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Early Estrogen Therapy May Reduce Cardiovascular Risks

...s instrumental in providing a roadmap for the next phase of research to examine whether estrogen protects younger women from cardiovascular disease, as earlier observational studies indicated, said Harman. “KEEPS is designed to provide useful new data to begin answering women’s questions and help shape fut...

A New Erbitux Combo Shows Promise in treatment

...stol-Myers Squibb have announced that a first line phase III study of Erbitux combined with platinum-based //chemotherapy have increased survival chances among cancer patients with recurrent and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). Worldwide SCCHN is the most common form of ca...

Pneumonia Vaccine is a Blessing, Study Shows

... in comparison with the figures during the initial phase of the vaccine. Adult hospitalizations due to pneumonia dropped to 26 percent from 1997 to 2004, the study demonstrated. The researchers concluded, "Our results contribute to the growing body of evidence supporting the beneficial effects of pneumoc...

National Neurosurgery Awareness Week Kicks Off During Annual Meeting of the AANS

...AANS reach out to the public. This initiative is phase two of ongoing Web site improvements the AANS has implemented over the last two years. The section entitled Conditions & Treatments has been completely revised and updated. The most up-to-date information is provided on more than 50 neurosurgical con...

Crucell's Rabies MAb Enters Phase I Trial in India

...es monoclonal antibody (mAb) product has entered a phase I clinical study in India, four months after launc...act and Crucell’s PER.C6 technologies. This second phase I study is closely linked to the initial phase I study that is currently being performed in the US. ...

ChemGenex Treats First Patient With Ceflatonin

...maceuticals has treated the first patient in a new phase II/III clinical study designed to evaluate the efficacy of Ceflatonin// (homoharringtonine or HHT) in patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) who have failed or were intolerant to treatment with two or more prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs...

Intercell to Begin Phase II JE Vaccine Trials in India

...tained regulatory clearance to start// a pediatric phase II clinical trial for Intercell’s novel Japanese Encephalitis vaccine in India. The randomized and controlled study aims to demonstrate the dose, safety and immunogenicity of Intercell’s JE vaccine compared to a locally produced mouse-brain Japanes...

Combining Therapies can Improve Survival for Early-stage Breast Cancer Patients

...and colleagues conducted two randomized controlled phase III clinical trials of 3,854 women with early-stage breast cancer, all of whom were treated with tamoxifen for five years. In the first trial, nearly half of the 2,144 premenopausal women were randomly assigned to receive ovarian suppression, and the...

Mild Head Injuries Increase Risk of Sleep Disorders

...a CRSD. Of those, eight people had a delayed sleep phase syndrome with problems falling asleep and waking up, and seven people had irregular sleep-wake patterns. “The frequency of sleep disorders in this study is considerably higher than the rate of these disorders among people attending sleep clinics fo...

Cure for Cancer One Step Closer

... with researchers around the world, and two vapour phase nitrogen storage vessels (-196oC) and two -80oC freezers which have the capacity to house in excess of 164,000 tissue and blood samples. The small sections of tissue collected from patients will be stored in cryogenic vials which will help preserve...

Ranbaxy Develops New Compound for Respiratory Inflammation

... Ranbaxy will also be responsible for conducting phase I and phase II clinical studies through to proof of concept. GSK will then have the option to conduct further de...

Transplanted Pig Cells in Human Produce Insulin

...abeCell pig islet cell transplant in patients in a phase I/IIa clinical trial in the second quarter of 2007. In addition, LCT is awaiting approval to conduct an additional trial in New Zealand this year with a different treatment protocol. Subsequent trials in the US or Europe are intended following initia...

Canandian Firm Announces Positive Results from Anti- Cervical Cancer Drug Trials

...orporation has announced positive results from its phase II clinical study of its Topical Interferon Alpha-2b in women with human papilloma virus (HPV)-induced low-grade cervical lesions.// Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) are a large group of related viruses. They play a part in the development of cervica...

Guiding Hand For Junior Doctors

.... "Prevocational medical education is a critical phase in the continuum from medical undergraduate tocollege training programs when a junior medical officer works in supervised hospital and communitypractice settings for a period of 1 to 3 years," says Dr Graham. "In the curriculum framework, the key a...

One More Drug to Fight Brain Cancer

...ain, bone-marrow and stomach. Enrolment into a phase III clinical trial of enzastaurin is underway. Spe...o late stage clinical development.It heralds a new phase of innovation for the group,it is stated....

British MP Stress the Need to Fight Against TB Jointly With India

...n (WHO) had said in Geneva last week. The second phase of RNTCP - a World Bank project - has been approved by India for the period October 2006 to September 2011 for a total outlay of Rs.11.56 billion. This includes a credit of Rs.7.65 billion from the World Bank and a grant of Rs.1.99 billion for commod...

Study Finds No Conclusive Benefit from Treating Kleptomania

...kin picking. In an earlier, non-blinded open-label phase of the kleptomania study, when trial participants ...he patients responded to the drug. In the second phase of the study, conducted as a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, the benefit was not seen. "Wh...

Indian American Launches Stem Cell Treatment of Heart Disease

...ecialised cell types. "The initial results from phase I of the trial were encouraging. Subjects reported feeling better with reductions in chest pain and improved exercise capacity during the early stage of the trial. That's encouraging to us," Raval said. Injecting stem cells isolated from a person'...

Tooth Decay Bacteria Evolved Along With Man

...North and South America, will be drawn in the next phase of Caufield’s analysis. Source-Eurekalert AN...

Apollo Tyres All Set to Enter the Healthcare Sector

...S. Senior officials of the group said the second phase will entail an investment of Rs.1 billion and that all the facilities will be fully controlled by PTL Enterprises - a subsidiary of Apollo Tyres. Chakarborty said the group was planning to open at least 10 more such hospitals in smaller cities sinc...

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