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Cell Genesys Reports Additional Data From Phase 2 Clinical Trial of GVAX Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

...aving surgical removal of the tumor as a treatment option for only approximately 20 to 30 percent of pancreatic cancer patients. The median survival of patients with operable cancer of the pancreas with currently available therapies is approximately 17 to 22 months. Cell Genesys is focused on the develop...

Hot Flashes in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer Reduced by Non-hormonal Drug

... "This [gabapentin] provides an immediate clinical option that has not been previously available for treatment of hot flash side effects, and it is a welcome one," Dr. Loprinzi says....

Marriage Could Lift One Out of Depression, New Study

Depressed? Consider marriage as an option please, a pair of young US researchers say. The more depressed you are, the happier you could be after marriage . And never mind the quality of marital life itself, you would still stand to benefit, claim Adrianne Frech, a sociology graduate student ...

Pazopanib Shows Positive in Advanced Renal Carcinoma, Ovarian Cancer and Soft Tissue Sarcoma

...potential pazopanib offers as a future therapeutic option not only in renal cell cancer, but across many different tumor types," said Debasish Roychowdhury, MD, Vice President, Global Clinical Development, Oncology Medicine Development Centre, GSK. "The broad clinical development program for pazopanib, in v...

Velcade(R) Plus Doxil(R) Improves Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma Patients

...oved by the FDA just last month as a new treatment option for myeloma patients who have relapsed or who have...ts to hear, and we are encouraged to have this new option to offer patients with peer reviewed data behind it," said Susie Novis, president and co-founder of ...

Honoring of Organ Donor Families at Raj Bhavan in Chennai

...ies to convince them to opt for the organ donation option in their moment of grief. There is huge gap between organ demand and organs that are available for transplants. In India most of the donations take place from living persons where as in the western world donations from brain dead patients tends ...

OrthoGlide(TM) Medial Knee Implant Reports Over 200 Implants

...ic surgeons want a minimally invasive knee implant option for their patients with painful osteoarthritis of the knee. Approximately 100 implants were performed during the first 11 months of the commercial availability of OrthoGlide. The second group of 100 implants, which brought the implant total in the ...

Remicade(R) Get Approval for First and Only Biologic Treatment for Pediatric Crohn's Disease

...nfliximab provides physicians with a new treatment option that addresses the unique aspects of this difficult-to-treat disease in the pediatric population." REMICADE is the first and only biologic therapy approved in the EU for the treatment of pediatric CD, a debilitating condition that causes inflammati...

Bionic Ear Restores Hearing to Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Patients

...disease develop tumors in their ears, and the only option to help control such tumors is repeated surgery, which is often unsuccessful. Such tumors occur in the endolymphatic sac, part of the inner ear labyrinth of fluid passages. They are benign, but are invasive, and can cause hemorrhages that lead to ...

Abbott's Humira(r) (Adalimumab) Gets Approval by EU for Crohn's Disease Treatment

...e and offers an effective and convenient treatment option that can help enable patients to maintain control ...opulation now has a clinically effective treatment option that they can administer themselves," said Eugene Sun, M.D., vice president, Global Pharmaceutical C...

Flush Water Pipes to Reduce Lead Contamination Risk, Schools Told

...ng more to inform homeowners about the replacement option and perhaps develop "creative financing" to help lower-income residents do so. Lead levels of 10 parts per billion are considered acceptable. Of the 160 homes the city voluntarily tested, 7.5 per cent exceeded the recommended level, with all but on...

Radical Idea of Implanting Tiny Electrodes to the Deaf

...oundly and severely deaf people would have another option that could allow them to hear low-pitched sounds common in speech, converse in a noisy room, identify high and low voices, and appreciate music areas where cochlea implants, though a boon, have significant limitations. In nearly every measure, the...

Transplant Patient Gets a New Lease of Life

...or, and the family is consulted about the donation option after being told of their family members death. Because the number of people who meet these requirements is far less than the number of people who seek organs, hospitals and organ banks are turning to lesser used procedures such as donation after c...

Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics

...tive duty troops use Tricare Prime, a managed-care option maintained by private contractors. Their mental health care is free. Guard and Reserve troops and their families frequently use Tricare Standard, a fee-for-service plan. They pay an annual deductible and 20 percent of the amount Tricare pays the ther...

Healthier Options at the Buffalo Food Fest

... but giving them a choice to try out the healthier option and find them just as tasty. "What a great oppor...aurants demonstrate how they can provide a healthy option that tastes great, we're going to change people's perceptions," Cropp said.There has been cases wher...

Traders Smell Something Fishy in Tokyo Market Move

...ce a Western-style diet. "We've already studied an option to refurbish the market without moving and concluded that it's impossible. There's just not enough space," said Hiroyuki Ito, the chairman of the wholesales cooperative of the Tokyo Fish Market. "On top of that, Tsukiji needs to compete with big su...

Counseling For Medical And Dental Seats Allotment Through Videoconferencing

...lkata). The candidates have already exercised the option for personal appearance from any of the above thre... taken seats in the first round are given one more option to change seats from the available vacant pool and after completion of merit list, the remaining vac...

New Drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis Looks Promising.

..., and can lead to disability. The new treatment option Actemra in combination with traditional drugs achieved a significant improvement in disease signs and symptoms after 24 weeks, compared to those treated with the traditional drugs alone. The heterogeneity of the disease is one of the reasons why no ...

Should the UK Adopt Dutch Rules on Euthanasia in Newborn Babies?

...mendations is that active killing as a therapeutic option is seen as a “slippery slope” towards its wider us... and that parents may feel pressured to accept the option of euthanasia so that they do not become a burden on medical and social services. Acts by neonatol...

Testosterone Cream – Ineffective in Enhancing Libido in Female Cancer Survivor

...ar that androgen supplementation would be a viable option for women who must avoid (estrogen) replacement." SAV/B...

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