Small Diseases

PAH: Big News in a Small Disease by Ulysee W. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 28 Oct 2008 9:56pm Gilead Sciences secured approval for its pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment Letairis (ambrisentan) last week. The drug has an increased safety profile over existing therapies (namely Actelion's Tracleer). Initially developed by the Colorado biotech firm Myogen, Letairis came into the Gilead fold after Myogen was bought out last fall. ... Read on »

Unraveling Alzheimer's Disease: Simple small molecules could untangle complex disease by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Posted Thu 16 Dec 2010 2:22pm disease. Next steps include more intensive testing of the new compounds for diagnostic and therapeutic properties. Unraveling Alzheimer's: Simple small molecules could... Alzheimer's disease patients. "We found that our compound is capable of disassembling the misfolded amyloid clumps to form smaller amyloid pieces, which might be 'cleansed' from Read on »

MR Enterography Eliminates Unnecessary Radiation Exposure In Patients With Small Bowel Disease by ViaMedica Posted Fri 22 Jan 2010 11:29am Read on »

More notes from PPS 2009: Small airways disease by Mark Pool, MD Posted Sun 12 Jul 2009 12:00am disease on Thursday, June 25. First a definition of "small airways": bronchioles with internal diameter less than 2 mm. Small airways disease = bronchiolitis + airflow limitation The small airways have been recognized for 40+ years as the primary site of disease for COPD where there is a marked increase in airflow resistance due to luminal occlusion Read on »

MR Enterography Eliminates Unnecessary Radiation Exposure In Patients With Small Bowel Disease by ViaMedica Posted Fri 22 Jan 2010 12:00am it provides the same information regarding the extent of small bowel disease as CT, but we believe is superior at judging whether disease is active or chronic all without exposing... of Metamucil in a liter of water 2 hours prior to the exam. MR enterography is an effective tool to evaluate and guide treatment of patients with Crohn's Disease (a common form Read on »

Small-Molecule TSH Receptor Modulators for Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Disease and Cancer by nih.gov Posted Sun 03 May 2009 5:00pm in evaluation and treatment of thyroid diseases, including thyroid cancer, hypothyroidism, and hyperthyroidism. Certain compounds encompassed by this technology are more potent and/or more specific TSH receptor activators than currently-available compounds; also, as small molecules, these compounds are orally available and are expected to be less costly Read on »

Diseased heart valve replaced through small chest incision by Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 11 Feb 2009 3:25pm catheterization technology and traditional surgery, allowing doctors to implant a new heart valve in place of Lafferty's diseased valve while his heart remained beating. "Traditional open-heart surgery is a very safe and effective way to replace diseased heart valves, but for many patients bypass surgery is not a viable option" says Patrick M. McCarthy, MD Read on »

No-So-Small Smalls Will Make Me Not So Small by Emily Posted Wed 24 Feb 2010 12:00am to stop at Wegmans to pick something up so we hit up the salad bar. Chan Marsala with Naan (YUM!), roasted veggies and a little bit of tofu. So good... at that point but I’ll take what I can get While we were bowling I munched on this entire “small” (4serving!) bag of buffalo wing pretzels. I need to basically never pick up Read on »

Healthcare Is the Number-One Enemy of Small Business – US Small Business Administration by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Thu 26 Mar 2009 3:53pm In this short video, he makes his point, that if you are a small enough employer, it is almost impossible to get any financial breaks to provide coverage for employees, thus many small companies are ceasing to offer health insurance and sometimes the expense means the difference between staying in business or closing the doors as profit levels Read on »

March 4th: Small Breakthroughs for Marco (It is important to celebrate the things that seem small...) by Debbie Fisher Posted Thu 04 Mar 2010 12:00am and we can not grant his request. 10 minutes later at my Mom's house, Aaron remembered his request, we gave him a little bottle of water (he loves having his own container... from. Not a negative thing :) ) The other day we were in the car, the 4 of us, and from the back seat comes a little voice: water...(the spelling is the same in English Read on »

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