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27 Jan Black Patients With Lupus Nephritis Have Greater Cardiovascular Mortality
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Medical Research Interview Dr Gomez-Puerta MD, PhD, MPH Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Gomez-Puerta: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology which...
27 Jan Leg Cramps Peak in Summer, Dip in Winter
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Scott R. Garrison MD PhD Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine Director, Pragmatic Trials Collaborative Faculty of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Garrison: Nocturnal leg cramps (also called rest cramps) are painful muscle...26 Jan Anticholinergic Medications May Increase Dementia Risk
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Shelly L. Gray, PharmD, MS Professor of Pharmacy School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Gray: Many medications have anticholinergic effects such as those used to treat overactive bladder, seasonal allergies, and depression. The...26 Jan Lupron May Preserve Some Cognitive Function in Women With Alzheimer’s Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Craig S. Atwood Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Richard L. Bowen, M.D. Private Practice, Charleston, SC Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Response: Currently, there is no treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that halts or slows its progression. Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative...25 Jan Novel Compound May Shut Down Pancreatic and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Patrick Griffin PhD Professor and Chairman Department of Molecular Therapeutics Director of the Translational Research Institute Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Griffin: We identified a novel synthetic compound known as SR1848 that...23 Jan First Trial of PTSD Treatment in Psychosis
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: David P.G. van den Berg PhD student Clinical Psychologist Cognitive behavioural therapist Parnassia Psychiatric Institute Early Detection and Intervention Team (EDIT) Zoutkeetsingel, The Netherlands Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The last decade it has become clear that many people...22 Jan HIV: Zoster Risk May Rise Slightly In First 6 months of Treatment, Declines Overall
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Sophie Grabar, MD, PhD Unité de Biostatistique et Epidémiologie (Aile B2-5ieme étage) Groupe Hospitalier Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu PARIS Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Dr. Grabar: We took advantage of a large cohort, the French Hospital on HIV-ANRS CO4 cohort, of more than...20 Jan Could H pylori Be Protective Against Multiple Sclerosis?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Allan G Kermode MBBS MD FRACP FRCP Clinical Professor of Neuroimmunology, Murdoch University Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Western Australia Head, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology SCGH Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth WA Australia Institute...20 Jan Preventive Antibiotics Did Not Improve Stroke Outcomes But Reduced Infections
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. dr. Diederik van de Beek Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam The Netherlands MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. van de Beek: In adults with acute stroke, infections occur commonly and are associated with an...18 Jan Mortality Risks High In Elderly Patients After Carotid Artery Stenting
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Soko Setoguchi, MD DrPH Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health Director of Safety and Outcome Research in Cardiology Associate Physician in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Brigham and Women’s Hospital Medical Research: What is the background for this study?...16 Jan Link Between Inflammation and Breast Cancer Explored
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Jorge Morales-Montor Departamento de Inmunología Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México City México MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? Dr. Morales-Montor: Cytokines are highly inducible, secretory proteins that mediate intercellular communication in the immune system. They are grouped in several...14 Jan Melanoma: BRAF Inhibition May Switch Cancer Cells To Become More Metastatic
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Keiran Smalley, PhD. Scientific Director, The Comprehensive Melanoma Research Center Associate Professor The Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Smalley: Although many patients with BRAF mutant melanoma respond very...13 Jan Twist1 Necessary For Squamous Cell Tumor Formation and Progression
MedicalResearch.com Interview with : Cédric Blanpain, MD, PhD Professor of Stem Cell and Developmental Biology WELBIO, Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRIBHM) Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium MedicalResearch.com : What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Blanpain: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) represents the second most frequent skin cancer...13 Jan Highly Sensitive Troponins Improve ER Diagnosis of Heart Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: James Louis Januzzi, Jr, MD, FACC, FESC Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, 02114. Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Januzzi: Evaluation for suspected...12 Jan Nanomedicine Platform Uses Fluorescence Imaging To Seek and Destroy Cancer Cells
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Oleh Taratula, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-3507 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Taratula: Our research group is focused on the development of novel...08 Jan Coronary Heart Disease: Bypass Surgery Has Better Outcomes But At Higher Costs Than Stents
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Zugui Zhang PhD Value Institute, Christiana Care Health System Newark, Delaware MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? Dr. Zhang: The strategies of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for revascularization have been compared in randomized clinical trials. Questions still remain concerning...06 Jan Black HIV Patients Have Greater Risk of Kidney Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Alison G Abraham PhD Associate Scientist Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Medical Research: What was the motivation for this study? Dr. Abraham: HIV-infected individuals are at higher risk for kidney dysfunction compared to the general population. Prior to effective antiretroviral therapy, very...05 Jan Adenocarcinoma of Lung May Spread Through Airways
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Joao R. Inacio, MD Cardiothoracic Radiologist Director Visiting Professor Program Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Ottawa Medical Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital Ottawa, ON Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Inacio: Lung cancer is the most common and...02 Jan Time Means Brain! Fast Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke Improves Recovery
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Diederik Dippel MD, PhD Senior Consultant in Neurology Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam The Netherlands Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Dippel: MR CLEAN is the first randomized clinical trial to show that intra-arterial treatment of ischemic stroke to...02 Jan Hypertension Medication May Enhance Tuberculosis Treatment
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Shashank Gupta, Ph.D. Center for Tuberculosis Research Department of Medicine, JHU, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Gupta: Verapamil is an efflux pump inhibitor drug that has been used to treat hypertension and other cardiac...30 Dec High Maintenance Dose Clopidogrel After PCI May Reduce Adverse Events
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Yan Liang, MD, PHD on behalf of co-authors Emergency and Intensive Care Center, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China Medical Research: What is the background for this study?...29 Dec Endoscopic Imaging System Sees and Treats Tumors
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Ulas Sunar, Ph.D. Research Assistant Prof. Dept of Biomedical Engineering SUNY-University at Buffalo Medical Research: What is the background for this device? What are the main implications? Dr. Sunar: Most of ovarian cancer cases are not diagnosed until after the disease has spread in the abdominal cavity....28 Dec Increased Risk Of Leukemia After Breast Cancer Treatment
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Judy Karp, Dr. Antonio Wolff and Dr. Kala Visvanathan Breast Cancer Program Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Baltimore, MD 21287 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The background for this study was the clinical observation from...
23 Dec New Compound May Suppress Resistant Herpes Simplex
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Professors Lynda A. Morrison, Ph.D. and John E. Tavis, Ph.D. Dept. of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Saint Louis University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 63104 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: A number of viruses use enzymes...22 Dec Daily Weighing May Promote More Weight Loss
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Elina Helander, PhD Personal Health Informatics Department of Signal Processing Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Helander: Frequent or at least regular self-weighing is a part of behavioral therapy in many weight...21 Dec ZUBSOLV® for Opioid Dependence: Trial Results Reported
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Erik Gunderson, M.D., FASAM Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and Department of Medicine University of Virginia Principal Investigator of the study Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The ISTART/006 study was a randomized, multicenter, non-inferiority...
20 Dec Men and Women Receive Different Blood Pressure Medications
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Charlotta Ljungman, MD, PhD Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Cardiology Gothenburg, Sweden Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Ljungman: The background of this study is the known differences between women and men regarding antihypertensive therapy. In studies both in Europe and...
20 Dec Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Tryptophan Degradation Pathway Promotes Metastatic Phenotypes
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Thomas Rogers PhD Candidate- Cancer Biology Graduate Program Laboratory of Jennifer Richer Department of Pathology University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus Laboratory of CU Cancer Center investigator, Jennifer Richer, PhD. Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Background: Survival while...