Mass. General leading international trial of novel breast cancer drug
...pproved by the FDA as an adjuvant treatment given along with chemotherapy after surgical removal and/or radiation therapy for early-stage, node-positive and HER2-positive tumors as well as for metastatic tumors. Tykerb blocks both the HER2/ErbB2 receptor and a related molecule called ErbB1. Earlier c......Dr. Stephen Moses from the University of Manitoba, along with Drs. J.O. Ndinya-Achola from the University of Nairobi in Kenya and Robert C. Bailey from the University of Illinois, presented their research results at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the US National ...Male circumcision reduces HIV risk, study stopped early
...ctively promote circumcision in a safe context and along with other HIV prevention strategies," Bailey said. "Circumcision cannot be a stand-alone intervention. It has to be integrated with all the other things that we do to prevent new HIV infections, such as treating sexual transmitted diseases and pro...New dyslexia theory blames 'noise'
...ng-Lin Lu. Lu was a co-author on three studies, along with lead authorand former USC graduate student Anne Sperling (now atthe National Institute of Mental Health), USC psychologistFranklin Manis and University of Wisconsin, Madisonpsychologist Mark Seidenberg. The most recent study is due to be publi...Drug that chokes off tumor blood vessels offers new hope to lung cancer patients
...he trial showed that patients who received Avastin along with the conventional chemotherapy drugs paclitaxel and carboplatin had a 35-percent chance of responding to the treatment, compared to 15 percent for patients who received chemotherapy alone. Dr. Schiller is chairwoman of the Lung Cancer Committee ...Higher physical activity associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
...c health effect on the prevention of this disease, along with its other positive health benefits."...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center collaborating to find new tools to fight leukemia
...nti-infection drug) and acyclovir (antiviral drug) along with the PCR treatment. The researchers reviewed study participants prognostic status and divided the patients into risk categories at the beginning of the study, using a number of different prognostic evaluation tools to describe them, including t...Contact lenses a good choice for children 12 and younger
...soft disposable contact lenses used in this study, along with the necessary cleaning solutions, can cost roughly $260 a year, said Walline. Since children's and teens' vision can change very fast, such lenses are typically sold in a six-month supply. Adults can buy a one-year supply. Walline and his coll...Hormonal contraception does not appear to increase HIV risk
...arch Triangle Park, North Carolina, led the study, along with colleagues from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. The study was conducted in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Thailand, in collaboration with researchers at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, the University of California...RAND study finds adolescent Asian immigrants improve their good health habits over time
...cluding use of bicycle helmets and car seat belts, along with physical activity levels, television viewing, nutrition habits and other items. The study compared the preventive health behaviors of adolescent Asian and Latino immigrants across three generations to the health habits reported by white adoles...Hair-growth drug artificially lowers PSA levels in prostate cancer screening, study finds
...and co-principal investigator of The Lancet study, along with Dr. Anthony D'Amico of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. "It is important for physicians to know that many young men take Propecia and that their PSA level is lowered artificially. Doctors need to adjust th...... strip is dipped into a sample, the liquid travels along the strip to reach a zone with small gold-aptamer ...e spheres are red. When the liquid travels further along the strip, it reaches a membrane. While the larger gold aggregates are stopped by the membrane, the ...Panic attacks are linked to poor outcomes for diabetic patients, Group Health study finds
... between diabetes and depression, which often goes along with panic disorders. They were interested in examining panic independently, however, to see whether patients who have panic without depression would also have poor diabetic outcomes. "Panic attacks can mimic episodes of hypoglycemia (low blood su...U-M researchers use nanoparticles to target brain cancer
... Researchers incorporated a drug called Photofrin along with iron oxide into nanoparticles that would target cancerous brain tumors. Photofrin is a type of photodynamic therapy, in which the drug is drawn through the blood stream to tumor cells; a special type of laser light activates the drug to attack t...Firms covering large majority of nation's workers view health benefits as important recruitment tool
...t the Commonwealth Fund and coauthor of the study, along with Jon Gabel and Jeremy Pickreign of HSC. The Health Affairs article, titled "Employers' Views on Incremental Measures to Expand Health Coverage" is based on a special Commonwealth Fund-supported supplement to the 2005 Kaiser Family Foundation/He...Pioneer of oral rehydration therapy receives Prince Mahidol Award
... solution in a disaster situation in refugee camps along the India/Bangladesh border in 1971. The World Health Organization has reported that the mortality rate for children suffering from acute diarrhea has fallen from 5 million to 1.3 million deaths annually since adopting the therapy in 1978 as its pri...... is applied, a relatively large current is carried along the surface but only a very small current, in the region of billionths of an amp, is passed across the film to the nerve cells. The net effect is a kind of reverse amplification of the applied voltage that stimulates the nerve cells without damaging ...Health inequalities are a growing problem worldwide
...te and international governments and institutions, along with non-governmental organizations, businesses, communities, families and individuals. "Individual nation-states must assume a prior and direct role of responsibility," Ruger said. "Ethical principles have the power to motivate and hold global and...To slow AIDS in Russia, treat HIV-positive addicts, Stanford study says
...ct HIV transmission in Russia, Owens and Brandeau, along with doctoral student Elisa Long, created a computer model of the virus' spread through the adult population in St. Petersburg, Russia. They accounted for infection rates among drug users and non-drug users and the reduced viral transmissibility and ...Younger African American women at significantly higher risk for breast cancer
...aper in the journal Medical Hypotheses, Dr. Davis, along with Maryann Donovan, Ph.D., M.P.H., scientific director, UPCI Center for Environmental Oncology, and their colleagues suggest that the use of estrogen and other hormone-containing personal care products by younger African-American women may account,...