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Cancer deaths falling in U.S., annual report shows
Death rates continue to drop for the top three cancer killers in men – lung, colon and prostate – and […]
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Zoledronic acid better than pamidronate for bone metastases from breast cancer
Zoledronic acid is more effective than pamidronate in preventing skeletal complications in breast cancer patients with at least one osteolytic...
SARS Virus discovered in Civet Cats
A World Health Organisation (WHO) team said on Friday it had found the coronavirus which causes SARS in cages housing […]
Ebola virus may have originated in Africa from traditional “Bush MeatR…
The deadly Ebola virus, which emerged mysteriously from African forests, probably attacks people who butchered and ate infected animals, a […]
New gene therapy approach targets disseminated melanoma
By “retargeting” an adenoviral vector, an international research team has developed a new gene therapy technique for treating...
Thrombocytosis linked to disease progression in advanced ovarian cancer
Elevated platelet counts may be a useful marker of disease progression in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer, physicians in […]
CABG hospital volume not necessarily linked to better patient outcome.
The number of total CABG surgeries performed is only modestly important in determining patient outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting […]
SARS unlikely in Flight Attendants
New South Wales health authorities believe it is unlikely that two flight attendants in a Sydney hospital are acutally infected […]
Health Authorities ask for Calm
The New South Wales Minister for Health, Morris Iemma, has been quoted as saying that there is no cuase for […]
Sick Flight Attendants land in Sydney, SARS suspected
Two Chinese flight attendants have been admitted to a Sydney hospital suffering from what is suspected to be Severe Acute […]
Slimming dietary supplement potentially dangerous
A popular dietary supplement (Metabolife 356) which is commonly used as a slimming aid could be potentially dangerous after US […]
Antibody to p53 a marker for nonpalpable prostate cancer
Measuring serum p53 antibody titers along with prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels appears to be a sensitive way to identify […]
Prognosis of recurrent breast cancer has improved in last decades
Between 1974 and 2000, women with recurrent breast cancer have experienced a significant improvement in survival, according to a report […]
WHO launches second SARS investigation
Doctors of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have searched a restaurant in southern China on Saturday local time, that employed […]
Quarantine beefed up as South Korea continues efforts against bird flu
Following a nine-day lull, South Korea has again been affected by a bird flu strain and as a result has […]
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