Milk thistle extract, an herbal remedy since the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans, is today one of the most popular herbal supplements, with U.S. retail sales of nearly nine million dollars.
Soft tissue sarcomas — rare tumors of the connective tissue — should be treated at the few centers which see most cases, in order to give patients the best chance of good outcomes, concludes an analysis of sarcoma management in Florida, published in the Annals of Surgery last month.
Researchers from the University of Granada and Hospital Carlos III in Madrid, verified that maslinic acid — found in wax from olive skin — inhibits serin-protease, the enzyme used by HIV to release itself from the infected cell into the extracellular environment.
A new index that measures the health risk from air pollution in Toronto was launched today in partnership with the federal and provincial governments and the City of Toronto.
Many otherwise healthy children and adolescents have low vitamin D levels, which may put them at risk for bone diseases such as rickets.
A study of more than 2,200 women at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia shows that African American women have more advanced breast cancer at the time of diagnosis than Caucasian women.
Health minster Ivan Lewis and mental health tsar Professor Louis Appleby both welcomed the final stages of the parliamentary passage of the Mental Health Bill as a vital step towards modern community services.
African-American women are diagnosed with more advanced breast cancer than Caucasians, according to a new, single hospital study. Published in the August 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study analyzed demographic and breast cancer data from a single institution?s registry, and confirmed that African-Americans are more likely to present with later stage and higher grade tumors compared to Caucasians.
A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) into dementia found that providing earlier diagnosis and better support for people with dementia and their carers could result in massive cost savings and better care.
Three children have passed away from a combination of infections – influenza A infections and secondary bacterial infection this week in Perth, Australia.