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EU Health Agency Raises Number of Swine Flu Cases
Seven European countries had confirmed cases of people infected with swine flu as of Thursday...
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FDA Extends Review of AstraZeneca, Bristol Diabetes Drug Onglyza
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it needs additional time to complete the...
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Pfizer Halts Late-Stage Trial of Sutent for Advanced Breast Cancer
Giant drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced Thursday that it stopped a Phase III clinical trial testing...
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Pfizer’s Sutent Trial Results Good News for Pancreatic Cancer Sufferers
Good news for people suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer...
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Obesity Raises Risk of Joint Replacement in People with Osteoarthritis
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Researchers Develop a Macaque Model of HIV Infection
Researchers have made an important step in AIDS field by creating a new HIV strain that infects a...
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New Drug May Improve Walking in MS Patients
According to a study in The Lancet medical journal, a drug developed by Acorda Therapeutics Inc....
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New Blood Test Helps Tracking Progression of Prostate Cancer
A new blood test made by Johnson & Johnson unit Veridex may give doctors a much clearer...
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Brain-training Exercises Don’t Delay Alzheimer’s Onset
A new study says that there is no evidence to support the theory that brain exercise programmes...
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Erbitux Plus Other Cancer Drugs Not Helpful for Colorectal Cancer
A Dutch study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that...
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Genentech Will Have Its Efficiency Results In Mid-April
After Amgen Inc, Genentech is the world’s second-biggest biotechnology company and is mainly...
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New Treatment For Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Researchers said that men with advanced prostate cancer will have the chance to follow a new...
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Extended Drug Therapy for Hepatitis C Doesn’t Work for Some Patients
Patients with chronic hepatitis C who have
not responded to an initial round of antiviral...
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Cancer Drug Avastin Meets Endpoint In Late Stage Trial
The outcome of the most recent study of Avastin revealed that the cancer drug is indeed effective...
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Early HIV Treatment Cuts Babies’ Death Risk
A study in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine reveals that, for infants with...
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Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Prevent Alzheimer’s, Study Shows
Millions of people take the herbal
supplement, hoping that it will cut their risk of developing...
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Ginkgo Biloba, a Pseudo Drug against Dementia
According to a clinical trial reported Tuesday, the elixir of eternal mental acuity, the herbal...
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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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Ginkgo Biloba No Good To Prevent Alzheimer’s
Ginkgo biloba has been used medicinally for thousands of
years. Today, it is one of the top...
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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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Leukemia Drug Found To Stop MS
Recently, an outstanding discovery in the field of medicine and in the fight with multiple...
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Vitamin B - Useless In Treating Alzheimer’s
Fighting Alzheimer’s is proving more difficult by the day,
as the merciless disease has become...
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Vitamin B Supplements Show No Benefit in Alzheimer’s Study
A new study by researchers at the University of California,
San Diego, found
no difference in the...
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Excess Drinking Linked To Brain Shrinkage
It appears that heavy drinkers have smaller
brains than non-drinkers, a new study published in the...
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Drinking Coffee Does Not Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk
Coffee isn’t harmful to your health, a new
study confirms that theory. Is it true that long term,...
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Combined Treatment of Rituxan and Chemotherapy Proves Efficient in Leukemia
Genentech Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc.
announced that their drug Rituxan combined with chemotherapy...
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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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Common COPD Drugs Increase Risk Of Heart Attack
However efficient drugs may be for treating one condition,
it is no longer a secret that they can...
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Broccoli Could Benefit COPD Patients
Besides lowering the risk of cancer and coronary heart disease due to high levels of vitamin C and...
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New Drug Slows the Progression of Parkinson’s
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from Israel
and Lundbeck from Denmark introduced Azilect,...
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Stem Cell Transplant Shows Promise in Treating Type 1 Diabetes
Scientific world may soon offer a solution for millions of people suffering from type 1 diabetes...
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Gingko Biloba and Alzheimer’s Disease
More than 5 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease,
a condition that causes a progressive...
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Ginkgo Biloba, A Pseudo Drug Against Dementia
According to a clinical trial reported Tuesday, the elixir of eternal mental acuity, the herbal...
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Ginkgo Unable to Fight Against Dementia
The popular herbal supplement ginkgo biloba does not prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s...
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Herbal Supplement Gingko Biloba Fails In Preventing, Slowing Dementia
Millions of seniors take ginkgo biloba, hoping that the herbal supplement will prevent or slow the...
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Study: Lung Cancer Drug Tarceva Slows Progression of the Disease
Lung cancer drug Tarceva jointly developed by OSI
Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc. and Roche...
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Fish Might Help Diabetics’ Kidneys
Including fish in your diet twice a week may prevent kidney
damage if you’re diabetic, British...
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Across The Ages: The Beatles Enter Digital Territory With Rock Band
The Beatles are set to become truly the kings of everything
as the Fab Four’s music will now be...
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Twist And...Rock Band! The Beatles In Harmonix's Video Game
MTV announced Thursday an “unprecedented global music
project” with Apple Corp., the company...
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Esther Dyson Latest of Techies Headed for Space
Journalist, successful investor and philanthropist Esther
Dyson is the latest in the growing line...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Could Result in Parkinson’s Disease
Vitamin D deficiency might be linked, among other diseases,
to an increased risk of Parkinson’s...
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Netherlands to Host Wild Game Food Festival in October
Zutphen, Netherlands - A light morning mist lies over green fields and empty roads meander through...
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Dietary Supplements Don’t Slow Cartilage Loss in Arthritis Patients
Arthritis’ drugs glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate might
no longer be prescribed as they proved...
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Popular Supplements Glucosamine and Chondroitin No Good for Arthritis
Popular dietary supplements – glucosamine and chondroitin
sulfate – proved no better than placebos...
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