Aortoiliac and iliac aneurysms are known to be particularly difficult to treat due to the tortuous anatomy," said Dr. Cherrie Abraham of Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. "The control and stability of Cook's branch graft offers precise deployment. The capability

According to a previous study among a large patient population, the median survival time following diagnosis of a glioblastoma recurrence and treatment with conventional therapy (surgery, chemotherapy and radiation) is 6.2 months. The primary objective for the Nano-Cancer® therapy study

CellPort Technologies is a suite of proprietary in vitro test systems designed to provide definitive human prediction regarding interactions of drugs with a class of proteins called drug transporters. Drug transporters play a vital role in mediating drug disposition throughout

Carolyn Logan, President and CEO of Salix, commented that, "Zydis® fast dissolve was selected for Metozolv™ ODT because this innovative formulation of metoclopramide can be taken without water but still disperse rapidly in the oral cavity, potentially making it more

On November 13, the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies will present the lecture "From a Neuroscience of Pain to a Neuroethics of Care" by Prof. James Giordano, internationally known for his work on the

After rigorous pre-clinical and clinical evaluation of the product, BioMimetic is now ready to introduce this novel, implantable biologic to the marketplace," commented Dr. Samuel E. Lynch, president and chief executive officer of BioMimetic. "In the Canadian clinical study, we

The NHS has made great progress in caring for babies with the lowest infant mortality rates and NHS neonatal services now care for over 60,000 babies a year.

In the phase II study, which enrolled 161 treatment-naïve genotype 1 patients, rates of SVR (defined as undetectable HCV RNA at 24 weeks after completion of treatment) ranged from 81 to 85 percent in patients treated with the every 8

British-based Imperial Tobacco acquired the Davidoff cigarette brand in 2006 and has exploited the weak law in Switzerland which still allows events to be sponsored by tobacco companies, although tobacco advertising on television is banned. However, the televising of the

The opening of this emergency center will help to save lives in Dar es Salaam and across the region, and will lead to fundamental differences in emergency care training in the future," said President Kikwete. "We are grateful for this

The survey of patients was based on four case study areas across England.

The following is an AMCP staff summary of some of the key provisions of interest to the Academy.

Clinical trials have shown that entecavir is an effective and safe treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis B who have not previously been treated with a nucleoside analogue, but the long-term efficacy has not previously been reported. Italian researchers followed

At the opening of a conference in Dhaka on Achieving Child Wellbeing and Equity in South Asia, UNICEF urged leaders of the region to seek new ways of addressing child poverty by addressing deprivation of children's seven basic needs: food,

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) both gave evidence to the Associate Parliamentary Group on Animal Welfare (APGAW) inquiry into the serious diseases and health problems suffered by pedigree dogs. The report 'A Healthier

Why would VTE prevention merit a Call to Action? The answer lies in the rather staggering, but still imprecise, statistics about the epidemiology of VTE. Pulmonary embolism is now believed to be the foremost preventable cause of in-hospital mortality, as

As described in the Journal of Urology , Predictive's novel CIDD approach was applied to optimize assay cutoffs for a non-invasive bladder cancer assay, using urinary matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as biomarkers. Researchers analyzed urine samples from 530 patients, including 84

The Christian Science Monitor looks at one idea about why hunger is receiving a lot of attention in the international arena.

Pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer on Tuesday formally launched ViiV Healthcare, a company focused on the development of new HIV treatments, Dow Jones Newswires/SmartMoney.com reports (11/3).

Information Week reports that the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a rule to "beef up penalties for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA)." But the rule has generated complaints from a bipartisan group