» Government Of Canada Welcomes Sodium Reduction Report
30/07/10 11:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today welcomed the release of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada by the Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Sodium Reduction, and thanked the group for its hard work. The report, w..
» Dietitians Support Putting The Pinch On Salt, Canada
30/07/10 10:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
The release today of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada is welcomed by Dietitians of Canada (DC) as a roadmap for promoting the health of Canadians by focusing on a major public health issue in Canada - high sodium intake. DC supp..
» Calcium Supplements May Increase Risk Of Heart Attacks
30/07/10 09:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
An international team of researchers that reviewed data from several trials found that taking calcium supplements was linked to a higher risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular events; the authors called for new research to re-as..
» White Button Mushrooms Enhance Critical Cells In Immune System
30/07/10 07:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
Mushrooms are among the many foods thought to play an important role in keeping the immune system healthy. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have conducted an animal-model and cell-culture study showing ..
» Link Between Western Diet And ADHD
30/07/10 07:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
A new study from Perth\'s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a \'Western-style\' diet in adolescents. The research findings have just been published online in the international Journal of Att..
» Multiple sclerosis and mobility-related assistive technology: Systematic review of literature.
30/07/10 02:54 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Authors: Souza A, Kelleher A, Cooper R, Cooper RA, Iezzoni LI, Collins DM Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a wide variety of neurological deficits, with ambulatory impairment the most obvious cause of disability. Within 10 to 15 years of dise..
» What Are Proteins? What Is A Protein? How Much Protein Do I Need?
29/07/10 21:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
Proteins are large molecules consisting of amino acids which our bodies and the cells in our bodies need to function properly. Our body structures, functions, the regulation of the body\'s cells, tissues and organs cannot exist without prote..
» Alberta ponders paying for new MS treatment
29/07/10 19:18 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Alberta Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky is putting together a committee to look at whether to pay for studies of a controversial experimental treatment for people with multiple sclerosis. (Source: CBC | Health)
» UK ranks eighth out of 13 developed countries on drug usage, finds analysis
29/07/10 13:46 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
(Source: BMJ Online First)
» Treating Multiple Sclerosis With Antihypertensive Drug
29/07/10 12:00 from Multiple Sclerosis News From Medical News Today
Researchers in Heidelberg and Stanford have discovered a new signalling pathway of brain cells that explains how widely used antihypertensive drugs could keep inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) in check. The peptide angiotensin not onl..
» Treating Multiple Sclerosis With Antihypertensive Drug
29/07/10 11:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers in Heidelberg and Stanford have discovered a new signalling pathway of brain cells that explains how widely used antihypertensive drugs could keep inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) in check. The peptide angiotensin not onl..
» Mouse Model Shows Aging And Longevity Tied To Specific Brain Region
29/07/10 09:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
Researchers watched two groups of mice, both nearing the end of a two-day fast. One group was quietly huddled together, but the other group was active and alert. The difference? The second set of mice had been engineered so their brains..
» Nutra Pharma Receives Patent For Novel Antiviral Treatment Using Modified Cobra Venom
29/07/10 09:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Nutra Pharma Corporation (OTCBB: NPHC), a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Pain, announced that it has received approval fro..
» Mobility Loss Leads To Reduced Productivity And Earnings For People Living With Multiple Sclerosis
29/07/10 08:00 from Multiple Sclerosis News From Medical News Today
New research investigating how mobility impairment affects the lives of those with multiple sclerosis (MS) has found a substantial impact on workplace productivity and earnings. Almost three quarters (72%) of those surveyed said their mobil..
» Sleep Disorder May Help Predict Parkinson\'s Decades Earlier
29/07/10 07:00 from MedicineNet Neurology General
Title: Sleep Disorder May Help Predict Parkinson\'s Decades Earlier Category: Health News Created: 7/28/2010 4:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/29/2010
» Diabetes Treatment
29/07/10 07:00 from MedicineNet Neurology General
Title: Diabetes Treatment Category: Diseases and Conditions Created: 12/5/2006 Last Editorial Review: 7/29/2010
» FDA Grants Priority Review To Cladribine Tablets For The Treatment Of Relapsing Forms Of MS
29/07/10 07:00 from Multiple Sclerosis News From Medical News Today
Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing the New Drug Application (NDA) for Cladribine Tablets as a therapy for relapsing forms of multipl..
» Mobility Loss Leads To Reduced Productivity And Earnings For People Living With Multiple Sclerosis
29/07/10 07:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
New research investigating how mobility impairment affects the lives of those with multiple sclerosis (MS) has found a substantial impact on workplace productivity and earnings. Almost three quarters (72%) of those surveyed said their mobil..
» New Drugs Eyed for Huntington\'s Disease
29/07/10 07:00 from MedicineNet Neurology General
Title: New Drugs Eyed for Huntington\'s Disease Category: Health News Created: 7/28/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/29/2010
» FDA Grants Priority Review To Cladribine Tablets For The Treatment Of Relapsing Forms Of MS
29/07/10 06:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing the New Drug Application (NDA) for Cladribine Tablets as a therapy for relapsing forms of multipl..
» Multiple sclerosis: Antihypertensive drug ameliorates inflammation in the brain
28/07/10 23:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Researchers have discovered a new signaling pathway of brain cells that explains how widely used antihypertensive drugs could keep inflammation in multiple sclerosis in check. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines) MedWorm Message: Register for M..
» Frontline First RCN: protecting staff and services now
28/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
You may have recently read about Frontline First the RCN member led campaign to champion nurse led innovation, protect patient care and expose undue risk from efficiency savings. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
» FDA Grants Priority Review to Cladribine Tablets
28/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Merck KGaA announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing the New Drug Application (NDA) for Cladribine Tablets as a therapy for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). (Source: World Pharma News)
» Preliminary evidence for correlation between PASAT performance and P3a and P3b amplitudes in progressive multiple sclerosis
28/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Conclusions: These data suggest that PASAT performance and P3 ERPs correlate for MS progressive subtypes and that PPMS and SPMS differ in electrophysiological responses during auditory P3b tasks. (Source: European Journal of Neurology)
» Adaptive robot training for the treatment of incoordination in Multiple Sclerosis
28/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Conclusions: The results point to an improved coordination over sessions, and suggest a potential benefit of a short-term, customized, and adaptive robot therapy for MS subjects. (Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation) MedW..
» Should my patient buy that \'miraculous cure\' advertised on the internet or in a magazine?
28/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
NeLM, the National electronic Library for Medicines, has highlighted a useful guide to help health professionals discuss unlicensed medicines with a patient. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
» Scientists use noses to help disabled write, surf, move
28/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the Internet, thanks to a device developed and tested by doctors in Israel. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
» Homeopathic products
28/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
The Department of Health has just published its response to the report of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
» FDA grants priority review to cladribine tablets for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis
28/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Source: BioSpace Area: News The FDA has accepted for filing the New Drug Application (NDA) for cladribine tablets as a treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and granted the application a \'Priority Review\' designation. The ..
» Sask. to pitch MS trial to other provinces
28/07/10 19:07 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Saskatchewan\'s premier says he will raise his proposal to fund clinical trials of a controversial multiple sclerosis treatment with other premiers next week. (Source: CBC | Health)
» Sask. premier to pitch MS trial to other provinces
28/07/10 18:15 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Saskatchewan\'s premier says he will raise his proposal to fund clinical trials of a controversial multiple sclerosis treatment with other premiers next week. (Source: CBC | Health)
» Ontario won\'t yet fund studies on new MS treatment
28/07/10 17:31 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says his province will not follow Saskatchewan\'s lead and fund clinical trials of a new procedure that could offer hope to people with multiple sclerosis. (Source: CTV Health) MedWorm Message: Register for Me..
» Sask. offers to fund studies of MS treatment
28/07/10 13:49 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall wants his province to be the first in Canada to help pay for clinical trials into the controversial \'liberation treatment\' for multiple sclerosis. (Source: CTV Health)
» Saskatchewan offers to fund studies of MS treatment
28/07/10 12:28 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Saskatchewan is ready to help pay for clinical trials of the so-called liberation treatment for multiple sclerosis sufferers, despite a lack of scientific evidence that it might work, says Premier Brad Wall. (Source: CTV Health)
» FDA Grants Priority Review to Cladribine Tablets for the Treatment of Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis
28/07/10 12:07 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Darmstadt, Germany, July 28, 2010 - Merck KGaA announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing the New Drug Application (NDA) for Cladribine Tablets as a therapy for relapsing forms of multiple scler..
» New Study Reveals UK Patients Are Less Likely To Receive Innovative Medicines
28/07/10 10:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
One of the most comprehensive reports comparing the use of medicines in the UK with that in other countries has been published by the Department of Health. The report shows that the UK still lags behind comparable countries in Europe and el..
» Multiple sclerosis -- antihypertensive drug ameliorate inflammation in the brain
28/07/10 03:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
(University Hospital Heidelberg) Researchers in Heidelberg and Stanford have discovered a new signaling pathway of brain cells that explains how widely used antihypertensive drugs could keep inflammation in multiple sclerosis in check. (Sou..
» Golf champion backs MS Society
28/07/10 00:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Golf champion Becky Brewerton has pledged her support to the MS Society after her mother was diagnosed with the condition around 26 years ago. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Society Press Releases)
» Emerging evidence-based physical rehabilitation for Multiple Sclerosis - Towards an inventory of current content across Europe
27/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
The objective of this paper is to initiate an analysis of currently applied physical interventions for people with MS (PwMS) throughout Europe during inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation programs. A study of the content of rehabilitation ..
» New benefits system forces three-quarters of claimants back to work
27/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
A controversial new system for assessing whether the sick and disabled are capable of working has seen more than three-quarters of benefit claimants either told to get a job or abandoning their claim. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust) MedW..
» MS patient\'s plea for treatment
27/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
ILFRACOMBE MS sufferer Jayne Morrow and husband Dave are hoping a pioneering new treatment will help ease her condition. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
» International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses Fellowship Program
27/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Funding for this program will be determined on an annual basis. The total budget will be dependent upon available funding from grants made to IOMSN. The majority of the funds will be allocated to funding educational programs. ⪠Funding fo..
» The Duchess of Cornwall joins the Red Wheelies as honourary member
27/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
NEXT time the Red Wheelies mobility scooter display team line up for a performance, it might be worth checking their faces carefully. (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
» International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses Fellowship Program
27/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Funding for this program will be determined on an annual basis. The total budget will be dependent upon available funding from grants made to IOMSN. The majority of the funds will be allocated to funding educational programs. ⪠Funding fo..
» What Is Sugar? How Much Added Sugar Should I Have?
27/07/10 22:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
Sugar is a simple, edible, crystalline carbohydrate. Sugar comes in many different forms, however, all types have a sweet flavor. The main types of sugar are sucrose, lactose and fructose. Common table sugar is typically sucrose which is ex..
» Elaine Chapin Fund for Scholarships for Post-Secondary Education of Students Impacted by Multiple Sclerosis
27/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Named in honor of Elaine Chapin, this scholarship will provide funds to support the post-secondary education of students impacted by multiple sclerosis, either directly or as a family member. The scholarship fund will accept applications fr..
» Dynamics and fate of USPIO in the central nervous system in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
27/07/10 22:00 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Signal loss observed in the brain by MRI following the administration of ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide (USPIO) has been correlated with immune cell activity in inflammatory areas during multiple sclerosis. Uptake of U..
» Put MS surgery on clinical trial: Sask. premier
27/07/10 18:11 from MedWorm: Multiple Sclerosis
Brad Wall says his government is ready to fund human trials of the so-called liberation treatment for multiple sclerosis - something that hasn\'t yet happened in Canada. (Source: CBC | Health) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm..
» Support Mums Or Face Future Health Burden: Study, Australia
27/07/10 12:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
Historical barriers to breastfeeding in Australia may have contributed to the country\'s chronic disease burden, according to research from The Australian National University...
» \'Ultra Rice\' Piloted As Way To Tackle Malnutrition
27/07/10 11:00 from Nutrition/Agriculture News From Medical News Today
Ultra Rice, a rice-shaped pasta fortified with vitamins and minerals is \"being produced and tested around the world as a potential solution to malnutrition,\" according to the Seattle Times. Produced by the nonprofit PATH, Ultra Rice is ..