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Monthly contact with counselor provides some benefit for maintaining weight loss

Weight-loss program participants who had a brief, monthly personal contact intervention - most often a 10-15 minute phone conversation - regained less weight than participants who were in a Web-based intervention or self-directed program, according to a study in the March 12 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

12 Mar 2008

Study finds equal care in hospitals

A University of Maryland study of whether people receive different quality of hospital care because of their race or ethnicity found that when whites and minorities are admitted to a hospital for the same reason, they receive the same quality care in that hospital.

12 Mar 2008

Less education may mean shorter life

It's no secret that over the last few decades, life expectancy in the United States has been rising.

12 Mar 2008

Cervarix shows long-term protection from cervical cancer

New data demonstrate that GlaxoSmithKline's cervical cancer candidate vaccine, CERVARIX provides significant protection for women against the four most common cancer- causing human papillomavirus types for nearly six and a half years, the longest duration of protection reported to date.

12 Mar 2008

Glaucoma associated with increased risk of cardiovascular death in black patients

In a population of African origin, persons with diagnosed and treated glaucoma appeared to have an increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes, according to a study by Suh-Yuh Wu, and colleagues in the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Ophthalmology at Stony Brook University, the University of the West Indies, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

12 Mar 2008

Combined therapeutic approach of stenting and photodynamic therapy improves survival in late stage liver cancer patients

A combined therapeutic approach of stenting and photodynamic therapy may improve survival rates for patients suffering from advanced liver bile duct cancer, according to a study published this month in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute.

12 Mar 2008

Life gets longer but only for the educated

New research has revealed that while life expectancy in the United States has risen in the last decades not everyone has benefited from the increased long levity.

11 Mar 2008

Personal counseling and web-based strategies show modest success for sustaining weight loss

Adults who lost weight in a six-month program were able to keep at least some of the weight off for 2.5 years with the help of brief monthly personal counseling, according to a new study from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. A Web-based intervention also helped participants keep the weight off for two years, but the benefit waned during the last six months of the trial

11 Mar 2008

New study proves Neoteric's BloodTrack increases hospital efficiency

Neoteric Technology Ltd. announced today that a new study released in this month's American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Journal of Transfusion proves that dramatic time and cost savings can be achieved by hospitals that implement BloodTrack OnDemand.

11 Mar 2008

Low dose inhaled corticosteroids improve lung function in mild asthma patients

A study by the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney is the first to demonstrate that in patients with very mild or well-controlled asthma, regular treatment with low dose ICS leads to significantly better day-to-day lung function.

11 Mar 2008

Recurrent low-grade carcinoma of the ovary less responsive to chemo than more common ovarian cancers

Recurrent low-grade serous carcinoma, a rare type of ovarian cancer, is less sensitive to chemotherapy and therefore more difficult to treat than more common high-grade ovarian cancers, according to researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

11 Mar 2008

Novel brain cancer drug HhAntag for children may damage bones

A novel drug that fully eliminated brain tumors from mice in a dramatic 2004 study has shown a darker side - causing permanent bone damage in younger mice.

11 Mar 2008

Post-stroke clot-busting therapy beneficial for patients on aspirin

Patients given a clot-busting drug following stroke appear to have better outcomes if they were already taking anti-platelet medications, despite an apparent increased risk for bleeding in the brain, according to an article posted online that will appear in the May 2008 print issue of Archives of Neurology.

11 Mar 2008

Drug Trial News

Monthly contact with counselor provides some benefit for maintaining weight loss

Study finds equal care in hospitals

Less education may mean shorter life

Cervarix shows long-term protection from cervical cancer

Glaucoma associated with increased risk of cardiovascular death in black patients

Combined therapeutic approach of stenting and photodynamic therapy improves survival in late stage liver cancer patients

Life gets longer but only for the educated

Personal counseling and web-based strategies show modest success for sustaining weight loss

New study proves Neoteric's BloodTrack increases hospital efficiency

Low dose inhaled corticosteroids improve lung function in mild asthma patients

Recurrent low-grade carcinoma of the ovary less responsive to chemo than more common ovarian cancers

Novel brain cancer drug HhAntag for children may damage bones

Post-stroke clot-busting therapy beneficial for patients on aspirin

Survival rates for patients for with non-Hodgkin lymphoma improved over past decade

Long-term effects of synthetic progestins cause for concern

Offspring of parents who both have Alzheimer's disease may be more likely to develop the illness

Nasal polyps from analgesics

Observational study of severe osteoporosis

Study aims to improve treatment for children born with heart defects

Low levels of PYY hormone indicate higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and obesity

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