http://www.druginformations.org Your best medicine news resource Thu, 15 May 2008 21:05:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The American Nurses Association is celebrating the heroic and crucial care that nurses provide during this year's National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12. The 2008 theme is "Nurses: Making a Difference Every Day. More: continued here http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/us-nursing-shortage-approaches-record-levels/ New clinical data showed some cancer patients with recurrent lymphoma benefited from an experimental drug called AME-133v, said a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).The data was presented during the 2008 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in San Diego. More: continued here http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/experimental-drug-shows-promise-in-treating-one-class-of-lymphoma/ Connect Imaging, Inc., developer of customizable PACS (picture archiving and communication systems), has released a new version of its Mammo ViewBox software to support a super high resolution mammography display from Totoku Electric Co., Ltd., of Japan. The new software will be introduced at the annual meeting of the Society ... http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/connect-imaging-announces-software-to-support-totoku-super-high-resolution-display-for-mammography/ Two projects by South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT) to promote dignity and independence for people who suffer from dementia were highly commended at this year's East of England Health and Social Care Awards. The innovative projects 'Lasting Memories' and 'My life Story' were launched in December 2007 and ... http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/promoting-dignity-and-independence-for-people-who-suffer-from-dementia/ Among four year-olds attending Head Start programs in New York City, those who had older siblings were more likely to experience respiratory symptoms including an episode of wheezing in the past year than those who were oldest or only children. Children with at least two older siblings were also 50% ... http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/link-between-asthma-symptoms-and-younger-siblings/ By restoring two small molecules that are often lost in chronic leukemia, researchers were able to block tumor growth in an animal model.The research, using human chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells, also showed that loss of the two molecules affects 70 genes, most of which are involved in critical functions ... http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/two-suppressor-molecules-affect-70-genes-in-leukemia/ UroToday.com - With the knowledge that screening for prostate cancer will lead to over detection and subsequent over treatment, the call for tests discriminating between non aggressive and aggressive prostate cancer is growing. If pre-biopsy data could make this distinction, a lot of unnecessary biopsies would be spared. The amount ... http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/is-prostate-specific-antigen-velocity-selective-for-clinically-significant-prostate-cancer-in-screening/ UK architecture firm RMJM has been appointed design architect for a state-of-the-art $US90 million biotechnology research and development centre in Beijing , it was announced recently. The new facility is for Genzyme Corp. The facility is to be built at Zhongguancun (ZGC) Life Science Park which is dedicated to academic ... http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/uk-architects-rmjm-to-design-90m-biotech-facility-in-beijing/ A University of Leicester researcher has discovered how a protein in the blood linked to defence against meningitis plays a more vital role than previously understood in the body's immune defence system.The published research has helped to advance medical understanding of how the body defends against disease and heals itself. More: ... http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/new-discovery-on-role-of-vital-protein-that-fights-meningitus/ Experts in treating a rare group of cancers that affect tissues such as muscle, fat, nerves and the gastrointestinal wall are meeting in Milan, Italy on 13-14 May to discuss the latest information on how these diseases develop and potential new avenues for therapy. More: continued here http://www.druginformations.org/medicine_news/2008/05/15/conference-addresses-state-of-the-art-cancer-treatments-2nd-esmo-symposium-on-soft-tissue-carcinomas-and-gist/