Archive for the ‘Blood / Hematology’ Category
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
How can some people live at high altitudes and thrive while others struggle to obtain enough oxygen to function?
The answer for Tibetans who live at altitudes around 14,000 feet is increased nitric oxide (NO) levels. High levels of NO circulate in various forms in the blood and produce the physiological ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Roche Diagnostics' newly launched CoaguChek XS Plus System offers built-in controls and optional, external liquid controls to help non-waived clinics monitoring anticoagulation ensure accurate PT/INR (clotting time) test results for patients taking blood thinner medication.
The handheld, battery-powered CoaguChek XS Plus System has the ability to store up to 500 patient ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Combat physicians in war-torn areas like Iraq and Afghanistan may be able to accurately predict which casualties require massive blood transfusions (MT), and thereby increase a soldier's chances of survival, according to research published in the October issue of The Journal of the American College of Surgeons. The study found ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MLNM) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for VELCADE use, without dose adjustments, in patients with impaired kidney function, including those requiring dialysis. Impaired kidney function is a common complication related to multiple ...
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
For trauma patients with shock caused by severe bleeding, giving the drug norepinephrine along with initial fluid replacement might help to improve the chances of survival.
The October issue of the journal Anesthesiology features a study in rats suggesting that fluid resuscitation plus norepinephrine could offer a new approach to reducing ...
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Velcura Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing therapies for bone disease, met with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sept. 20 to clarify details for the early clinical development of VEL-0230, a drug developed to treat bone disease. The focus of the Pre-Investigational ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for marketing a new genetic test that will help physicians assess whether a patient may be especially sensitive to the blood-thinning drug warfarin (Coumadin), which is used to prevent potentially fatal clots in blood vessels.
One-third of patients receiving warfarin metabolize it quite differently ...
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing the first rapid test to detect bacterial contamination in blood platelets prior to transfusion.
The Platelet Pan Genera Detection (PGD) Test System is a disposable test strip for use in a hospital transfusion service setting. It is intended to supplement current ...
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Citra Anticoagulants, Inc. a leading, developer and worldwide distributor of citrate-based anticoagulants reported that it has received CE Mark approval for LOXXIT™ Catheter Lock Solution. This regulatory achievement clears the way for Citra to market and distribute this product throughout the European Union and in other countries that recognize the ...
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