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Avastin Linked to Blood Clot Risk, New Analysis Finds
Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin was linked
to a significantly increased risk of blood clots in the...
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Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV
HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is such a hardy
pathogen that the concept of curing a
poor...
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Women with Migraines Have Lower Breast Cancer Risk
One in four women complains of regular migraines.
But this annoying episode may have a good part:...
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A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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Lung Cancer Treatment Drug Tarceva Makes the Disease Possible To Treat
The drug Tarceva, made by OSI Pharmaceuticals has been found to cause an increase in survival rates...
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Tarceva Slows Progress Of Lung Cancer, Study Shows
After a study disclosed that the drug Tarceva was efficient in prolonging lung cancer survival when...
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OSI Shares Gain, Despite Preliminary Results, Tarceva Meets Its Goal
Shares of OSI Pharmaceutical rose $5.25, or 15 percent, to $40.65 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq...
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Researchers Map Cancer Genes
Washington University researchers have decoded the complete
DNA of a patient suffering from...
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Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time
For the first time, scientists have managed to decode the complete DNA sequence of a cancer...
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Hot Flashes, Night Sweats, Painful Joints Show Breast Cancer Treatment Works
Women who experience hot flashes, night
sweats and painful joints when taking the anti-cancer...
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Statins May Cut Pneumonia Death Risk, New Study Shows
According to the results of a new study
featured in the October 27 issue of Archives
of Internal...
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Vitamin E, Selenium Don't Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk
The National Cancer Institute has announced
its decision to suspend a study on the benefits of...
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Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...
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Biological Drugs Raise Concerns about Their Safety
A group of
Dutch researchers have reported that about one fourth of the biological drugs
that had...
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The Safety of Biological Products Questioned
A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association
suggests that...
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Biological Drugs Not Necessarily Safe
Biological products have gained popularity in the recent
years but according to a study published...
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Study Concludes Brain Signals Can Predict Weight Gain
A study published in the October 17 issue of the journal Science
has revealed that overweight...
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Vioxx’s Heart Risk Persists for One Year after Use
Merck & Co’s arthritis pill Vioxx was pulled from market
shelves over health risks in 2004,...
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Parkinson’s Disease Linked to Vitamin D Insufficiency
A new study by US researchers has found
that Parkinson’s sufferers have insufficient levels of...
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Kenya Goes Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month appears to have echoes not
only in the United States
but also on...
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U.S. Vaccine Use Increased in 2007
In June 2006, Merck’s drug Gardasil was approved by the FDA.
Gardasil is a drug designed to...
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Tarceva-Avastin Combination Doesn’t Prolong Lung Cancer Survival
According to the results of a late-stage clinical
trial into the benefits of combining Genentech’s...
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Two-Drug Combination Isn’t Up To Snuff In Lung-Cancer Trial
Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., two leading biotechnology companies, announced Monday...
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Do You Know What Your Child Is Taking?
In lack of a health care plan and in need of a doctor – it’s a situation that many Americans...
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On Vitamin C And Cancer
Cancer and ascorbic acid, Vitamin C, have a pretty
controversial relationship. In the 1970s, after...
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Who Would Have Thought That Cancer Drugs May Be Impeded By Vitamin C?
It appears that vitamin C supplements don’t have beneficial effects on patients struggling with...
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Vitamin C May Weaken Chemotherapy Effect
Wednesday, an United States study has revealed that higher
doses of vitamin C might reduce the...
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Vitamin C May Be an Enemy of Chemotherapy
According to researchers at the prestigious Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in Philadelphia,...
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Pfizer Halts Development of at least 11 Medications
New York - US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer Inc. is ending the early-stage development of at least...
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Immune drug fights cancer, German researchers claimBy Ernest Gill, dpa
Hamburg, Germany - A drug which encourages the body's own immune system to fight cancer cells has...
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