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US And European Advisory Panels To Discuss Avnadia’s (Rosiglitazone) Safety

Jul 11th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

As the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) advisory panel prepares to meet next week to discuss the safety of Avandia (Rosiglitazone), an anti-diabetic insulin sensitizer drug, FDA scientists continue to question its safety. The endocrinologic and metabolic advisory committees meet this Wednesday. They will also vote on whether they think the drug should remain on [...] Read more »

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Data Support Avandia (rosiglitazone Maleate) Cardiovascular Safety Profile, Says GlaxoSmithkline

Jul 11th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today posted a comprehensive review conducted by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of the cardiovascular safety data on Avandia® (rosiglitazone maleate). GSK’s review supports the overall positive benefit-risk profile of rosiglitazone as an important medicine for patients with type 2 diabetes…

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"Fossil" Genes From The Most Deadly Family Of Human Viruses

Jul 6th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

Modern marsupials may be popular animals at the zoo and in children’s books, but new findings by University at Buffalo biologists reveal that they harbor a “fossil” copy of a gene that codes for filoviruses, which cause Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers and are the most lethal viruses known to humans…

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Cell Signaling Classification System Gives Researchers New Tool

Jul 6th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

Using ever-growing genome data, scientists with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are tracing the evolution of the bacterial regulatory system that controls cellular motility, potentially giving researchers a method for predicting important cellular functions that will impact both medical and biotechnology research…

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Transplanted Beta Cells Learn To Deal With Stress

Jul 6th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

For transplanted beta cells, life is tough. Not only are the insulin-producing cells in a stranger’s body, tucked into the liver rather than the pancreas, they are a bit short on oxygen and blood, and they are often exposed to raised levels of glucose…

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People With Diabetes Could Receive Money To Spend On Their Own Care, UK

Jul 6th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

People with diabetes in three London health trusts may be involved in a trial scheme where they are directly given money to spend on services that could help them to manage their condition…

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Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Announces Research Awards Totaling $1.2 Million

Jul 5th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

The Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (PDF) is pleased to announce awards totaling $1.2 million for research projects designed to understand the cause(s) of and find a cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD). The awards will support the work of 15 leading scientists and are provided through two key PDF research programs, International Research Grants and Research Fellowship [...] Read more »

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Brain Study Highlights Role Of Dopamine In Impulsive Behavior

Jul 5th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

It’s a common scenario: you’re on a diet, determined to give up eating cakes, but as you pass the cake counter, all resolve disappears… Now, scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) have shed light on the brain processes that affect our will power and make us act impulsively…

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One In Four Palestinian Children Goes Without Breakfast

Jul 5th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

The eating habits of children and adolescents are studied in one of the Abstracts published Online by The Lancet, with the disturbing findings that one in four children miss breakfast, one in 10 is anaemic, and one in 17 is stunted. Furthermore, 2% are underweight and 15% are either overweight or obese…

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Department Of Health Announces Blood Disorder Study In Southwestern Pennsylvania

Jul 5th, 2010 | By buddy1 | Category: Diseases, Disorders, Infections, Health & Wellness News

The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced a new, federally-funded study on the blood disorder Polycythemia vera, or PV, in Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset counties. Residents of these counties who were diagnosed with PV between 2001 and 2008 are eligible to participate in the study and will be compensated…

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