PhysioGenix’s Substantial Growth in 2010 Expected to Continue in 2011

PhysioGenix experienced a tremendous year through the completion of a new research facility, addition of capabilities and record high sales. Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) March 23, 2011 -- PhysioGenix, already a leader in customer focused contract research, expanded their research facilities, capabilities and research models in 2010. “We experienced tremendous growth in 2010 and anticipate additional growth in 2011,” stated PhysioGenix’s Director of Sales Darin Evans. PhysioGenix was a...

U.S. Scientists Contribute to Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Effort

PhysioGenix, a diabetes and cardiovascular Preclinical Contract Research Organization, donates money to the American Red Cross to aid in the Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami relief effort. Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) March 20, 2011 -- PhysioGenix has donated to the American Red Cross to help provide relief for the recent earthquake and tsunami victims. PhysioGenix has been in e-mail contact with several of their Japanese colleagues who have informed them that they and their families are all...

Tight Blood Pressure Control For Patients With Diabetes And Coronary Artery Disease Not Associated With Improved Cardiovascular Outcomes

Patients with hypertension, diabetes and coronary artery disease who maintained their systolic blood pressure at less than 130 mm Hg did not have improved cardiovascular outcomes compared to patients with usual blood pressure control, according to a study in the July 7 issue of...

Frequent Doctor Visits Help Diabetics Lower Blood Pressure More Quickly

Frequent doctor visits helped diabetes patients lower their high blood pressure to normal quicker, according to a large study reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. The impact of doctor visit frequency on managing high blood pressure is...

Blocking Hypertension-Related Kidney Damage With Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Anti-inflammatory drugs appear to help block the rapid kidney destruction that can occur with hypertension, Medical College of Georgia researchers...

Overtime work is bad for the heart

Working overtime is bad for the heart according to results from a long-running study following more than 10,000 civil servants in London (UK): the Whitehall II study.read...

Many “Pre” Patients May Not Be As Healthy As They Think

Three separate studies announced today at the American Society of Hypertension Inc.'s 25th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2010) examined the cardiovascular consequences of relatively healthy patients - those who were asymptomatic and not classified as hypertensive or diabetic - and found that many patients who appear healthy may still be at risk for cardiovascular...

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Pradaxa Will Garner Blockbuster Sales of $1.3 Billion by 2018 in the Atrial Fibrillation Drug Market

Positive Results From the RE-LY Clinical Trial Will Help Drive Pradaxa's Uptake, According to New Findings from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa will become one of the leading stroke prevention therapies in the atrial fibrillation drug market, garnering blockbuster sales of $1.3 billion by 2018 in the United...

Personalized medicine in warfarin therapy

Researchers from the Ohio State University have developed a rapid, multiplexed genotyping method to identify the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that affect warfarin dose. The related report by Yang et al, "Rapid Genotyping of SNPs Influencing Warfarin Drug Response by SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry," appears in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of Molecular...

Estrogen protects against cardiovascular disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCD researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor Therese Kinsella have shown that estrogen can protect against cardiovascular disease by impacting the levels of a key protein called prostacyclin receptor. The findings are published today in the Journal of Molecular...