To celebrate hard-working moms everywhere this Mother’s Day, Chandra Wilson, star of ABC’s hit show Grey’s Anatomy, has teamed up with new Crest Whitestrips Daily Multicare in a campaign to reward multicaring moms across the country and ensure this is her brightest Mother’s Day yet.
Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announced that new data from the TOUCH Prescribing Program? and TYGRIS safety study confirm the safety profile from previous clinical studies of TYSABRI? (natalizumab). Also presented at the 59th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Boston, MA were extension study data that showed that TYSABRI has a sustained treatment effect on clinical relapses and the risk of disability progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients treated for up to three years.
A simple blood test ? beyond standard lab tests ? taken at hospital admission strongly predicted in-hospital mortality risk for heart failure patients and may be useful in helping doctors decide which patients need higher-level monitoring and more intensive treatment.
Parkinson’s disease is well-known for its progression of motor disorders: stiffness, slowness, tremors, difficulties walking and talking. Less well known is that Parkinson’s shares other symptoms with narcolepsy, a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep, severe fatigue and general sleep disorder.
A team led by UCSF scientists has received a grant of $15 million, provided over five years, to study the complex genetic factors that underlie some of the most common forms of epilepsy.
A report released on World Asthma Day, by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says asthma, especially among children and young adults, is on the decline but notes that socioeconomic disparities are widening.
A new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that just over 30% of public and private sector medical indemnity claims made in 2004-05 were for harm or loss that allegedly resulted from an error or negligence in a medical or surgical procedure.
New research shows that statins appear to protect against the development of lung cancer. The large population study, conducted by researchers from Louisiana State University and the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, consisted of data collected over a 6-year period from the VA Health Care System.
A widely used diabetes drug dramatically boosted the potency of platinum-based cancer drugs when administered together to a variety of cancer cell lines and to mice with tumors, scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report.
Large multiyear, multihospital retrospective database analysis demonstrates RDS treatment with Curosurf (poractant alfa) Intratracheal Suspension provides significantly improved neonatal survival.