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Diabetes Patients Taking Exenatide See Improvements In Glycemic, Weight Control

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Company, and Alkermes announced results from a 52-week open-label clinical study that showed the durable efficacy of exenatide once weekly, a long-acting release formulation of exenatide. Patients taking exenatide once weekly over the course of one year sustained a similar improvement in glucose control [A1C: -2.0%+/-0.08; fasting plasma glucose (FPG) [...]

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Advair Provides Benefits For African American Patients With Asthma

African American patients with asthma treated with Advair Diskus, a combination of the long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) salmeterol and the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) fluticasone propionate, had a lower rate of exacerbations when compared with patients who received treatment with the ICS Flovent Diskus (fluticasone propionate inhalation powder) alone, although the difference was not statistically significant. Patients [...]

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Fastest Ever Treatment For Cancer Patients

New figures published today show that cancer patients in Wales are receiving treatment faster than ever before. Statistics for the first quarter of 2008 show that 98 per cent of patients referred by their GP as urgent suspected cancer cases started treatment within two months. They also show that 99 per cent of patients referred [...]

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NeoRecormon Safe In Treating Anaemia In Cancer Patients

A new meta-analysis of all 12 prospective, randomised, controlled studies in 2,301 cancer patients shows that treating anaemia with NeoRecormon (epoetin beta) has no negative impact on survival, tumour progression or deaths caused by blood clots, when used within its approved indications. These encouraging results reported in the British Journal of Cancer, June 2008, showed [...]

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Golimumab Effective In Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis

Findings presented for the first time from a novel, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study showed that patients with moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were previously treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha agents, experienced significant improvements in signs and symptoms and physical function after receiving every four-week subcutaneous injections of golimumab (CNTO 148) 50 [...]

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Hip, Knee Replacement Patients Not Receiving Blood Clot Treatment

Hip and knee replacement surgery patients – who are often elderly – are at increased risk of developing potentially life-threatening thrombosis, or blood clots. Nevertheless, according to a study by Dr. Elham Rahme of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University, most patients in Quebec do not receive the [...]

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Giving Brain Aneurysm Patients New Hope

For 48-year-old William Taylor of Cordova, Ill., the long drive from the Quad Cities area to Rush University Medical Center in Chicago was worth the trip if it meant the possibility of keeping the brain aneurysms he has been suffering from for the past nine years from ballooning and growing any further. %26quot;I’ve traveled a [...]

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Avoiding Infections Helps Keep Cancer Patients Healthy

Infections are a major cause of illness and death in cancer patients, but simple steps and common sense can help keep patients healthy and improve their chances of a good recovery. An important first step is to reduce their risk of developing infections, which can be due to the cancer itself or to the therapy [...]

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Peptimmune Initiates Trial Of PI-2301 In Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Peptimmune, Inc. a privately held biotechnology company, announced that physicians have treated the first participant in a clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of PI-2301 in subjects with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SP-MS). PI-2301 is a novel peptide copolymer for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases. The Phase [...]

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Lack Of Diversity In Genetic Counselors Could Affect Patients

African-American, Hispanic or American Indian patients undergoing genetic testing are unlikely to encounter counselors of their ethnic backgrounds, according to a review appearing in the August issue of the Journal of Genetic Counseling. “Minorities are underrepresented in genetic counseling. It’s not a unique problem to genetics. We see it in health professions as a whole, [...]

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Radiation With Surgery Improves Survival For Head, Neck Cancer Patients

Adding radiation therapy to surgery significantly improves overall survival in patients diagnosed with node-positive head and neck cancer when compared to treating with surgery alone, according to a study in the June issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. Radiation therapy is [...]

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Bariatric Surgery Safe For Patients With A History Of Cancer

Weight-loss surgery is a safe option for patients with a history of cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the West Penn Bariatric Surgery Center, presented today at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS.) The study examined data on 1,500 patients who underwent bariatric surgery [...]

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