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Biologics valuable treatment option for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

...rative colitis, both frequently disabling diseases that affect approximately one million people both in th... of their disease. Research on biologics has shown that for patients in whom traditional therapies may not work, biologics may be appropriate as a first lin...

FDA Nanotechnology Task Force takes positive step forward

...ht role. While available evidence does not suggest that all materials with nanoscale dimensions will be hazardous, the Task Force correctly concludes that the agency needs new safety assessment tools, greater nano-specific staff expertise and more risk re...

A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

...worrisome result -- too many sticky brain proteins that might begin to gum up memory and thought in 10 to ...ck, treatment with a simple statin drug can reduce that risk. Our goal is to develop a similar kind of testing and treatment to keep the brain in balance.” ...

Support for Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act given to House leaders by ACP

... Energy and Commerce. (over) Dr. Dale pointed out that the CHAMP Act will strengthen and expand access to...primary and preventive services. The College notes that further legislation will be needed to avert payment cuts in 2010 and subsequent years and to develop...

White Blood Cell Booster May Help Cancer Patients Avoid Deadly Complications

DURHAM, N.C. -- Cancer patients who receive a drug that stimulates the growth of infection-fighting white ...too low, they are at risk for dangerous infections that can cause death." Often, chemotherapy must be delayed, reduced in strength or halted when a patient...

Advanced therapy offers cure for relapsed cancer patient

...ry a retrospective study from a single institution that is not a randomized study. This review looks at th...ar cancer. Dr. Einhorn and colleagues demonstrated that the disease is potentially curable with a high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant using cell...

Researchers Discover How Cancer Evades the Immune System

...y of a new method to identify the genetic changes that enable tumours to evade the body's immune system. ...s and treatment for cancers. "The implication is that once you know the mechanism by which tumours evade the immune system, you can match that tumour to a...

Structure of TB Enzyme Points the Way to New Drugs: Study

Swiss scientists said Monday that they have further evidence to suggest that an enzyme secreted by the microbe that causes tuberculosis would make a promising target for new dr...

UN Calls for Pedal Power to Reduce Environmental Damage

...eeded to reduce climate-altering carbon emissions that are damaging Asia's health and could also threaten...course the threat is there. We should not wait for that to happen," he told reporters at the start of a four-day conference on the impact of climate change ...

Infertility Breakthrough With First Birth from Lab-matured Egg

...nd store eggs from women who face cancer treatment that could cause sterility. The eggs -- harvested aft...ntreal. "We have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to do this and, so far, we have achieved four successful pregnancies, one of which ha...

First Baby Born from Eggs Matured and Frozen in the Lab

...irth of the first baby to be produced from an egg, that was developed in a test tube, and then frozen and ...varian failure or who cannot be administered drugs that help egg maturation in the ovaries themselves. The baby girl, who is now around one year old, was ...

A Glass of Wine can Keep Tooth Decay and a Sore Throat at Bay

A new study has revealed that a regular glass of wine, both red and white can he...lla and Pinot Nero wine, the drink has ingredients that can kill bacteria. "However, the drink's antibacterial qualities, although well- known by the anci...

Tougher Tobacco Rules Urged at Global Anti-smoking Talks

...hailand Health Promotion Institute, told reporters that although the kingdom bans tobacco companies from s...reds of tobacco control organisations -- estimated that the illicit cigarette trade accounted for more than 10 percent of the total global trade in cigarett...

M-rated Violent Video Games Most Popular Among Young Teens

...eant for ages 17 and above, but the study suggests that middle-school children play them frequently to rel...the average middle-school child. The study found that most 7th and 8th graders (ages 12 to 14), including two-thirds of boys and more than one in four gir...

Insecticide-treated Bed Nets to Combat Malaria in Older Children and Adults

Researchers have found that sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets might ...t of insecticide-treated nets. Researchers found that the use of the nets could greatly reduce the number of mosquitoes that survived repeated encounters ...

Those Who Cure can Kill Dire Prophesy of the doctors Plot

...hen he reportedly told a British cleric in Baghdad that "those who cure you will kill you, says the Times ...rding to the report. The Times is also reporting that several of the suspects have links to extremist Islamic groups. To add to the unease among the doc...

Inability to Recognize Familiar Smells Could Signal Alzheimers

...study published Monday. Scientists already know that the first lesions of the degenerative brain disease tend to show up in an area of the brain that is home to olfactory senses. Doctors at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago tested 589 p...

Scientists Identify Antibodies That Block Human and Animal SARS Viruses

...ave for the first time identified human antibodies that can neutralise different strains of the virus resp... activity of the antibodies. The researchers say that the new findings are important because animal strains of the virus may be capable of triggering a fu...

Bat Virus Renamed After Protests from Malaysia State

...ysian and Australian scientists recently announced that they had discovered a virus believed to be carried by bats that causes serious respiratory illness in humans. Malaysian health authorities decided to name it "Mel...

Beijing Says Food Safe for Olympic Athletes, Tourists

... China's own food inspectors announced last week that a six-month crackdown had uncovered industrial oil...e Beijing government is working overtime to ensure that the 10,500 athletes and expected 550,000 foreign visitors to the Olympics are not scared off, or exp...

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