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Gov. Rendell Proposes Help for Counties Battling West Nile; Warns Future Amounts Could be Less

Senate Republican Budget Proposal Could Slash Grants by 40 Percent HARRISBURG, Pa., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After a year in which the West Nile Virus was discovered in 33 counties and 14 Pennsylvanians were diagnosed with the disease, including one fatality, Governor Edward G. Rende...

New Innovation for Battling Number One Killer in America Introduced by Eniva Nutraceutics

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In its ongoing contribution to science and the innovation of industry leading nutraceuticals, Eniva Nutraceutics announces the introduction of its new Eniva (R) Cholesterol Reduce r (TM) formula. This advanced, liquid nutri...

Sciton Unveils the JOULE Aesthetic Laser Platform for Physicians Battling the Economic Squeeze

OptiPlex Technology Combines Capabilities of Multiple Lasers in One Future-Proof Platform PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sciton, Inc. announces the launch of the JOULE Aesthetic Laser Platform . By combining multiple, distinctive laser technologies into a single, slender system,...

Drug Helps Asians Battling Liver Cancer

Sorafenib boosts survival, even when tumor is linked to hepatitis B, researchers say TUESDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The drug sorafenib increased overall survival in Asian-Pacific patients with advanced liver cancer, according to the results of a study that included 226 patients ...

Teleflora and Nationally Recognized Hospitals to Honor Women Battling Breast Cancer

Teleflora delivers The Breast Cancer Research Foundation(R) Collection of Bouquets to Treatment Centers to Support Ongoing Breast Cancer Research LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Teleflora, the world's leading floral service offering only hand-arranged, hand-delivered floral arrangements b...

Government and Corporate Support Together Help Africans Battling Malaria, AIDS

McKesson Corp. Executives and Zambian Caregiver Speak with U.S. Leaders for World Malaria Day World Vision urges U.S. Senate to pass Global AIDS, TB and Malaria Bill WASHINGTON, April 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A volunteer nurse from Zambia and executives from the ...

The SCOOTER Store Donates Power Scooter to an Uninsured Young Father Battling Cancer

Gift of Mobility Helps Courageous Texas Man Fight Illness and Enjoy His Loving Family ROUND ROCK, Texas, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last December, James Matthijetz was in the process of rebuilding his life after overcoming testicular cancer. But before he could fully celebrat...

'Healing Starts With Us' National Campaign Commits to Battling Depression - By Any Means Necessary

Goal To Secure 1 Million Pledges By Independence Day NEW YORK, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the "Healing Starts With Us" national campaign launches its website Healingstartswithus.net to create a grassroots online network that will mobilize and promote the campaign's goal to reach ...

Einstein researchers genetically engineer immune cells into potent weapons for battling HIV

March 4, 2008 (Bronx, NY) By outfitting immune-system killer cells with a new pair of genes, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University transformed them into potent weapons that destroy cells infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Their novel strategy of g...

Math battling cancer, deciding life's challenges lead list as INFORMS meet in Seattle

Maths surprising triumph fighting prostate cancer and a scientists practical advice for approaching decisions about career, having a child, and purchasing a home will be among the top presentations at the annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)...

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Lilly and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Announce Lilly Agrees to be First Tenant of East River Science Park; Issue Urgent Call for Healthcare Reform that Protects Innovation and Jobs

...ing to need healthcare reform that encourages innovation and in turn leads to breakthrough, life-saving medicines for patients. In this case, patients battling cancer are the focus." According to 2006 data, the biopharmaceutical industry supported more than 215,000 jobs in New York while investing $1...

Cancer Treatment Centers of America(R) Studies Treatment That Aims Chemotherapy Directly at Ovarian Cancer Cells

...xil with folate (vitamin B-9). The PRECEDENT study is yet another example of CTCA's commitment to expanding medical treatment options for women battling ovarian cancer. In October 2008, CTCA at Midwestern Regional Medical Center announced a ground-breaking clinical trial of an ovarian cancer vaccine ...

Karmanos Cancer Institute Researchers Present Breast Cancer Advancements at Conference

...n Minnesota, and other cancer research centers in Paris and Brussels in Europe. Dr. Burger says the findings offer particular hope to those women battling triple-negative breast cancer. "We could now find a way to treat every kind of invasive, metastatic breast cancer, the ER-positive and ER-negati...

SGO and ACOG Announce Breast Cancer Fellowship Program for Gynecologic Oncologists

... to support numerous breast disease fellowships throughout the country that will in time have a dramatic influence on the care and treatment for women battling breast cancer." The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is the nation's leading group of professionals providing health ca...

Colorado Cancer Research Program Will Host Golf Event to 'Drive' the Message that Clinical Trials Play a Vital Role in the Quest to Find a Cure for Cancer

...d deeply affected by cancer. I've lost two aunts and an uncle to the disease. My office manager lost her mother to it just last year and her father is battling it now," noted Nathan Mendel, owner of Mendel & Company Construction and a sponsor of the event. "This is an event and a cause that I am proud to spon...

The Yolanda Adams Morning Show and Radio One Gospel Stations Raise More Than $1 Million During National Radiothon Benefiting St. Jude

...ies across the United States, the national fundraiser helped raise awareness for St. Jude and its mission of finding cures and saving children who are battling catastrophic diseases such as cancer, sickle cell disease and pediatric HIV/AIDS. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080410/DC19142 )...

BiPar Sciences Expands Clinical Program for BSI-201, a Novel DNA Repair Inhibitor, in Brain Cancer

...east cancer and is initiating Phase 2 trials in uterine and BRCA-negative ovarian cancers. "We believe a multi-drug strategy is the best approach to battling GBM. There is a significant need for new treatments that can offer GBM patients and their families additional hope," said Stuart A. Grossman, M.D., pr...

Ceremed's OSTENE(R) Stops Bone Bleeding Without Added Risk of Surgical Infection, New Study Finds

...the 640,000 open heart surgery procedures performed each year in the US. "Ostene(R)'s unique properties are particularly significant now that we are battling the threat of hospital-acquired infections, especially MRSA," Ceremed's president and CEO Tadeusz Wellisz, M.D., commented on the study. "Ceremed is c...

Oncologists Call For Medicare to Reconsider Anemia Drug Restrictions

...d protect the community oncology delivery system in the United States through public policy, advocacy, and education. Eighty-four percent of Americans battling cancer receive high quality, affordable, and accessible cancer care in community oncology clinics close to home. The accessibility of high quality can...

GSK Receives Approval for HYCAMTIN(R) (topotecan) Capsules for the Treatment of Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer

...inical Research for the Center for Cancer Care and Research, St. Louis, MO. "The approval of HYCAMTIN capsules opens up new possibilities for patients battling this disease and provides a convenient alternative to IV therapy." HYCAMTIN Capsules Clinical Trial Results(1,2) In the Phase III multicenter trial,...

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Wheezing

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Powerful nutrient cocktail can put kids with Crohn's into remission

... and Nutrition . Eating Like an Astronaut Dr. Shamir's research was inspired by the problem of malnutrition and growth retardation in children battling IBD. Steroids and other biological agents, the most common treatment for IBD, were having an adverse affect on the children's growth, despite their ef...

3 Woods Hole scientific institutions forge alliance to address societal issues

...ther. The cooperation and collaboration of these institutions enhances the scientific and academic resources of the Woods Hole scientific community in battling tough and timely issues, such as climate change. I look forward to working with the consortium in the future and seeing the new discoveries made as th...

Penn medicine draws road map for elimination of central line-associated bloodstream infections

...sts helped prompt staff adherence to the guidelines. New technology to improve management of catheter insertion sites also played an important role in battling the infections. When the authors identified problems with the handling of the line dressings they were poorly placed or falling off, leaving room for...

Children's National research links platelets to sepsis-related organ failure

...Granzyme B was only detected in humans and mice with the most severe sepsis. "Detection of granzyme B in platelets could be a huge step forward in battling sepsis," said Dr. Freishtat. "First, as a prognostic indicator, the protein's presence could show more aggressive treatments are needed right off the ...

Updated formula measures kidney function more accurately

...gy in March, could prove a valuable tool for adjusting fluids, antibiotics and chemotherapy and more accurately assessing kidney function in children battling chronic kidney disease (CKD). This formula can be used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) the rate at which fluid is filtered through the k...

Unexpected finding opens up new way to stop autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection

... After several years of battling recurring infections, the last thing a patient and her doctors ever expected was that the cause of her problems might actually help millions live long...

MIT nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells

... Dec. 14 online edition of Nature Nanotechnology . Such sensors could be used to monitor chemotherapy patients to ensure the drugs are effectively battling tumors. Many chemotherapy drugs are very powerful DNA disruptors and can cause serious side effects, so it is important to make sure that the drugs ar...

Risk and reward compete in brain

...Bechara, professor of psychology at USC. "There is always a lure of reward. There's always a fear of failure. These are the two forces that are always battling each other." In his previous research, Bechara had used the same task to measure risk tolerance in brain-damaged patients. He and other researcher...

Photo reveals rare okapi survived poaching onslaught

...e of the density of the forest and its remoteness. This region has also been the hideout of a rebel group (ADF Allied Democratic Front) who have been battling the government of Uganda unsuccessfully for over 20 years. They have been hiding in Congo for many years now and it is only recently that it has becom...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 3, 2008

...6 Phone: 216-368-4723 Fax: 216-368-1300 Email: ajb15@case.edu ARTICLE #3 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Marijuana ingredients show promise in battling superbugs Journal of Natural Products Substances in marijuana show promise for fighting deadly drug-resistant bacterial infections, including s...

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National Cancer Institute: Battling Cancer and a Recession

DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite difficult financial times and flat federal funding of biomedical research, five important actions -- which can be implemented rapidly and at modest cost -- can yield dramatic results for patients and the public. So write three leaders of...

Cephalon Appoints Craig C. Phillips as Vice President and General Manager of Oncology Business Unit

... dynamic growth of the Cephalon Oncology business and allow us to continue to bring medicines that matter to the healthcare professionals and patients battling cancer." Phillips joined Cephalon in 2007 as Senior Group Director of Sales, National Accounts and Sales Training, for the Oncology Business U...

CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders

...nza viruses: As reflected by global events over the Fourth of July holiday, our assets and expertise could prove to be particularly important in battling the H1N1 (swine) flu pandemic. Only last week, Buenos Aires declared a swine flu health emergency amidst escalating morbidity and mortality in the So...

Bay Area Youth to Represent ALS Patients at Giants' and Angels' Baseball Games on July 4th

...e and his father Ted, mother Wendy, and sister Clare, will take part in a pre-game celebration honoring Lou Gehrig and ALS patients that are currently battling the disease at the start of the San Francisco Giants game. Corey will then board a plane to Anaheim to arrive just before game time at the "Big A" to...

Americas on the Waterway Supports US Oncology Foundation

...nd in honor or in memory of a loved one who battled cancer. The purpose is to help patients get the support they need to live high quality lives while battling cancer." "Americas is proud to support our neighbor in The Woodlands, the US Oncology Foundation," says Michael Cordua , owner and founder of...

Tigris Pharmaceuticals Presents Results of Breast Cancer Research at AACR Annual Meeting

...t covalently bind to DNA in these cancer cells and cause specific cell death. Dr. Burger said the findings offer particular hope to those women battling triple-negative breast cancer. "We could now find a way to treat every kind of invasive, metastatic breast cancer, the ER-positive and ER-negative typ...

Surgeons Perform First Incisionless Bariatric Procedure in the United States

...ain, faster recovery time and no abdominal scars." The POSE procedure was performed on 51-year-old Teresia McArthur of Georgetown, who has been battling her weight for more than 15 years. McArthur learned of the groundbreaking procedure as a patient of the Central Baptist Weight Loss Center, which offe...

Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA launches program in nanopediatrics

... believe that the nanopediatrics program at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA will bring new technologies and treatments to better the lives of children battling for their health." Projects currently underway at UCLA include the development and application of nanodiagnostic tools such as DNA-based newborn...

Swedish in Seattle Unveils State-of-the-Art Brain Tumor Center Combining Advanced Treatment With Innovation in Research

... - New facility provides patients access to advanced gene-sequencing technologies and gives new hope for those battling brain cancer SEATTLE, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Swedish Neuroscience Institute (SNI) today announced that as part of Swedish Medical Center...

UCB Scholarship Program Awards $300,000 to Students Living with Crohn's Disease

...w far off and no matter what the boundary may be. "Each year, UCB is honored to recognize exceptional individuals who are an inspiration to everyone battling this disease," said David Robinson, Vice President and General Manager, Inflammation Business Unit, UCB. "All of this year's applicants showed perseve...

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Stigma

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Bicuspid

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Adaptation

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