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Cancer-Fighting Drugs Delivered Right To The Tumor
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An encapsulation breakthrough by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology may enable doctors to deliver anti-cancer drugs directly to tumors over extended periods of time, while preventing the systemic side effects of chemotherapy and other current cancer treatments.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Cancer Patients And Doctors Report Drug Side Effects Differently, But When Combined Improve Reporting Of Adverse EventsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue. At present, patient self-reporting, although important, is not a well studied source of this information.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
NeurogesX To Hold Conference Call To Discuss FDA Approval Of Qutenza(TM) (capsaicin) 8% Patch For Treatment Of Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN)Email this article to a colleague.
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NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGSX) announces that it will hold a conference call at 8:30a.m. ET (5:30a.m. PT) to discuss the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Qutenza(TM) (capsaicin) 8% patch, the first and only product containing prescription strength capsaicin, for the management of neuropathic pain due to postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), the nerve pain which can follow shingles.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
FDA Clears The First Rapid Test To Detect Bacteria In Pooled PlateletsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Fenwal, Inc., a global medical technology company focused on improving blood collection, separation, safety and availability, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Verax Platelet PGD® test as a quality control test to detect bacterial contamination in whole blood-derived, pooled platelets prior to transfusion.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
New Consortium Paves The Way For Improved Treatment Of Hypertension And Associated Vascular ComplicationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Top Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) has formed a consortium with Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Erasmus Medical Centre and Maastricht University to define new modalities for the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure) and associated vascular complications such as heart and kidney failure, myocardial infarction and stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news
Destination Therapy Trial Data Demonstrate Superiority For HeartMate II(R) Over HeartMate(R) XVEEmail this article to a colleague.
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Thoratec Corporation (Nasdaq: THOR), a world leader in device-based mechanical circulatory support therapies to save, support and restore failing hearts, said that data released from the Destination Therapy (DT) pivotal trial for the HeartMate II left ventricular assist system (LVAS) demonstrate that
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
American Heart Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Report: Tailoring Drug Dose To Heart Failure Patients' Response More EffectiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tailoring the dose of a heart failure drug to a patient's response is better than the one-size-fits-all approach, according to research presented in a late-breaking clinical trial at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
American Heart Association Late Breaking Clinical Trial Report: High Dose Of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Effective In Heart Failure PatientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A larger dose of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) is more effective than a smaller dose in heart failure patients, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. The Comparison of Low-Dose vs.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
American Heart Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Report: Continuous Flow Heart Pump Improves Survival More Than Pulsatile TypeEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new, continuous flow heart pump, or left ventricular assist device (LVAD), delivered better two-year survival in advanced heart failure patients than the current pulsatile model, researchers reported in a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
InterMune Announces Modification To On-Going Phase 2b Study Of ITMN-191 In Patients With Chronic HCV InfectionEmail this article to a colleague.
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InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) announced that the on-going Phase 2b study conducted by Roche of ITMN-191 (RG7227) combined with standard of care (SOC) PEGASYS® (peginterferon alfa-2a) and COPEGUS® (ribavirin) in HCV treatment-naive patients has been modified. The Phase 2b study has four dosage cohorts: SOC; 300mg q8h plus SOC; 600mg q12h plus SOC and 900mg q12h plus SOC.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Source Type: news
Cellphone app to make maps of noise pollutionEmail this article to a colleague.
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New software could turn cellphones into environmental sensors, enabling them to gather noise pollution data in unprecedented detail
Source: New Scientist - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals
114-Year-Old Woman Dies In NY Nursing HomeEmail this article to a colleague.
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A 114-year-old woman believed to be the oldest native-born American and the third-oldest person in the world has died at a New York nursing home.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Saudi preachers asked to keep sermons short amid swine flu fearsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Riyadh - Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Islamic Affairs has
instructed Muslim preachers to keep their sermons short over fears
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospitals in Pakistani capital packed with patients due to changing weatherEmail this article to a colleague.
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ISLAMABAD, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two main hospitals of the ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Drug can halve heart attacks in the healthy: Statins give 'unprecedented' cut in risk, say doctorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A drug has been found to cut the risk of heart attacks by almost half in 'healthy' people, researchers say today.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What's up Doc? Did you say carrots only really help half of us to see in the dark?Email this article to a colleague.
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Young children have long been told that eating carrots will help them see in the dark.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Salt warning to the takeaway generation: Teens risk health by eating one ready-meal a dayEmail this article to a colleague.
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One in six young people eats a salt-laden ready-meal or takeaway every day, a survey shows. Many have three or more a week, but an astonishing 16 per cent indulge daily.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fish and chips is out, but baked or boiled fish with soy sauce is in if you want a healthy heartEmail this article to a colleague.
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How fish is cooked helps to determine how healthy it is for the heart, a study suggests and the findings are bad news for the great British tradition of fish and chips.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mall Santas Lobby For Swine Flu ShotsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids. There's also the not-so-little matter of that round belly. Research has suggested obesity could be a risk factor.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Grandmother who was sterilised 13 years ago gives birth to 'miracle baby'Email this article to a colleague.
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Now she is mother to health baby boy Connor, born last week and weighing in at 8lbs 8oz, who is younger than her grandchildren.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccine To Treat Nicotine Addiction Steps Closer To Market As Companies Agree Option DealEmail this article to a colleague.
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An experimental vaccine called NicVAX, designed to treat nicotine addiction that works by stopping the drug from reaching the brain, moved a step closer to the market when the vaccine developer Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (Nabi), based in Rockville, Maryland, US agreed an option and licensing deal with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA (GSK), based in Brussels, Belgium.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news
Scans Of Egyptian Mummies Show Hardening Of Arteries Is Not A Modern DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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An international team of scientists who took CT scans of mummified bodies of people who lived in Egypt up to 3,500 years ago found evidence to suggest that hardening of arteries, a risk factor for heart attacks and strokes, is not a modern disease and may have been quite common among ancient Egyptians of high socioeconomic status.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
New Study Heralds Use Of Blood Biomarkers To Predict PreeclampsiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new study that examines the value of maternal blood biomarkers will help identify and monitor patients at risk of developing preeclampsia and is set to change the way expectant mothers are cared for in prenatal clinics around the world.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news
Smoking Causes BlindnessEmail this article to a colleague.
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AMD Alliance International strongly urges all smokers to participate in the Great American Smokeout on November 19 to save their eyes and protect their vision from the debilitating effects of macular degeneration.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news
Mersana Therapeutics Provides Clinical Update From Ongoing Phase 1 Study Of XMT-1001 In Patients With Advanced Solid TumorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mersana Therapeutics, a platform-based cancer therapeutics company, announced additional preliminary results from an ongoing Phase 1 study of its lead development candidate, XMT-1001, in patients with advanced solid tumors. The results were presented in a poster session at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference: Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Boston, MA November 15-19, 2009.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Poniard Pharmaceuticals Announces Updated Positive Clinical Data From Phase 2 Trial Of Picoplatin In Colorectal CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD) announced updated clinical data from its randomized, controlled Phase 2 trial of picoplatin in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Colorectal Cancer Source Type: news
Physician Teaches Miami Plastic Surgeons Via Tele-SurgeryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Alexander P. Moya, M.D., director, Center for Weight Loss Body Contouring at Geisinger Medical Center (GMC), performed his newly developed corset trunkplasty surgery for board-certified plastic surgeons at the University of Miami School of Medicine live via televised feed as he worked at an operating room at GMC in Danville on Nov 13.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Source Type: news
Society Applauds Move To Decriminalise Dispensing Errors, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPSGB) welcomes the news that the Crown Prosecution Service will produce new guidelines early in the New Year to stop the automatic criminalization of one off dispensing errors. It is responding to Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Dr Keith Ridge's letter to the All Party Pharmacy Group which confirms changes to the current regulations next year.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacy / Pharmacist Source Type: news
Sirona Biochem Says New Results From Big Pharma Shows Why SGLT2 Sugar Blockers Are A Major Opportunity In Fighting DiabetesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM), an emerging biotech company focused on diabetes and obesity drug development, says the latest results from a clinical trial with a competitor's SGLT Inhibitor demonstrates the major opportunity for the company with its unique molecules. Sirona Biochem CEO, Dr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
Atrium Announces The Release Of Interim Results From COBEST Clinical StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study is to evaluate the use of bare metal stents vs. balloon expandable covered stents for the treatment of aorto-iliac occlusive disease. Prof.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Vascular Source Type: news
New Combination Therapy Could Deliver Powerful Punch To Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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A powerful new breast cancer treatment could result from packaging one of the newer drugs that inhibits cancer's hallmark wild growth with another that blocks a primordial survival technique in which the cancer cell eats part of itself, researchers say.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
New Products To Treat Neglected Diseases Are On The Rise, According To Tufts Center For The Study Of Drug DevelopmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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New products to treat neglected diseases have received marketing approval from regulatory agencies at a steadily increasing rate in recent years as R&D funding for those diseases has increased, according to a recently completed study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Recovering With 4-Legged Friends Requires Less Pain MedicationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Adults who use pet therapy while recovering from total joint-replacement surgery require 50 percent less pain medication than those who do not. These findings were presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the International Society of Anthrozoology and the First Human Animal Interaction Conference (HAI) in Kansas City, Mo.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
Scientists Guide Immune Cells With Light And MicroparticlesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a new approach to studying how immune cells chase down bacteria in our bodies. Their findings are described in the November 15 issue of Nature Methods Advanced Online Publication. When bacteria enter our bodies they secrete molecules, leaving behind chemical trails as they move through our system.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news
E. Coli O157 In Surrey: Update, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health Protection Agency (HPA) reports that the total number of confirmed cases of E Coli O157 linked to Godstone Farm in Surrey remains 93. No cases are currently in hospital As the number of cases has remained the same for the past three weeks, there will be no further updates on figures linked to Godstone farm.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Statement Of The European Society Of Human Reproduction And Embryology On The European Commission Proposal Of Viral Screening In Assisted ReproductionEmail this article to a colleague.
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With 900,000 assisted reproduction treatments annually such as IVF and intrauterine inseminations in Europe the Commission's proposal to screen both partners before each treatment could lead to costs of over EUR 140 million annually.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Fertility Source Type: news
Studies Suggest Parental Monitoring Can Help Decrease Adolescent Marijuana UseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents, with almost 42% of high school seniors admitting to having experimented with it. Continued marijuana use may result in a number of serious consequences including depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease, and certain forms of cancer.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news
Leyla Hannbeck Appointed National Pharmacy Association Head Of Information, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Leyla Hannbeck has been appointed Head of Information at the National Pharmacy Association (NPA). Leyla joins the NPA on Monday 4 January 2010 from Eilbeck J F Chemist, Co. Durham where she worked as pharmacy manager for the group. Before moving to the independent sector, Leyla worked for Alliance Boots for 5 years starting as a Pharmacist Branch Manager in their Gateshead Branch.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacy / Pharmacist Source Type: news
Smoking May Now Be Considered An Established Risk Factor For ALS, Also Known As Lou Gehrig's DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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While previous studies have indicated a "probable" connection between smoking and ALS, a new study published in the Nov. 17, 2009 issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, states that smoking may now be considered an "established" risk factor for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Multiple Sclerosis Source Type: news
American Society Of Breast Diseases Continues To Support Annual Mammograms For Women Over 40Email this article to a colleague.
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The Executive Committee of the American Society of Breast Disease issued the following response to changes in breast cancer screening recommendations issued by the United States Preventive Services Task Force on November 16, 2009. The new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recommendations on screening mammography, clinical breast exam, and self-examination conflict with the facts.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
MS Is More Aggressive In Children But Slower To Cause Disability Than In AdultsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in childhood show that pediatric onset multiple sclerosis is more aggressive, and causes more brain lesions, than MS diagnosed in adulthood, researchers at the University at Buffalo have reported.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Multiple Sclerosis Source Type: news
Army suicides set another yearly recordEmail this article to a colleague.
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Suicides among soldiers this year have topped last year's record-breaking numbers, but Army officials maintain a recent trend downward could mean the service is making headway on its programs designed to reduce the problem, Army officials said Tuesday.
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rabies spreads in Indonesia's BaliEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bali Island, Indonesia - An outbreak of rabies is spreading
in Indonesia's resort island of Bali, officials said
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ask Your Pharmacist Event Held In BelfastEmail this article to a colleague.
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On 12 November, the National Pharmacy Association and the Ulster Chemists' Association organised an Ask Your Pharmacist event at the CastleCourt Shopping Centre, Belfast. Held in Ask Your Pharmacist Week the event saw almost 200 health checks carried out, with pharmacists also on hand to answer any health related questions from the public.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacy / Pharmacist Source Type: news
British Dental Association Calls For NICE Evaluation Of Decontamination Evidence Base, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has called once again for a full review of the evidence base for the HTM 01-05 guidance document on decontamination in dental surgeries.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dentistry Source Type: news
Analyzing Structural Brain Changes In Alzheimer's DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a study that promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle, sub-regional brain volume loss using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The study is published the week of November 16 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news
Nanoparticles Used In Common Household Items Caused Genetic Damage In MiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, according to a comprehensive study conducted by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Antioxidant Found In Vegetables Has Implications For Treating Cystic FibrosisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cystic Fibrosis Source Type: news
Investigational Neurostimulation Device Aims To Reduce Stroke DamageEmail this article to a colleague.
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Stroke researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston are the only ones in Texas to offer a novel device that might extend the acute stroke treatment window from three hours to 24.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Nanotechnology Team Discover How To Capture Tumor Cells In BloodstreamEmail this article to a colleague.
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A team led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has found a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream that could dramatically improve earlier cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis. The discovery was published Nov.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
