The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that inadvertent exposure to Evamist through skin contact with patients using this product has the potential for adverse effects in children and pets. Evamist contains estradiol, an estrogen hormone, and is used in women to reduce hot flashes during menopause. The drug is sprayed on the skin [ Read More ]
Archive for July, 2010
Studies Reveal Impact and Spread of CVBDs Worldwide Fascinating studies giving new insights into the spread of leishmaniosis in the UK and France, the appearance of new CVBDs in Germany, the state of heartworm infection in Korea and the neurological impact on humans of long-term bartonella infection from the USA are among the papers now [ Read More ]
A two-year study published today in Pediatrics by researchers affiliated with the US Food and Drug Administration states that more than 145,000 children and teens visit the emergency room for injuries and complications caused by medical devices. Contact lenses are the leading culprit. The study concludes that 34,000 or 1/4 of these ER visits are [ Read More ]
The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine announced it is seeking patients with cancer of the oropharynx (back of the mouth) to participate in a Phase I clinical trial. Subjects must be newly diagnosed and not have undergone any previous treatment. Further, their cancer must be unassociated with the human papilloma virus (HPV-negative), [ Read More ]
Westchester Medical Center Infectious disease specialists report an increase in the potentially severe tick-borne disease Babesiosis in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley over a ten year period Babesiosis, a rare and occasionally fatal tick-borne disease caused by microscopic parasites known as Babesia which infect red blood cells, is on the rise in the Lower Hudson [ Read More ]
One underlying cause that surprises many women during treatment for an eating disorder is the relationship an adolescent girl has with her mother, according to Catherine Weigel Foy, a family therapist at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, a leading eating disorder center. Young girls suffering with eating disorders often think the physical aspects of their [ Read More ]
Scientists at University of Texas Houston Medical School Identify Key Defect in Immune Response to HIV The Abzyme Research Foundation announces that Dr. Sudhir Paul, a scientist at University of Texas Houston Medical School, has identified an important immunological deficiency in HIV-infected patients and has created a promising HIV vaccine candidate that rectifies the deficiency. [ Read More ]
Residual “memory” of the tissue of origin makes it harder to turn them into other cell types Adult cells that have been reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) do not completely let go of their past, perhaps limiting their ability to function as a less controversial alternative to embryonic stem cells for basic [ Read More ]
A pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduced in the U.S. 10 years ago appears to reduce pneumonia and serious associated complications, such as blood infections, in the vaccine’s target range, children less than a year old, according to new research. However, pneumonia and associated complications, including a lung infection called empyema, increased in older children, the study [ Read More ]
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on “The Treatment of Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis.” This major joint in the shoulder — the ball and socket joint — is sometimes affected by osteoarthritis, causing pain, loss of function, and reduced quality of life. According to Rolando Izquierdo, [ Read More ]