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17 May 2012

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caused by a gene defect, wiped out all signsof malignancy in some children with different tumor types, in astudy that proves aiming treatment at genes rather than diseasesites may be more effective.meeting that starts June1, tested the medicine against rare child tumors of the nerves,blood and soft tissue that can be driven by mutations in the ALKgene targeted by Xalkori. The drug helped kids with...
Source : Bloomberg | 8 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
Australian unit, maker of the country’s most popular cigarettebrand Winfield, introduced its first discount label to competewith illegal tobacco products.A pack of 25 cigarettes under the “Just Smokes” brandsells for A$11.50 ($11.40) at retailers, including the Colessupermarket chain,, a spokesman at BritishAmerican Tobacco in Sydney, said in a telephone interview today.Winfield sells for A$15.75 ...
Source : Bloomberg | 8 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
Coffee at the Intelligentsia Coffee Tea Inc. facility in Chicago. Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergCoffee, caffeinated or decaffeinated,may help extend the lives of people who drink it daily, a U.S.study found.Men who drank 2 to 3 cups a day had a 10 percent chance ofoutliving those who drank no coffee, while women had a 13percent advantage, according to research published yesterday intheis th...
Source : Bloomberg | 8 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
“very serious”about acquiring assets in China to treat conditions such asmental disease and cancer, to help it match or outpace growth inthe country’s pharmaceuticals market, an executive said.The company is interested in buying Chinese companies orproducts in mental health, oncology, immunology, vaccines andover-the-counter drugs where the world’s largest health-careproducts company wants to buil...
Source : Bloomberg | 8 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
About one in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure and one in 10 has diabetes.About one in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure and one in 10 has diabetes. Photographer: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty ImagesObesity levels doubled in everyregion of the world between 1980 and 2008, spurring rates ofnon-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer that nowaccount for almost two in...
Source : Bloomberg | 8 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
Supporters and opponents of the health care law demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 26, 2012.Supporters and opponents of the health care law demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 26, 2012. Photographer: Doug Mills/The New York Times via Reduxare probing whetherthe White House and Democrats in Congress were promisedpolitical support from drugmakers in...
Source : Bloomberg | 8 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
Filipino activists wearing masks of Jesus Christ and carrying wooden crosses gather in front of the building of the World Bank in Pasig City suburban Manila on April 3, 2012 symbolizing the struggle of the poor through the hardship of Jesus Christ.Filipino activists wearing masks of Jesus Christ and carrying wooden crosses gather in front of the building of the World Bank in Pasig City suburban Ma...
Source : Bloomberg | 8 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
telecommunications regulator is expected to announce plans on Thursday to set aside spectrum to connect wireless medical devices for more convenient health monitoring.The Federal Communications Commission said it is scheduled to vote on May 24 to adopt the plan for so-called Medical Body Area Networks, according to the telecom regulator, which has been working on the project for about two years.Th...
Source : Reuters India | 9 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
(Reuters) - U.S. crime statistics show illegal drugs play a central role in criminal acts, providing new evidence that tackling drugs as a public health issue could offer a powerful tool for lowering national crime rates, officials said on Thursday....
Source : Reuters India | 9 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold level for defining lead poisoning in children to 5 micrograms per deciliter on Wednesday from 10, marking the first such reduction in 20 years."The recommendation was based on a growing number of scientific studies showing that even low blood lead levels can cause lifelong health effects," the CDC said, in adopting the recommendation of ...
Source : Reuters India | 9 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
first aid kit made by Johnson Johnson for sale on a store shelf in Westminster, Colorado April 14, 2009.n"> (Reuters) - Adding Johnson Johnson's advanced prostate cancer drug, Zytiga, to hormone therapy before surgery has been shown for the first time to eradicate tumors in some men with high-risk forms of the disease.The mid-stage trial found that six months of treatment with the combination th...
Source : Reuters India | 10 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
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Source : Medindia | 13 Hour(s) AgoCategory : Health
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