Researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported today that MK-0457 (VX-680), a novel multi-kinase inhibitor, is clinically active against multiple target mutations in two types of leukemia and myeloproliferative disorders, and produces few side effects for patients.
A new research report by The George Institute for International Health, in collaboration with Auckland City Hospital and the University of Auckland, has revealed a 40 percent decline in the number of deaths after stroke in the total population of Auckland, New Zealand over the past 25 years.
A George Institute road safety study has revealed an alarmingly high rate of mobile phone use amongst Australian drivers.
Most patients undergoing bone-marrow transplant must receive powerful chemotherapy drugs to suppress their immune system and prevent their bodies from rejecting the donated cells. New research shows that this chemotherapy increases the risk for graft-versus-host disease — but also suggests that this risk can be reduced by replacing a natural antibiotic that’s depleted when patients undergo chemotherapy. A multicenter study led by Children’s Hospital Boston and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is about to test this idea.
A new study has found that close to half of 154 smokers who had surgery to remove early stage lung cancer picked up a cigarette again within 12 months of their potentially curative operation, and more than one-third were smoking at the one year mark. Sixty percent of patients who started smoking again did so within two months of surgery.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study revealed that condoms designed to meet international sizes are too big for most Indian men.
At the American Society for Cell Biology 2006 conference, scientists will describe new research indicating that both yeast and cancer cells evolve chromosome duplications to work around lethal stresses.
Switching intravenous antibiotics to the oral route after three days in patients with severe community acquired pneumonia shortens hospital stay and seems to be safe.
Young infants should not be left unattended to sleep in standard car safety seats as they may be at risk of hypoxia say Tonkin and colleagues.
Effective treatment of hyperglycaemia and strict glycaemic control are key to reducing microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.