Rheumatology Doctors in Dyer, IN Accepting Medicare

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Monica Mihaela Aloman, MD Internal Medicine - Rheumatology Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 919 Main St Ste 201, Dyer, IN 46311 Phone: 219-922-3002    Fax: 219-922-3003

Shalini Ravella, MD Internal Medicine - Rheumatology Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 919 Main St Ste 201, Dyer, IN 46311 Phone: 219-922-3002    Fax: 219-922-3003

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Bellicum Pharmaceuticals announces $4.5 million in Series A and Convertible Note funding

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced $4.5 million in Series A and Convertible Note funding. The new funds will be used to complete the company's ongoing Phase I/IIa trial of BP-GMAX-CD1 in patients with advanced, androgen independent prostate cancer, and to prepare for Phase IIb trials. The company anticipates reporting initial results of the Phase I/IIa trial in mid 2010.

Scientists discover molecular switch that determines death or survival of cell

The study is the result of a collaboration of scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, University of Michigan, and University of California San Diego, USA, who were interested in finding out whether autophagy can be affected by events in the cell nucleus. Surprisingly, they discovered that a signal chain in the nucleus serves as a kind of molecular switch that determines whether the cell dies or survives.

18F-FDG PET scans help evaluate cognitive dysfunction of pediatric fever-induced epilepsy

Sudden, catastrophic childhood epilepsy is a parent's worst nightmare, especially in the case of fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy in school-age children (FIRES). While not much is known about the condition, new research published in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans can offer an evaluation of cognitive dysfunction of FIRES, its evolution and further prognosis.

Depression in the elderly can act as a predictor of future intellectual decline

Depression in the elderly increases the risk of subsequent mental impairment and can act as a predictor of future intellectual decline, a study by University of Rochester Medical Center psychiatrists and researchers has found.

Top cancer centers lack policies to protect cancer patients' fertility

Infertility is consistently listed as one of the most distressing long-term side effects of cancer treatment for adolescents and young adults. Yet the leading National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers - which should be leaders in fertility preservation - aren't doing an adequate job of helping patients protect their fertility, reports a new Northwestern Medicine- study.

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