Santa Fe...

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...

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 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 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....

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...

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...

Both pivotal Phase III studies are fully recruited, and all patients have been treated, reached the primary endpoint and are in long-term follow-up. The study met all primary, secondary and tertiary efficacy endpoints....

Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr Roger Luncheon said on Dec. 22 that the EXIM Bank of India made available the funding at concessionary terms for construction of a specialty hospital at...

HEADNOTE Big Bang Design A Detroit program is designing new ways to keep kids from lighting up. Can mint-green baseball caps, dodgeballs stenciled with the number "i200," and a whist tournament dissuade kids...

The Presidency of Panama on Dec. 21 said the Cabinet Council of Panama has approved a large contract with the Social Security Fund IBT Group Consortium for the supply of equipment and services...