Sharing data from clinical trials: where we are and what lies ahead -BMJ
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f4794 (Published 30 July 2013)Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f4794Elizabeth Loder, associate editorAuthor Affiliationseloder@bmj.comThe drive to make clinical trial data more accessible has garnered widespread international support, but rearguard actions by the drug industry could delay substantial change. Elizabeth Loder looks at international developments in the sharing of clinical trial dataAlmost a decade ago an Italian scientist, Alessandro Liberati, wrote an impassioned Personal View in the BMJ. He had developed myeloma and need...
Source: PharmaGossip - July 30, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Hope for HIV Infection with Adult Stem Cells
Two recent news stories signal hope for the treatment of HIV infection with adult stem cells. The first is a story about two men who had stem cell transplants for blood cancers and are now off anti-viral drugs because there is no trace of the HIV virus in either man. From USA Today:Two HIV-positive patients in the United States who underwent bone marrow transplants for cancer have stopped anti-retroviral therapy and still show no detectable sign of the HIV virus, researchers said Wednesday.The Harvard University researchers stressed it was too early to say the men have been cured, but said it was an encouraging sign that t...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - July 10, 2013 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Stem cells, Adult Source Type: blogs
Brooklyn’s Finest (Part I of II)
Feeling giddy, I called my new friend, Gümmë, from the train two weeks ago. She was rushing to a meeting while I was approaching New York Penn Station. “My friend owns a rock-climbing gym in Brooklyn, so some friends and I are going this weekend,” I said.
“That sounds fun.”
I didn’t share that we would also be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of my bone marrow transplant. I dislike self-promotion, though sometimes family and friends partake without me having to try hard. My parents sent me on the comfortable Amtrak instead of me paying for the bus, which is what Dirty-D, my first-year roommate at UVA,...
Source: I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog - July 6, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: travels Source Type: blogs
Cure Schmure
No doubt you have encountered the hype about a purported cure for HIV infection. That would indeed be great news, but sadly, no. Here's an example of the selective and misleading coverage this is getting.Two men who happened to develop some form of cancer (not specified in the public story) while also being HIV+ received the treatment called "bone marrow" transplant, continued to take antiretroviral medications throughout the procedure and recovery, and now appear to be free of HIV. They seem to have turned great misfortune into good fortune, but in reality, this is a big, fat, so what?Here's the real deal. The procedure t...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 3, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs
Bone Marrow Transplant Countdown: 86 Days to Remission
In previous articles I recounted my friend Fred’s battle with acute myloid leukemia and his search for a donor willing to carry through on an earlier pledge to provide life-saving stem cells. Here is the rest of Fred’s story.Contributor: Sharon Gloger FriedmanPublished: May 24, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - May 24, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Brooklyn’s Finest (Part I of II)
Feeling giddy, I called my new friend, Gümmë, from the train two weeks ago. She was rushing to a meeting while I was approaching New York Penn Station. “My friend owns a rock-climbing gym in Brooklyn, so some friends and I are going this weekend,” I said.
“That sounds fun.”
I didn’t share that we would also be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of my bone marrow transplant. I dislike self-promotion, though sometimes family and friends partake without me having to try hard. My parents sent me on the comfortable Amtrak instead of me paying for the bus, which is what Dirty-D, my first-year roommate at UVA,...
Source: I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog - May 10, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: travels Source Type: blogs
Probiotics and antibodies…
I’m working this morning, but I did take a break to check out a few things, including this Science Daily article on probiotics used as a “weapon to fight cancer.” It deals specifically with myeloma, leukemia and lymphoma patients who have had allogeneic bone marrow transplants and graft-versus-host-disease. So I thought I’d post the link [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - May 9, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs
10 Good-for-You Pregnancy Snacks
by Jacqueline Tourville
Following a nutritious prenatal diet? Don’t skip snack time! Snacks are a great chance to get in another serving of a fruit, vegetable, or calcium food. you can read more here.
and don’t forget to enter our May Sweepstakes Lots of great parent-to-be gifts!!
Click here for a free information packet and special coupon for MAZE Cord Blood Laboratories! } (Source: Cord Blood News)
Source: Cord Blood News - May 8, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking bananas and potassium bone marrow transplant breast feeding cord blood banking information cord blood b Source Type: blogs
Prenatal Checkups and Tests
What You need to Know
Pamela Brawer
Save a Tot
Prenatal care is the care you get while you are pregnant. This care can be provided by a doctor, midwife or other health care professional.
The goal of prenatal care is to monitor the progress of a pregnancy and to identify potential problems before they become serious for either mom or baby.
All mothers-to-be benefit from prenatal care. Women who see a health care provider regularly during pregnancy have healthier babies, are less likely to deliver prematurely, and are less likely to have other serious problems related to pregnancy.
During prenatal visits, the health care p...
Source: Cord Blood News - May 6, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking bananas and potassium bone marrow transplant breast feeding cord blood banking information cord blood b Source Type: blogs
Still alive and kicking!
Hello out there! Well A LOT A LOT A LOT has occured as you can possibly imagine since June of 2011. And we've a lot to cover. First of all I have kept up and checked on occassion in regards to old blog comments and what other bloggers have said. So in that regards I have been around. This blog was/is a wonderful outlet for me to come to especially when I am sick. I get to have random and crazy rants and say things that I WOULD never never say in public because for some reason it's just more acceptable in writing. It has it's purpose and it's time. I have found my true calling in life. No, it's not being a porn s...
Source: Still arriving. - May 5, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs
Healthy Eating Tips During Pregnancy
Jodi Greebel, MS, RD
www.citrition.com
www.dindinsfood.com
There is so much conflicting information out there about what to eat and what not to eat when you are pregnant. Here is a quick guideline of what to eat and what to avoid.
What to Include in Your Diet:
Variety. A diet with a lot of variety helps you get all the nutrients you need.
High fiber foods. Choose foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans/legumes which provide a wide variety of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and can help prevent constipation.
Calcium-rich foods. Choose low-fat and nonfat milk, yogurt and cheese to ensure you get adequa...
Source: Cord Blood News - May 2, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking bananas and potassium bone marrow transplant breast feeding cord blood banking information cord blood b Source Type: blogs
Bespoke (i.e, Customized) Cancer Treatment; Cancer "Cures" and the Media
Patients with cancer need to seek the most sophisticated care that they can obtain these days, which is usually found in cancer centers and academic hospitals (see: Patients with a Cancer Should Seek Treatment in Cancer Hospitals). Not only is treatment in such centers usually state-of-the-art but they also provide ready access to the best diagnostic tests including genomic analysis of both the patient and the tumor. They also provide ready access to controlled clinical trials where new drugs are being evaluated. Here's an excerpt from a recent article about how cancer centers are racing to map patients' genes with...
Source: Lab Soft News - April 28, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Clinical Lab Industry News Clinical Lab Testing Healthcare Business Healthcare Delivery Laboratory Industry Trends Medical Consumerism Medical Education Medical Research Source Type: blogs
Would You Consider the “Nuclear Option” as Your Multiple Sclerosis Treatment?
The very personal decision of which treatment to go on (if any) for multiple sclerosis comes down to rations; Cost-to-Benefit, Risk-to- Benefit, Quality of life-to-Benefit. It all depends on what “place” we are in our course of MS as to how far we may be willing to go with treatment.
For those who are fighting an aggressive and ever-progressing form of MS, new information is begging to “leak” out may give hope, but the “risk” part of the equation may be high.
We’ve reported on autologous stem cell treatment before. This procedure may be better known as a bone marrow-transplant, but a patient’s own bone mar...
Source: Life with MS - April 3, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: MS treatment multiple sclerosis treatment stem cell treatment Source Type: blogs
Nalini Ambady Needs Our Help
Social psychologists have launched an international campaign to save the life of Nalini Ambady, a Stanford University social psychologist and Situationist friend who is battling leukemia and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant. To find out what you can do, visit Help Nalini Now. Please also read Sam Sommers post: Point. Click. Save this Woman’s Life. (Source: The Situationist)
Source: The Situationist - April 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Life Source Type: blogs
10 minute Workout for pregnant women ( who don’t have a lot of time!)
We asked three fitness experts to recommend three workouts you can fit in while baby’s snoozin’ in the afternoon or kicking away in her bouncy seat. Each mini routine is a series of three simple moves that shape up your entire body, especially the core and back muscles you need to strengthen for toting baby around.
If you only have 10 minutes, do just a set or two of each exercise and then gradually add sets until you’ve worked up to a 20- or 30-minute workout.
Before you move, get into the groove:
• Check with your doctor or midwife first before starting to exercise postpartum. Most will recommend that you ...
Source: Cord Blood News - March 22, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking bone marrow transplant cord blood cost cord blood stem cells exercise while pregnancy new baby parent Source Type: blogs
