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Medical News Today: 02-20-2005
There is a widespread controversy regarding the risks and benefits of hormone therapy (HT) for post-menopausal women with no end in sight... click link for more info.
A new study on whether the model used to identify patients most in need of a liver transplant can be improved upon found that measuring serum sodium in potential transplant patients helps to better predict those with a poor prognosis... click link for more info.
Researchers have created a way to transform the dead bone of a transplanted skeletal graft into living tissue in an experiment involving mice... click link for more info.
A new study investigating the effects of the major flavonoid component of green tea on hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) found that it significantly protected livers that suffered ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in mice... click link for more info.
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COX-2 inhibitors increase risk for cardiovascular events at about the same rate as cigarette smoking, hypertension and diabetes, http://www... click link for more info.
Congress should work to address future funding problems in Social Security, as well as "far larger shortfalls in Medicare,"... click link for more info.
Several pharmaceutical companies are "racing" to bring to market a new class of antiretroviral drugs, called CCR5 inhibitors, that would prevent HIV from entering human cells rather than fighting the virus once it has entered cells, http://www... click link for more info.
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The number of new AIDS cases in Florida increased a "surprising" 24% in 2004, which could signal a "resurgence" of HIV/AIDS cases in the state, state health officials said on Wednesday, the... click link for more info.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Thursday asked pharmaceutical company... click link for more info.
NHS Patients will get speedier access to high quality diagnostic tests in future thanks to a £1 billion procurement Health Secretary John Reid announced today... click link for more info.
Dr Jim Kennedy, Prescribing Spokesperson for the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), said: 'There is growing concern that Cox-2 inhibitor drugs may increase the risk of a stroke or heart attack among patients with a history of cardiovascular or vascular disease... click link for more info.
The crystallized form of a molecular machine that can cut and paste genetic material is revealing possible new paths for treating diseases such as some forms of cancer and opportunistic infections that plague HIV patients... click link for more info.
Speaking at the conference of Honorary Secretaries of BMA Divisions in Edinburgh today (Friday 18 February 2005), Dr Sam Everington, Deputy Chairman of the BMA (UK) warned that the Westminster Government's continuing push for private sector involvement in the provision of NHS services could spread to the other countries of the UK... click link for more info.
Top Medicare, FDA and White House Officials to Speak at Meeting February 24-26, Boca Raton Resort & Club - Arlington, VA -- Generic pharmaceutical company CEOs and other leading industry officials will convene at the Generic Pharmaceutical Association's (GPhA) 2005 Annual Meeting to discuss the key challenges facing the industry, including how to ensure that consumers have timely access to affordable prescription medicines... click link for more info.
Psoriasis advocacy group, speaking at FDA hearing, urges FDA not to slow drug approvals as response to COX-2 NSAIDs controversy - (Kensington, MD, February 17, 2005) "Psoriasis Cure Now," a nonprofit patient advocacy group, today urged a joint hearing of two Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committees to tread carefully as it prepares to issue recommendations about COX-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs... click link for more info.
A simple saliva test can predict for the first time whether children will get cavities, how many cavities they will get and even which teeth are most vulnerable, University of Southern California researchers say... click link for more info.
Men middle-aged and older routinely get blood tests for prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, to screen for prostate cancer... click link for more info.
A majority of Americans believes it is appropriate to use reproductive genetic testing to avoid having a child with a life-threatening disease, or to test embryos to see if they will be a good match to provide cells to help a sick sibling, a new report of the Genetics and Public Policy Center reveals... click link for more info.
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The forces of variation and selection which shape human language have become issues of extensive research... click link for more info.
As many as half of children in the developing world lack enough vital micronutrients, such as iron and zinc, in their diets... click link for more info.
Exposure to lead may be one of the most significant causes of violent crime in young people, according to one of the nation's leading researchers on the subject... click link for more info.
Researchers have noted a higher incidence of depression among patients with epilepsy than the general population or others with chronic conditions such as diabetes... click link for more info.
Women who have suffered a heart attack or have chest pain are being prescribed appropriate drug intervention at hospital discharge at the same frequency as men, researchers reported at the Second International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke... click link for more info.
A widely-used class of drugs that keep the HIV-virus infection from progressing to AIDS may cause serious and potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbances in some patients... click link for more info.
How to apply scientific advances to drug research, particularly on the structure and function of cell membranes, is among the topics to be addressed during the De Lange Conference at Rice University in Houston March 7-9... click link for more info.
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that obese individuals in otherwise good health who donated a kidney had outcomes similar to their non-obese counterparts... click link for more info.
A new study will test an FDA-approved antidepressant for its potential to alleviate bladder pain for which there is no known cause and no effective therapy... click link for more info.
For nearly a decade, scientists have been trying to fully understand a particular communication pathway inside of cells that contributes to many malignant brain and prostate cancers... click link for more info.
AMA President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today that the AMA was encouraged that older Australians are taking up private health insurance in greater numbers... click link for more info.
Motor vehicle backover-related injuries pose a serious risk to children and youth with an estimated 7,475 children from ages one to 14 years treated in U... click link for more info.
(UK) In response to the recent announcement that fees for immigration applications will increase by at least 200% on April 1st 2005 - BMA Chairman, Mr James Johnson in a letter to Home Secretary Charles Clarke said: "Doctors often change jobs frequently and the proposal to make them pay £500 for each renewal application perhaps two to three times a year is unreasonable and the BMA would urge the government to reconsider this decision... click link for more info.
According to research from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, men who receive a reproducible prostate specific antigen (PSA) test result of 7 ng/ml (nanograms per milliliter) or greater are more likely to have a subsequent prostate biopsy compared to men with lower but still abnormal test results... click link for more info.
Deaths from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related lung cancer, will peak within ten years in the UK and then fall to a much lower level, according to new figures published in this week's British Journal of Cancer*... click link for more info.
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