Fights in Medical News

Indoor Tanning Association Fights Back Against Media Hype over Tanning Beds

WASHINGTON, July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Indoor Tanning Association will run a full-page ad in tomorrow's New York Post condemning the hype related to the recent categorization of tanning beds as a "Group 1" carcinogen. "The Indoor Tanning Association will not stand by and a...

New Drug Fights Anthrax Toxin

Raxibacumab being stockpiled for possible anthrax attack, researcher says,, WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report that experiments in animals show that a new, monoclonal antibody drug might safely cure anthrax poisoning in humans. Although antibiotics can kill the ...

New Cancer Drug Fights Tumors in Those With BRCA Mutations

Olaparib prevents malignant cells from repairing themselves, researchers say ,, WEDNESDAY, June 24 (HealthDay News) -- A new cancer drug called olaparib worked well in an early clinical trial against breast, ovarian and prostate cancers in individuals who were genetically vulnerable t...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve discover a new way the body fights fungal infection

A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is the first to discover how the body fights off oral yeast infections caused by the most common human fungal pathogen, Can...

New Insights Show Ginseng Fights Inflammation

Scientists spot anti-inflammatory components in the traditional remedy FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Ginseng has been used in medicine for centuries, and now its reputation for improving health is expanding: A new study has found that the herb, which is used in traditional Chinese...

New Discovery Shows Ancient Herb Fights Inflammation

Advanced study techniques identify anti-inflammatory components in ginseng FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Ginseng has been used in medicine for centuries, and now its reputation for improving health is expanding: A new study has found that the herb, which is used in traditional Chi...

Debtfreeleague.com National Debt Relief Stimulus Plan Fights Recession and Unemployment

The National Debt Relief Stimulus Plan offered by DebtFreeLeague.com is fighting the U.S. recession providing much needed debt relief to people affected by unemployment. The effective financial solution is saving consumers from bankruptcy and restoring financial stability in many family homes. ...

Herpes: Scientists find cellular process that fights virus

This release is available in French . Montreal, March 23, 2009 Scientists have discovered a new way for our immune system to combat the elusive virus responsible for cold sores: Type 1 herpes simplex (HSV-1). As reported in the advance online edition of Nature Immunology , a group of virus...

Antibiotic Combo Fights Resistant TB

2 FDA-approved drugs inhibit both normal and virulent strains, study finds THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Combination treatment with two FDA-approved drugs shows promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a U.S. study shows. In laboratory tests, re...

St. Joseph Health System Fights Childhood Obesity With New 'Healthy For Life' Program

ORANGE, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- With the alarming trend of childhood obesity growing across the nation, California-based St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) is partnering with American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to fight this troubling issue with the development of a new comprehensive pro...

Young blood fights cancer

"New blood" can revitalize a company or a sports team. Recent research by Tel Aviv University finds that young blood does a body good as well, especially when it comes to fighting cancer. The TAU researchers, led by Prof. Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu from the Department of Psychology's Neuroimmunology R...

Nurse Practitioner Fights Back as 113 Million U.S. Households Face Risk of Contamination

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Shirley A. Saunders RN, MSN, APRN-BC warned U.S. heads of household, "If you do not adopt simple wellness practices, you will continue to fight allergies, sinus infections, colds, and many other types of antibiotic resistant infections that spread rampa...

Experimental Drug Fights Bone Marrow Cancers

There are currently no FDA-approved treatments for these malignancies TUESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental drug called CYT387 blocks an enzyme that causes bone marrow cancers called myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs), according to U.S. researchers who conducted tests in...

World's Greatest Artists Help Launch (RED)WIRE, (RED)(TM)'s New Music Service That Fights AIDS in Africa

MSN HOSTS EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH EVENT TODAY AT RED.MSN.COM iLIKE CHOSEN EXCLUSIVELY TO UNLEASH VIRAL DISTRIBUTION VIA ARTIST-TO-FAN SOCIAL NETWORKING PREMIER ISSUE DEBUTS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10 NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, World AIDS Day , many of the greatest ar...

ALDO Supports World AIDS Day by Donating 100% of Proceeds for Newest 'ALDO Fights Aids' Product

ALDO Continues the Fight Against AIDS with their "Love for Life" Limited Edition Bracelets MONTREAL, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ALDO, a global fashion footwear and accessories brand, in partnership with YouthAIDS, an HIV/AIDS education and prevention program of the global health organizatio...

Tris Pharma's New Tool Fights Against Prescription Drug Abuse

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Tris Pharma, a privately owned, specialty pharmaceutical company, today unveiled a key component in the nation's fight against opioid abuse. Its new drug delivery platform, NoBuse(TM), offers a technology by which companies can deliver effective p...

Second Annual 'Eye Ball' Fights Juvenile Diabetes, Says Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology

Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology hosts event October 24 benefiting Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Tom Sullivan headlines event OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology (OAO) hosts the second annual "Eye Ball," benefiting the Juvenile Diabet...

Sperm Donor Fights for His Rights as a Father in U.S. Supreme Court

CHICAGO, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Both the Alliance Defense Fund & Keys for Networking, Inc. filed Amicus Briefs in the United States Supreme Court in support of attorney Jeffery M. Leving's Petition for Writ of Certiorari. Leving filed the Petition for Writ of Certiorari on behalf of Daryl Hend...

Compound in Red Wine Fights Ravages of Age

Resveratrol mimics the benefits of restricted calorie diets, study finds THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- A key compound in red wine known as resveratrol appears to protect against many of the health ravages associated with growing old, new animal research reveals. "It's very h...

Experimental Drug Fights Multiple Sclerosis Activity

It led to a reduction of lesions seen on MRIs with limited side effects, study found FRIDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- One of the first pills to treat the "relapse-remitting" form of multiple sclerosis has been shown to help fight the disease with few side effects. Although the dr...

Gut Bacteria Fights Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Mouse study finds molecule boosted cells eliminating colitis, Crohn's symptoms WEDNESDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- A molecule produced by intestinal bacteria can eliminate symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in mice, U.S. researchers say. IBD includes Crohn's disease and ...

Dr. Lance H. Brown President-Elect of Dermatologic Society of Greater New York Fights Misconceptions About Sun Protection and Skin Care in Support of Skin Cancer Awareness Month - May

NEW YORK, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Skin Cancer Foundation: Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. More than 1 million skin cancers are diagnosed annually. One in five Americans and one in three Caucasians will develop skin cancer in their...

Mothers & More Fights to End Invisimomibility

ELMHURST, Ill., May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mothers & More, a national non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of mothers, aims to cure invisimomibility this Mother's Day season. Invisimomibility is a chronic, pervasive condition in which mother's unpaid caregiving work is undervalued...

USAID Fights Neglected Tropical Diseases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On February 20, 2008, President Bush challenged the world to reduce and eventually control and eliminate the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as a major threat to health and economic growth in the developing world. The new Presidential...

Drug fights cystic fibrosis

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. An experimental drug that has proven effective in treating muscular dystrophy also works for cystic fibrosis, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The new study is the latest on a compound called PTC124, which helps to rescue faulty protei...

MIT radar technology fights breast cancer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Treating breast cancer with a type of heat therapy derived from MIT radar research can significantly increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to results from the fourth clinical trial of the technique reported online Nov. 25 in the journal Cancer Therapy. In thi...

New Drug Fights Medication-Linked Bone Loss

Teriparatide may help asthma patients avoid fracture, researchers say WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug has proven superior to standard therapy at slowing bone loss caused by asthma treatment, researchers say. Glucocorticoid medicines such as prednisone are often giv...

Experimental Drug Fights Prostate Cancer

In mice, it attacked disease on multiple fronts, researchers say WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- In mice, an investigational agent called VN/14-1 proved effective in treating human prostate cancer, say researchers at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. The five-week study...

Connecticut Girl Fights Rare Neurological Disease

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The pain Mary Remotti feels when her body is touched by the even the softest bed sheet or as she lies motionless on her bed washes over her like the heat of an intense fire. Her eyes water as she endures a constant burning, tingling pain, which she...

Two-Drug Combo Fights Brain Tumors

Avastin, irinotecan may hit the cancer at different points, researchers say FRIDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of the drug bevacizumab (brand name Avastin) and the standard chemotherapy agent irinotecan may benefit patients with a type of deadly brain tumor called glioblastoma mul...

Guacamole: Fights Hunger, Cholesterol and Cancer

-Using all natural guacamole as a dip or condiment is healthy eating- -(National Guacamole Day - September 16 , November 14)- DALLAS, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Embrace the green stuff and forget old-school thinking -- avocados are great for you. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/...

Fish diet to avoid fights

People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group - and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and Ja...

Irish Teenager Fights for the Right to Abort

An Irish teenager is challenging the powerful Catholic establishment and the country's strict abortion laws . She has moved the High Court demanding that she be allowed to go to Britain to abort her fourth month old brain-damaged fetus. She could be succeeding. For barely a day aft...

Art of Living Fights for Girl Child in Punjab

Punjab's abysmally low sex ratio - just 798 girls per 1,000 males in the 0-6 age group - has prompted various social groups, among them the Art of Living Foundation//, to tackle the practice of female foeticide. An 18-day campaign - Beti Sneh Sanjivni Yatra - by the Foundation in collaborati...

Australian City Fights Global Warming in a Unique Way

Sydneyis the most populous city in Australia, with a population of over 4.2 million people. Located on the south-eastern coast of Australia//, it is also the state capital of New South Wales. It set a fascinating example to the rest of the world in energy conservation, in the fight against glob...

Cancer Drug Avastin Fights Brain Tumors too

Lung and colorectal cancer drug Avastin has been tested for the first time against the most common and deadly// form of brain cancer. Duke University researchers used Avastin, known chemically as bevacizumab, in combination with a standard chemotherapy agent in patients with recurrent brain t...

NRI Fights for HIV Child Who was Refused Treatment

Kolkata: A seven-year-old HIV-infected child, who was allegedly refused treatment by doctors at premier state-run Kolkata hospitals//, now has a well-known US-based Indian crusader against medical negligence to support him. Sk. Idrish Ali, father of the infected child and a poor labourer, appr...

Xylitol Fights Oral Bacteria

Xylitol, a substitute of sugar affects the bacterial composition of the oral cavity even in low doses.// On the other hand, a relatively high intake is needed to counteract the production of acid between the teeth. Xylitol is a sugar alcohol that is produced by reduction of the sugar xylose...

Indian American Doctor Fights for Information

Kolkata: US-based Indian doctor Kunal Saha, fighting a case of medical negligence in India over his wife's death, has moved a writ petition before the Calcutta High Court seeking action //against the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) and its functionaries for their 'deliberate violation' of the Ri...

Physical Exercise Fights Mental Woes

Physical activities improve blood flow to the brain, helps the bodies detoxify and could ward off addiction, depression, stress and //even Alzheimer's, say researchers. "Exercise improves thinking and mental function and decreases your tendency toward addiction," Marc Siegel, associate profess...