Archive for April, 2008
« Previous EntriesYour Comments? Antioxidants Studied In New Research Into Plant Colors
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Admin wrote: Scientists have made an important advance in understanding the genetic processes that give flowers, leaves and plants their bright colours. The knowledge could lead to a range of benefits, including better understanding of the cancer-fighting properties of plant pigments and new, natural food colourings. The research is highlighted in the new issue of Business […]
Topic Timely Cancer Diagnosis Linked To Insurance Status (healthday)
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) — People who either have no healthinsurance or rely on Medicaid are more likely to be diagnosed withadvanced cancers than people who have private health insurance,researchers from the American Cancer Society report. (Link)
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Topic Phase Iii Study Of Bosatria (mepolizumab) Showed Disease Control With Reduced Corticosteroid Use In Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Monday, April 28th, 2008Results from a Phase III study demonstrate that significantly more patients who received GlaxoSmithKline’s investigational monoclonal antibody, Bosatria® (mepolizumab), for the treatment of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), were able to maintain control of their disease with a reduced dose of a corticosteroid, compared to those who received placebo (84% vs. 43%, p (Link)
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Topic Nexavar Approved For Liver Cancer (healthday)
Monday, April 28th, 2008HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) — The Bayer anticancer drugNexavar (sorafenib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration to treat the most common form of liver cancer that can't besurgically removed, medically called unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC), the drug maker said Monday. (Link)
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Join The Fight Against Cancer Elevated Interleukin-12 Is A Plasma Marker Of Poor Prognosis In Stage Iii Melanoma Patients
Sunday, April 27th, 2008New research has established that elevated blood levels of interleukin-12, which rise as we age, independently predicts poor prognosis in patients with melanoma. Interleukin-12 is a biological therapeutic agent that has been shown to act on the immune system and increase the body’s ability to fight disease. (Link)
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Join The Fight Against Cancer Cannabis Compound May Stop Metastatic Breast Cancer (healthday)
Saturday, April 26th, 2008HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) — A non-toxic, non-psychoactivecompound in marijuana may block the progress of metastatic breast cancer,according to a new study by researchers in California. (Link)
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New A Wild Plant Growing In The Mediterranean Provides Anticancer Medicines
Friday, April 25th, 2008A group of scientists from the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Biotechnology Institute of the University of Granada have found that the plant “Dittirichia viscose”, known as elecampe, can be used to obtain inhibitors of neurogenic vasodilatation, a significant progress in migraine and cancer treatments. (Link)
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Comments Requested Smoking Cessation Rates Double With Intensive Counseling And Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Studies Of 20,000 Smokers Show
Friday, April 25th, 2008Increasing the level of Quitline smoking cessation services and offering free nicotine patches are a successful and cost-effective way to reduce smoking rates, according to two new studies in the December issue of Tobacco Control, a peer-reviewed publication of the British Medical Journal. [click link for full article] (Link)
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Important Lower Reporting Of Family Cancer History Could Affect Cancer Screening, Prevention Among U.s. Immigrants, Report Says
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Immigrants to the U.S. were about one-third less likely to report a family history of cancer than those born in the U.S., according to an analysis of 5,010 people who responded to the 2005 Health Information Trends Survey, HealthDay/Washington Post reports. The report — by Heather Orom of the [click link for full article] […]
Update Solariums Found To Raise Skin Cancer Risk In Young (reuters)
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Reuters - Using a solarium to gain a suntan increases the risk of developing skin cancer by 98 percent if you are under the age of 35, with one visit heightening the chance of developing a melanoma by 22 percent, said an Australian study. (Link)
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