Archive for the ‘Blood / Hematology’ Category
Monday, May 26th, 2008
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a new consumer publication, Your Guide to Coumadin®/Warfarin Therapy. This 20-page, easy-to-read patient brochure explains what patients should expect and watch out for while undergoing Coumadin®/warfarin therapy. ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
A paper in the latest issue of the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry shows how the manner in which blood is collected from patients for some blood tests alters the results of those tests when it comes to analysis. Clenching the fist during blood taking could land some patients in their ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that monitoring treatment adherence to AIDS therapy is a simple blood-free way to monitor risk of disease progression. The international study was published in the May issue of the journal PLoS Medicine."The current approach in the developing world, when ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Background: On Nov. 5, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. agreed to an FDA-requested marketing suspension of Trasylol, a drug used to control bleeding during heart surgery. At that time, preliminary results from a Canadian study suggested an increased risk for death compared to ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
"Desk-bound workers at double DVT risk," reads the headline in The Daily Telegraph. Workers who "sit at a desk for eight hours a day and spend more than three hours without stretching double their risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT)", the newspaper says. The newspaper story is based ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Glycomics Center have helped identify a specific carbohydrate structure that confers anti-inflammatory activity to a glycoprotein antibody that could lead to improved treatment of autoimmune diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. The study, reported in a recent edition of the journal Science, was ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
American actor Dennis Quaid went to Capitol Hill today, Wednesday, and told a panel of lawmakers at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about how his baby twins Thomas and Zoe nearly died when they were accidentally given a dose of the blood thinner heparin that was ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is proud to announce the 2008 recipients of its Trainee Research Awards. This year 40 medical students, undergraduates, and residents will each receive $4,000 to conduct research on blood and blood-related diseases through this program, which is designed to encourage the pursuit of research ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The 34th Annual Congress of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) closed its session on the afternoon of 2 April 2008, wrapping up a successful five day Congress with a range of activities, informational sessions, and workshops. This years Congress had a record number of 4,713 ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Individuals with hemophilia lack either factor VIII or factor IX, proteins crucial for the cascade of events that leads to blood clotting. Although individuals with hemophilia can be treated by intravenous infusion of the factor that they miss, over time, some individuals develop antibodies that prevent the infused factor from ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Contrary to the currently accepted model of T-cell development, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that juvenile cells on their way to becoming mature immune cells can develop into either T cells or other blood-cell types versus only being committed to the T-cell path. The ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
According to data presented today at the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Haematology (BSH), patients taking Revlimid® (lenalidomide) plus high dose dexamethasone for treatment of multiple myeloma experience a significant survival gain. On average, patients experienced nearly three extra years of life when treated with lenalidomide ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
FDA approval to proceed with the Gore REVISE (VasculaR AccEss ReVision with Viabahn® EndoproSthesis vs PercutanEous Transluminal Angioplasty) Study was announced today by W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore). The Gore REVISE Study is a randomized, multi-center clinical trial intended to establish efficacy and safety of the GORE VIABAHN® Endoprosthesis ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
A new blood test that can give an early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and distinguish between Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease could be launched this summer, reports Marina Murphy in SCI's Chemistry & Industry magazine.Manufacturer, Oklahoma-based proteomics company, Power3 Medical Products, said it plans to sell the test, NuroPro, which would ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.) on Wednesday requested that the fiscal year 2009 agriculture spending bill include language to require FDA to re-evaluate its policy preventing men who have sex with men from donating blood, Farr spokesperson Tom Mentzer said, CQ Today reports (Sternstein, CQ Today, 4/2). According to the FDA ...
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