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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...
17 Dec Celebrity Illness Drives Online Search: Robin Williams Effect
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Francesco Brigo, MD Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences. Section of Clinical Neurology. University of Verona. Division of Neurology, “Franz Tappeiner” Hospital. Merano (BZ), Italy Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Brigo: Millions of people surf the Internet...14 Dec Breast Cancer: CYP2D6 Remains Important Biomarker of Tamoxifen Effectiveness
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Matthew P. Goetz, MD Associate Professor of Pncology Mayo Clinic Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Goetz: There has been conflicting data with regard to the importance of metabolism as measured by CYP2D6 genetic variation. Two large...13 Dec Supplement May Reduce Cardiovascular Risks Linked to NSAIDS
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Jane A. Mitchell National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College, London, UK Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Mitchell: Anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) work by inhibiting the enzyme COX-2. COX-2 selective anti-inflammatory drugs, like Vioxx, were introduced to reduce...11 Dec Anticoagulation in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Anders Nissen Bonde MBs Department of Cardiology Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Gentofte, Denmark Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Patients with severe chronic kidney disease have been excluded from randomized trials of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation.They represent...09 Dec Ferric Citrate – Auryxia™ – Demonstrates Safety and Cost Savings in Dialysis Patients
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Julia Lewis, MD, Lead Investigator Nephrologist and Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Lewis: The 48-week Open Label Extension (OLE) study for Auryxia™ (ferric citrate) was conducted to determine long...04 Dec Antacid Medications May Improve Head/Neck Cancer Survival
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Silvana Papagerakis M.S., M.D., Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Director, Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Laboratory, Ann Arbor MI MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Papagerakis: We had suspicions that these...02 Dec Statin Use Linked to Cataract Risk
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: B. John Mancini, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACC Professor of Medicine; University of British Columbia; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology; Research Director, Division of Cardiology; Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Core Laboratory (CIRCL); President, Vancouver Hospital Medical, Dental and Allied Staff; Staff Cardiologist, VH Cardiology Clinics and Cardiac...28 Nov Cancer Survival Varies Widely By Country and Cancer Type
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Claudia Allemani PhD FHEA MFPH Senior Lecturer in Cancer Epidemiology Cancer Research UK Cancer Survival Group Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London UK Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Dr. Allemani: Worldwide data for cancer survival...28 Nov Herpes Zoster Risk Slightly Increased in Patients Taking Biologics
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Norman Putzki, MD PhD Global Program Medical Director Neuroscience Development Franchise Novartis Pharma AG Basel, Switzerland Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Putzki: Herpes zoster (HZ) infections are increasingly reported in patients taking multiple sclerosis (MS) disease...
25 Nov Bleeding and Ischemic Events Following Bare Metal vs Drug Eluting Stents
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dean J. Kereiakes, MD FACC, FSCAI The Lindner Research Center The Christ Hospital Health Network Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Dr. Kereiakes: Bare metal stents (BMS) are a commonly used alternative to drug eluting stents (DES) particularly for patients presenting...