Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 20, 2013
Old antipsychotic medication helps kill Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Now We Know Why Old Scizophrenia Medicine Works On Antibiotics-Resistant Bacteria
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 17, 2013
Experimental drug reverses of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer mouse model Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Scientists develop drug that may slow Alzheimer’s
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The neurotrophic compound J147 reverses cognitive impairment in aged Alzheimer’s disease mice
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 25, 2013
Focused-beam-ultrasound trial will investigate efficacy to treat early stage prostate cancer Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Clinical trial first for less invasive procedure to treat prostate cancer
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 15, 2013
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New Technique Holds Promise For The Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis And Cerebral Palsy
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 8, 2013
More research required to study hypothesis of autism-gastrointestinal disease link Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Researchers probe link between autism and gastrointestinal problems
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 22, 2013
Treating high blood pressure may reduce risk of Alzheimers for people with specific genetic marker Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
BP Control May Help Slow Alzheimer’s
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March , 2013
MS drug study: Beware drug company press releases that are used to report drug trial results, and of course it has favourable results Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Excellent Results For MS Drug “Plegridy”
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The results were presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 65th Annual Meeting. It is not published.
Further it compares the drug to placebo, a useless marker for clinicians. We want to know how it fares against other medication of a similar class at least and how it compares to other medication in use today. It also refers to relative and not absolute risk reduction.
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 15, 2013
New understanding of mechanism of brain disease in athletes coming up for discussion on Sunday House Call Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMadely Health Headlines Commentary for March 13, 2013
Study relating certain hormone levels to sex offender recidivism very preliminary Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Ottawa sexual behaviours clinic helps science understand re-offenders
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 12, 2013
Ottawa Hospital study to examine best means of treating binge eating disorders Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Ottawa Hospital tackling eating disorders
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March , 2013
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Nanoparticles Loaded With Bee Venom Kill HIV
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 7, 2013
Breath test for stomach cancer show promise as it moves into larger population clinical trials Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMadely Health Headlines Commentary for February , 2013
Genome study shows physiological basis for spectrum of mental illness Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Large genetic study paves way for new treatment of mental illness
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 25, 2013
Proof of concept study demonstrates that you can change pancreatic cells to produce insulin Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Reprogramming Alpha Cells To Fight Diabetes
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“Epigenomic plasticity enables human pancreatic α to β cell reprogramming”
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 23, 2013
Attacking B-cell lymphoma without chemotherapy using gold nanoparticle Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
New way to kill lymphoma without chemotherapy: Golden nanoparticle starves cancer cell to death
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S. Yang, M. G. Damiano, H. Zhang, S. Tripathy, A. J. Luthi, J. S. Rink, A. V. Ugolkov, A. T. K. Singh, S. S. Dave, L. I. Gordon, C. S. Thaxton. Biomimetic, synthetic HDL nanostructures for lymphoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1213657110
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 10, 2013
Government digging into Tamiflu stockpile to combat flu; unfortunately evidence that the drug works as purported by drug company is being questioned Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 16, 2012
Deleting the clock gene in mouse fat cells leads to obesity and normal eating schedule timing Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
When You Eat Is Just As Crucial As What You Eat
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Obesity in mice with adipocyte-specific deletion of clock component Arntl
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 14, 2012
Man with "locked-in" brain injury able to answer questions through functional MRI Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Doctors shocked as neuroscientist ‘talks’ with man in vegetative state
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 8, 2012
New cancer biomarker protein may lead to development of early detection and treatment Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
One test may ‘find many cancers’
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 16, 2012
Unpublished pharma data states it has Hep C treatment cure rate of 99 percent Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Abbott Labs rises on hepatitis C drug data
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This press release does not cite published studies. Nor do we know if there were negative outcomes in other clinical trials. THere is no obligation on the part of pharma to release details of stiudies that cast a negative outcome for their product.
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 4, 2012
Post heart attack stem cell treatment study to start in February 2013 Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Researchers poised to test stem cells for treating damaged hearts
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 3, 2012
Targeted chemotherapy for HER2 breast cancer patients shows good results in phase 3 study Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Breast cancer treatment targets tumours with few side effects
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Trastuzumab Emtansine for HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 21, 2012
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Largest cancer center in US launches major initiative to cure 8 forms of the disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 20, 2012
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Experimental MS drug shown to reduce relapses: studies
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Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of Oral BG-12 or Glatiramer in Multiple Sclerosis
Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of Oral BG-12 for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 2, 2012
Caffeine may help alleviate impaired movement in Parkinson's patients Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Caffeine May Help Treat Parkinson’s Disease
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 1, 2012
Science succeeding in turning HIV into a chronic disease: People living normal and long lives Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Science takes tiny steps toward a cure for AIDS
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 27, 2012
Shift work associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
More Evidence That Shift Work Might Raise Heart Risks
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 20, 2012
Prostate cancer surgery results no different from not doing the surgery: study Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Prostate Cancer Surgery Fails to Cut Death Rate in Study
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Radical Prostatectomy versus Observation for Localized Prostate Cancer
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 6, 2012
If over 65, Vitamin doses of 800 IU and above may prevent fractures Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Vitamin D in high doses may prevent fractures
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Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, Walter C. Willett, Endel J. Orav, Paul Lips, Pierre J. Meunier, Ronan A. Lyons, Leon Flicker, John Wark, Rebecca D. Jackson, Jane A. Cauley, Haakon E. Meyer, Michael Pfeifer, Kerrie M. Sanders, Hannes B. Stähelin, Robert Theiler, Bess Dawson-Hughes. A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention. New England Journal of Medicine, 2012; 367 (1): 40 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1109617
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 14, 2012
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Cold virus holds promise as cancer therapy: study
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Cell Carriage, Delivery, and Selective Replication of an Oncolytic Virus in Tumor in Patients
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 8, 2012
Phase one trial of Alzheimer's vaccine study demonstrates safety; efficacy studies to follow Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Alzheimer’s Vaccine Trial a Success
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 1, 2012
Early experimentation into restoring spinal cord function using rat model Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Rat Paralysis Rehab Method Holds Clues for Aiding Humans
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 23, 2012
Google algorithms help identify biomarker proteins for pancreatic cancer Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Google algorithm proves extremely useful in cancer study
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 15, 2012
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Fat hits your waistline fast, study says
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Physical Activity and Exercise in the Regulation of Human Adipose Tissue Physiology
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 8, 2012
Proposal for new approach to type 2 diabetes treatment needs further evaluation Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Type 2 diabetes treatment may put disease in remission
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 7, 2012
Genetic switch discovered that may help in development in treatment of stroke, heart disease, and cancer among others Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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U of O discovery offers hope for cancer, heart disease miracle drugs
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An oxygen-regulated switch in the protein synthesis machinery
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 3, 2012
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Gene Therapy Safe in Decade-Long HIV Study That May Widen Use
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Decade-Long Safety and Function of Retroviral-Modified Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 2, 2012
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 23, 2012
New insights into how hypnosis may help alleviate pain and anxiety Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Medical Hypnosis: You Are Getting Very Healthy
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March , 2012
Personalized medical treatment taking first steps at Ottawa Heart Institute Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Study results give patient care boost
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 4, 2011
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Nobel winner used his own discovery in cancer fight
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 23, 2011
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Stem cell trial for eye condition to go ahead
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 1, 2011
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Canadian-made virus shows promise as cancer treatment
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Intravenous delivery of a multi-mechanistic cancer-targeted oncolytic poxvirus in humans
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 30, 2011
New drug in early trials can kill most types of viral infections Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
New drug could cure nearly any viral infection
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 5, 2011
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Scientists a step closer to Hepatitis C vaccine
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Virus-Like Particles Pseudotyped for HCV Trigger Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 14, 2011
Newly identified sunburn-mediated protein offers new insight into pain management research Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Sunburn Pain Discovery Could Benefit Inflammation Conditions
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CXCL5 Mediates UVB Irradiation-Induced Pain.”
John M. Dawes, Margarita Calvo1, James R. Perkins, Kathryn J. Paterson, Hannes Kiesewetter, Carl Hobbs, Timothy K. Y. Kaan, Christine Orengo, David L. H. Bennett, Stephen B. McMahon.
Sci Transl Med 6 July 2011: Vol. 3, Issue 90, p. 90ra60
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 11, 2011
Universal flu vaccine for prevention and treatment to enter human trials Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSource:
Discovery of Natural Antibody Brings a Universal Flu Vaccine a Step Closer
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A Highly Conserved Neutralizing Epitope on Group 2 Influenza A Viruses
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 8, 2011
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Stem cell breakthrough raises hope of ending hunt for bone marrow
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Isolation of Single Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells Capable of Long-Term Multilineage Engraftment
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 5, 2011
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Evidence “increasingly against” phone cancer risk
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Mobile phones ‘unlikely to cause brain tumours’
Mobile Phones, Brain Tumours and the Interphone Study: Where Are We Now?
