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20 May Are Statins Effective In Reducing COPD Flares?
MedicalResearch Interview with: Dr. Gerard J. Criner MD, FACP, FACCP Professor, Medicine Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit and Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit Co-Director, Center for Inflammation, Translational and Clinical Lung Research, Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Criner: The STATCOPE Trial...17 May SLE: BAFF Antagonist For Treatment of Severely Active Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Renee Martin Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 25801 Industrial Blvd, Suite B., Hayward, CA 94545, MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Martin: The PEARL-SC study identified many key elements that inform the further development of blisibimod for treatment of SLE: i. That patients with...16 May Atrial Fibrillation: Risk With Intense Exercise Varies by Age
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Nikola Drca Department of Cardiology at the Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Nikola Drca: We found that intense physical activity like leisure-time exercise of more than five hours per week at the age of 30...14 May Appendix Tumors Demonstrate All Cancers Are Not the Same
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Gregory J. Tsongalis, PhD, HCLD, CC, FNACB Professor of Pathology Director, Molecular Pathology Co-Director, Translational Research Program Department of Pathology Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and The Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Lebanon, NH 03756 MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study?...13 May Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Impact On Medicare Rating for Heart Failure
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Alex Blum, MD MPH FAAP Chief Medical Officer Evergreen Health, Baltimore MD 21211 MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Blum: Accounting for the social risk of patients using a measure of neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES), did not alter the hospital rankings for congestive heart failure (CHF) readmission...
12 May Chronic Hepatitis C: Clinical Outcome Tool
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Adriaan J van der Meer Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. J van der Meer: The main finding of our study is that the prognosis of patients with compensated HCV-induced advanced...03 May Prostate Cancer: Mathematical Model Defines Growth of Bone Metastases
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Arturo Araujo, PhD IMO Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, FL 33612 MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Araujo: Using in vivo approaches it is often challenging to study the multiple simultaneous interactions occurring at various time points in the setting of bone metastasis....29 Apr Recent Statin Users Likely to Eat More and Gain Weight
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Takehiro Sugiyama, MD, MSHS, PhD Project Director, Diabetes Policy Planning Office Management and Planning Bureau Fellow, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism National Center for Global Health and Medicine Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Sugiyama: In the US nationally...28 Apr Type 2 Diabetes: Telephone-Based Peer Support Improved Risk Factors
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Juliana C. N. Chan, MBChB MD FHKAM FRCP Professor Juliana Chan is Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, Director, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity and International Diabetes Federation Centre of Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital and Chief Executive Officer of Asia...24 Apr Diabetes: Nocturnal Hypoglycemia and Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmias
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Simon R. Heller Professor of Clinical Diabetes Department of Human Metabolism University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Prof. Heller: We explored the potential to hypoglycaemia to cause cardiac arrhythmias since we have previously shown that a low glucose...20 Apr Emotional Problems in Adolescents: Very Common, Most Brief
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. George Patton Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Patton: Although there has been wide acceptance that the teens are a time when...17 Apr Hepatitis C: Triple DAA Plus Ribavirin Highly Effective for Genotype 1 Infections
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jordan Feld MD MPH Toronto Western Hospital Liver Center University Health Network Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Feld: The SAPPHIRE 1 study was an international, large (631 patients) Phase 3 study of 3 direct acting antivirals...16 Apr Chronic Hepatitis C: RESTORE Study Results
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Christophe Moreno, MD, PhD Directeur clinique, clinique d’Hépatologie Service de Gastroentérologie Hépatopancréatologie et Oncologie Digestive MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Moreno: The RESTORE study is an open label, phase 3 study, evaluating Simeprevir in combination with PegIFN and ribavirin in genotype 4 Chronic...
13 Apr For Whiplash Treatment: Education and Advice As Good As Prolonged PT
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Zoe Michaleff PhD Student, Musculoskeletal Division The George Institute for Global Health Sydney NSW 2000 Australia MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Answer: Our study showed that a 30 minute advice session with two phone call follow ups was as effective for chronic whiplash...12 Apr Tooth Loss Associated with Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Ola Vedin University of Uppsala, Sweden MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Vedin: That self-reported tooth loss as a marker of periodontal disease is common in patients with established coronary heart disease and is associated with higher levels of LDL cholesterol,...11 Apr Heart Failure Treatment with Diuretic Spironolactone
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Marc A. Pfeffer, M.D., Ph.D. Dzau Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Cardiovascular Division Brigham and Women’s Hospital MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Pfeffer: We randomized 3445 patients with symptomatic heart failure and a left ventricular ejection fraction greater than or equal...10 Apr Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathology Starts 10-20 Years Before Diagnosis
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Dr. med. Piotr Lewczuk Head,Lab for Clinical Neurochemistry and Neurochemical Dementia Diagnostics, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 91054 Erlangen, Germany MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Prof. Dr. med. Piotr Lewczuk: In our study, we investigated the concentrations of four isoforms...09 Apr Aerobic Exercise May Increase Memory Performance
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Teresa Liu-Ambrose, PhD, PT Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Department of Physical Therapy Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute & University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Liu-Ambrose: With respect to dementia risk,...06 Apr Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: New Agent Effective Against EGFR TKI Resistant Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Heather Wakalee MD Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology) Stanford University Medical Center MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Wakalee: CO-1686, with the new hydrobromide formulation, has been active at multiple dose levels (500, 750 or 1000 mg orally twice daily). The...02 Apr Head & Neck Cancer: Biomarkers Predict Radiation Resistance
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jan Akervall, M.D., Ph.D. Co-director, Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Clinical Director of Beaumont’s BioBank MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Akervall: We identified biomarkers that can predict who will have an unfavorable response from radiation for head...30 Mar Diabetic Kidney Disease: Potential New Therapeutic Target Discovered
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Paolo Fiorina, MD PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, Harvard Medical School and Dr. Roberto Bassi Post-doctoral research fellow Nephrology Department at Children’s Hospital Boston. MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Fiorina: It is common knowledge that type 2 diabetes is...28 Mar New Statins Guidelines Will Prevent More Heart Attacks, Stroke But Treat More Who May Not Need Them
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Michael J. Pencina, PhD Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Director of Biostatistics Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham, NC 27710 MedicalResearch.com: What motivated your research? Dr. Pencina: After the new guidelines were issued last November, we were intrigued by the change in treatment philosophy from that based on...27 Mar Prostate Cancer: Likelihood of Death from Intermediate Risk Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Florence K. Keane, MD Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Harvard Medical School and Anthony V. D’Amico, MD, PhD Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study: Answer: Patients with unfavorable intermediate-risk prostate...27 Mar Low Back Pain: Most Common Cause of Global Disability
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Damian Hoy University of Queensland School of Population Health Herston, Australia MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Hoy: The study was part of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study, which was conducted by the University of Queensland, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins...
26 Mar Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Relevance of Androgen Receptor Expression
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Yun Gong, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Pathology, Unit 53 M D Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX 77030 MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Gong: Androgen receptor (AR) was positive in 39% of the inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) tumors, approximately one-third of estrogen...22 Mar Lung Cancer: Germline Mutation Predisposes Women Who Never Smoked
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Azi Gazdar, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center W. Ray Wallace Distinguished Chair in Molecular Oncology Research Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology, Pathology MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Gazdar: We describe the characteristics of lung cancers arising in subjects who inherited a...