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Older men with less male sex hormone testosterone could be more prone to depression, research suggests.
Average hospital waiting times have risen under Labour, figures obtained by the BBC News website show.
New genetic marker may help breast cancer diagnosis Guardian, UK - 6 hours ago Scientists have discovered a new genetic marker for breast cancer which could help doctors diagnose the disease and help further research. ...
Cancer fears delay adding folic acid to bread Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 6 hours ago
New Genetic Marker For Breast Cancer Identified Science Daily (press release) - 5 hours ago 3, 2008
Researchers ID Promising New Cancer Drug Science Daily (press release) - 5 hours ago 3, 2008) — Researchers have long searched for a novel cancer drug that activates a certain protein to kill tumor cells. But finding a drug that kills the ...
For months I've been urging my readers to get a flu shot. Those of us who have asthma are in a high risk group that should get a flu shot...
You'll find lots of information on this site for parents of kids with asthma, and it's growing all the time. But you can also find helpful articles throughout the About.com...
Phils’ Lopes faces cancer surgery Boston Herald, United States - 26 minutes ago
Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: NVN) announced the completion of the safety and tolerability assessment of its third cohort of patients in a Phase 1 clinical trial of new HspE7 (HspE7 + Poly-ICLC) in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). The safety data from the cohort were normal and met the limits prescribed in the trial protocol, allowing advancement to the fourth cohort of patients in the study.
Physicians from countries worst-affected by the deadly bird flu (H5N1 influenza virus) have reported an increased survival rate in patients treated with the oral antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir). These data reinforce the World Health Organization (WHO) advisory that Tamiflu is the only antiviral strongly recommended for the treatment of humans infected with the H5N1 virus.
When older patients are facing decisions about whether to undergo cardiac interventions, such as bypass surgery or angioplasty, they experience an "almost inexorable momentum towards intervention," say researchers in an Essay in this week's PLoS Medicine.
With the addition of a 'boxed warning' in the Product Information (PI) for medicines containing zolpidem, including Stilnox, PSA and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) believe it is timely for pharmacists to reinforce Quality Use of Medicines messages to ensure consumers use this medicine appropriately.
Commenting on the latest survey by Nottingham University into smoking outside NHS hospitals, Karen Jennings, UNISON Head of Health, said:"UNISON supports a smoke-free workplace and campaigned long and hard to bring in the current legislation. At the same time, employers must be supportive to workers who are smokers, and help those who want to give up."The NHS employs more than 1m people who represent a broad cross section of the public , including smokers.
Two research teams led by Dr. Michael Verkhovsky and Prof. Marten Wikstrom of the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki have for the first time succeeded in monitoring electron transfer by Complex I in real time. In the future, this work might, for example, have medical relevance, because most of the maternally inherited so-called mitochondrial diseases are caused by dysfunction of Complex I.
An "evil" nurse found guilty of killing four elderly patients at two hospitals in Leeds is jailed for life.
Scientists believe they have uncovered a key reason why flu viruses tend to strike in cold weather.
Most benign (non-cancerous) breast lumps are cysts or fibroadenomas. But what if you have an unexplained breast lump? It could be due to scar tissue, radiation, compressed tissue, or old...
Government must outlaw age discrimination in all goods and servicesResponding to recent media reports suggesting medical treatment is being denied to older people on the basis of their age, Help the Aged has issued a statement saying the NHS suffers from 'rampant ageism.'Kate Jopling, head of public affairs at the Charity said: "Age discrimination remains rife in our national health service, despite a government pledge as far back as 2001 to root it out.