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10 Sep Diabetes: Stroke and Measure of Kidney Function, GFR
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Yongjun Wang, MD Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Answer: Our study demonstrated that reduced eGFR was independently associated with all-cause mortality and other post-stroke outcomes in type 2 diabetic patients; stroke subtype...02 Sep Acute Pericarditis: Study of Colchicine for Treatment and Prevention
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Massimo Imazio, MD, FESC Dipartimento di Cardiologia/Cardiology Department Maria Vittoria Hospital-ASLTO2 via Cibrario 72 10141 Torino, Italy MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Imazio: In a multicenter, double-blind trial, eligible adults with acute pericarditis (idiopathic/viral, post-pericardiotomy syndromes and pericarditis related to a systemic...29 Aug Rheumatoid Arthritis: Are Two Drugs Better than One?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Janet E Pope Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine The University of Western Ontario, St Joseph’s Health Centre 268 Grosvenor Street, London, ON, Canada N6A 4V2 MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Pope: We performed a RCT of patients who were...26 Aug CRT-D: Cardiac Resynchronization plus Defibrillator – Predicting Who Does Best
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Pamela N Peterson MD Denver Health Medical Center, CO MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Answer: We assessed the outcomes of mortality, rehospitalization, and procedural complications among 24,169 patients in the NCDR-ICD Registry with left ventricular systolic dysfunction receiving a cardiac resynchronization...18 Aug Heart Failure: Spironolactone Affects African Americans Differently
MedicalResearch.com: Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine University of Wisconsin-Madison MedicalResearch.com What are the main findings of the study? Answer: We performed a post-hoc analysis of the RALES study to assess rates of hyperkalemia and hypokalemia among African American (AA) and non-AA study participants, and examined...16 Aug Mitral Valve Regurgitation from Flail Leaflets: Early Surgical Intervention May be Warranted
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Rakesh M. Suri MD, D.Phil. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota MedicalResearch.com: What might clinicians “take home” from this study? Answers: a. The contemporary outcomes of surgical correction of mitral regurgitation are excellent based upon results observed in this large multinational, multi-institutional study, Mitral valve surgery...
16 Aug HIV plus Hepatitis C : Marjuana Did Not Worsen Liver Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Marina Klein, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) Associate Professor of Medicine McGill University Health Centre Division of Infectious Diseases and Chronic Viral Illness Service 3650 Saint Urbain Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P4 Disease in HIV–Hepatitis C Coinfection: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis MedicalResearch.com: What...01 Aug Vulvar Cancer: Racial and Age Disparities
Hemodialysis.com Interview with:: Marcela G. del Carmen, M.D., M.P.H Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 9 E Boston, Massachusetts MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Answer: The study sample included 7,973 women, including 7,363 (92.3%) whites and 610...25 Jul TAp73, a molecular relative of p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein, gives tumor cells a growth advantage
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Xiaolu Yang, Ph.D. Professor of Cancer Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Yang: TAp73 is a structural homologue of the preeminent tumor suppressor p53, but its role in...24 Jul MS Progression: Cannabis Active Ingredient Ineffective
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Professor John Zajicek Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Clinical Trials & Health Research – Translational & Stratified Medicine (Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry) MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Prof. Zajicek: Our study investigated whether dronabinol (one of the major active ingredients...19 Jul Pre-Diabetes: Early Weight Loss Reduces Longer-Term Diabetes Risk
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Nisa M. Maruthur, MD, MHS Assistant Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology The Johns Hopkins University Early Response to Preventive Strategies in the Diabetes Prevention Program MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Maruther: For patients engaged in a lifestyle intervention to prevent diabetes, weight...15 Jul Blindness: Israel Dramatically Reduces New Cases
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Michael Belkin, MA, MD Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Ophthalmic Technologies Laboratory Goldschleger Eye Research Institute Tel Aviv University Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer 52621 Israel MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Belkin: Modern ophthalmic treatment, when freely available is able to reduce the...15 Jul Type 1 Diabetes and Respiratory Infections in Childhood
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Andreas Beyerlein, PhD Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany MedicalResearch.com What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Beyerlein: We identified respiratory infections in early childhood, especially in the first year of life, as a risk...09 Jul Diabetes in the Elderly: Indivualized Treatment with Vildagliptin (Glavus)
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr David Strain, MRCP MD Clinical senior lecturer and honorary consultant University of Exeter Medical School Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science Department of Diabetes and Vascular Research Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Exeter EX2 5AX MedicalResearch.com: What is the Background of the study? In early 2010...04 Jul Type 2 Diabetes: Validating a Renal Risk Score
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: C Raina Elley Associate Professor and General Practitioner, Acting Head, Dept General Practice & Primary Health Care, Faculty Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Answer: Type 2 Diabetes is the leading...04 Jul Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Biological vs Conventional Treatment and Work Loss
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jonas Eriksson, PhD-student Clinical Epidemiology Unit Karolinska Institutet, T2 171 76 STOCKHOLM Sweden Biological vs Conventional Combination Treatment and Work Loss in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis A Randomized Trial MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Answer: The main finding from this study is that in...20 Jun Multiple Islet Autoantibodies in Childhood Indicates Diabetic Destiny
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Ezio Bonifacio, Ph.D. Professor, Preclinical Stem Cells/Diabetes Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden Technische Universität Dresden MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Bonifacio: Children who develop multiple islet autoantibodies are destined to develop diabetes. Only a minority will be diabetes-free 15 years after...23 May Donated Kidneys May Serve as Scaffolding to Grow New Kidneys for Kidney Failure Patients
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MedicalResearch.com eInterview with Dr. Giuseppe Orlando, M.D., Ph.D. Instructor, General Surgery Specialty Areas: Transplant Urology, Kidney Transplantation, Pancreas Transplantation, Transplant Immunology, Transplant Immunosuppression, Transplant Surgery Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157. MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Orlando: Our study shows...
23 May Oxandrolone and Healing of Chronic Pressure Ulcers in Spinal Cord Injury
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MedicalResearch.com eInterview with Dr. William A. Bauman, MD Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development National Center of Excellence for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury Suite 7A-13, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468; MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the...
02 Apr Pathway-based personalized analysis of cancer
MedicalResearch.com Author Interview: Prof. Eytan Domany Department of Physics of Complex Systems and Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Prof. Domany: The findings are two-fold: methodological and clinical. A novel method was introduced for personalized analysis...30 Mar The subjective–objective mismatch in sleep perception among those with insomnia and sleep apnea
MedicalResearch.com Interview with Matt T. Bianchi MD PhD MMSc Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Director, Sleep Division Massachusetts General Hospital MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Bianchi: We showed that patients reporting symptoms of insomnia tend to under-estimate the amount of time they slept during overnight...20 Mar Short Telomere Length, Cancer Survival, and Cancer Risk in 47102 Individuals
MedicalResearch.com Interview with Stig E. Bojesen Staff specialist, MD, PhD, DMSci Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev Hospital DK-2730 Herlev Denmark MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Bojesen: The most interesting findings were the increased risk of early death after cancer by decreasing telomere...11 Jul Identifying risky behaviors: The key to HIV prevention
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HIV prevention must be better targeted, according to David Holtgrave from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US, and colleagues. Health care professionals need a more detailed analysis and understanding of the interplay between HIV risk behavior, access to treatment and treatment success among those living with...
15 Mar Study Suggests Link Between H. pylori Bacteria and Blood Sugar Control in Adult Type II Diabetes
Newswise — NEW YORK, March 14, 2012 – A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center reveals that the presence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria is associated with elevated levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), an important biomarker for blood glucose levels and diabetes. The association was even stronger in...09 Mar Researchers reveal ways to make personalized cancer therapies more cost effective
AURORA, Colo. — As scientists continue making breakthroughs in personalized cancer treatment, delivering those therapies in the most cost effective manner has become increasingly important. Now researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified new ways of doing just that, allowing more patients to benefit from this...09 Mar Study: Cancer of the Appendix is Different than Colon Cancer
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – March 7, 2012 – Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have demonstrated that cancer of the appendix is different than colon cancer, a distinction that could lead to more effective treatments for both diseases. The study by Edward A. Levine, M.D., professor of surgery and chief...08 Dec Low Risk Prostate Cancer: Panel endorses active monitoring
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An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health has concluded that many men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer should be closely monitored, permitting treatment to be delayed until warranted by disease progression. However, monitoring strategies—such as active surveillance—have not been uniformly studied and available data do...