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Cigarette Smoke Alters DNA in Sperm, Genetic Damage Could Pass to Offspring

...en exposed to cigarette smoke for either six or 12 weeks to look for alterations in a specific stretch of repeated portions of DNA, called Ms6-hm, which does not contain any known genes. The 'smoking' mice were exposed to two cigarettes per day, the equivalent based on blood levels of tobacco by-products ...

TB and Measles Scare in Canada Now

...sible infection, said Cowie. "It takes eight to 12 weeks before the test for tuberculosis infection becomes...th regulations that will come into effect in a few weeks will allow for a concerted global effort to prevent the export of infectious diseases, Njoo said....

Manipur Pharmacies Shut Down Fearing Separatist Threats

...f the taxation department in Imphal was locked for weeks after rebel groups slapped huge extortion demands to the officials....

Combination Improves Survival of Metastatic Melanoma Patients: Phase II Study

...pically, these cancers begin spreading again eight weeks after chemotherapy treatment, researchers say. The study was presented today by Domingo Perez, M.D., the lead author of the study who is a former oncology fellow at Mayo Clinic and is now in private practice in Minneapolis. "The clinical benefit ...

Change in Course of Treatment: Exploring Better Ways

...ne that the tumor was destined to grow after a few weeks of treatment, we'd be able alter course even befor...tained in usual practiceat baseline and every 6-12 weeks after starting treatment. Having 3 or more CTC (per 7.5 mL of blood) was defined as "unfavorable" in...

Crackdown on Dirty Hospitals in UK

...preading. Official figures published in the UK six weeks ago show Clostridium difficile causes 4,000 deaths a year and is still spreading despite all attempts to curb it. The bug causes severe diarrhoea which can lead to inflammation of the bowel, gas gangrene and death. Some hospitals have infection rat...

Brain Tumor Patients Survival Depends on Predicting Treatment Responses Earlier

...searchers were able to determine within one or two weeks after starting the treatment whether patients were responding well to the drugs bevacizumab and irinotecan. This quick response determination "is unheard of" with the traditionally used magnetic resonance imaging, a procedure that looks at the anatom...

Study Finds Lymphoma Drug Effective Over Long Term

...ab. These treatments are usually given every three weeks over a span of up to six months and can cause many...st dose of radioactive Bexxar, followed one to two weeks later with a custom-tailored therapeutic dose. After that, the therapy is considered complete. The m...

FDA Approves Divigel(R) for Treatment of Hot Flashes Linked With Menopause

...verity of hot flashes was observed as early as two weeks with Divigel(R) in clinical trials." Guidelines from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) indicate that estrogen hormone therapy should be used at the lowest effective dose for the shortest amount of time. "The availability of Divigel(R) s...

A New Target for Cancer Therapy-Integrin Alpha7 Molecule

...ls of normal integrin alpha7 were decreased. Six weeks after mice were implanted with cancer cells in which levels of normal integrin alpha7 were deficient, they had tumors with an average volume about four times as large as mice with implanted cancer cells in which normal integrin alpha7 levels were inc...

Prison Healthcare Under Strain as Overcrowding Crisis Worsens, Warns BMA

...rs with severe psychiatric conditions have to wait weeks before being transferred to appropriate care units. Emergency Measures The introduction of emergency measures that involve keeping prisoners in police cells is inappropriate and potentially harmful to the prisoner, as these facilities often do no...

1,600 Roller Shoe Injuries Reported

...oller shoe injuries at a hospital in Dublin over10 weeks Last summer. This news was reported in Junes Pediatric on Monday. The widely popular brand of roller shoe is Heelys which is sold in almost 70 countries theyre made by Carrollton, Texas-based Heelys Inc. The shoes feature removable wheels in each h...

Should Genetic Information Be Disclosed to Insurers?

... Professor of Ethics in a debate published in this weeks BMJ. Only if we refuse to give insurers access to all health information can we reasonably stop them seeking genetic test results, says Professor Soren Holm from Cardiff Law School. If insurers were denied access to any health information they w...

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

...y additional 5 mg/kg infusion doses at two and six weeks after the first infusion, then every eight weeks thereafter. Some patients may require a shorter dosing interval to maintain clinical benefit, whil...

Whooping Cough Spreads from a Massachusetts Hospital

...is is transmitted by coughing during the first two weeks of symptoms, said Dr. Alan Sugar, an epidemiologis... pertussis beginning when the child is between six weeks and two months of age. Adults are often given a booster shot of anti-pertussis vaccine when they rec...

Orissa Woman Gave Birth to Identical Triplets

...es were born without any medical complications two weeks prior to the full term of the pregnancy, hospital paediatrician Nakul Sahoo told IANS. He said the children weighed 1 to 1.5 kilograms each, less than the normal weight of newborns. But Sahoo warned that the mother carries the risk of losing all...

Nagaland Gets Its First Test-Tube Baby

...h successful treatment, the baby was born after 36 weeks after the fertilised egg was placed inside the mother's womb. Thanking doctors and god for making it possible, Akheli says now I have finally got a baby boy. More excited than the parents were the doctors. Sukhato, the doctor at Faith Hospital ...

Millions of Children Denied Drug That Costs Less Than $3 a Year

...than $3 a year, according to an editorial in this weeks BMJ. Professor Emilio Perucca urges governments ...y of children in Bangladesh also published in this weeks BMJ, found no significant difference in behavioural problems between phenobarbital and another drug ...

Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics

...r months to see a military doctor and it can takes weeks to find a private therapist willing to take on members of the military. The challenge appears great in rural areas, where many National Guard and Reserve troops and their families live. To avoid the hassles of Tricare, one frustrated therapist opt...

Double Lung Transplant Man in Michigan Recovering

..., is stable at the moment, but it would be several weeks before doctors can say confidently he has come through safely. It should have a most traumatic double lung transplant, for the surgeons that is. A team at University of Michigan Health was all keyed up Monday last to perform a double lung transplan...

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