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Epilepsy :: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center To Test New Epilepsy Treatment

Epilepsy specialists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are testing an investigational device designed to control seizures in patients with epilepsy. The device is a responsive neurostimulator (RNS? System) which is implanted in the brain, detects abnormal electrical activity in the brain and sends out electrical impulses to prevent seizures. Wake Forest Baptist is the only center in North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina to test the device made by NeuroPace.

Healthcare :: End-to-end Medication Management Technologies to Improve Safety and Productivity Within Hospitals

Cardinal Health, the leading provider of products and services supporting the health-care industry, today showcased its medication technologies that offer hospitals a comprehensive program to manage all medications ? from pharmacy to nursing to the point of care.

Colorectal Cancer :: Whole Body scans may provide better staging in colorectal cancer

Doctors may be able to better evaluate the stage of colorectal cancer using a technique that combines two imaging systems used to make a 3-D image of the whole body, a new study suggests.

Prostate Cancer :: Hair growth drug lowers PSA prostate specific antigen

The popular hair-growth drug Propecia? taken by millions of balding men, artificially lowers the results of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, the standard screening test for prostate cancer, researchers report.

Taco Bell :: FDA investigating E. Coli O157 infections in Taco Bell Restaurants

The Food and Drug Administration is assisting in the investigation of an outbreak of E. coli O157 infection in consumers associated with eating food from several Taco Bell restaurants in Northeastern states. FDA is actively working with state and local health officials, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the firm, suppliers and distributors to determine the cause of the sicknesses and prevent additional infections.

Skin Care :: FDA warns five firms to stop compounding topical anesthetic creams

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning five firms, Triangle Compounding Pharmacy, University Pharmacy, Custom Scripts Pharmacy, Hal?s Compounding Pharmacy, and New England Compounding Center, to stop compounding and distributing standardized versions of topical anesthetic creams, which are marketed for general distribution rather than responding to the unique medical needs of individual patients.

Heart :: Pfizer stops all Torcetrapib Clinical Trials

FDA was notified that Pfizer will suspend a large, Phase 3 trial evaluating the investigational cardiovascular therapy torceptrapib/atorvastatin (T/A) due to an increased rate of mortality (death) in patients receiving the combination compared to those receiving atorvastatin alone.

Pancreatic Cancer :: Blood pressure drugs could help halt pancreatic cancer spread

Common blood pressure medications might help block the spread of pancreatic cancer, researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have found.

Guide to promoting integrity in scientific journals published by the Council of Science Editors

CSE’s “White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications” was created as a resource to acquaint new editors with the scope of their duties and as an aid for all editors who are establishing and benchmarking their journals’ policies and procedures.

Cancer :: Erectile dysfunction drugs heighten natural anti-cancer activity

Sildenafil and other “impotence drugs” that boost the production of a gassy chemical messenger to dilate blood vessels and produce an erection now also show promise in unmasking cancer cells so that the immune system can recognize and attack them, say scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.