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11 Citation For Immediate Release Chicago, IL - June 9, 2009 - Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Amylin Pharmaceuticals ( AMLN ), Merck ( MRK ), Glaxo ( GSK ), Bristol ( BMY ) and Eli Lilly ( LLY ). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros new, technorati.com
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Study Redefines Roles Of Alcohol, Smoking In Risk For Pancreatitis 1 Citation Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153159.php Although alcohol consumption is known to be associated with chronic pancreatitis, new evidence indicates that a threshold of five or more drinks per day is required to significantly raise risk; however, most patients with chronic pancreatitis do not drink this amount, according to a report in the June 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, smoking is an independent, dose-dependent ri, technorati.com
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1 Citation Look at the dilated and irregular pancreatic duct on MRCP. Reported via Teleradiology . From Sumer's Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com -The Top Radiology Magazine. Teleradiology Providers at www.teleradproviders.com Mail us at teleradproviders@gmail.com, technorati.com
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Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis | Pancreatitis Function Test and Surgery 1 Citation Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis: Mild forms of disease (chronic pancreatitis) is difficult to diagnose, hence a combination of tests are required. Estimation of serum amylase and lipase as in acute pancreatitis is usually not helpful in this case. Chronic Pancreatic function test Secretin- pancreozymin test is the gold standard test for chronic pancreatitis. It involves estimation of volume, bicarbonate and enzyme secretion in duodenal aspirate after injection of secret, technorati.com
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FDA, Clinical Trial Calendars: Cancer Drug Updates from ASCO 1 Citation Below is a summary of updates to the BioMedReports.com database of over 200 entries included in the FDA and Clinical Trial Calendars . The FDA Calendar includes companies with pending new drug, biological agent, or medical device new product decisions at the FDA sorted by their PDUFA decision deadline dates while the Clinical Trial Calendar encompasses pending clinical trial results (with a focus on late-stage, Phase 3 trials), pending new submissions to the FDA (e.g. NDA, BLA, 510k, PMA, sND, technorati.com
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Diabetes Drug Could Increase Risk of Pancreatic Cancer 1 Citation Researchers have found that a drug widely used to treat type 2 diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, with approximately 32,000 deaths a year. Only five percent of individuals with pancreatic cancer live for at least one year after diagnosis. The researchers found that, technorati.com
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1 Citation Dr. Kris has been keeping a close eye on Chewy. She has been giving him medicine and fluids through IV and suringe feeding him. This morning she called me to let me know that his stomach seemed sensitive and so she did an x-ray and saw nothing abnormal in his abdoman but noticed some spots around his diaphram. She had Dr. Cox do an ultrasound and said everything looked fairly normal but the spots in his lungs are probably caused by the Cushing?s. She also gave me a list of problems that he h, technorati.com
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Chronic pancreatitis defeats medical science 9-0 1 Citation A meta-analysis in Pancreatology disparages all 9 studies that investigated using pancreatic enzyme supplements for chronic pancreatitis , saying the studies are too flawed to support any conclusion whatsoever. * Few studies used uncoated enzymes (the recommended treatment). * Only one study tried to determine whether subjects were using alcohol (the major risk factor). * Most used crossover designs, but only one study included a washout period. The only clinical guideline on the ques, technorati.com
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Pancreatic Cancer -- It Started With a Stomach Ache 1 Citation Two and a half years ago, the week before Thanksgiving in 2006, my mom got a severe stomachache. She had pains for a few weeks but they weren?t going away, she decided to call the doctor, even though her symptoms were those similar to indigestion . read more, technorati.com
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mid-June -- and she's getting close to leaving hospital 1 Citation Hi there It has been a while since I updated this blog, but I have taken Tim and Skye motorhoming for a few weeks before Annie is released from hospital. We are currently on the banks of the Darling, near Wentworth NSW for a week but will be home by month's end. By the end of May Annie had progressed to walking with a cane and actually climbed up the steps into her motorhome with two hospital OTs in attendance to determine what she will need once she moves "home". It seems the only requir, technorati.com
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