http://www.medicalnewsblog.info Medical News and Health News Blog Thu, 28 May 2009 13:10:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT) is this year's recipient of the National Minority Quality Forum's (NMQF) Booker T. Washington Award. This award is presented to a company or individual each year in recognition of its leadership in helping to eliminate health disparities and the recipient's outstanding contribution to the promotion of ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/28/medtronic-recognized-by-national-minority-quality-forum-for-leadership-in-reducing-health-disparities.html Asthma UK Northern Ireland is concerned that key omissions in the draft Service Framework for Respiratory Health and Wellbeing could hinder long-term improvements to the care and treatment of 182,000 people with asthma in Northern Ireland. Despite welcoming the framework, Asthma UK Northern Ireland is urging the Department of Health, Social ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/28/asthma-uk-northern-ireland-welcomes-draft-respiratory-service-framework-but-warns-of-key-omissions.html GenWay Biotech, Inc., a US-based diagnostic company which specializes in providing protein and antibody solutions, announced its partnership with AMDL, Inc., a US-based pharmaceutical company with major operations in China, regarding the distribution of AMDL's DR-70 (FDP) cancer test in both the United States and Canada. GenWay Biotech will be ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/18/genway-biotech-obtains-exclusive-rights-to-amdls-dr-70-cancer-test-in-us-and-canada.html Operating a computer by thought alone was unimaginable ten years ago, but this incredible feat is now possible. Financed by the ANR (the French national research agency) OpenViBE is the first French multi-partner project on brain-computer interfaces. With support from INRIA (the French national institute for research in computer science ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/18/the-first-french-software-program-enabling-action-through-thought-openvibe.html The first long-term study following a large number of chest pain patients who are screened with coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CTA) confirms that the test is a safe, effective way to rule out serious cardiovascular disease in patients who come to hospital emergency rooms with chest pain, according to new ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/18/efficacy-of-ct-scans-for-chest-pain-diagnosis-validated-by-long-term-study-results.html After comparing two patient cancer registries - one featuring transplant patients and the other the general population - researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that transplant patients experience worse outcomes from cancer. These results were published in the May 15, 2009, edition of the journal Transplantation, which is ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/18/worse-cancer-outcomes-for-transplant-patients-analysis-shows.html Combining two chemotherapy drugs with trastuzumab (Herceptin) to treat women who have metastatic HER2+ breast cancer may offer physicians another choice in their treatment options. At the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), researchers from the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida report that using a combination ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/18/triple-drug-combination-is-promising-option-to-treat-metastatic-her2-breast-cancer.html A medication that helps stop the growth of new blood vessels has produced dramatic benefits for some patients with aggressive thyroid cancer, research from Mayo Clinic indicates. At the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Mayo investigators report that cancer in about two-thirds of 37 patients with ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/18/drug-that-targets-vasculature-growth-attacks-aggressive-thyroid-cancer.html Dr. Jared Strote at the University of Washington Medical Center led a group that examined the medical records of nearly 900 patients subdued by the Seattle Police Department with a Taser over a six-year period. Less than one percent required hospital admission for an injury related to the restraint incident. ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/18/the-medical-consequences-of-police-use-of-force-during-restraint-two-studies.html It is well established that seat belts save lives. However, many pregnant women do not wear seat belts, for fear that the belt itself could injure the baby in a car crash. But is this actually the case? Does the seat belt put the baby at risk? A group of researchers ... http://www.medicalnewsblog.info/2009/05/18/chance-of-fetal-complications-following-accidents-not-increased-by-automobile-restraints.html