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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Dr. David Kerr reports on an international alliance of doctors who will press world leaders at an upcoming UN Summit to take 10 steps toward the global control of noncommunicable diseases. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
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A global model of Alzheimer’s risk suggests reducing chronic disease risk factors may prevent millions of cases and possibly prevent the projected epidemic threatening to overwhelm economic resources. Medscape Medical News
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A new study examining the cost-effectiveness of drugs to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United States finds that the health gains from these drugs come at a very high cost compared to basic therapy to control the symptoms of MS and compared to treatments for other chronic diseases.
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Preventive supplementation with a natural form of vitamin E called tocotrienol could help reduce brain damage caused by strokes, researchers reported today at the 2nd International Conference on Tocotrienols and Chronic Diseases.
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As the nation seeks to expand health care coverage to more citizens without adding burdensome costs, researchers from Harvard University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and CVS Caremark reported that preventative health care may be significantly less costly than previously thought, due to expanded use of cost-effective generic medications for the treatment and prevention of chronic [...]
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Researchers investigating the foetal origins of chronic disease have discovered that combinations of a mother’s body size and the shape and size of her baby’s placenta can predict heart disease in men in later life. The research is published online today in the European Heart Journal[1]…
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Musculoskeletal conditions arise often in the presence of other chronic diseases. How can they be prevented? BMC Public Health
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In an effort to raise awareness for one of the most costly chronic diseases facing adults and children, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), together with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), will feature a two-day diabetes forum for the first time at its 2011 BIO International Convention. The Convention will take place June 27-30, [...]
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A woman in her 50s who has had a hysterectomy has much lower health risks when receiving estrogen-only replacement hormone therapy, compared to a woman in her 70s, whose has a higher risk of developing chronic disease, colorectal cancer, and even dying…
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