Hereditary Angioedema: Viewpoints From The Experts
Hereditary angioedema (HAE) can be difficult to accurately diagnose and equally difficult to effectively treat. To overcome the many obstacles to managing the care of patients with HAE, healthcare professionals must be aware of the most up-to-date clinical data regarding HAE diagnosis and treatment. To address the need for current education on HAE, Robert Michael Educational Institute LLC (RMEI) and Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) are jointly sponsoring a complimentary continuing education virtual lecture titled Hereditary Angioedema: Viewpoints From the Experts. This activity, which is supported by an educational grant from ViroPharma Incorporated, is accredited for physicians, pharmacists, and nurses.
Study Of Potential Rehab Following 'Mini Stroke'
Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) are often called "mini strokes " for good reasons -- the short-term symptoms can mimic a stroke and up to 10 percent of first-time sufferers often experience full-blown strokes within as little as 90 days. Despite the well-known statistics, no post-TIA regimen exists to help prevent future strokes -- but this might be changing. Indiana University researcher Marieke Van Puymbroeck discussed preliminary - and promising - findings that a modified version of cardiac rehabilitation was effective at addressing some of the risk factors for stroke in just six weeks. The most common risk factors for stroke -- hypertension, physical inactivity, elevated lipids and diabetes -- also are leading risk factors for heart disease.
IR Innovation The Focus Of Society Of Interventional Radiology Medical Advances, New Discoveries
Interventional radiologists - minimally invasive specialists - will share scientific advances and new discoveries in treating a host of diseases at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting March 13 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla. This year's meeting theme is "IR Innovation" - one that celebrates the remarkable inventiveness of interventional radiologists. More than 5, 000 physicians, scientists and allied health professionals are expected to attend this premier IR event. Hot topic main sessions include a look at practicing interventional radiology in extreme situations (wars, pandemics and natural catastrophes);
Venture Forum To Be Featured At Translational Regenerative Medicine Event
A spray-on skin product and an injectable cell therapy for heart attack patients are among 17 regenerative medicine technologies that will be showcased during the Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum, set for April 6-8 in Winston-Salem. Representatives from 17 startup biotech companies have been selected to present their technologies to a group of venture capitalists and companies including DeNovo Ventures, Excel Venture Management, InterSouth Partners, Livingston Securities, Proteus Ventures, and Quaker BioVentures. The forum is an annual event to convene the regenerative medicine community to focus on fulfilling the promise of regenerative medicine, including best practices and business models.
John Muir Health Offers Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
As part of John Muir Health's Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery program, a minimally invasive thymectomy - removal of the thymus gland - was successfully performed recently at the John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus. This procedure, designed to minimize trauma to patients, uses the latest generation da Vinci® Si Surgical System to help surgeons see vital anatomical structures more clearly and to perform a more precise operation. "The less invasive nature of the procedure offers a tremendous benefit for patients because they experience less pain and scarring, less risk of infection and blood loss, shortened hospital stays, and faster recovery, " said Murali Dharan, M.
An Electrifying Discovery: New Material To Harvest Electricity From Body Movements
Scientists are reporting an advance toward scavenging energy from walking, breathing, and other natural body movements to power electronic devices like cell phones and heart pacemakers. In a study in ACS' monthly journal, Nano Letters, they describe development of flexible, biocompatible rubber films for use in implantable or wearable energy harvesting systems. The material could be used, for instance, to harvest energy from the motion of the lungs during breathing and use it to run pacemakers without the need for batteries that must be surgically replaced every few years. Michael McAlpine and colleagues point out that popular hand-held consumer electronic devices are using smaller and smaller amounts of electricity.
New Report Documents Decade Of Efforts In Stroke
The American Stroke Association and other organizations have spent the last decade changing the care delivery system for stroke in the United States. Now the focus must include greater emphasis on prevention and recovery, according to a special report published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. The report, "Translating Evidence into Practice: A decade of efforts by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association to reduce death and disability from stroke, " documents the organization's essential contributions - successes and missteps - since its creation in 1998. "The American Stroke Association and its many partners spent the last decade methodically, thoughtfully and effectively changing the care delivery system for stroke in this country.
InfraReDx To Showcase LipiScan TM Coronary Imaging System For Identification Of Lipid Core Plaque At LUMEN 2010
InfraReDx, Inc., an innovative medical device company focused on developing novel diagnostic imaging technologies to accurately identify and characterize diseased intracoronary tissues, announced that the Company will be exhibiting at LUMEN 2010, the world's premier ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) meeting, to be held February 25-27, 2010 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. The 9th Annual LUMEN meeting is an educational symposium providing updates from world-renowned experts in key areas of interventional cardiology and vascular intervention. InfraReDx will be displaying its novel LipiScan™ Coronary Imaging System at booth #306 throughout the LUMEN meeting.
Polls: People Like Their Own Insurance But Want Reform, Heart Patients' Cost Worries
Two polls were released about American attitudes about health coverage and costs. Lancaster Online : "Most Americans who have health insurance are pleased with their coverage, a new national Franklin & Marshall College poll shows. But many of those same people are worried about those who can't afford insurance, and overwhelmingly believe the health care system needs to be reformed, according to a survey of 920 adults. ... The survey found that 75 percent of Americans who have insurance rate their coverage as good or very good - the same percentage who believe the health-care system is in need of reform. ... But they are divided over whether the proposals are good for the country.
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive LibiGel R Safety Data In Phase III Program
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPAX), announced additional positive safety data in its ongoing LibiGel Phase III clinical development program. For the second time, unblinded data have been reviewed by the independent DMC of the LibiGel Cardiovascular and Breast Cancer Safety Study. Based on this review, the DMC once again unanimously recommended continuation of the study as described in the FDA-agreed LibiGel safety study protocol, with no modifications. BioSante reported that the DMC reviewed all unblinded adverse events in the safety study including all "serious adverse events" and all "adverse cardiovascular and breast cancer events" in almost 1, 200 women-years of exposure.