Results of a new study call into question recent clinical guidelines issued by leading cardiovascular groups, including the American Heart Association, which recommend patients with cardiovascular disease be screened for signs of depression and treated accordingly. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for December 7, 2008
FREEDOM-C Trial Of Oral Treprostinil In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Fails To Meet Primary Endpoint
07 Dec 2008
United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) announced the results of the FREEDOM-C trial of oral treprostinil, a sustained-release formulation of treprostinil, in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Preliminary analysis demonstrates that the trial did not achieve statistical significance for the primary endpoint, six minute walk (6MW) distance at Week 16.
The FREEDOM-C trial was a randomized, Read the rest of this entry »
Scandinavian Clinical Nutrition: Positive Study Results For New Patented Natural Antiviral Substance
07 Dec 2008
Recent tests on human cells show that SCN’s patented substance NGNA/N5G has good antiviral effect on several viruses that affect humans, especially the rhinovirus, which is the most common cause for cold symptoms. The substance also has a strong protective effect against severe complications from the influenza virus.
In 2007, Scandinavian Clinical Nutrition AB (SCN) secured the world-wide rights to NGNA/N5G (N-glycolylneuraminic acid), a natural biomarine Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s health - the facts
07 Dec 2008
Men’s Health News
New research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) could shed light on the reasons behind the poor state of men’s health in Britain.
The RPSGB commissioned study, designed to discover how men’s attitudes might affect their healthcare, revealed that 59% of men are reluctant to ask for help and only seek medical advice if they are ‘very ill or in great pain’. This factor is compounded by their commitment to looking macho and could Read the rest of this entry »
Light Triggers A New Code For Brain Cells
07 Dec 2008
Brain cells can adopt a new chemical code in response to cues from the outside world, scientists working with tadpoles at the University of California, San Diego report in the journal Nature this week.
The discovery opens the possibility that brain chemistry could be selectively altered by stimulating specific circuits to remedy low levels of neural chemicals that underlie some human ailments.
Dark tadpoles don pale camouflage Read the rest of this entry »