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Remember to Wear Red February 3
February 2nd, 2012 
JMB 
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No Comments »Genetic Variation that Raises Risk of Serious Complication Linked to Osteoporosis Drugs
February 1st, 2012 JMB Researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions in patients who take bisphosphonates, a common class of osteoclastic inhibitors. The discovery paves the way for a genetic screening test to determine who can safely take these drugs. Oral [...]
Lungs Infected with Plague Bacteria Also Become Playgrounds for Other Microbes
January 31st, 2012 JMB Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until it’s too late for medical treatment. New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has opened a door to [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Lab, Long Term Care, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory Tags: Immunology, Microbiology, Plague Bacteria, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, William E. Goldman No Comments »RCPI Launches Landmark Immunotherapy Vaccine Trial
January 24th, 2012 JMB 
The Center for Immunotherapy at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has launched a phase I clinical research study of a dendritic cell vaccine designed to both eradicate cancer cells and prevent disease relapse. Developed at RPCI, the NY-ESO-1 dendritic cell vaccine will be manufactured in the Institute’s new Therapeutic Cell Production Facility using a unique [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Lab, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Products, Respiratory Tags: Dendritic Cell Vaccine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, RPCI No Comments »Impact of Peer Support Programs for Managing Diabetes, Avoiding Disease-Associated Disabilities
January 17th, 2012 JMB Edwin B. Fisher, PhD, global director of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Peers for Progress program, presented findings of a new study detailing the impact of peer support programs in helping people manage diabetes and avoid disease associated disabilities. Effective self-management of diabetes is difficult to sustain, but peer supporters — defined as non-professionals [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Home Care, Lab, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Tags: AAFP, Diabetes, Edwin B. Fisher, Peers for Progress No Comments »
