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Outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as swine flu (H1N1) threaten global health and should be considered by funding agencies and humanitarian organizations as development issues rather than emergency situations, requiring long-term support and investment, according to US experts writing in this week's PLOS Medicine. The authors from several US institutions, led by Tiffany Bogich from Princeton University, reached these conclusions by reviewing nearly 400 serious international public...
Patient Advocates and Supporters to Host State House Events for Rare Disease Day 2013 WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has launched a nationwide campaign to help leaders of rare disease patient organizations - and those who support them - educate their state officials for Rare Disease Day 2013 (Feb. 28, 2013). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110719/DC37656LOGO-b) The campaign is just one of many...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Doug Broeska, Ph.D., CEO of Regenetek Research Inc., an international medical research company with offices in Canada and India has announced that they are launching new web-based, self-managing, clinical trial software that amongst other things will be able to extend patient Registry information into individual patient case studies and aggregate the data with comparisons to cohorts. The company has so far specifically focused their...
Compassionate Allowances Program Provides Expedited Disability Review for Patients with Severely Disabling Diseases WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Peter L. Saltonstall, president and CEO of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), today praised Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue and his staff for proactively establishing and expanding a program that "demonstrates true compassion for Americans with seriously disabling rare diseases." (Logo:...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has appointed Robin Newhouse, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Vice-Chair of the institute's Methodology Committee. Newhouse has served on the Committee since its establishment by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in January 2011. "Dr. Newhouse has demonstrated a tremendous commitment to improving the field of patient-centered outcomes research," said Committee Chair...
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced a preview of its newest intelligence solution, Thomson Reuters Cortellis(TM) for Clinical Trials Intelligence. Scheduled for release in early 2013, this capability will provide drug development and clinical professionals with the critical information necessary to evaluate market...
WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Intrinsic Therapeutics, a Medical Device Spine company, today announced a key milestone in a clinical study of its Barricaid® Prosthesis: 300 patients are now enrolled in a prospective, randomized, multi-center trial to definitively establish the safety and effectiveness of the implant. This Level 1 controlled study is being conducted across five countries in Europe and is expected to include 400-650 patients. "We believe this is the...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the prestigious British medical journal, The Lancet, has issued a special series of articles focused on emerging zoonoses (human diseases that originate in or are shared with animals). The featured papers are authored by leading scientists, many of whom collaborate with the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Threats (PIOET) program, which was established in October 2009 to ensure a...
The Lancet Series Dovetails with Anniversary Symposium Hosted by Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EcoHealth Alliance, an international nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health, is honored to promote a special series of articles focused on emerging 'zoonoses' (diseases that originate in animals) in the prestigious journal, The Lancet. The series includes three articles titled,...
National Science Foundation Land-use change, globalization of trade and travel, and social upheaval drive emergence of diseases Human activities are advancing the spread of vector-borne, zoonotic diseases such as West Nile virus, Lyme disease and dengue fever, report scientists publishing a series of papers today in the journal The Lancet. Vector-borne zoonotic diseases result from disease-causing agents or pathogens that naturally infect wildlife, and are transmitted to humans by...
Latest Epidemiology Reference Libraries
Diabetes Care is a peer-reviewed medical journal established in 1978 and published monthly by the American Diabetes Association. It covers research in the following five categories: clinical care/education/nutrition/psychosocial research; epidemiology/health services research; emerging treatments and technologies; pathophysiology/complications; and cardiovascular and metabolic risk. The journal also publishes clinically relevant review articles, letters to the editor, and commentaries....
Influenza A virus causes influenza in birds and some mammals. It is a genus of the Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses. Although the virus is uncommon several strains have been isolated from wild birds. Some can cause severe disease in domestic poultry and sometimes in humans. They are negative sense, single-stranded, segmented RNA viruses. Each subtype has mutated into a variety of strains with different pathogenic profiles. There is a vaccine for humans incase there is an avian influenza, or...
