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AACR offers a compendium of best research practices to aid the FDA in regulating tobacco

When President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Control Act in June, he ushered in a new era of tobacco policy that empowers the Food and Drug Administration to regulate one of the world's most controversial and deadly consumer products.

3 Dec 2009

Children exposed to secondhand smoke face increased risk of lung cancer later in life

Children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke have an increased risk of developing lung cancer in adulthood, even if they never smoked.

3 Dec 2009

Short, unpleasant, dreamlike mental activity occurs during sleepwalking, reveals study

A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that short, unpleasant, dreamlike mental activity occurs during sleepwalking and sleep terrors episodes, suggesting that people with these sleep disorders may be acting out dreamlike thoughts.

3 Dec 2009

Discovery of cell fibrous structure may provide clues to diagnose and treat medical disorders

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center have shown that in healthy cells, a bundled "cap" of thread-like fibers holds the cell's nucleus, its genetic storehouse, in its proper place.

3 Dec 2009

Study: Stem cells from donor bone marrow may help repair heart damage

Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study to be published in the December 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Results from the Phase I study show stem cells from donor bone marrow appear to help heart attack patients recover better by growing new blood vessels to bring more oxygen to the heart

3 Dec 2009

Biomoda appeals N.M. congressional delegation to support Lung Cancer Mortality legislation

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. (OTCBB: BMOD) today urged the New Mexico congressional delegation to support the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009, which calls for a comprehensive federal program to achieve a 50% reduction in the mortality rate of lung cancer by 2016.

3 Dec 2009

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore launches Diabetes Resource Center

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore takes an innovative approach to help people with diabetes mange their disease by opening the Diabetes Resource Center at Sinai. Participants who attend the center learn how to set and achieve successful medical and lifestyle goals with practical advice and emotional support.

3 Dec 2009

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics options immunotherapy targeting CSCs using abnormal Notch and Numb pathways

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., a biotechnology company that is focused on the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies, announced today that it has entered into an option agreement with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center relating to an immunotherapy targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs) which has demonstrated in pre-clinical animal models significant abilities to target and destroy CSCs.

3 Dec 2009

Despite declining smoking rates, U.S. obesity rates continue to rise

If obesity trends continue, the negative effect on the health of the U.S. population will overtake the benefits gained from declining smoking rates, according to a study by U-M and Harvard researchers published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Dec 2009

Galapagos' multiple milestone achievement triggers cash payment of EUR 10.2 million

Galapagos NV announced today achievement of multiple milestones under its alliance agreement in rheumatoid arthritis. The milestones trigger a cash payment of EUR 10.2 million to Galapagos.

3 Dec 2009

Study: Affluent people more likely to undergo bowel cancer screening than deprived counterparts

Affluent people are 50 per cent more likely to take part in bowel cancer screening than their deprived counterparts, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer (BJC).

3 Dec 2009

Exposure to secondhand smoke may increase breast cancer risk

Exposure to secondhand smoke for a prolonged period of time and in high quantity may increase the risk of breast cancer, even in women who never smoked cigarettes themselves.

3 Dec 2009

Lunasin may have important health benefits, two new studies report

Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such chronic health conditions as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

3 Dec 2009

Novel multi-analyte approach to develop urine-biomarker based diagnostic assay to be presented

Predictive Biosciences today announced that Company scientists will be presenting a novel multi-analyte approach to the development of a non-invasive, urine-biomarker based diagnostic assay during the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO).

3 Dec 2009

More than 80 abstracts highlighting Bristol-Myers Squibb's oncology compound to be presented

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that more than 80 abstracts highlighting compounds from the company’s oncology portfolio will be presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to be held December 5-8 in New Orleans.

3 Dec 2009

NHLBI approves award of 13 contracts to improve asthma control

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has approved the award of 13 contracts to local organizations across the country to develop, implement, and test science-based approaches to improve asthma control using evidence-based national guidelines for diagnosing and managing asthma.

3 Dec 2009

AclarusDx Alzheimer’s test now available as RUO product

ExonHit Therapeutics is pleased to announce that AclarusDx™ Alzheimer’s test (formerly known as EHT Dx21), its blood-based test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is now available as a Research Use Only (RUO) product for pharmaceutical companies and leading academic centers conducting clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease.

3 Dec 2009

Dementia patients with certain changes in their brain's white matter more likely to be apathetic

Dementia patients with a certain type of changes in their brain's white matter are more likely to be apathetic than those who do not have these changes, reveals a patient study carried out by the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

3 Dec 2009

Wyeth pledges more than 40 million IUs of factor concentrates to WFH

As part of its continued commitment to hemophilia care around the world, Wyeth, now a part of Pfizer, has pledged more than 40 million international units (IUs) of factor concentrates to the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH).

3 Dec 2009

Head and neck cancer survivors who smoke and drink face increased risk of death

Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption before head and neck cancer diagnosis strongly predicts the patient's future risk of death, according to published studies. Now, results of a new study show a similar effect among those who continued these habits after cancer diagnosis.

3 Dec 2009

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AACR offers a compendium of best research practices to aid the FDA in regulating tobacco

Children exposed to secondhand smoke face increased risk of lung cancer later in life

Short, unpleasant, dreamlike mental activity occurs during sleepwalking, reveals study

Discovery of cell fibrous structure may provide clues to diagnose and treat medical disorders

Study: Stem cells from donor bone marrow may help repair heart damage

Biomoda appeals N.M. congressional delegation to support Lung Cancer Mortality legislation

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore launches Diabetes Resource Center

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics options immunotherapy targeting CSCs using abnormal Notch and Numb pathways

Despite declining smoking rates, U.S. obesity rates continue to rise

Galapagos' multiple milestone achievement triggers cash payment of EUR 10.2 million

Study: Affluent people more likely to undergo bowel cancer screening than deprived counterparts

Exposure to secondhand smoke may increase breast cancer risk

Lunasin may have important health benefits, two new studies report

Novel multi-analyte approach to develop urine-biomarker based diagnostic assay to be presented

More than 80 abstracts highlighting Bristol-Myers Squibb's oncology compound to be presented

NHLBI approves award of 13 contracts to improve asthma control

AclarusDx Alzheimer’s test now available as RUO product

Dementia patients with certain changes in their brain's white matter more likely to be apathetic

Wyeth pledges more than 40 million IUs of factor concentrates to WFH

Head and neck cancer survivors who smoke and drink face increased risk of death

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