‘Security and sovereignty’ behind UAE’s BlackBerry decision
There is a communication problem between the Middle East and Research in Motion (RIM) surrounding a device designed to enhance dialogue — the BlackBerry.
Researcher To Study Role Of Race In Breast Cancer
Christine Ambrosone, MD, Chair of Cancer Prevention and Control at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has received a grant for $165,000 from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to study the possible link between race and the possibility of being diagnosed with aggressive breast cancers. African-American women are more likely than European-Americans or Asians to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancers and to have poor survival rates. It is hypothesized that robust immune/inflammatory responses evolved among Africans in response to endemic infectious diseases such as malaria…
Book And Talking Therapy Helped Binge Eaters Cut Down, US Study
New research from the US found that reading a self-help book and 12 weeks of talking therapy helped binge eaters cut down for up to a year, and saved them money. Two studies on the research, by investigators from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Wesleyan University and Rutgers University, are due to be published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Affecting around 9 million Americans, or more than 3 per cent of the population, binge eating is the most common eating disorder in the US, yet there aren’t many ways to treat it…
Remote Psychotherapy
Obtaining therapy via teleconference is just as effective as face-to-face sessions, according to a new research by Stephane Guay, a psychiatry professor at the Universite de Montreal. “Previous studies have shown that phobia therapy via teleconferencing was just as efficient as face to face contact,” says Dr. Guay, who is also director of the Trauma Studies Centre at the Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital’s Fernand-Seguin Research Centre. “We wanted to see if the process could also be used for post-traumatic stress treatment…
Seeking ‘Next Generation’ Treatment For Breast Cancer
Many women live with breast cancer that does not respond to standard medical treatment, a condition that researchers at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare want to change by aggressively targeting specific genes. Improving quality of life and potentially keeping the cancer under control for a longer period of time are goals of a new clinical trial at the cancer center’s TGen Clinical Research Services, a partnership of Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)…
Study Explores Role Of Nutrition On Risk Of Dengue Virus Infection
A new study led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators disproves reports that well-fed children are more vulnerable to the dengue virus. Mosquitoes spread the virus, which can cause severe flu-like symptoms and sometimes lethal complications. Malnourished children are just as likely as their well-fed counterparts to develop life-threatening complications following repeated infections with the dengue virus, according to work from researchers at St. Jude and Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamin Bloom in El Salvador…
Actemra: 38% of rheumatologists have commenced treatment
BioTrends Research Group released topline findings from LaunchTrends®: ACTEMRA, Wave 1 today, highlighting the market uptake of the product at one month post launch. Actemra (tocilizumab), marketed by Roche-Genentech, is a new IL-6 inhibitor with monthly dosing by IV infusion. The study results are based on an on-line survey completed by 77 rheumatologists in late February.
NORD Calls FDA Action ‘An Important Advance For Patients’
Peter L. Saltonstall, president and CEO of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), said the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement that it has created a new position Associate Director for Rare Diseases in the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s (CDER) Office of New Drugs (OND) represents an important advance for patients with rare diseases…
Unexplained, sudden anemia: Brown recluse spider bite
As spring approaches and people return to outdoor activities, caution should be taken in areas of the country that are home to Loxosceles reclusa, also called the brown recluse spider. A new study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital found that when patients present with sudden anemia, but the cause is elusive, the brown recluse spider should be part of the differential diagnosis, at least in parts of the nation where the spider is regularly found.
Miami Symposium Honors Fidler For Metastasis Research
Isaiah J. Fidler, D.V.M, Ph.D., a pioneer in understanding how cancer spreads to other organs and then taps its new environment to thrive and grow, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Nature Publishing at the 2010 Miami Winter Symposium – Targeting Cancer Invasion and Metastasis. Fidler, a professor in The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Department of Cancer Biology and director of the Cancer Metastasis Research Center, was honored Monday, Feb. 22, and delivered an award lecture on the biology and therapy of metastasis…
Predicting The Progression Of Alzheimer’s
An assessment has been developed which reliably predicts future performance in cognition and activities of daily living for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy followed 597 patients over 15 years to identify factors associated with slow, intermediate and rapid progression. Professor Rachelle Doody worked with a team of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, US, to carry out the study…
U.S. trade body investigating Apple, RIM over patents
The US International Trade Commission said it will launch an investigation into whether Apple’s iPhone and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry infringe on a Kodak patent.
NRF and MOE fund support for SCELSE microbial biofilm research centre
The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced today the funding support for a Research Centre of Excellence (RCE) called the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) to be set up at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Dundee Leads Scotland In Launching New Cancer Research Centre
Dundee today (Thursday) becomes Scotland’s first link in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres that are being launched across the UK. The launch of the Dundee Centre coincides with World Cancer Day. These new cancer centres will draw together world class research and medical expertise to provide the best possible results for cancer patients nationwide. As the first centre in Scotland, the Dundee Cancer Research UK Centre will help set the pace for national and international progress in bowel, breast and skin cancer…
Caring For The Carers Of Those With Mental Illness, Australia
The University of Queensland has joined a consortium trialling a new support program for families caring for relatives with mental illness. The Manager of UQ’s Research Centre for Youth Substance Abuse, Dr Angela White, said families in this situation often experienced significant levels of emotional and practical stress, trauma, anxiety, disruption and strain. She said more family members were needed to take part in trialling the new program entitled “Family Connections” and funded by Rotary Health Australia…
