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Urologist And Allergist Explore Link Between Allergies And Interstitial Cystitis
Allergy testing and treatment may offer a new therapeutic option for many patients with interstitial cystitis (IC). IC is a severely painful bladder condition affecting as many as 8 million women and 1.5 million men in the United States. Patients and the providers who treat them have long noticed a correlation between allergies and IC. Recently, a urologist and allergist in Louisville, Kentucky, began to explore the link between these two chronic ailments to provide patients with more effective treatment. The story of their discoveries is featured in the ICA Update, the quarterly magazine of the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA).

The New Cannabis Science President & CEO Dr. Melamede Reports FDA Progress Plans And New Management Team Objectives For Its Cannabis Formulations
Cannabis Science Inc. (NASD OTCBB: CBIS), an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company, is pleased to announce that the Company is moving forward confidently under the guidance of its new President & CEO, Dr. Robert Melamede Ph.D. The planning for the company"s product line up remains the same, including its FDA fast track initiatives. In the light of recent corporate management changes, Dr. Melamede has begun negotiating with high level industry executives to build a new team with both FDA protocol and research experience to work on Cannabis Science"s extensive product line up and rapid market entry initiatives. The former CEO, Steven W. Kubby, has now resigned from the Board of Directors, and his team members Dr. Mary Ruwart, and Mr. Ray Carr have resigned from their positions with Cannabis Science. The Company wishes them the best in their future endeavors.
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Boston Arm Of Multi-City Study To Focus On Sexual Health, HIV Risk Among Black Gay, Bisexual Men
Boston-based Fenway Health and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition "have launched the recruitment phase of a new study aimed at learning more about the sexual health of black gay and bi[sexual] men and finding effective strategies for HIV prevention within the black gay community," Bay Windows reports. The study, called Project Saving Ourselves (SOS), is seeking to recruit up to 400 participants in Boston, and also is collecting data on black gay and bisexual men in New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Ben Perkins, Project SOS director at the Fenway Institute of Fenway Health"s research division, said, "This is pretty new. In terms of the scale, there hasn"t been anything quite like it." Perkins said there are several questions researchers hope to answer about black gay and bisexual male health and HIV prevention, but the goal is to determine what factors put them at risk for HIV and help promote better health and safe behavior (Jacobs, 7/15).
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Role Of Overweight Status On Stone-Forming Risk Factors In Children: A Prospective Study

UroToday.com - Gluttony is becoming an ever-increasing problem in our pediatric patients, and this is directly correlated to an increase risk of stone disease. In this prospective study, 44 children who were being followed for obesity in the pediatric department were evaluated with respect to stone disease and stone forming risk factors using a 24-hour urine evaluation. An additional 50 patients who were being seen in the same department for complaints other than stone disease or overweight status were evaluated similarly as the control group. The difference in the demographics of the two groups was their weight and body mass index. However, of most concern, the obese group also had significantly higher systolic blood pressures and were more likely to have established hypertension. Also, in the overweight group the children more consistently demonstrated hypocitraturia and hyperoxaluria compared to their non obese patient counterparts. There was also an increase in urinary calcium excretion in the obese children. Nine percent of the obese children had a history of previous stone disease compared to none in the control group. This study is another in a long list demonstrating the potentially deleterious health effects obesity has on our children globally. The early development of hypertension and stone disease can only have dire consequences for future health issues in these young patients and more attention needs to be directed to this pediatric health crisis. Sarica K, Eryildirim B, Yencilek F, Kuyumcuoglu U Urology. 2009 May;73(5):1003-7. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2008.11.038 Written by UroToday.com Contributing Editor Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC, MHPE UroToday - the only urology website with original content written by global urology key opinion leaders actively engaged in clinical practice. To access the latest urology news releases from UroToday, go to: www.urotoday.com Copyright © 2009 - UroToday


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