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WHAT: A new study in human cells has singled out a molecule that specifically directs immune cells to develop the capability to produce an allergic response. The signaling molecule, called thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), is key to the development of allergic diseases such as asthma, atopic dermatitis (eczema) and food allergy.
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, announced today that it has accredited its first medical biller under the Healthcare Network Accreditation Program (HNAP) Medical Biller. Sourcenet, a premier physician billing and practice management firm, achieved full accreditation and is recognized as adhering to strict health data processing and transactions, and ensuring compliance with industry-established standards and HIPAA regulations.
The cancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin®) offers only a modest benefit in prolonging disease progression in patients with advanced stage breast cancer, according to a systematic review by Cochrane researchers. The researchers assessed the efficacy of bevacizumab in combination with chemotherapy, an established cancer treatment in this indication, and found no overall survival benefit when adding bevacizumab to chemotherapy.
Researchers have found that people who followed a low-fat vegan diet, cutting out all meat and dairy, lowered their blood sugar more and lost more weight than people on an American Diabetes Association diet.
Myriad Genetics, Inc. today said data that provides further clinical validation supporting its newest molecular diagnostic product, PROLARIS™, was recently presented at the 2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. The abstract of the presentation entitled: "Cell Cycle Genes Predict Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy" by Gregory P. Swanson, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, and colleagues is now available on the American Society of Clinical Oncology's website, www.asco.org.
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