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Sunnybrook performs minimally invasive bypass surgery
Fuad Moussa (right) with his patient, Doug Boychuk, five weeks after Mr.Boychuk received minimally invasive bypass surgery at Sunnybrook. By Laurie Legere Sunnybrook's Schulich Heart Centre became the first centre in Toronto to...
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Novel targeted therapy shows promise to eliminate leukaemia stem cells
A piece of research has shown that it is possible to eliminate stem cells related to human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer, using a new targeted therapy.Associate Professor Richard Lock, from...
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Novel targeted therapy shows promise to eliminate leukaemia stem cells
Washington, July 3 : A piece of research has shown that it is possible to eliminate stem cells related to human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer, using a new targeted therapy.Associate Professor...
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Deadly Leukemia Stem Cells Found And Eliminated By New Targeted Therapy
New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer.The study, published by Cell Press in the July 2nd issue of the...
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New targeted therapy finds and eliminates deadly leukemia stem cells
New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer.The study, published by Cell Press in the July 2nd issue of the...
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New Therapy Eliminates Deadly Leukemia Stem Cells
(Ivanhoe Newswire) A recent study describes a novel therapeutic approach which significantly advances the fight against the deadly human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer.AML is a cancer of the...
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Mental health program on chopping block
program that had become a symbol of waste and inefficiency in North Carolina's troubled system of mental health care.But some advocates for the mentally ill say that program has improved from its early days, and now provides basic but...
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Mental health program on chopping block
RALEIGH -- State legislators intend to phase out a program that had become a symbol of waste and inefficiency in North Carolina's troubled system of mental health care.But some advocates for the mentally ill say that program has improved...
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Phase III Study Showed Lucentis Improved Vision In Patients With Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
Genentech, Inc.announced today that the Phase III study BRAVO showed Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) improved vision, as measured by the primary endpoint of mean change from baseline in best-corrected visual acuity at six months, in...
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Ms Antisense Drug Shows Early Promise, But Long-term Benefit Remains Unknown
A new study suggests another way to target VLA-4 as a strategy for relapsing MS: use antisense oligonucleotides to prevent the key cell adhesion molecule from being produced in the first place.SEATTLE-Inhibiting migration of lymphocytes...
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New drug hits leukemia early
A new drug can halt budding leukemia in mice by binding to a key protein on the surface of blood cells predisposed to becoming cancerous, researchers report in the July 2 Cell Stem Cell.This and other studies have paved the way for...
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Parkinson's drugs show promise in resistant TB
* Drugs could be used to fight dangerous forms of TB * Compounds already proven in humans CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease show promise as a new way to stem the rise of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, U.S.
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Bone Marrow Extract Improves Cardiac Function
Using a novel, closed-chest, ultrasound-guided injection technique developed by Yeghiazarians and his colleagues, the team administered three different groups of mice with bone marrow cells, bone marrow cell extract, or saline (for the...
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First degree atrioventricular block, and ingested foreign bodies
Data from the Framingham Heart Study, reported in JAMA, challenge the conventional view that an incidental finding of a prolonged PR interval on the ECG is entirely benign.During a long follow up period, individuals with a PR...
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Colloid preload increases cardiac output after spinal anesthesia for cesareans
MedWire News: Administering crystalloid IV fluids before the induction of spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery increases maternal cardiac output during the first 5 minutes after spinal anesthesia, say researchers.However, they note...
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New Targeted Therapy Finds And Eliminates Deadly Leukemia Stem Cells
New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer.The study, published in the July 2nd issue of the journal Cell Stem...
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Therapy Eliminates Deadly Leukemia Stem Cells
A recent study describes a novel therapeutic approach which significantly advances the fight against the deadly human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer.AML is a cancer of the white blood cells...
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Immune Therapy Versus Leukemia Stem Cells
Via EurekAlert!, an example of progress in using the immune system to target specific cells for destruction: acute myeloid leukemia (AML) "is a cancer of the white blood cells that has an extremely poor prognosis and does not respond well...
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New Targeted Therapy Finds and Eliminates Deadly Leukemia Stem Cells
Health Conditions : Cancer : Leukemia New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer.The study, published by Cell...
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Single Injection Paravertebral Block for Major Cancer Breast Surgery
Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians 2.2008 Exclusive SurveyEarnings: Good news for primary care income 3. Single Injection Paravertebral Block for Major Cancer Breast Surgery.
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Week in Review: June 29-July 2, 2009
(SmarTrend(R) Week In Review via COMTEX) -- % Change ------------------------------ Index Close Week YTD ------------------------------------------------------ DJIA 8280.74 -1.87% -5.65% NASDAQ 896.42 -2.45% -0.76% S&P 500 1796.52 -2...
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Sorin Group Announces Regulatory Approval and First Implants of New-Platform FACIL and REPLY Pacemakers in Jap
Sorin Group, (MIL:SRN) (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approval to market the FACIL„...
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Sorin Group Announces Regulatory Approval and First Implants of New-Platform FACIL and REPLY Pacemakers in Jap
- Sorin Group, (MIL:SRN) (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approval to market the FACIL and...
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Sugammadex and rocuronium accelerates reversal of neuromuscular blockade versus succinylcholine
MedWire News: Reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex is much faster than spontaneous recovery from succinylcholine, say researchers.Succinylcholine has the shortest duration of action of all currently...
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Jul 2, 2009
-- Genentech, Inc.announced today that the Phase III study BRAVO showed Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) improved vision, as measured by the primary endpoint of mean change from baseline in best-corrected visual acuity at six months, in...
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