Posted on February 4th, 2012 by Health News
In Europe, the number of seniors aged 70 and over will increase by 40% in the next 20 years, while those aged 80 and over will more than double. Health authorities and the medical community expect a corresponding increase in the number of people suffering costly and debilitating age-related chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, [...]
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Posted on December 13th, 2011 by Health News
Abbott and Reata Pharmaceuticals today announced that they have entered into a worldwide collaboration to jointly develop and commercialize Reata’s portfolio of second-generation oral antioxidant inflammation modulators.
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Posted on December 8th, 2011 by Health News
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — A program intended to ensure treatment adherence among hospitalized patients with chronic disease could also be beneficial for HIV-infected patients, given the complexity of their drug regimens, a researcher said here.
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Posted on November 12th, 2011 by Health News
Clinics in areas with high numbers of uninsured people help patients with chronic illnesses to affordably reach benchmarks in diabetes and hypertension. Medscape Medical News
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Posted on October 31st, 2011 by Health News
Forty-five per cent of Ontarians 65 years and older did not see a dentist in the last year, increasing their risk of chronic diseases and a reduced quality of life , a new study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital, Women’s College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) shows…
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Posted on October 11th, 2011 by Health News
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Palliative care programs are an increasingly common fixture in U.S. hospitals, but further growth is needed, according to a new report on medical care specially targeted to those with chronic diseases.
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Posted on October 7th, 2011 by Health News
(MedPage Today) — Differences in chronic disease prevalence among racial groups stem primarily from social and economic factors that correlate with race, not with skin color or other heritable traits, researchers said.
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Posted on September 23rd, 2011 by Health News
Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness, which often accompanies chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure, according to researchers in the Netherlands, who studied the effects of the drug on healthy volunteers.
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Posted on September 11th, 2011 by Health News
Among 13,894 women in the Nurses’ Health Study, investigators prospectively examined alcohol use assessed at midlife in relation to “successful ageing,” which was defined as survival to age 70 years, not having a major chronic disease (such as coronary disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes), and having no major cognitive impairment, physical impairment, or mental health problems…
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Posted on September 6th, 2011 by Health News
NOXXON Pharma today announced the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial for NOX-H94, the Company’s third compound to enter the clinic. NOX-H94 is a Spiegelmer designed to treat anemia of chronic disease by targeting the peptide hormone hepcidin, the key regulator of iron metabolism.
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