Chemotherapy, but not tamoxifen, associated with stroke risk after breast cancer treatment
... breast cancer and breast cancer recurrence and to halve the risk of breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease. However, tamoxifen use does have the potential for serious side effects. One of those side effects, an increased risk of stroke, was suggested in two large randomized trials but not in ...New strategy aims to halve malaria deaths by 2010
...disease control strategies in Africa could help to halve deaths from malaria by 2010, say researchers in this week's BMJ. This target was set in 1998 through the Roll Back Malaria initiative, but progress has been slow. Currently, one million people die every year from malaria, mostly in Africa. David Moly...Carotid artery surgery could substantially reduce stroke among high-risk patients
...t surgery to widen narrowed carotid arteries could halve the risk of stroke among high-risk patients. However, authors of the study caution that surgery carries its own stroke risks if not done by experts. There is currently debate as to whether people who have substantial narrowing of the carotid arteries...Funding and distribution of inappropriate drugs add to rising global childhood malaria deaths
...lure of WHO's 1998 'Roll Back Malaria' campaign to halve deaths from malaria by 2010, conclude authors of an article in this week's issue of THE LANCET. At least a million deaths are caused by malaria every year, principally among children, all of which could be saved by effective treatment. The ability t...Malaria project in funding crisis
...ththe World Bank, UNDP and UNICEF. Its goal was to halve malariadeaths by 2010, and again by 2015. RBM set out to do this throughdetection and treatment of malaria cases, and preventativemeasures such as bednets treated with insecticide. Experts agree that a budget of US $1.5 to US $2 billion dollarsis nee...Dual sensor could provide more information, earlier warning for diabetics
...ing the device in animals. The researchers hope to halve the size of the sensor, reducing it to the thickness of 26-gauge wire (about the size of a hypodermic needle). More than 15 million people in the United States have diabetes and approximately 800,000 are diagnosed with the disease each year, accordin...