Teams of highly respected Alzheimer’s researchers failed to replicate what appeared to be breakthrough results for the treatment of this brain disease when they were published last year in the journal Science. Those results, presented online February 9, 2012, suggested that the drug bexarotene (marketed as Targretin®) could rapidly reverse the buildup of beta amyloid [...]
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Multiple Research Teams Unable to Confirm High-Profile Alzheimer’s Study
May 23rd, 2013 
John BuckLong-Term Benefit of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Difficult-to-Treat Patients with Depression
May 22nd, 2013 John BuckNew data released at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association show that the NeuroStar TMS Therapy System® induced statistically and clinically meaningful response and remission in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) during the acute phase of therapy, which were maintained through one year of treatment. Related Posts: May is Mental Health Awareness [...]
COPD Over-Diagnosed Among Uninsured Patients
May 22nd, 2013 John Buck
More than 40% of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the diagnostic “gold standard” for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. “While there have been many studies of the under-diagnosis of COPD, there has not been a US-based study that [...]
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No Comments »Pitt/UPMC Study IDs Potential Asthma Treatment
May 21st, 2013 John BuckAn experimental, lab-made molecule was able to stick to certain inflammatory proteins and reduce acute breathing problems among people with a type of moderate-to-severe asthma, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Their findings were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, coinciding with their presentation of the study [...]
Innovations & Technology: Report Suggests Neutral IV Connector is Safest
May 21st, 2013 John BuckResearch on different types of IV connectors led a Johns Hopkins cancer center to pilot a “neutral pressure” IV connector, according to a scientific presentation at the annual meeting of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). Since the Hopkins poster was presented at the ONS meeting, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has adopted the IV connector hospital-wide. [...]
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