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• BIOLASE Launches Software Upgrade For First Generation WaterlaseTM Dental Laser Systems

  Found on Dentistry News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 2:00pm CEST

  BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLTI), the world's leading dental laser company, today announced the global launch of a new software upgrade that includes innovations designed to extend the capabilities and useful life of installed first generation Waterlase™ hard and soft tissue dental laser systems....

• ViRexx Announces Encouraging Results From Its Lead ChimigenTM Therapeutic Vaccine Candidate For Treating Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infections

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 1:00pm CEST

  ViRexx Medical Corp. (TSX:VIR) (AMEX:REX), company focused on developing innovative-targeted therapeutic products that offer better quality of life and a renewed hope for living....

• New Treatment Guidelines For Seasonal Allergies Released

  Found on Allergy News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 12:00pm CEST

  New guidelines for diagnosing and treating allergic rhinitis were released this month, just in time for the crush of fall allergy sufferers seeking relief from their allergist/immunologists. The diagnosis and management of rhinitis: An updated practice parameter is featured in the August edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical ...

• Tip Of The Week - Credit Crunchy Veg

  Found on Cardiology News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 12:00pm CEST

  The credit crunch may be taking its toll, but even if you're feeling the pinch, don't get out of heart healthy habits - a vegetable-rich diet doesn't have to be expensive. There are many ways for you and your family to get your five-a-day without going over-budget - here are ...

• Funding For Clinical Trials For New Probe To Detect Skin Cancer

  Found on Dermatology News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 12:00pm CEST

  Assistant Professor James Tunnell has been awarded a Phase II Early Career Award from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation to continue the development and testing of a device that uses light to detect skin cancer without the need for an invasive biopsy procedure. The $260,000 grant will support Tunnell's work ...

• Survivors Of 1918 Flu Pandemic Protected With A Lifetime Immunity To Virus

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:00am CEST

  New research has discovered that infection and natural exposure to the 1918 influenza virus made survivors immune to the disease for the remaining of their lives. Antibodies produced by cells isolated from these survivors served as an effective therapy to protect mice from the highly lethal 1918 infection. The study ...

• AbSorber's Test Identifies Patients With Increased Risk For Kidney Transplant Rejection

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:00am CEST

  LinkMed's (STO:LMED) portfolio company AbSorber recently received FDA approval in the U.S. for its patented transplantation test XM-ONE®. Now AbSorber has received further support for its transplantation test from a major clinical trial in which six well-reputed transplantation centers in the U.S. and Sweden participated....

• Limbs Saved By Menstrual Blood Stem Cells

  Found on Cardiology News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:00am CEST

  Cells obtained from menstrual blood, termed 'endometrial regenerative cells' (ERCs) are capable of restoring blood flow in an animal model of advanced peripheral artery disease. A study published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational Medicine demonstrates that when circulation-blocked mice were treated with ERC injections, circulation and functionality ...

• Olympic Medical Research Using GE Healthcare Technology Finds Enlarged Hearts Can Be Good Hearts

  Found on Cardiology News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:00am CEST

  GE Healthcare along with Olympic medical leaders announced at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, initial findings that recognize risks for sudden cardiac death and musculoskeletal injuries before they happen. The findings come from two Olympic athlete research studies conducted since the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games aimed at demonstrating that ...

• Higher Blood Pressure Risk In Teenagers Linked To Poor Or Insufficient Sleep

  Found on Cardiology News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 11:00am CEST

  US research reveals that teenagers who don't sleep enough or have poor quality sleep may be at higher risk of elevated blood pressure that could lead to cardiovascular disease in adulthood. The study is the first to examine links between high blood pressure and sleep quality in healthy adolescents. The ...

• New Clinical Guideline Helps Healthcare Professionals Take A Positive Step In Alcohol And Substance Use Prevention

  Found on Addiction News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 10:00am CEST

  In a significant step toward establishing screening for alcohol and other drug use as a standard medical practice, SBIRT Colorado (http://www.improvinghealthcolorado.org) has partnered with the Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative (CCGC) (http://www.coloradoguidelines.org/default....

• As Ragweed Season Peaks, Keep Allergy Symptoms In Check

  Found on Allergy News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 10:00am CEST

  Ragweed is a prolific pollen producer and the number one cause of seasonal allergy symptoms, but people who are allergic can takes steps to avoid the airborne culprits according to the American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (ACAAI). "About 25 percent of my patients have ragweed allergy, and I ...

• ASU's Biodesign Institute And ImmuneRegen Collaborate To Investigate Possible Enhancement Of Vaccine Against Norwalk Viruses

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:00am CEST

  ImmuneRegen® BioSciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IRBS), announced a collaborative relationship with the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, Ariz., to evaluate the effectiveness of ImmuneRegen's Viprovex® in boosting the immune response when used as an adjuvant in conjunction with unique ...

• Discovery Of What Drives The Development Of A Fatal Form Of Malaria: The Culprit, One's Own Immune System

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:00am CEST

  Platelets - those tiny, unassuming cells that cause blood to clot and scabs to form when you cut yourself - play an important early role in promoting cerebral malaria, an often lethal complication that occurs mostly in children. Affecting as many as half a billion people in tropical and subtropical ...

• Nationwide Study Of Landmark Sickle Cell Treatment

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:00am CEST

  Children's National Medical Center immunologist and blood and marrow transplant physician Naynesh Kamani, MD, will serve as the study co-chair for a new national clinical trial of unrelated donor marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants for severe sickle cell disease. Children's National will join more than 20 other medical institutions ...

• Dyax Announces DX-88 For Hereditary Angioedema Meets Primary And Secondary Endpoints In Phase 3 Trial (EDEMA4(R))

  Found on Cardiology News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:00am CEST

  Dyax Corp. (NASDAQ:DYAX) announced positive topline results from its second Phase 3, placebo-controlled trial, EDEMA4, for its lead product candidate DX-88 (ecallantide) for hereditary angioedema (HAE). The EDEMA4 trial, conducted under a Special Protocol Assessment granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), achieved statistically significant improvements in the ...

• Cocoa Flavanols Linked To Improved Brain Blood Flow

  Found on Alzheimer Dementia News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:00am CEST

  Cocoa flavanols, the unique compounds found naturally in cocoa, may increase blood flow to the brain, according to new research published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal. The researchers suggest that long-term improvements in brain blood flow could impact cognitive behavior, offering future potential for debilitating brain conditions including ...

• Queen's chemist designs new 'catch-and-tell' molecules

  Found on Infectious and Emerging Diseases. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 6:00am CEST

  (Queen's University Belfast) A Queen's University Belfast scientist, whose research is now used worldwide in blood analyzing equipment, has made another important discovery.Recently announced as the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sensors Award for 2008, Professor A. Prasanna de Silva, has created "intelligent" molecules....

• What's Next?

  Found on Diabetes Daily. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 5:09am CEST

  To be honest, I am rather sick of the side effects of metformin, which...make me sick to my stomach.  It's affecting me not just at home, but also at work.  I'm not sure I can control diabetes with just diet... ...

• Prevalence of IBD in a managed care organization in the USA

  Found on GastroHep.com News. Posted: August 19th, 2008, 2:00am CEST

  Researchers examine the incidence and prevalence of IBD in a Northern California managed care organization, reports this month's American Journal of Gastroenterology....