Clinical Research

Diabetes: Positive Results From First Human Clinical Trials Of Artificial Pancreas System

Results from the first feasibility study of an advanced first-generation artificial pancreas system were presented at the American Diabetes Association Meeting in Philadelphia and findings from the study indicated that the Hypoglycemia-Hyperglycemia Minim ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2014 - 11:04pm

Statins Linked To Increased Fatigue

A new study has found that individuals taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are more likely than non-users to experience decreased energy, fatigue upon exertion, or both. The researchers suggest that these findings should be taken into account by docto ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2012 - 3:30am

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: Monoclonal Antibody Blinatumomab In Patients With Refractory Disease

At the 17th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Amsterdam Professor Max Topp of the University of Wuerzberg in Germany presented results with a bispecific antibody for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia patients.  ...

Article - Newswire - Jun 16 2012 - 4:30am

Awesome: Doctors Remove Tennis Ball-Sized Tumor From Unborn Baby’s Mouth

Sometimes medicine just makes you want to cheer. While still in the womb, doctors of Leyna Gonzalez discovered a benign tumor the size of a tennis ball growing on the unborn baby’s mouth. University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Fetal Therapy Center f ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 21 2012 - 7:04pm

Fruit And Vegetable Juice Concentrate May Improve Insulin Resistance In Overweight Boys

A new study shows that supplementation with an encapsulated fruit and vegetable juice concentrate (Juice Plus+® Orchard Blend and Garden Blend) was associated with an increase in serum beta-carotene concentrations, reduced abdominal adipose tissue and imp ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2012 - 1:40pm

Synthetic Graft Substitute And Gene Therapy Combination Repairs Bones

Researchers have developed a new method of repairing bone using a synthetic bone graft substitute material. Combined with gene therapy, they say it can mimic real bone tissue and has potential to regenerate bone in patients who have lost large areas of bon ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2012 - 11:30pm

Who Owns Your Medical Records?

For most of our lives; physicians, hospitals, and insurance companies have used paper medical records. They controlled the flow of data, but allowed patients and others access to their records. ...

Blog Post - Randall Mayes - Aug 2 2012 - 3:56pm

Fainting May Be In Your Genes

Fainting, also called vasovagal syncope (by about five neurologists and no one else), is a brief loss of consciousness that occurs when blood flow to the brain drops.  Its causes are so numerous that it is basically unknown what causes it- everything from ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2012 - 4:32pm

Omnilink Elite Stent System Receives FDA Approval For Treatment Of Iliac Artery Disease

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Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2012 - 11:30pm

Affinium Announces Completion Of Recruitment For Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of AFN-1252 In Acute Bacterial Skin Infections

Affinium Pharmaceuticals announced today that full recruitment has been achieved in its multi-center Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating oral AFN-1252 in acute bacterial skin&skin structure infections ("ABSSSI"). This Phase 2 trial is the firs ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 8 2012 - 11:30pm