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Colonoscopies and screenings can help with early cancer detection and prevention
Column by Dr.Julie Lindholm If you are over 50 years old and have not had a colonoscopy, it might be because of fear. I agree it's an unnatural event (Never mind a strange way to make a living, but saving lives isn't all bad). Colonoscopies are...
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Corticosteroid Treatment and Intensive Insulin Therapy for Septic Shock in Adults
Context Corticosteroid therapy induces potentially detrimental hyperglycemia in septic shock.In addition, the benefit of adding fludrocortisone in this setting is unclear. Objectives To test the efficacy of intensive insulin therapy in patients whose...
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Comparison of two etanercept regimens for treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: PRESTA randomised double blind multicentre trial
Sterry W et al.In participants with active psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, initial treatment of the psoriasis with etanercept 50 mg twice weekly may allow for more rapid clearance of skin lesions than with 50 mg once weekly. Comparison of...
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Week Of Feb. 8, 2010: Company And People Notes: VaxGen Shareholders Reject OXiGENE Merger; Roche Creates Research Hub In Singapore; And More.
AB SCIEX (Foster City, CA), a designer and manufacturer of mass spectrometers, reorganized as a new company dedicated to life-science analytical technologies.The company said its new operating structure will increase speed to market and expand service and...
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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX) Responds To Erroneous Report About Planned Phase III Study For Patient
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX) Responds To Erroneous Report About Planned Phase III Study For Patients With Colorectal Medical Medical Medical Worldwide Search / Oncology hip Funny Useful Websites Compare and save on surgery Medical and Clinical...
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Low dose rt-PA reduces bleeding risk, retains PTE efficacy
MedWire News: For patients with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), a 50 mg/2-hour dose of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) offers similar benefits to a 100 mg/2-hour dose, but at a significantly reduced risk for bleeding, say Chinese...
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N.C. Facility Offers Free Colonoscopies for Jobless, Uninsured
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.Digestive Health Specialists will perform 50 free screening colonoscopies for people over age 50 who have lost their jobs and health insurance in the past year and who have not been screened previously.Facility Offers Free...
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Dementia Rates Escalate as Brain Capacity Diminishes with Age
The latest report entitled Keeping Dementia Front of Mind highlights the prevalence of the brain condition for governments when making policy and budget decisions.Research has shown brainpower peaks in the mid-twenties and then declines and we lose up to ...
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Capsaicin jelly against migraine pain
Cianchetti C Topical capsaicin caused 50% reduction of arterial pain in absence of attack in 17/23 patients, as opposed to two with vaseline.During attacks of mild to moderateintensity, 50% improvement was obtained in 11/17 with capsaicin and in...
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Stop Colon Cancer Now: Screening Equals Prevention
AmSurg (ARA) - Colon cancer is the second-deadliest form of cancer in the U.S., yet it doesn't have to be.More than 90 percent of colon cancer cases are curable if caught in their early stages.In an effort to showcase the important message that screening...
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Stop colon cancer now: screening equals prevention
(ARA) - Colon cancer is the second-deadliest form of cancer in the U.S., yet it doesn't have to be.More than 90 percent of colon cancer cases are curable if caught in their early stages. In an effort to showcase the important message that screening equals...
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Emergence of Femtomedicine - New Frontier of Biomed Sciences - Reported at First Global Congress on Nano Medicine
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bombarding DNA nucleotides and mammalian meat with femto-neutrons has opened up the path to femtomedicine, an entirely new cancer diagnostics, it was reported today at First Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology...
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Breast cancer risks and mammography
Breast cancer kills about 40,000 Americans every year.In November 2009, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force turned longstanding preventative care practices upside down by revising breast cancer screening guidelines for women at average risk for...
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Study: Obese Teens Who Get Gastric Banding Lose a Lot of Weight
A higher percentage of severely obese adolescents who received laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding lost more than 50 percent of excess weight and experienced greater benefits to health and quality of life compared to those in an intensive lifestyle...
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Zero Calcium Score Cannot Rule Out CAD in Symptomatic Patients
Contrary to current American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines, a new study shows that the absence of coronary calciuma calcium score of 0is not a reliable gatekeeper for ruling out patients with suspected coronary artery...
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Rite Aid expands Rx Suncare line
CAMP HILL, Pa.Rite Aid Corp. is expanding its Rx Suncare product line, introduced last year, with two new items. The drug store chain said Monday the new products, Rx Suncare Sport SPF 70 and Rx Suncare HairGuard, are slated to roll out to stores in...
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Rite Aid expands Rx Suncare line
CAMP HILL, Pa.Rite Aid Corp. is expanding its Rx Suncare product line, introduced last year, with two new items. The drug store chain said Monday the new products, Rx Suncare Sport SPF 70 and Rx Suncare HairGuard, are slated to roll out to stores in...
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Reports outline life sciences study results from Huazhong University of Science and Technology
New investigation results, 'Sensitive fluorescent probes for determination of hydrogen peroxide and glucose based on enzyme-immobilized magnetite/silica nanoparticles,' are detailed in a study published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.'Sensitive...
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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX) Responds To Erroneous Report About Planned Phase III Study For Patient
BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, is reporting that Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX) was mentioned in a...
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Actavis (IS) - Actavis expands manufacturing site in Iceland, creating 50 new jobs
Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company, today announced plans to expand its manufacturing site in Iceland, increasing capacity at the site by 50%?Fifty new jobs will be created as a result. The Hafnarfjordur, Iceland...
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Hypofractionated radiation led to better quality of life in breast cancer
Five-year quality-of-life follow-up results from the START trials showed that women with early-stage breast cancer who received hypofractionated radiation reported fewer adverse effects than women assigned to the standard regimen of 50 Gy in 25 fractions....
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Hypofractionated radiation led to better quality of life in breast cancer
Five-year quality-of-life follow-up results from the START trials showed that women with early-stage breast cancer who received hypofractionated radiation reported fewer adverse effects than women assigned to the standard regimen of 50 Gy in 25 fractions....
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Kiwanians Learn Breast Cancer Can Strike Men
Lanet James of the Advisory Council to Elder-Care Services of the Big Bend was the guest speaker at the Feb.2 meeting of the Chipley Kiwanis Club. James, who was recently honored as Jackson County's 'Citizen of the Year' told Kiwanians of her three trials...
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Stop colon cancer now: screening equals prevention
screening equals prevention (ARA) - Colon cancer is the second-deadliest form of cancer in the US, yet it doesn't have to be More than 90 percent of cases are curable if caught in their early stages In an effort to showcase the important message that screening...
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Cleaning service offers comfort to cancer patients in Missouri
LOUIS Aleta Coxen spends much of her time at home, often relegated to the couch.The treatment for her advanced ovarian cancer leaves her tired, nauseated and full of aches and pains. She's taunted by the dirt on the floor, fingerprints on the fridge and...
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