Stroke :: Explaining a link between strokes and Alzheimer’s disease
University of Leeds scientists have shown how stroke victims could be more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease ? years or even decades after making a full recovery.
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FDA :: FDA Announces New Advisory Committee to Address Risk Communication
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a new advisory committee designed to counsel the agency on how to strengthen the communication of risks and benefits of FDA-regulated products to the public.
Diabetes :: Study shows Diachrome improves blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes
Nutrition 21, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXXI) announced new published results from a 447 subject, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study that showed Diachrome?, a patented combination of chromium picolinate and biotin, significantly improved glycemic control in patients with poorly controlled blood sugar levels who were being treated with oral anti-diabetic medication (OADs).
Breast Cancer :: Benefits of trastuzumab are lasting, reducing both HER2 + breast cancer deaths and recurrence
An updated analysis of two large randomized clinical trials has found that breast cancer patients who received the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin) along with chemotherapy are living longer and with less risk of recurrent disease, compared to patients treated with chemotherapy alone.
Colorectal Cancer :: Gender impacts colorectal cancer progression
Physiological differences between men and women may contribute to differential tumor development and progression in colon cancer patients, a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) suggests.
Prostate Cancer :: Trial shows circulating tumor cells predict how prostate cancer patients do with chemotherapy
The number of tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream of patients with metastatic, hormone-resistant, prostate cancer can predict how they will do with chemotherapy, according to results of an international trial.
Thyroid Cancer :: New drug shows promise in treatment of advanced thyroid cancer
The investigational drug axitinib produced tumor regression or stable disease in almost three-out-of-four patients with advanced thyroid cancer, a research team reported June 3 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology in Chicago.
Pain :: Old memory traces in brain may trigger chronic pain
A Northwestern University researcher has found a key source of chronic pain appears to be an old memory trace that essentially gets stuck in the prefrontal cortex, the site of emotion and learning. The researcher has identified a drug that controls persistent nerve pain by targeting the part of the brain that experiences the emotional suffering of pain. The drug is D-Cycloserine, which has been used to treat phobic behavior over the past decade.
Psychiatry :: Investigating links between khat use and psychiatric disorders
Researchers investigating the evidence for a potential causal link between khat use and mental illness – in the first ever systematic review of the topic – have called for improved research on the stimulant plant, and its possible association with psychiatric disorders.
Fertility :: Fertility test, results in minutes
Genosis, Inc., announced the introduction of Fertell, the first at-home fertility-screening test for men and women offering new help for couples on the journey towards conception.