Bridge. "So I went down," South shrugged after today's deal. "The best major league hitters fail at the plate 65 percent of the time.".

Possible Association Between High Levels Of Uric Acid And Hypertension. Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body's normal metabolism, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "If you reduce uric acid, at least in some patients, you may be able to reduce blood pressure," said Dr.

RegeneRx Completes Patient Enrollment Of First Phase II Clinical Trial. Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it completed enrollment of its first of four ongoing Phase II clinical trials. The trial is a double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalating clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Company's topical drug candidate, RGN-137, in seventy-two patients with pressure ulcers who are being treated for up to 84 days or less if fully healed.

Pramipexole Clinical Trial Programme In Restless Legs Syndrome Reveals New Significant Results. Results from a large pramipexole trial programme in Restless Legs Syndrome conducted by Boehringer Ingelheim were presented at the 12th European Federation of Neurological Societies Annual Congress held in Madrid, Spain, from 23 to 26 August.

Medication Slows Nearsightedness In Children. Daily treatment with pirenzepine can slow the rate of progressive myopia in children, according to an article published on August 26, 2008 in the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. When someone is myopic, or nearsighted, he is able to focus on objects that are close to the eye but objects that are more distant appear blurry.

SHOPPER. Recessionista Diaries, Part 4: Wherein we step back from the budget-crunching and get all aspirational on you.

US Pharmacies Now Supply ADHD Medication VYVANSE In 6 Dosage Strengths. Shire Limited, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, has announced that VYVANSE is now available in U.S. pharmacies nationwide in three additional dosage strengths, bringing the total number to six: 20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg, 50 mg, 60 mg, and 70 mg. The expanded VYVANSE dosing options will allow physicians to individualize treatment for each patient.

Taking Codeine While Breast-Feeding May Harm Infant. Breast-feeding moms who take medicines containing codeine may be unwittingly risking the health of their infant, new Canadian research suggests.

Art in the Big Apple, a Bit Farther From the Madding Crowd. NEW YORK -- Over Labor Day weekend, New York's museums can be crowded, as tourists from all around the country end their summer in the city. Washingtonians who plan on joining them might want to take refuge in five exhibitions that don't aim to bust the block.

MMRC Partners With Celgene Corporation On Phase I/II Trial Of Pomalidomide In Relapsed And Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients. The Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium announced the initiation of a clinical trial with the oral immunomodulatory agent pomalidomide in patients who have received at least two prior therapies including treatments with REVLIMID® and VELCADE® for Injection.

Ask Dr. Gott: Keep monitoring heart condition. Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 76-year-old male. I am 6 feet tall and weigh 175 pounds. My blood pressure ranges from 109 to 125/56 to 68, with a pulse between 44 and 53.

Early trigger found for type-1 diabetes in mice, Stanford scientists report. Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins.

The Tush is Out There. My knee hurt. Fiery daggers shot through it when I stepped down, tried to cross my legs or squatted to retrieve whatever Pussy batted under the kitchen stove.

Delegates With a Broken Pledge. DENVER, Aug. 27 -- Think the Hillary Clinton delegates feel miserable and dejected? Spend a moment with Deb Nelson.

Large Studies Needed To Further Confirm Prostate Cancer Drug Abiraterone. Larger trials are needed to further examine and confirm the early findings on the experimental drug abiraterone acetate. Researcher Dr. Johann de Bono, from the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, who led two ongoing clinical trials of CB7630, said larger studies are necessary to find out the efficacy of the drug.

JAMA Publishes Study Results On Efficacy Of The Bard Agento I.C. Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube In Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. C. R. Bard, Inc. announced the publication of the North American Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube clinical study results in the August 20, 2008 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The NASCENT study - which enrolled 2,003 patients in 54 hospitals - evaluated the efficacy of the Agento® I.C. silver-coated endotracheal tube in the reduction of microbiologically confirmed ventilator-associated pneumonia. The U.S.

NicOx provides update on PF-03187207 and the ongoing research collaboration with Pfizer. Sophia Antipolis, France. NicOx S.A. today announced the results of a dose-ranging phase 2 study conducted with PF 03187207 in Japanese patients with glaucoma by its partner Pfizer Inc.

Frozen shoulder' strikes middle-aged women. If you wake up one morning and unexpectedly can't lift your arm, don't blame your over-exuberant tennis serve.

Link Between Angiotensin Inhibitors, Receptor Blockers And Lower Risk Of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer. The use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers was associated with a reduced risk of basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers in U.S. veterans, researchers report in the August 26 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. ACE inhibitors and ARBs are frequently prescribed medications for the treatment of high blood pressure.

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