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Chemotherapy Better for Non Small Cell Lung cancer

...a relatively small number of trials and patients,' says lead researcher Sarah Burdett. There was, however...apy outweigh the risks associated with the delay,' says Burdett. A project to collect complete data on all patients included in all trials is ongoing and ...

Sideeffects of Rosiglitazone in Type2 Diabetes Patients

...ty, and changes in health-related quality of life, says lead author Associate Professor Bernd Richter, who...hat less dangerous therapeutic alternatives exist, says Richter....

Food Cravings are Linked to Weight Managenemt

...vings are really normal; almost everyone has them, says corresponding author Susan Roberts, PhD, director ...ost people feel guilty about having food cravings, says Roberts, but the results of this study indicate that they are so normal that nobody needs to feel th...

Reducing Smoking - Mixed Messages and Latest Findings

...uced use in control groups where no NRT was given, says lead researcher Lindsay Stead, who works at the De...t lower, in nicotine replacement treatment groups, says Stead. Thirdly, the researchers point out that there is currently no evidence whether reducing ciga...

Virginity Rules-Meant To Be Broken?

... be kids who have had sex and that hasnt happened, says one of them. So theyre going to think that doesnt ...ortion. You have to look at why sex was created, says Eric Love, the director of the East Texas Abstinence Program, which runs Virginity Rules,Sex was des...

Queensland Hospitals Reeling Under Norovirus Attack

...r at least 72 hours after the symptoms have gone," says Dr Whitby. "Unfortunately, there is no antiviral medication or preventative vaccine that works against norovirus." However, he urges people to thoroughly wash their hands after using the toilet or changing nappies and before handling or eating food ...

Chilly Sauce Linked to Botulism, Forcing Recall in US

... then be right for those spores to produce toxins, says Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Saf...onsider botulism to be a public health emergency," says Dr. Susan Lance, Georgias state epidemiologist. "It can be so serious and affect so many people, esp...

Converting Left-hander to Right-hander also Changes the Brain

...look like left handers, but even more emphasised," says Kloppel. Clare Porac, a psychologist at Pennsylvania State University, feels that there might be greater activity in the brains of converted lefties, but still it would be too early to conclude that they are adversely affected. "I wouldn't inte...

HIV Cases Increasing In Australia

...V cases diagnosed from 1993 to 2006. Prof Kaldor says HIV exposure through male-to-male sex accounted fo...en increased by 31 per cent between 2000 and 2006, says Prof Kaldor. In New South Wales, long the State with the highest rate of HIV, the trend had been s...

MS Drug Fails The Test For Treating Crohns Disease

...ke years and cost Biogen Idec millions of dollars, says Mullen. Biogen Idec and Elan Corp. of Ireland h...tive biologic choice for Crohn's disease patients, says Elan.As the data continue to unfold, [Elan and Biogen Idec] will explore additional indications, as ...

Nutritious Diet Help Improve Childrens Academic Performance

...st at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center says that lunches served in school cafeterias are not a...f what children eat, including their portion size, says Mary Pat Alfaro, MS, RD, CNSD, education coordinator in Nutrition Therapy at Cincinnati Childrens. ...

Chain Smokers Prepared to Lessen Their Daily Cigs Rather Than Quitting

...uced use in control groups where no NRT was given, says lead researcher Lindsay Stead, who works at the De...t lower, in nicotine replacement treatment groups, says Stead. Thirdly, the researchers indicate that there is currently no evidence whether reducing ciga...

Winona Ryders Arrest Got Her Rid of Drug Dependence

Actress Winona Ryder says that the notorious incident of her arrest for shoplifting from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in December 2001 somehow worked as a blessing for her because it got rid of her dependence on drugs. This is the first time she has talked about her arrest, ...

Male Casting Couch in Bollywood?

Sonu Nigam, a top-notch Hindi singer, says that men are not safe in Bollywood, opening a Pa...ging prowess in various leading newspapers. Sonu says There was a time when women were under constant sexual subjugation but now its the turn of the men t...

A Centre for Glycemic Index Testing Opened in Chennai

...ning only in Australia. V. Mohan, MDRF president says that the effort is not to malign rice or any other traditional food choice but it will help to identify the right diet scientifically. This knowledge can be useful in charting a holistic treatment plan, especially for diabetes patients. The role of...

Gaps In Food Safety Systems Must Be Plugged :UN

...le journey food takes from the farm to the table," says Jorgen Schlundt, Director of WHO's Department of Food Safety, Zoonoses and Foodborne Diseases. "Countries are only able to keep their shares in globalized food markets and the trust of consumers if they apply internationally agreed food quality and...

Asia Must Overcome HIV Stigma, Say Research Chiefs

...million people with HIV, a figure aid agency USAID says could climb to 40 million by 2010. "The population density in Asia is so great, with countries like India and China that have a billion people each, that infection rates just have to track up a few percentage points and you're potentially looking a...

New Study Challenges NICE Guidelines on Adolescent Depression

...d away from the positive findings of the US trial, says Professor Hazell. Differences in the dose and duration of treatment may have contributed to some variation, but the data suggest that combining cognitive behaviour therapy with an SSRI has only a modest advantage over an SSRI alone. Combining cogni...

Mother Has the Right to the Placenta, US Court Rules

...at we as women are meant to do with the placenta," says Jodi Selander, a North Las Vegas natural and herba...it turned out. But in a change of heart Swanson says she doesnt plant to ingest but only to bury it, but why, it is not clear. But a spokeswoman for Su...

Good Times Over For Ivory Coasts Ill

...alth services to an abrupt halt," he says. Denoman says that fees may start out at a 50-percent discount "...revealed by free health care," Vavasseur said. MSF says governments need to keep health costs to a minimum in part by increasing the percentage of their bud...

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