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Measles Deaths Worldwide Drop By Nearly 40% Over Five Years

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today announced that countries are on target to halve deaths from measles, a leading vaccine-preventable killer, by the end of this year. Global measles deaths have plummeted by 39%, from 873 000 in 1999 to an estimated 530 000 in 2003. The largest reduction occurred in Africa, the region with the highest...

Nearly half of people who need cholesterol treatment don't get it

Even though treatment for cholesterol disorders can reduce the risk of heart and blood vessel disease by about 30 percent over five years, many at-risk people aren't getting adequate treatment, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues reporting in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. "Under-treatment of cholesterol disorders...

Congenital rubella syndrome nearly eradicated in the US

Congenital rubella syndrome, a birth defect caused by the rubella virus (also known as German measles), has practically been eliminated in the U.S., according to a statement published in the April 2006 issue of Birth Defects Research Part A, the official journal of The Teratology Society. The journal is available online via Wiley InterScience at <A HREF="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin...

New research says winning a Nobel Prize adds nearly 2 years to your lifespan

New research by the University of Warwick reveals that a Nobel Prize brings more than just cash and kudos - it can also add nearly two years to your life. The research by Professor Andrew Oswald, an economist at the University of Warwick, and Matthew Rablen, (a former Warwick postgraduate researcher now a government economist), is published this month in a study entitled "Mortality and Imm...

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Sonic Foundry has net loss for '05 despite nearly doubled revenue

Revenues were $8.3 million, an 89 percent increase over the previous fiscal year, with unit sales up 74 percent, owing to multiple unit sales, repeat purchases, new product offerings and increased marketing efforts....

Stratatech receives nearly $1 million

Established in 2000, Stratatech is based in Madison and employs 18 people, according to the 2005 edition of the Gre...

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Cancer drugs in development nearly doubled since 1995

The number of drugs being developed for the treatment of cancer has nearlydoubled during the past six years, according to a new survey of pharmaceuticalcompanies.Currently, 170 pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms various CancerInstitutes are investigating 402 compounds for the treatment of variouscancers, up from 215 in 1995. Many of the drugs are alternatives to standardradiatio...

Nearly all asthma deaths preventable

A new survey says nearly all deaths due to asthma can be prevented if the patients and their doctors had better understanding of the disease. According to WHO, around 150 million people suffer from asthma worldwide and nearly 2 lakh people die due to the disease every year. Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease, often linked with allergies, that is characterized by sudden recurring attacks of l...

Rubella nearly wiped out

Rubella, or German measles, a disease that once infected tens of thousands of people a year and was responsible for numerous birth defects, is on the verge of being eliminated in the United States. Cases of rubella have fallen from almost 58,000 in 1969//, the year the vaccine was introduced, to 272 in 1999. Rubella, which typically causes a mild rash, was considered harmless until the...

Stroke Destroys Nearly 32, 000 Neurons In Just A Second!

Dr. Jeffrey L. Saver, a professor of neurology at the University of California who has been conducting three different lines of research on stroke has highlighted that more than// 32,000 neurons (brain cells) die in just a second following an acute episode of stroke. In addition, nearly 14 billion synapses (connections between nerve cells) and myelinated fibres approximating to 7.5 miles are lost...

Nearly 15% Of U.S. Workers Work Under The Influence Of Alcohol

More than 19.2 million U.S. workers have been found to work under the influence of alcohol according to an extensive study conducted by the Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) of the University of Buffalo. // Nearly 2,805 adults, employed in different agencies were interviewed through telephone to obtain information about use of alcohol and the associated impairment of work, over t...

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Lipitor Reduced the Risk of Coronary Events by Half and Stroke by Nearly One-Third in High-Risk Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Who Experienced a Recent Stroke

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2007 - Pfizer announced todaythat Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) Tablets 80 mg reduced the riskof stroke, coronary heart disease events and major coronary eventsin type 2 diabetes patients who had no known coronary heart diseasebut who had experienced a recent stroke or mini-stroke, comparedwith placebo. The results are from a new analysis of the landmarkSt...

Hyperthermia Plus Chemotherapy Nearly Doubles Disease-Free Survival Compared to Chemotherapy Alone for Sarcoma Cancer Patients

SALT LAKE CITY, June 04, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BSDMedical Corp. announced today that the results of a 340 patientrandomized Phase III clinical trial testing the benefit of addinghyperthermia therapy to chemotherapy were presented at the annualAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference underway inChicago, Illinois. According to the results of this clinical study,whic...

Nearly 1 in 10 Americans Has A Relative With Kidney Failure

African-Americans with Family History of ESRD Are at HighRisk WASHINGTON, March 9, 2007 - Approximately ten percent of U.S.adults have a family history of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), andthese individuals appear to be at increased risk of developingkidney disease themselves, reports a study in the April Journal ofthe American Society of Nephrology. "A family histo...