Epilepsy :: NIH Outlines Plans for Study of Pediatric Seizures
The scenario unfolds almost every day in the United States. A crowd gathers at a playground, or perhaps on a soccer field. A child has fallen to the ground, gripped by a seizure.
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Bone Cancer :: Low Levels of Common Enzyme Key to Resistance in Ewing’s Sarcoma
A study from scientists at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and their collaborators at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has pinpointed a potential mechanism for resistance of Ewing?s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer, to a protein that may be useful in fighting cancer ? and a possible method for overcoming this resistance.
MRI :: FDA Requests Boxed Warning for Contrast Agents Used to Improve MRI Images
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked manufacturers to include a new boxed warning on the product labeling of all gadolinium-based contrast agents which are used to enhance the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Breast Cancer :: GlaxoSmithKline announces Swiss approval of Tyverb, a new oral treatment for advanced breast cancer
GlaxoSmithKline announced an important milestone for advanced breast cancer patients across Europe with approval of the first oral ErbB1 and ErbB2 dual inhibitor, Tyverb? (lapatinib).
BOTOX :: Botox, more than cosmetic, reduces size of prostate
Injecting botulinum toxin A, or Botox, into the prostate gland of men with enlarged prostate, eased symptoms and improved quality of life up to a year after the procedure, according to a study by researchers at the Chang Gung University Medical College, Taiwan, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Colorectal Cancer :: Study reveals aspirin’s colorectal cancer prevention mechanism
Aspirin therapy?s ability to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, an association seen in a large number of studies, appears to depend on the drug?s inhibition of the COX-2 enzyme, the action that also underlies aspirin?s usefulness for treating pain and inflammation.
Cancer :: Panel offers guidelines on skin reactions to new class of cancer drugs
Skin reactions to a powerful new class of anti-cancer drugs are frequent, but manageable through a simple and rational treatment approach — usually without the need to reduce the dose or interrupt treatment with potentially life-prolonging chemotherapy, according to an article in the May issue of “The Oncologist.”
Brain :: Check and balance for neuron activity provides insight into schizophrenia, seizures
Two genes important for human development and implicated in cancer and schizophrenia also help keep a healthy balance between excitation and inhibition of brain cells, researchers say.
Diabetes :: Rise in diabetic cases among children in India
The rise in diabetic cases among children in India has alarmed health experts who caution against decreasing physical activity among the children, especially of the middle class.
Healthcare :: WHO report highlights inequality in health resources
Highlighting vast inequality in health resources between developed and developing countries, a new UN report has said the deaths caused by non-communicable diseases among ageing populations in the world are rising.