Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 10, 2010

 

 Early stage study shows virus can destroy prostate cancer cells: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Tumor-Melting Virus vs. Prostate Cancer

Reference:

Oncolytic Viral Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Efficacy of Reovirus as a Biological Therapeutic

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 8, 2010

 

 Medication reduces effects of celiac disease : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Researchers take aim at digestive disorder

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 2, 2010

 

 Hospital patient index calculates risk of death and hospital readmission after discharge: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Simple Index Predicts Risk of Death, Hospital Readmission

Reference:

Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 1, 2010

 

 Disease-modifying drug reduces brain protein plaques in Alzheimer patients: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Neuroimaging technique shows potential of bapineuzumab treatment and might be useful in assessing other drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease

Reference:

11C-PiB PET assessment of change in fibrillar amyloid-β load in patients with Alzheimer’s disease treated with bapineuzumab: a phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending-dose study

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 17, 2010

 

 Bilingual babies: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Bilingual Babies: The Roots of Bilingualism in Newborns

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 9, 2010

 

 More studies will evaluate effectiveness of "Liberation" treatment for MS: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Centre to test for controversial condition linked to MS

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 5, 2010

 

 real-time closed-loop insulin pump: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Artificial pancreas hope for children with diabetes

Reference:

Manual closed-loop insulin delivery in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a phase 2 randomised crossover trial

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 4, 2010

 

 Stepping stone to understanding the cause of SIDS: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Chemical imbalance may explain crib death: study

Low Serotonin Eyed as Mechanism for SIDS

Reference:
Brainstem Serotonergic Deficiency in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 2, 2010

 

 Study reviews the drug interactions between cardiac medications and herbal products: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Hidden Dangers of Herbal Meds Reviewed

Reference:

Use of Herbal Products and Potential Interactions in Patients With Cardiovascular Diseases

Comment:

There is excellent web site that reviews the scientific evidence for the efficacy of herbal remedies from an independent assessment perspective. It also evaluates the quality and ingredients of many products in stores with respect to labelling accuracy and ingredient composition. The web site is consumerlab.com.

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 22, 2010

 

 Identification of the gene responsible for a new form of adult muscular dystrophy: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Identification of the gene responsible for a new form of adult muscular dystrophy

Reference:

Recessive Mutations in the Putative Calcium-Activated Chloride Channel Anoctamin 5 Cause Proximal LGMD2L and Distal MMD3 Muscular Dystrophies

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 7, 2010

 

 Alzheimer’s Treatments Worked Better When Combined, Study Says: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:
Alzheimer’s Treatments Worked Better When Combined, Study Says

Reference:

Modeling an Anti-Amyloid Combination Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 18, 2009

 

 New understanding how cannibis may affect brain chemistry: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

New study suggests cannabis use by teens damages brain worse than suspected

Reference:

Chronic exposure to cannabinoids during adolescence but not during adulthood impairs emotional behaviour and monoaminergic neurotransmission

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 14, 2009

 

 Drug combo boosts advanced HER-2 breast cancer survival: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Drug Combo boosts advanced breast cancer survival
Comment:
This approach to treatment applies only to HER-2 breast cancers that according to the article represents 1 in 4 breast cancers.

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 2, 2009

 

 New experimental technique may reduce bone marrow transplant rejections: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 27, 2009

 

 Vaccine implant destroys cancer tumours in mice: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Vaccine implant destroys cancer tumours in mice

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 24

 

 New mechanism for cause of Multiple Sclerosis hypothesized: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

MS group to fund research into ‘liberation procedure’

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 20, 2009

 

 Preliminary results for new Lupus medication: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 13, 2009

 

 Women and risk risk of swine flu: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

References:

Healthy women at high risk of severe swine flu: study

Related editorial from JAMA

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 6, 2009

 

 Genes research offers cancer treatment hope: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download