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Medical News Today: 12-11-2004
Scents are made up of many different chemicals and are found in several products that are used daily... click link for more info.
Reid pledges 4 million doses of vaccine for use in case of outbreak abroad - HEALTH Secretary John Reid today pledged to contribute four million doses of smallpox vaccine to a new global stockpile being assembled by the World Health Organisation... click link for more info.
Doctors say that Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin - they do not know whether the poisoning was deliberate or accidental... click link for more info.
FDA regulators have written to the Chiron Corp asking them how they are going to improve their manufacturing process at their UK plant... click link for more info.
UNAIDS and the Global Coalition for Women and AIDS to mark world Human Rights Day on Friday concluded their gender violence activism campaign, which aimed to raise awareness of the "links between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV infection," according to a UNAIDS release... click link for more info.
We extend our deepest sympathy to the relatives of all Harold Shipman's victims... click link for more info.
During week 47 (November 21-27, 2004)*, influenza activity overall was low in the United States... click link for more info.
New Data on Contraceptive Use Among Adults - Sexual activity declined significantly for younger teenage girls and for teenage boys between 1995 and 2002, and teen contraceptive use improved in significant ways, according to a new study released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)... click link for more info.
Seretide Evohaler leads the way with a built-in counter - The asthma combination treatment SeretideTM (salmeterol/fluticasone propionate) has been introduced in the world's first ever metered-dose inhaler (MDI) with a counter... click link for more info.
New Ontario program expected to bridge employment - Despite a shortage of nursing staff, new Ontario nursing graduates can't find full-time work, a McMaster University study says... click link for more info.
Identifying asymptomatic people with genital herpes infection through targeted screening of high-risk groups may prevent disease transmission... click link for more info.
When a group of teenagers fired gunshots into a Mardi Gras crowd, registered nurse Deborah Johnson of Abita Springs, La... click link for more info.
Do you want to learn more about opportunities in the greater New Jersey region for commercializing nanotechnology research? Then you won't want to miss "Commercializing Nanotechnology in the Greater Garden State Region: The Next Step," a workshop Dec... click link for more info.
Six months of treatment with celecoxib (Celebrex) in women at risk of developing breast cancer results in the reduction of estrogen receptor expression in breast cells, a research team at The University of Texas M... click link for more info.
Despite the common belief in the oncology community that cancer research and treatment have focused on breast tumors that are estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, a researcher from The University of Texas M... click link for more info.
Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have presented preliminary results of a clinical trial in which women received a two-week shorter course of radiation therapy than the current standard following a lumpectomy... click link for more info.
Transplant recipients have 96 percent survival rate after first year - Transplant researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Thomas E... click link for more info.
Because up to 75 percent of breast cancer patients have an abnormality in a specific cell signaling pathway, drugs that target different molecules along that pathway may be especially effective for treating the disease, says a researcher from The University of Texas M... click link for more info.
Networking of basic research and clinical application - To continue the improvement of the clinical research infrastructure in Germany the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) is establishing three new Clinical Research Units... click link for more info.
Node-positive adjuvant breast cancer treatment using ELLENCE, with or without docetaxel delivers disease-free and overall survival advantages - Today, results of a study presented at the 27th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium show that an ELLENCE (epirubicin hydrochloride injection) based chemotherapy regimen delivers survival benefits when used alone or in combination with docetaxel... click link for more info.
Mapping of human genetic variation will speed search for disease genes - The International HapMap Consortium today announced that it is ending computer-based "click wrap" license restrictions on data generated by its effort to create a map of human genetic variation... click link for more info.
Exposure to low levels of hydrogen sulfide and possibly other airborne chemicals from nearby asphalt plants may have contributed to an increased suicide rate in a North Carolina community, a study suggests for the first time... click link for more info.
Travellers and night shift workers should save their money and look elsewhere for help to fall asleep... click link for more info.
Results from a new study show that lifetime lead exposure may increase the risk of developing cataracts... click link for more info.
Irritable bowel syndrome, frequent indigestion common in people with insomnia - Mayo Clinic researchers report in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings an association between gastrointestinal disorders and sleep disturbances... click link for more info.
Hamilton health scientists are turning the "gender lens" on the different ways women and men are affected by cardiovascular disease - A team of clinician-investigators jointly affiliated with McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences has formed the GRACE or Gender Research and Cardiovascular Evaluation Network... click link for more info.
Diabetes affects 18,200,000 people in the United States and is expected to double by the year 2010... click link for more info.
Hypertension, a controllable and preventable disease (and more commonly known as high blood pressure), affects 1 in 4 American adults... click link for more info.
Dental visits usually result in patient recommendations to floss or reschedule more appointments to treat a cavity, however, some patients are learning they may be at risk for a stroke too, according to a case report in the November/December issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal... click link for more info.
A new test can predict both the risk of breast cancer recurrence and may identify women who will benefit most from chemotherapy, according to research supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and performed in collaboration with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) and Genomic Health Inc... click link for more info.
Recent changes in Effexor, antidepressant professional information sufficient, despite British warnings - Responding to Monday's warning from Britain's regulatory authorities about antidepressants in general or venlafaxine (Effexor-Wyeth) specifically, FDA has said that no changes are warranted in the U... click link for more info.
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) plans to introduce legislation in early 2005 that would require pharmaceutical companies to register drug trials and report findings in a public database, a Grassley aide said Thursday... click link for more info.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) should be scrapped, a leading fertility expert has claimed... click link for more info.
A new antibiotic could prove to be an important weapon in the fight against tuberculosis, scientists predict... click link for more info.
Nearly two million children in thousands of schools across the UK are now receiving a free piece of fruit or a vegetable every school day, Public Health Minister Melanie Johnson announced today... click link for more info.
Bextra Label Updated with Boxed Warning Concerning Severe Skin Reactions and Warning Regarding Cardiovascular Risk - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today important new information on side effects associated with the use of Bextra, a COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) which is indicated for the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain)... click link for more info.
The son of a woman murdered in 1993 by Dr Shipman says the two doctors blamed for failing to prevent over 100 murders should be fired (struck off)... click link for more info.
Japan - Even after the establishment of a law that aims to provide support for people suffering from developmental disorders, treatment remains problematic due to a shortage of specialists in the field... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Infocom (TSE:4348) announced December 9 that it will collaborate with two US companies OmniViz and AriadneGenomics to globally market Auto Net Finder, a gene network inference software program it has developed jointly with Professor Katsuhisa Horimoto of the Human Genome Center of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo... click link for more info.
To mark world Human Rights Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de Football Association) are joining forces to address stigma and discrimination in the context of HIV/AIDS... click link for more info.
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