Professional Medicine

This expanded guide contains six new chapters, including one on common medical and surgical conditions affecting the older patient. Metabolic disorders, skin disorders, psychiatry, cancer, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have also been covered for the first time in this latest edition. The authors, Professor M Greenwood and Dr JG Meechan, have revised existing chapters on the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, endocrine and the musculoskeletal systems. The practising clinicians have also updated the content of the original sections covering neurological disorders, liver diseases, renal disorders, haematology and paediatrics. Read more…

A newly published study in the October 2010 issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), conducted at New York University’s College of Dentistry, confirms the safety and efficacy of a new novel method for controlling xerostomia, or dry mouth. The double masked, randomized controlled crossover study concludes that use of a unique mucoadhesive patch, affixed to the hard palate inside the mouth, provides statistically significant and sustainable improvements in salivary flow rates and subjective moistness for dry mouth sufferers. An estimated 30 million Americans deal with this uncomfortable oral health condition. Read more…

A new approach to anchor teeth back in the jaw using stem cells has been developed and successfully tested in the laboratory for the first time by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The new strategy represents a potential major advance in the battle against gum disease, a serious infection that eventually leads to tooth loss. About 80 percent of U.S. adults suffer from gum disease, according to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Researchers in UIC’s Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics used stem cells obtained from the periodontal ligament of molars extracted from mice, expanded them in an incubator, and then seeded them on barren rat molars. Read more…

Nobel laureate Walter Kohn, who invented the density-functional theory of matter, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship in Condensed Matter Theory and Related Areas. Kohn will receive a $10,000 honorarium and deliver a public presentation at the University of Maryland, College Park, on Oct. 19, 2010. Kohn’s work on the density-functional theory has had transformative impact on physics, chemistry, engineering, and medicine. The award, established by the UMD Department of Physics and Condensed Matter Theory Center (CMTC), honors the late Professor Richard Prange, whose distinguished career at Maryland spanned four decades (1961-2000). Read more…

WellCity Establishes WellCity Osmond Hearing Center

ORLANDO, FL–( – September 27, 2010) –  WellTek, Inc. (OTCBB: WTKN), a global health, fitness and wellness company, announced today that its subsidiary WellCity, the premier online destination for those into health and wellness, garnered early attention from celebrity Justin Osmond as the perfect platform to share his grandmother’s mission with the world. The Olive Osmond Perpetual Hearing Fund is the first of many charity organizations to be introduced in WellCity.

Within the next three months, WellCity will launch its online audiology ward — the WellCity Osmond Hearing Center — in its virtual Medical Center, where consumers will be able to purchase and experience industry-leading products and services for hearing loss.

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