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Vitamin D deficiency might be linked, among other diseases,
to an increased risk of Parkinson’s...
Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
Eli Lilly and Co. announced on Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of...
Results of a study undergone by German scientists revealed
that stroke patients given Amgen and...
A Johnson & Johnson anemia drug tested in Germany on a panel of stroke patients is...
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that they are reviewing a higher rate of...
Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage
could benefit from a shorter, more...
Inspired by a 12-year-old patient of Dr. Sidney Farber,
founder of the Children's Cancer Research...
Watch out! Several companies are falsely claiming that they are selling you the cure for cancer....
Researchers have long stressed the importance of living a healthy life based on daily exercise and...
The latest study on breast cancer appears to question the efficiency
of an MRI or magnetic...
The US Food and Drug Administration is planning to raise
awareness on possible side effects of...
A new discovery shows promise in cancer
fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
A study presented Wednesday at the American Chemical Society
National Meeting & Exposition in...
It appears that moisturizing creams are no longer a safe
option, a new study published in the...
127 workers at a Los Angeles hospital read without permission
celebrity medical records between...
Prostate-cancer screening or the PSA test for men aged 75 or
older should be stopped because there...
Before people started pitying him too much, Patrick Swayze
appeared before reporters looking fresh...
A new study published in the July 9 issue of the Journal of
the American Medical Association...
Weight loss surgery, or in medical terms gastric bypass
surgery, appears to have more benefits...
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes
how immunotherapy helped a 52-year-old...
Johnson & Johnson’s foot gel, Regranex 0.01% (becaplermin), used to treat refractory legs and...
After undergoing a risky brain surgery on Monday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.,...
The House of Representatives in a near-unanimous vote (414-1)
approved the Genetic...
A new TV ad, featuring a woman suffering from extreme back
pain, is the first in a new series...
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One German and two French scientists won
the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
Michael Mastromarino, 44, of Fort Lee, N.J, the ringleader of a national body parts scheme, pleaded...
The European Medicines Agency, based in London, has approved the use of Erbitux, produced by Merck...
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Cell Genesys Inc has put a halt to its process of developing the treatment for the advanced stages...
Gilead Sciences Inc.’ AIDS drug Viread received the Food and
Drug Administration’ s approval on...
A newly released cancer vaccine which reportedly doubles the survival time of people with brain...
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc., the biotechnology company that conducts research in various...
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Steve Jobs’ health condition will most certainly be one of the main points of focus at Apple’s...
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Amsterdam - Paper, pencil and books are the key to developing one's creativity and maximizing one's...
On Thursday, GlaxoSmithKline PLC released a very encouraging statement: the tests it has been...
The tobacco plant could actually aid
patients with follicular B-cell lymphoma, US researchers...
The results of a new study conducted by a research team at
the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
Scientists have discovered a new drug, which can protect
healthy cells and bone marrow against...
No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
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Breast cancer research for cure, cause and prevention is an
on-going struggle for scientists, for...
The reasons for which pediatricians recommended doubling the daily dosage of vitamin D in...
A study
published in the October issue of the Archives of Neurology has revealed
that Parkinson’s...
A new study by US researchers has found
that Parkinson’s sufferers have insufficient levels of...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month appears to have echoes not
only in the United States
but also on...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
posted a warning letter on its Web site, saying that...
The search for the best source of stem
cells continues, with many scientists supporting the field...
The Food and Drug Administration warned Burlington-based Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings...
A recently-conducted survey revealed that the Death with Dignity Act enacted in Oregon in 1997...
A study by researchers at Oregon Health and
Science University examined 58 terminally...
Laboratory Corporation of America, also known as LabCorp, was
sent a warning letter in which...
The long-running debate between US researcher Robert
Gallo and French scientist Luc Montaginer...
Genentech Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc.
announced that their drug Rituxan combined with chemotherapy...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has
rejected the latest X-ray screening technology, called...
2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
has been awarded to the German scientist Harald zur...
According to the US Preventive Services Task Force’ recommendations, people after age 75 who have...
According to the results of a late-stage clinical
trial into the benefits of combining Genentech’s...
Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc., two leading biotechnology companies, announced Monday...
One German and two French scientists won
the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
Medicare, the government insurance program for the elderly and disabled, will stop paying hospitals...
October is our chance to show that we care about breast
cancer victims or survivors. It is our...
It appears that vitamin C supplements don’t have beneficial effects on patients struggling with...
Wednesday, an United States study has revealed that higher
doses of vitamin C might reduce the...
According to researchers at the prestigious Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in Philadelphia,...
Medicine is taking vital steps towards identifying the causes of cancers - and perhaps even a cure....
Obesity has long been thought to increase the risk for heart
disease and cancer in general. Breast...
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks off
today, it is important to remember that early...
The drug maker Eli Lilly announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the...
Researchers at Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center claim the fact that there is no link between...
Hamburg, Germany - A drug which encourages the body's own immune system to fight cancer cells has...
Prostate cancer is the ninth most common cancer worldwide, but is the number one non-skin cancer...
Studies
conducted by researchers over the last couple of years have shown that hormone
therapy...
According to Reuters, more intense courses of a shorter radiation treatment are as successful as...
The findings of a new study show that surgeons and cancer specialists seldom show empathy to...
Women with early-stage breast cancer could
benefit from a shorter, more intense radiation therapy,...
Women suffering from breast cancer in its incipient stage
could benefit from a shorter, more...
During the 50th
annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and...
Researchers at the University
of Padova in Italy have identified
a possible link between...
Empathy – the identification with and understanding of
another person’s situation and feelings –...
Results of
a study performed by Canadian researchers have been revealed to the
public on Monday,...
A study published in the New England
Journal of Medicine shows that virtual colonoscopies are able...
The Federal Trade Commission has launched a campaign against five companies which pretend to have...
The Federal Trade Commission sued five companies for making
false and misleading claims for cancer...
Amgen’s experimental bone drug, called
denosumab, was found to reduce the risk of spinal fractures...
Diabetics who undergo gastric bypass
surgery could be at disadvantage compared to other patients,...
New research by the Stanford University School of Medicine
scientists gives children suffering...
A new study showed that virtual colonoscopy
was able to detect 90% of precancerous polyps larger...
Research
performed on thirty prostate cancer patients by a team of doctors led by Dr.
Elizabeth...
New York’s Staten Island University
Hospital will have to pay $88.9
million to federal and state...
Biotechnology company Amgen Inc. will release
the results of the study on its osteoporosis drug...
Patients undergoing chemotherapy will soon be able to use a
medication patch to ease the nausea...
An experimental breast cancer vaccine proved efficient in
treating breast cancer caused by an...
Besides lowering the risk of cancer and coronary heart disease due to high levels of vitamin C and...
FDA approved on Friday the use of Gardasil vaccine in fighting vaginal and vulvar cancers, in...
The labeling for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis drug Rituxan
is being revised after the US Food...
Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the third most...
New research has discovered a genetic clue that could prevent the growth and development of...
Apparently the use of breast MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans to evaluate cancer after it had...
Today,
Pfizer Incorporated appeared for the third time before Federal Drug Administration
medical...
Friday, the
“Stand Up to Cancer” telethon, aimed at raising money to fund research that...
A national study conducted on 1,310 men, showed that, on
average, those who took Non-Steroidal...
The campaign to raise money for cancer
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