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Specialized Medicine
new-hope-for-amyloidosis-patients-facing-organ-transplants-or-dealing-with-side-effects
 
Amyloidosis patients are expected to see some significant breakthroughs in treatment over the next three years, reducing side effects and possibly the need for organ transplants, research by healthcare market analysis specialist GlobalData has found. Amyloidosis occurs when a build-up of proteins forms an abnormally folded structure within the body's cells and tissues, which then forms an insoluble deposit in a particular organ. Although amyloidosis is a severe and life-threatening disease, the market currently lacks an approved therapy. The current therapeutic approaches towards amyloidosis are non-specific, invasive, often toxic and sometimes ineffective. The chemotherapeutic agents prescribed for the treatment of AL amyloidosis have poor safety profiles and sometimes cause patients to suffer more from side effects than the actual symptoms of the disease. Treatment with... read more


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physicians-opinions-vary-widely-on-health-care-reform When President Obama invited 150 doctors to discuss proposed health care reforms in 2009, two of the physicians in attendance offered radically different views of the proposed legislation. They were... read more


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the-comprehensive-neuoaids-center-at-temple-university-school-of-medicine-is-announcing-a-request-for-grant-applications-translational-research-in-neuroaids Junior faculty and more established investigators conducting novel research in NeuroAIDS are invited to apply for this 1 year grant. Awards will be made up to $20,000.00 and provide support for... read more


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gary-stein Gary Stein, graduate of the University of Vermont is returning home as co-Director of the Vermont Cancer Center and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry. Following graduate training at UVM in... read more


Specialized Medicine
grant-helps-build-neuroaids-research-capacity-at-temple-university-school-of-medicine The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded Temple University a five-year, $8.34 million grant to create a Comprehensive NeuroAIDS Core Center (CNAC) at the School of Medicine. The... read more


News
novel-evidence-links-pretreatment-fasting-glucose-to-slowed-cancer-progression PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (December 6, 2011) An increasing understanding of molecular pathways that regulate breast and colorectal cancer development and progression has produced new therapeutic agents,... read more


General Medicine
an-approach-of-memory-by-the-optics-of-medical-philosophy The memory system began to be studied in ancient philosophy and nowadays its research,basically,belongs to the cognitive neuroscience.At medical science is still,till today,unproven the mechanism... read more


Specialized Medicine
the-medea-syndrome-hypothesis-of-the-transfer-from-baby-to-fetus "Medea syndrome" refers to the complex picture of signs and symptoms that characterize the female parent that, in response to stress and / or conflict with her partner, discharges her aggression and... read more


Wellness and Dieting
women-and-weight-training When talking with women about fitness, I usually hear the following statements:” I do not want muscles like a man..! Or, " .... I do not do weights because then I look like a man!!!...and then they... read more
Grant helps build NeuroAIDS research capacity at Temple University...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded Temple...

The Medea syndrome hypothesis of the transfer from baby to fetus
"Medea syndrome" refers to the complex picture of signs and symptoms...

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General Medicine
The memory system began to be studied in ancient philosophy...

Specialized Medicine
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded...

Unconventional Medicine
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Healthcare Professions
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Pharmaceutic Sector
The CORONA study showed that chronic administration of...

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Dermatology &  Aesthetics
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Wellness and Dieting
When talking with women about fitness, I usually hear the...

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