NicOx
S.A. (Euronext Paris: COX) announced that a new analysis of the data
from the 104 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) study for
naproxcinod was presented yesterday at the American Heart Association
Scientific Sessions 2008, in New Orleans, USA. This Click here to read more.. »
Pregnant women who are stressed, particularly late in pregnancy, have an increased risk of their child going on to develop asthma. So finds a British study conducted on a cohort of over 5,800 families and presented in Berlin at the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Very anxious pregnant women are 65% more likely to have a child who later develops asthma than mothers with a lower level of anxiety. Click here to read more.. »
REGiMMUNE Corporation, a privately held biopharmaceutical company
focused on developing technologies and products for immune disorders,
today announced that it has received two separate grants totaling
more than $12 million from the Japan Science and Technology Agency
(JST) and from National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NIBIO).
Under terms Click here to read more.. »
Ute Lawrence is a survivor of one of the most horrific car pile-ups in Canadian history, involving 87 vehicles and killing eight people. The trauma changed her life, bringing personal distress and the end of her 22-years as a magazine publisher. She is the CEO and founder of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Association, the author of "The Power of Trauma" Click here to read more.. »
Depression can cause diabetes patients to suffer from higher glucose levels over time compared to those who are not depressed, finds a study of older veterans with the disease.
"Our study shows that depression is a major and important comorbidity in people with type 2 diabetes," said study co-author Leonard Egede, M.D., from the Center for Health Disparities Research at the Medical University Click here to read more.. »
Obese teenagers are much more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome - which
can lead to heart disease - if they live in Brazil than Italy, according to a study in the
October issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Researchers from the two countries looked at more than 500 obese teenage boys
and girls to see if there was any difference in metabolic syndrome, an increasing
worldwide problem where fat deposits Click here to read more.. »
