Trust for America?s Health (TFAH) today released the fourth annual ?Ready or Not? Protecting the Public?s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism,? which found that five years after the September 11 th and anthrax tragedies, emergency health preparedness is still inadequate in America.
An interim analysis of a phase III study in advanced renal cell cancer has shown that Avastin significantly prolongs the time patients live without their disease progressing.
Recent findings of an observational study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggest that men between 65-80 years of age who received treatment for early stage, localized prostate cancer lived significantly longer than men who did not receive treatment. The study will be published in the Dec. 13 issue of JAMA.
NASA officials say the Space Shuttle Discovery looks to be in good health after its night time launch on Saturday.
FDA was notified that Pfizer will suspend a large, Phase 3 trial evaluating the investigational cardiovascular therapy torceptrapib/atorvastatin (T/A) due to an increased rate of mortality (death) in patients receiving the combination compared to those receiving atorvastatin alone.
University of Pennsylvania alumni Ralph J. Roberts and his son Brian L. Roberts have pledged $15 million to help create the first-of-its-kind proton therapy center for the treatment of cancer.
A key enzyme that cuts short our cellular lifespan in an effort to thwart cancer has now been linked to body mass.Until now, scientists believed that our relatively long lifespans controlled the expression of telomerase — an enzyme that can lengthen the lives of cells, but can also increase the rate of cancer.
New York City restaurants will have to use trans-fat-free cooking oil under regulations adopted unanimously yesterday by the city’s Board of Health. The board did give the restaurant industry time to find alternative oils that do not significantly alter the taste of foods.
Taking your child to a pediatric subspecialist may mean a big-time travel commitment, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health have found.
Beginning next week, the aviation industry will receive detailed updates on potentially hazardous in-flight icing conditions. Graphical displays, developed by NCAR, will improve flying safety, reduce delays and save airlines millions of dollars by guiding aircraft away from icing areas.