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Patients With Flu Like Symptoms Should Call Their GP First
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is advising patients with flu like symptoms to call their local general practice to seek advice before presenting at the practice to seek care.
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Human Genome Sciences And GlaxoSmithKline Announce Positive Phase 3 Study Results For BENLYSTA(TM) In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) announced that BENLYSTA(TM) (belimumab, formerly LymphoStat-B(R)) met the primary endpoint in BLISS-52, the first of two pivotal Phase 3 trials in patients with serologically active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In the placebo-controlled BLISS-52 study, the results showed that belimumab plus standard of care achieved a clinically and statistically significant improvement in patient response rate at Week 52, compared with standard of care alone. Study results also showed that belimumab was generally well tolerated, with adverse event rates comparable between belimumab and placebo treatment groups.
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MiCardia® Announces First U.S. Implant
MiCardia® (MiCardia Corporation, Irvine, California) announced the completion of the first U.S. implant of its Dynaplasty® mitral valve repair technology. The surgery was performed last week at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. Francis L. Shannon, M.D., who is a partner in SEMCVS and Director of CV Surgical Research and Quality Outcomes at Beaumont, commented, "The MiCardia® device implanted easily and conformed well to the patient"s mitral annulus. The complete D-shaped ring was used to reinforce a complex repair of a flail leaflet segment using minimally invasive techniques. We are excited to be participating in the DYANA Study and believe Dynaplasty® technology will address a major weakness of current devices, namely their inability to deal with changes in valve shape and function after the initial repair procedure."
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The Simpsons And Smoking

A study of smoking in the long running TV show The Simpsons has researchers concerned that the animated series may prompt children to consider smoking at an early age. The research, reported in the Medical Journal of Australia, found The Simpsons, rated as one of the most popular TV shows in history, included a large number of instances of smoking. Researchers Dr Guy Eslick, an International Fellow of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and the American Cancer Society and Honorary Associate of the University of Sydney"s School of Public Health, and Marielle Eslick, took in 400 episodes of the first 18 seasons. "We recorded 795 instances of smoking or references to smoking. More than half (498/62%) involved male characters, 156 (20%) involved female characters, only 16 (2%) involved both sexes and 125 (16%) involved non-gender characters, like animals," Dr Eslick said. "The fact that most instances of smoking involved males was not surprising as two thirds of the characters are male. "Smoking was reflected in a positive way in 16 cases (2%), and in a negative way in 275 (35%) of cases. Most instances were considered neutral (504/63%). "The most notable characters who smoked were Marge Simpson"s sisters Patty and Selma, Krusty the Clown and Bart"s school teacher Mrs Krabappel. The show"s most prolific smokers, Patty and Selma, started smoking as teenagers causing their raspy voices - as seen in Season 2. "An important finding was that instances of smoking with a negative impact occurred much more often in child and adolescent characters than among the adult characters. "Yet even instances of smoking being reflected in a negative way, particularly among younger characters, could have an impact on prompting children to smoke cigarettes." Medical Journal of Australia


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