FDA Grant To Study An Emerging Health Issue For US Infants/Babies
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded the medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee a three-year, $1 million Orphan Products Development grant to study infantile hemangiomas — a vascular tumor of the skin or internal organs.The unique, interdisciplinary, and multi-institutional study is led by co-principal investigators Beth Drolet, M.D. [click link for full article]
Center For Education And Research On Therapeutics At University Of Pennsylvania Receives $4M Award
The University of Pennsylvania Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (Penn CERT) will receive $4 million over the next four years to continue and expand its work on improving the use of therapies for infections. [click link for full article]
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Dr. Barbara Soyster
Removal Of Uterus Increases Risk Of Urinary Incontinence
Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that hysterectomy a common operation involving the removal of the uterus greatly increases the risk of urinary incontinence. Their results, which come from a nationwide study, are presented in The Lancet. Hysterectomy is the most common gynaecological abdominal operation in the world. [click link for full article]
Study Points To A Possible Biomarker For Colon Cancer In People 50 And Under
An abnormality of chromosomes long associated with diseases of aging has, for the first time, been linked to colon cancer in people 50 years old and younger, an age group usually considered young for this disease. [click link for full article]
Daily health Tip: Daily Calcium Does Protect Bone
Study finds it reduces fracture rate for those over 50 Zzzzz: This new natural beverage can help you get the rest you need Senior Food Editor Elisa Bosley sits down with the CEO of Dreamerz at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim to learn more about its new product: an […]
Misdiagnosis Of Appendicitis In Pregnancy Increases Risk To Fetus
New research published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that pregnant women suspected of having appendicitis are often misdiagnosed and undergo unnecessary appendectomies (removal of the appendix) that can result in early delivery or loss of the fetus. [click link for full article]
Safest Way To Fight Colds And Flu? Ditch The OTC Meds
The recent withdrawal of over-the-counter cold medicines for children under 2 leaves many pediatricians and parents relieved, but the question remains: What should distressed parents do when their baby is sick on the eve of yet another flu season? “First and foremost, we want parents to know th [click link for full article]
New Single Research Contract Aims To Speed Up Contracting Process For Industry-sponsored Trials, UK
The Department of health introduces the new Contract Research Organisation model Clinical Trial Agreement (CRO mCTA). This replaces the many different contracts companies had to negotiate with individual hospital trusts. This new type of agreement marks another positive step to develop the NHS as a world-class environment for health research in the public interest. [click link for full article]
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November 4th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
[…] FDA Grant To Study An Emerging Health Issue For US Infants/Babies The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded the medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee a three-year, $1 million Orphan Products Development grant to study infantile hemangiomas — a vascular tumor of the skin or internal organs.The unique, interdisciplinary, and multi-institutional study is led by co-principal investigators Beth Drolet, M.D. [click link for full article] […] […]