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Medical News Today: 10-20-2004
OraSure Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ: OSUR), the market leader in oral fluid diagnostics, announced today that it is launching its OraQuick® ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test, the first and only U... click link for more info.
A Greek study reveals that if you drink more than one cup of coffee per day you are raising your chances of having heart disease... click link for more info.
Patti Davis, daughter of former President Reagan, has filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court alleging that the Salvation Army canceled her scheduled speaking engagement because of her public support for human embryonic stem cell research, Long Island Newsday reports (Freifeld, Long Island Newsday, 10/19)... click link for more info.
An unnamed Vatican official on Tuesday said that Democratic presidential nominee Sen... click link for more info.
Indian generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy plans to resubmit to the World Health Organization by the end of the year three generic antiretroviral drugs that the organization removed from its list of prequalified HIV treatments, according to Ranbaxy CEO Brian Tempest, Reuters reports (Reuters, 10/18)... click link for more info.
The Asia-Pacific region risks an "AIDS crisis similar in scale to Africa's" unless national governments and regional institutions "step up" efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Kathleen Cravero said on Wednesday in Manila, Philippines, AFP/Channel News Asia reports... click link for more info.
The New York City borough of Queens plans to launch its first needle-exchange program as soon as December in an effort to reduce the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases in the area, Long Island Newsday reports... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) will be holding a joint half-day conference on Wednesday 3 November with the Royal Society of Medicine entitled Clinical Update: Epilepsy in Adults... click link for more info.
Sanguinarine, commonly found in toothpaste and many mouthwashes, protects the body from developing skin cancer... click link for more info.
Serono (virt-x SEO and NYSE: SRA) - In the first clinical trial to directly compare gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists, patients using Cetrotide® (cetrorelix acetate for injection) required fewer injections compared to patients using Ganirelix Acetate (formerly known as Antagon? Injection) to prevent premature ovulation during infertility treatment... click link for more info.
BANAMINE Becomes the Only Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Approved for Use in Lactating Dairy Cattle - UNION, N... click link for more info.
Roche and Japan Tobacco Inc (JT) (TSE:2914) today announced a licensing agreement for the late-stage development and commercialization of JTT-705, JT's innovative cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, for the treatment of dyslipidemia... click link for more info.
Today Public Health Minister Melanie Johnson announced plans to help identify victims of domestic abuse earlier... click link for more info.
Jane Asher, the president of the National Autistic Society, is warning that there is currently a "terrifying gap" in provision and support for autistic adults... click link for more info.
The UK Government is unlikely to introduce a total ban on public smoking as health secretary John Reid attempts to encourage a more voluntary based approach... click link for more info.
Patients are being discharged from hospital too early, according to a new report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Lion (TSE: 4912) announced that its research group has developed a technique to measure breath odor... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Japanese market researcher Fuji Keizai has announced that it has published a report on the immunoassay market in Japan... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Researchers from Osaka University have recently identified a type of enzyme that determines the amount of body fat... click link for more info.
Tokyo (JCNN) - Leading Japanese beverage manufacturer Suntory has announced that it has confirmed a preventive effect of moderate wine drinking against cataract in collaboration with Kanazawa Medical University and the University of Iceland... click link for more info.
The European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP) this week published the report: "Socio-economic inequalities in smoking in the European Union... click link for more info.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa on Friday urged Zambians to get tested for HIV, Xinhuanet reports... click link for more info.
Verdict still out on effectiveness of alpha-blockers, say authors of study, editorial in Annals of Internal Medicine... click link for more info.
The public looks to nurses and midwives to make sure that the patient environment is clean and safe... click link for more info.
The common obstetric practice of stopping an epidural in the late stages of labour merely increases pain and does not improve outcome, according to a new study... click link for more info.
In a telephone conversation with Tommy Thompson, US HSS Secretary, David Williams, Pasteur Aventis head, said his company aims to complete a batch of 2,600,000 flu jabs for a January delivery... click link for more info.
According to a new study, nearly 1,700,000 US veterans had no health care cover at all in 2003... click link for more info.
Scientists at Cambridge Biostability (CBL), UK have developed a new technology that can store and deliver vaccines without the need for refrigeration... click link for more info.
OTTAWA - Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh today released two cancer reports: http://www... click link for more info.
Although few of their patients commit suicide in a year, primary care physicians should use office visits to note possible risk factors for suicidal behavior, bolstered by candid discussions if needed, according to a review of recent research... click link for more info.
Increasing mammography screening rates and investing in research to improve breast cancer detection technologies should be top priorities, according to authors of a study published in the October 20, 2004, Journal of the National Cancer Institute*... click link for more info.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be as accurate as computed tomography (CT) in detecting acute bleeding in the brain in patients showing signs of stroke, and more accurate than CT in revealing chronic bleeding in the brain, according to a study in the October 20 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.
Stroke patients who were older and had disturbances of their consciousness had a greater risk of death in the hospital following thrombolytic (clot-dissolving) therapy, according to an article in the October 20 JAMA... click link for more info.
Stroke patients who show little improvement in the first 24 hours after receiving thrombolytic (clot-dissolving) therapy are more likely to have poor outcomes or death at three months, according to a study in the October 20 JAMA... click link for more info.
Researchers have uncovered a specific signaling mechanism that contributes to the development of colorectal cancer, one of the most common deadly human cancers... click link for more info.
Toremifene study finds significant reduction in the incidence of prostate cancer for men with high grade PINToremifene, a drug currently used to treat breast cancer in women, was found to reduce the incidence of prostate cancer for men at high risk for the disease... click link for more info.
Study in JNCI suggests tamoxifen does not raise stroke risk among survivorsPrompted by results of two previous studies, physicians today warn breast cancer patients who take tamoxifen that the drug might increase their stroke risk-but a new study by Southern California researchers finds no link between tamoxifen and stroke... click link for more info.
A leading stroke researcher says the aging of the American population means that more people are at risk for stroke, and unless new approaches are developed to reduce stroke incidence, it will surpass heart attacks and cancer as the major cause of long-term disability and premature death... click link for more info.
New research shows that the plant estrogens in soy don't impair fertility in monkeys... click link for more info.
By knocking out a single gene in mice, immunologists at Duke University Medical Center have mimicked a little-understood autoimmune disorder in humans... click link for more info.
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