The Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) released new data on the performance of a meningitis vaccine in West African children, suggesting that the new vaccine?expected to sell initially for 40 US cents a dose?will be much more effective in protecting African children and their communities than any vaccine currently on the market in the region.
By uncovering how one breast cancer drug protects the heart and another does not, Duke University Medical Center researchers believe they may have opened up a new way to screen drugs for possible heart-related side effects and to develop new drugs.
While the symptoms of bipolar disorder can be disabling on their own, most patients with the condition also are afflicted with a variety of other psychiatric, substance use and physical disorders.
Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System, a national innovator in healthcare, has launched a series of books that give clear, easy to understand explanations to critical health questions and conditions. The books are written by eight veteran clinicians and appear in a question and answer format.
High doses of vitamin D can reduce the risk of developing some common cancers by as much as 50%, US scientists claim. This benefit of vitamin D is seen more in women.
US President Bush disappointed in House Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill. The following is a statement by US President Bush:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is announcing a revision to the multimedia educational physicians? tool kit to help provide earlier diagnosis, management and appropriate referral for patients with concussions.
A drug described by some people as a “genius pill”for enhancing cognitive function provided relief to a small group of Rochester breast cancer survivors who were coping with a side effect known as “chemo-brain,”according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study.
Anew way to provide clear images of cancerous tumors in the kidney during surgery promises to help physicians preserve as much kidney function as possible while still removing all the malignant tissue ? a significant advance as doctors discover that saving as much healthy kidney tissue as possible is crucial for the future health of cancer patients.
Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics, has spent the past two decades researching neuroblastoma, a cancer that grows from immature nerve cells. She will discuss the status of research and development of novel treatment options for the cancer, the most common solid tumor of childhood, at 4 p.m. Friday in the Case Methods Room (1-9576).