The following highlights efforts that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.
Austin, Texas: City officials this month will begin a series of forums, called the "Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Initiative," which seek to improve the quality of life among Hispanics, the Austin American-Statesman’s "Somos Austin" blog reports. Four community forums covering specific quality of life topics will be held Click here to read more.. »
Researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have linked higher levels of the hormone aldosterone to high blood pressure and blood vessel disease in African Americans. Aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal glands and causes salt retention by the kidneys.
The Click here to read more.. »
The Institute of Race Relations has published a new report on the devastating impact on family life of Britain’s anti-terrorist control order and detention policy. The report, entitled ‘Besieged in Britain’, has been written by journalist and author Victoria Brittain, co-author with Moazzam Begg of Enemy Combatant: a British Muslim’s journey to Guant??namo and back. Based on her meeting Click here to read more.. »
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, today announced it has initiated a second pivotal Phase 3 study of avanafil, its investigational new drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). Avanafil is a next-generation, fast-acting, selective, investigational oral phosphodiesterase Click here to read more.. »
Scientists in the United States say they have discovered a link between heart disease and erectile dysfunction - they say in some cases that risk is doubled.
The researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say they have found that men who experience erectile dysfunction between the ages of 40 and 49 are twice as likely to develop heart Click here to read more.. »
CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has successfully completed an early proof-of-concept phase Buy ultram without prescription II clinical trial of its Captisol-Enabled® budesonide/azelastine nasal spray for seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR). CyDex has an international PCT patent application pending for this combination nasal spray product.
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Click here to read more.. »
Berlin, 28-30 January, 2009: Acute severe hypertension is currently inadequately managed and its impact underestimated, agreed specialists in intensive care and cardiology at a multidisciplinary meeting on acute care, where a new European registry - EUROSTAT - was launched to collect data on the issue.
Fifty leading specialists in cardiology and intensive care from countries across Europe met at the meeting, Critical Care Innovation Global Perspective-2 Click here to read more.. »
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND) (the "Company" or "Ligand") announced positive preliminary results from the Phase IIb study for PS433540, the first-in-class Dual Acting Receptor Agonist (DARA) that targets the angiotensin and endothelin receptors.
The 261-patient, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled study evaluated safety and efficacy at three different Click here to read more.. »
The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund has awarded 20 Advocacy in Action grants totaling $100,000 to member organizations selected by a competitive application process to assist groups in forwarding advocacy locally.
"These grants offer our member organizations support as they work to advance our goal of eradicating breast cancer," said Fran Visco, president of Click here to read more.. »
Whilst losing a baby is distressing for parents, until now it has been less widely acknowledged that medical staff themselves can be affected by the losses experienced by their patients.
New research from the University of Leicester shows that staff working in obstetrics and gynaecology, caring for families experiencing loss, can also experience significant and clinical levels of distress.
Senior staff and those with significant Click here to read more.. »
