News tagged with c
New genetic risk factor for inflammation identified in African American women
African Americans have higher blood levels of a protein associated with increased heart-disease risk than European Americans, despite higher "good" HDL cholesterol and lower "bad" triglyceride levels. This contradictory observation ...
Genetics
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Bristol-Myers ends hepatitis C drug development
(AP)—Drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has scrapped a potential hepatitis C treatment after a patient participating in a test of the drug died of heart failure.
Medications
Aug 24, 2012 |
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Groundbreaking clinical trial looks at fecal transplant as treatment for C. difficile
For patients with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a persistent and potentially deadly bacterial illness, severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting are an everyday event. This particularly virulent infection is ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 21, 2012 |
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Prevalence of TB, hepatitis C, HIV high among homeless
(HealthDay) -- The global prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis C virus infection, and HIV is high among homeless people, although significant heterogeneity is seen in prevalence estimates, according to a ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 20, 2012 |
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Molecular and protein markers discovered for liver transplant failure from hepatitis C
Researchers have discovered molecular and protein signatures that predict rapid onset of liver damage in hepatitis C patients following a liver transplant. The markers appeared soon after transplant and well before clinical ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 16, 2012 |
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New CDC recommendations on hepatitis C screening
Without other risk factors, all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 should have a one-time screening for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) according to new recommendations being published early online today in Annals of Internal Me ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Resistance to dementia may run in the family
People who are free of dementia and have high levels of a protein that indicates the presence of inflammation have relatives who are more likely to avoid the disease as well, according to a new study published in the August ...
Neuroscience
Aug 15, 2012 |
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Major breakthrough in hepatitis C vaccine development
Researchers at the Burnet Institute have solved a hepatitis C vaccine mystery which, once developed could be the first ever preventative vaccine for the virus.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 15, 2012 |
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Mindfulness meditation reduces loneliness, benefits immune system
Many elderly people spend their last years alone. Spouses pass and children scatter. But being lonely is much more than a silent house and a lack of companionship. Over time, loneliness not only takes a toll on the psyche ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Height, weight and BMI changes seen in children treated with peginterferon alpha for hepatitis C
Follow-up research from the Pediatric Study of Hepatitis C (PEDS-C) trial reveals that children treated with peginterferon alpha (pegIFNα) for hepatitis C (HCV) display significant changes in height, weight, body mass ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 09, 2012 |
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Natural birth -- but not C-section -- triggers brain-boosting proteins
Vaginal birth triggers the expression of a protein in the brains of newborns that improves brain development and function in adulthood, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers, who ...
Neuroscience
Aug 08, 2012 |
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New ways viruses affect human immune response discovered
(Medical Xpress) -- New ways that viruses manipulate the human immune response have been revealed in a research paper just published in Nature involving TCD scientists. Dr Orla Mulhern and Professor Andrew Bowie, School of Bio ...
Immunology
Aug 03, 2012 |
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Hypertension ups retinopathy risk with HCV treatment
(HealthDay) -- For patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) treated with pegylated interferon alpha (PegIFNα) and ribavirin, retinopathy occurs frequently, especially in those with hypertension, according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 02, 2012 |
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Researchers pinpoint peptide that blocks hepatitis C virus entry
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) have identified a specific peptide that may block the entry of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) into the liver, representing ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Immune responses can be generated locally within human melanoma skin metastases
In many types of cancer, activated immune cells infiltrate the tumor and influence clinical outcome. It is not always clear where these cells are activated, but results reported in Cancer Research, a journal of the Americ ...
Cancer
Jul 31, 2012 |
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