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Medical News Today: 10-05-2004
According to research carried out at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, regular use of aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) seems to reduce the risk of developing various cancers, including prostate cancer... click link for more info.
Researchers have found that chemotherapy improves survival and reduces the risk of recurrence in women with stage I ovarian cancer (cancer that has not spread beyond the ovary)... click link for more info.
Two thirds of assisted living residents in central Maryland were diagnosed with dementia and more than one-quarter of residents had other psychiatric ailments, such as depression, anxiety disorder or psychosis, according to a Johns Hopkins study... click link for more info.
If you want to cut down on your calories you should try eating a salad before you start your meal... click link for more info.
There are a number of ways to manage eczema, all of which begin with an effective skin care routine... click link for more info.
Varian Medical Systems, Inc today introduced the Clinac iX? linear accelerator, Varian's most ergonomic and customizable technology platform for treating cancer with image-guided radiotherapies... click link for more info.
The number of low birth weight infants born in America's 100 largest cities and their suburbs rose between 1990 and 2000, placing more babies at greater risk for critical health problems, according to a new study in the latest Journal of Urban Health, a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by The New York Academy of Medicine... click link for more info.
Do South American knife fish hold one of the keys to our understanding the development of the human brain? They might, according to Dr... click link for more info.
Allos Therapeutics, Inc announced the presentation of new findings from its Phase 3 clinical trial of the investigational radiation sensitizer EFAPROXYN? (efaproxiral) in patients with brain metastases... click link for more info.
America has spent over $900 Million in the last 5 years on abstinence-only sex education... click link for more info.
Babies of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are at increased risk of developing colic and are prone to excessive crying, according to new research... click link for more info.
UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot on Monday in Tokyo called on Asian countries to provide strong leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS, which is spreading at "an alarming pace" in the region, AFP/Yahoo! News reports... click link for more info.
UK - Pilot schemes which offer extra help to victims of domestic violence are resulting in more convictions, according to recent figures from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)... click link for more info.
Patients need better access to the NHS if they are to improve their own health, a Conservative party conference fringe meeting heard... click link for more info.
AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today Indigenous Australians have been the big losers in the Federal election funding frenzy with the major parties failing to make the necessary leap of faith to turn around the parlous state of health of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders... click link for more info.
The Australian Health Minister, Tony Abbott, has been admitted to hospital suffering from abdominal pains... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Leading Japanese beverage manufacturer Suntory announced that its research division Suntory Institute for Health Care has discovered a beneficial effect of Rokkaku Reishi, a kind of Reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) richly containing beta-glucan... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Sankyo (TSE: 4501) has announced that it has brought to market LULU Gargle, a collutorium in its cold remedy series LULU... click link for more info.
Germany takes the lead in psoriasis treatment," says leading dermatologistSerono announced today that it has launched Raptiva® (efalizumab) in Germany, making it the first biological treatment for moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis in the European Union... click link for more info.
Sandoz has received approval from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to market the recombinant DNA human growth hormone Omnitrope... click link for more info.
New Analysis Showed Teriparatide Prevented Fracture Risk Associated with Increasing Number, Severity of Osteoporotic FracturesData presented today at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 26th annual meeting show that the number and severity of prior fractures are strong predictors of future fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, and that FORTEO® (teriparatide [rDNA origin] injection) offered patients important protection against this risk... click link for more info.
Data from Two Studies Showed Benefit for Early and Moderate-to-Advanced PatientsAGILECT® (rasagiline mesylate) taken once-daily significantly improved symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) both as initial monotherapy in patients with early PD and as adjunct treatment to levodopa in moderate-to-advanced patients, according to a poster presented at the American Neurological Association (ANA) annual meeting... click link for more info.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced the submission of a New Drug Application to the US Food and Drug Administration for entecavir, an investigational antiviral agent under development for the treatment of chronic Hepatitis B... click link for more info.
Abbott Laboratories announced today an enhanced fertility menu for its ARCHITECT® family of analyzers with the introduction of an improved ARCHITECT® Estradiol test... click link for more info.
The shortage of flu vaccines and the DHSSPS's public handling of the situation has caused anger amongst many of Northern Ireland's GPs... click link for more info.
A new study has revealed that 40% of medical students think that sex between doctor and patient is OK... click link for more info.
When a baby is stuck during childbirth, it is not necessary to cut a woman (episiotomy) in order to have a safe delivery, say American researchers... click link for more info.
UK - Top footballer Paul Scholes of Manchester United FC is backing the Department of Health's flu immunisation campaign, which launched today... click link for more info.
According to Jack LaLanne, 90, you get old from inactivity, not from the passage of time... click link for more info.
Bethesda, Maryland - One year after launching the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made significant progress toward accelerating the pace of discovery... click link for more info.
A measles epidemic could affect the UK this winter because of a falling uptake of the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR), according to leading medical newspaper Pulse... click link for more info.
The drug watchdog that monitors the use of safety of medicines in the UK has been accused of failing to protect patients... click link for more info.
AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today that further examination of Labor's Medicare Gold policy by the AMA confirms that while it promises much it simply cannot deliver on its promises... click link for more info.
Medical experts are warning that Australians' love for food is creating an epidemic of liver disease... click link for more info.
The Bush administration on Friday announced that it will withhold $25 million and redirect $9 million in funding that Congress allocated for the United Nations Population Fund, saying that the agency's work supports coercive abortions in China, Reuters/Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Reuters/Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/2)... click link for more info.
Abstinence-only sex education programs -- which prohibit discussion of contraception or condoms, except to point out failure rates -- have little long-term impact on teenagers' sexual behavior, according to an Advocates for Youth analysis of state evaluations of 10 abstinence-only federal initiatives that was released on Tuesday, CQ HealthBeat reports (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 9/30)... click link for more info.
Girls should visit an OB/GYN for the first time between ages 13 and 15, even though routine Pap testing might not be necessary until they are older, according to a new committee opinion from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published in the October issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reuters Health reports... click link for more info.
Situation in ThailandThe Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has today confirmed a further case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza... click link for more info.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are investigating whether hormone therapy and two alternative herbal products can lessen memory and other cognitive problems experienced by menopausal women... click link for more info.
Five studies detailed at Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Researchers from the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Milton and Caroll Petrie Department of Urology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine are presenting findings from five studies of prostate and breast cancer treatments at the 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), October 3-7, 2004, in Atlanta, Georgia... click link for more info.
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