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Effect of alcohol and aspirin consumption in traumatic brain injury patients

An estimated 1.5 million people in the United States incur a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year and 60,000 people die annually from these injuries.

17 Apr 2007

Deep brain stimulation helps improve memory in patients with psychiatric illness

Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic will present results of a study today that shows deep brain stimulation (DBS) is associated with improvements on formal memory tests in patients with severe psychiatric illness.

17 Apr 2007

Peregrine's selective anti-VEGF antibodies shown to be as effective as Avastin

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals has reported that preclinical data presented at the Centennial Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) showed that its monoclonal antibody 2C3, which selectively blocks vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from binding to the second of the two VEGF receptors, demonstrates potent anti-cancer efficacy in a preclinical orthotopic model of pancreatic cancer.

17 Apr 2007

Cortical mapping helps brain tumor removal

In 2006, it was estimated that 18,820 new cases were diagnosed and 12,820 deaths were associated with malignant tumors of the brain and other parts of the central nervous system.

17 Apr 2007

Chromosomes tell tale of patient's risk for new, future cancer

Hodgkin's disease survivors who have greater genetic instability in their white blood cells are two-and-a-half times more likely to develop another type of cancer, researchers from The University of Texas M. D.Anderson Cancer Center report at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Los Angeles April 14-18.

17 Apr 2007

Cetuximab improves survival and slows progression of colorectal cancer

Research presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research confirmed that there is now an effective treatment option for colorectal cancer patients for whom all other treatment options have been exhausted, cetuximab.

17 Apr 2007

Courage to care for me - campaign launch

Healthcare professionals at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' (USU) Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) have launched the “Courage to Care for Me” campaign as part of the “Courage to Care” initiative during April, the Month of the Military Child.

17 Apr 2007

Breastfeeding reduces risk of invasive breast cancer

Breastfeeding can offset the increased risk of invasive breast cancer for women who had their first full-term pregnancy after the age of 25, a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) suggests.

17 Apr 2007

H5N1 western genomes sequenced

In a paper in the May issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases , an international team of researchers report the first ever large-scale sequencing of western genomes of the deadly avian influenza virus, H5N1.

17 Apr 2007

Biomira selects PX-866 as clinical development candidate

Biomira Inc. has announced that it has selected PX-866 as its next clinical development candidate.

17 Apr 2007

Significant rise in childhood obesity

Four-year-old girls are six times more likely to have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 30 than they were 20 years ago and ten-year-olds are five times more likely, according to research published in the April issue of Acta Paediatrica.

17 Apr 2007

U.S. ready for bird flu

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has approved for the first time a vaccine to prevent bird flu in humans.

17 Apr 2007

Scientists find strong genetic link to Crohn's disease

An international team of scientists believe they have identified a number of genes that may indicate a pre-disposal to developing Crohn's disease and say their discovery confirms the suspicion that the inflammatory bowel ailment has a strong genetic link.

17 Apr 2007

Overweight children more likely to need ear tubes

New research from scientists in South Korea suggests that obesity may be a factor in the risk of middle ear infections with fluid in children.

17 Apr 2007

Diets high in bacon, ham and hot dogs bad for the lungs

A study by researchers in the U.S. has found that cured meats such as bacon, ham, and hot dogs can cause lung damage.

17 Apr 2007

Factors that influence late stage cancer diagnosis

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) found that patients who received a later stage cancer diagnosis were likely to be living in an unsafe neighborhood, using public transportation and traveling at least 45 minutes to get to a doctor's office.

16 Apr 2007

Epigenetic factors that increase breast cancer risk

Women can encounter environmental factors that increase their risk of breast cancer at various periods of their physical development, beginning before birth and extending until menopause.

16 Apr 2007

Socio-ecological and cultural factors attributed to later stage cancer diagnosis

16 Apr 2007

New genetic risk factors for Crohn's disease

An international research team , including investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Broad Institute of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has identified several novel genetic variations associated with the risk of Crohn's disease.

16 Apr 2007