http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have investigated the safety, efficacy and the maximum tolerated dose of pomalidomide for patients with multiple myeloma who have disease relapsed after treatments with other drugs, such as bortezomib and lenalidomide. This phase I clinical trial enrolled 38 patients, and pomalidomide provided a minimal or better response for 42 percent of the patients, a partial response or better for 21 percent, and a complete response for 3 percent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drug-survival-multiple-myeloma-relapse.html Cancer Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:00:10 EST news278222362 (HealthDay)—Four U.S. government-funded clinical trials will search for new therapies for Alzheimer's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-extensive-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:40:42 EST news277404035 (Medical Xpress)—The holidays can be a stressful time for parents of the six million children in the United States with food allergies.  With so many parties and gifts involving food, parents may worry that their children will come into contact with the very allergens they are so vigilant about avoiding year round.   http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-kids-food-allergies.html Immunology Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:00:02 EST news275845857 (AP)—The Food and Drug Administration says it will collaborate with medical device manufacturers on a public-private partnership designed to speed up the development of new medical technology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-pledges-med-tech.html Medications Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:19:56 EST news273755982 Researchers of the University of Oviedo have contributed to decipher the first epigenomes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Carlos López-Otín and two members of his team: Xose S. Puente and Víctor Quesada, researchers of the University Institute of Oncology of the Principality of Asturias (IUOPA), have taken part, together with researchers Elías Campo and Iñaki Martín-Subero, in a study published today inNature Genetics, which presents a new perspective in cancer research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-unravel-epigenomes-chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia.html Cancer Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:56:21 EST news270111326 While studying Parkinson's disease, an international research group made a discovery which can improve industrial protein synthesis for therapeutic use. They managed to understand a novel function of non-protein coding RNA: the protein synthesis activity of coding genes can be enhanced by the activity of the non-coding one called "antisense." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-non-coding-antisense-rna-protein-production.html Genetics Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:50:49 EST news269610593 An isolated outbreak of a deadly disease known as acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the summer of 2009, was probably caused by a novel virus scientists have never seen before. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-bas-congo-genetic-sleuthing-uncovers-deadly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:02:03 EST news267984105 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists can now turn on or off the enzymes responsible for processing starchy foods into sugars in the human digestive system, a finding they believe will allow them to better control those processes in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-scientists-sugars-diabetes-obesity.html Medical research Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:26:31 EST news267863091 The GENCODE Consortium expects the human genome has twice as many genes than previously thought, many of which might have a role in cellular control and could be important in human disease. This remarkable discovery comes from the GENCODE Consortium, which has done a painstaking and skilled review of available data on gene activity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-human-genome-thought.html Genetics Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:09:18 EST news266141350 Australian scientists said Thursday they had successfully implanted a "world first" bionic eye prototype, describing it as a major breakthrough for the visually impaired. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-australians-implant-world-bionic-eye.html Ophthalmology Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:07:23 EST news265518432 A nationwide consortium of scientists at 20 institutions, led by a principal faculty member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), has used stem cells to take a major step toward developing personalized medicine to treat Parkinson’s disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-personalized-medicine-closer-reality-stem.html Medical research Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:49:01 EST news261650897 A majority of Michigan oncology practices participating in a statewide consortium followed treatment guidelines for common cancers, but had gaps in managing symptoms and end-of-life care, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-michigan-cancer-guidelines-common-cancers.html Cancer Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:17:32 EST news253279015 Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at experienced medical centers had significant improvement in valve function as well as low mortality and stroke rates at 30 days, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session. The Scientific Session, the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, brings cardiovascular professionals together to further advances in the field. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-tavi-mortality-function-days.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:09:13 EST news251971746 (Medical Xpress) -- British scientists are to carry out the largest trial anywhere in the world of a gene therapy for cystic fibrosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-largest-gene-therapy-trial-cystic.html Medical research Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:35:02 EST news251105692 Despite 25 years of experience researching health systems, including writing over 30 books and 500 academic papers, Professor Martin McKee from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says he still can't understand the government's plan for the NHS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-nhs-reforms-senior-professor.html Health Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:51:29 EST news246081082 (Medical Xpress) -- National Jewish Health researchers and their colleagues in the COPDGene research consortium report that a computerized form of radiology, known as quantitative CT, can offer valuable prognostic information for patients and doctors beyond the standard breathing tests most commonly used to evaluate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-quantitative-ct-copd-patitients-exacerbations.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:30:01 EST news244801026 Ineffective group dynamics within research groups and research collaborations contribute to the unrealistic picture of the data generated in scientific research, according to Judith Rosmalen and Albertine Oldehinkel from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. In an Essay published in this week's PLoS Medicine, these researchers say: "We feel it is time for scientists to also critically evaluate their own role, and acknowledge that group dynamics within research groups and collaborations might contribute to the persistence of problematic scientific practices." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-ineffective-group-dynamics-role-poor.html Other Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:00:10 EST news243016672 Could a simple vitamin D pill better control people's asthma symptoms when taken with regularly inhaled steroids than the steroids alone? Northwestern Medicine researchers are testing that concept with a new trial for adults who have been diagnosed with asthma and are non-smokers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-trial-vitamin-d-pill-asthma.html Health Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:50:01 EST news232097653