Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The Respect For Life - Wear an AIDS Red Ribbon

The AIDS red ribbon, stands for many things and not just the disease itself. In this writer's opinion the number one thing that the ribbon stands for is Respect. Respect for the many people that are helping to find ways to find a cure, the respect for those that are battling with the disease night and day, fighting for their life. Respect for the lives that have been lost and respect for the people and the lives that are still with us today.

Supraventricular Tachycardia In Cardiac Patients - FDA Approval Of Adenosine Injection USP, 3 Mg/mL

Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for Akorn's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Adenosine Injection USP, 3 mg/mL. Adenosine Injection is indicated for supraventricular tachycardia in cardiac patients. Annual sales for Adenosine Injection were approximately $22 million in 2007, according to IMS sales data. Arthur S. Read more ...

A novel chemical imaging approach could potentially improve understanding of atherosclerosis, the arterial disease that remains the primary cause of mortality in all developed countries. Imperial College scientists studied the precise composition of the fat-rich atherosclerotic lesions, which is of key importance in understanding the evolution of the disease. Read more ...

People who survive a heart attack face the greatest risk of dying from sudden cardiac death (SCD) during the first month after leaving the hospital, according to a long-term community study by Mayo Clinic researchers of nearly 3,000 heart attack survivors. Sudden cardiac death can happen when the heart's electrical system malfunctions; if treatment - cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation - does not happen fast, a person dies. Read more ...

Black and Hispanic women, particularly Hispanic women who prefer to speak Spanish, are more likely than white women to be dissatisfied or regret decisions made about their breast cancer treatment, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers, Reuters Health reports.

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A European and American study on a new synthetic drug found that it protected laboratory mice from diet-induced obesity and its potential consequences like glucose intolerance and insensitivity to insulin by activating an enzyme that promoted fat consumption and exercise endurance, leading to suggestions that it could be an important new weapon in the fight against obesity and diabetes. Read more ...

Sugar is naturally present in the blood in the form of glucose and is stored in the liver or adipose tissue (fat) thanks to the action of insulin. Glucose is stored or directly used to ensure satisfactory function of the heart, brain and so on according to the body's demands. Read more ...

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is contributing to the development of a vaccine that will have the potential to eradicate the large-scale outbreaks of group A meningitis that are commonplace in sub-Saharan Africa.

Several hundred million people in a number of African countries, collectively known as the meningitis-belt, are at risk from group A meningitis. The threat is ever present and there are major epidemics every 10 years or so.

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This discussion derives from the ongoing debate on the directive proposal for the application of cross-border healthcare patients' rights presented by the European Commission (EC) in July this year. The directive aims at helping European patients to better understand their rights to access proper healthcare, regardless of their place of residence, while respecting the legal framework of each Member State. Read more ...