First trial of gene therapy for advanced heart failure shows promising results
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Phase I results of the first clinical trial of gene therapy for patients with advanced heart failure show the approach to be promising, with improvements in several measures of the condition's severity.
Crossing the digital divide
Nov 10, 2008 |
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What will motivate the elderly, the chronically ill and the medically underserved to use interactive information technology systems to actively help manage their own health problems? What barriers have prevented people in ...
Pittsburgh Compound B finds Alzheimer's-associated plaques in symptom-free older adults
Nov 10, 2008 |
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In the largest study of its kind, Pittsburgh Compound B, an imaging agent that could facilitate the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, has been used to identify amyloid deposition in the brains of clinically older adults.
Black and south Asian people benefiting less from interventions to reduce blood pressure, says study
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People from black and south Asian communities in the UK are not benefiting as much as white people from doctors' interventions to reduce their blood pressure, according to a new study published today in the journal Annals of ...
High temperatures decrease antifungal properties of contact solution
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Exposure to prolonged temperature elevation reduces antifungal activity of a contact lens solution that was implicated in the epidemic of the eye infection Fusarium keratitis that occurred between 2004 and 2006, according ...
Bone cancer treatment ineffective, despite promising laboratory data
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Ewing sarcoma is the second most common type of primary bone cancer seen in children and young adults. Patients with relapsed or refractory Ewing sarcoma have a poor outcome with conventional therapies. Cytarabine decreases ...
