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Australian pain sufferers disadvantaged
A shortage in the supply of analgesics has lead to an Australia wide problem for the treatment of pain with […]
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Bright Light at Night Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
The nighttime hormone melatonin puts breast cancer cells to sleep. It also slows breast cancer growth by 70%. David E. […]
Gene profile may predict sensitivity of cancer to treatment
Gene expression patterns may someday be used to predict breast cancer response to chemotherapy, according to a report in the […]
HAART prolongs survival in AIDS-related primary CNS lymphoma
In patients with AIDS-related primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), subsequent treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy is...
Leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibition may curb GERD-related esophageal cancer
Leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) is over-expressed in the early stages of rat and human esophageal adenocarcinomas (EAC), and its inhibition […]
Photodynamic therapy with new sensitizer effective in small head-and-neck cance…
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizing meta-tetra(hydroxyphenyl)chlorin (mTHPC) is a feasible alternative to surgery or radiotherapy in patients...
Twin Study Indicates Physical Activity Can Counteract Genetic Risk of Artery Di…
While smoking and body fat around the waist are linked to increases in a heart disease risk factor called the […]
Heart Attack – Multivitamins May Reduce Risk
Results from the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP) showed that in a Swedish population, both men and women who took […]
U.S. not ready if SARS returns
Few hospitals have resources to handle outbreak, CDC says Few hospitals have resources to handle outbreak, CDC says WASHINGTON — […]
New Compounds Show Promise as Smallpox Drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Several compounds in ViroPharma, Inc.’s small-molecule library proved to be up to 200 times more […]
Last China SARS cases recover, outbreak ends
China’s last 12 patients suffering from the respiratory disease SARS no longer have symptoms, health officials announced, signalling the...
HIV Cases Climb Among Gay, Bisexual Men
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, climbed for […]
Clusterin a potential biomarker of colon cancer
A glycoprotein, clusterin, is a “potential contributor to the set of biomarkers for early detection of human colon cancer,”...
Waiting time target not met for UK cancer patients
Britain’s targets for reducing waiting times for breast cancer patients have not brought any lasting improvement in services, researchers...
Hospitalizations for atrial fibrillation increasing at dramatic rate
Hospitalizations for atrial fibrillation have more than doubled in recent years, researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and […]
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