Archive: 21/01/2014
Biomarkers in blood show potential as early detection method of pancreatic cancer
Researchers have identified diagnostic microRNA panels in whole blood that had the ability to distinguish, to some degree, patients with and without pancreatic cancer, according to a study in the January 22/29 issue of JAMA. ...
Jan 21, 2014
Genetic counseling via telephone as effective as in-person counseling
Genetic counseling delivered over the telephone is as effective as face-to-face counseling, finds the largest randomized study to date comparing the two methods. The multi-center study, led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi ...
Jan 21, 2014
Study examines reasons for delay, denial of new drugs by FDA
Several potentially preventable deficiencies, including failure to select optimal drug doses and suitable outcome measures for a study, accounted for significant delays in the approval of new drugs by the Food and Drug Administration ...
Jan 21, 2014
Most high-risk cardiac devices in use today approved as modifications to previously-approved devices
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ensures that high-risk medical devices, such as implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and pacemakers, are safe and effective through its premarket approval (PMA) pathway, during which ...
Jan 21, 2014
Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of peripheral artery disease
A multicenter study that previously reported a reduction in heart attack and stroke with a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or with nuts now also reports a lower risk of peripheral artery disease, ...
Jan 21, 2014
Cochrane review of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treating uncomplicated malaria
'Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is more effective than artemether-lumefantrine, and has fewer side effects than artesunate-mefloquine' concludes a systematic review published by the Cochrane Infectious Disease Group, hosted ...
Jan 21, 2014
Study: 'Icy' technique improves robotic kidney transplants
A collaboration of surgeons at Henry Ford Hospital and Medanta Hospital in India successfully transplanted kidneys into 50 recipients using an innovative robot-assisted procedure in which the organ is cooled with sterile ...
Jan 21, 2014