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Men undergoing prostate cancer therapy forget things faster

Oregon Health & Science University researchers studying how testosterone deprivation affects verbal memory found that men undergoing the prostate cancer therapy forget things faster than their healthy counterparts.

25 Oct 2004

New $22 million dollar scholarship program to recruit the next generation of public health leaders

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has established a new $22 million dollar scholarship program to recruit the next generation of public health leaders to devise new, effective interventions to improve global health.

25 Oct 2004

Dentists pricked by needle scam

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has announced a suit filed earlier this week in federal court against a dental supply firm for a scam in which the company allegedly made unsolicited telemarketing calls to unsuspecting dentists, sent dental needles that were never ordered and then harassed the dentists with threats of legal action for non-payment.

25 Oct 2004

Infectious diseases physicians call for financial incentives for industry

In the midst of the current national shortage of influenza vaccine, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has renewed its call for Congress and the Administration to implement innovative public policy geared toward removing financial disincentives that have caused pharmaceutical companies to leave the vaccine market.

25 Oct 2004

New computational techniques that can allow medical doctors to visualise and assess micro-vessel blood flow in tumours

Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, have developed new computational techniques and algorithms that can allow medical doctors to visualise and assess micro-vessel blood flow in tumours.

25 Oct 2004

A single change in a person’s DNA can contribute to a range of life-shortening risk factors

A woman with hypertension, low magnesium levels, and a cooperative family allowed scientists to pinpoint the mutation, which affects the genes of the mitochondria — the energy-producing power plants of the cell that are passed from mother to offspring.

25 Oct 2004

Two hearts are better than one for toddler

Camila Gonzalez now has two hearts beating separate rhythms inside her tiny chest. At 22 months of age, she became the youngest child in the United States to receive a donor’s heart while also retaining her original one.

25 Oct 2004

Experts take aim at the obesity epidemic in Canada

A panel of experts today took aim at the obesity epidemic in Canada, exploring innovative ideas to help individuals, organizations and governments address this major health threat.

25 Oct 2004

To avoid metabolic syndrome is relatively simple – 30 minutes of physical activity once a week

Metabolic syndrome is a condition that is affecting thousands of Canadians and is putting them at risk of heart disease and stroke, especially those aged 50 and over.

25 Oct 2004

Breakthrough discovery in treating narrowed arteries

A breakthrough discovery by Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher Dr. Michael Kutryk that harnesses the body’s own natural defenses to fight narrowing of the arteries has been recognized as “a glimpse into the future” and “potentially one of the biggest advances in cardiology to date”.

25 Oct 2004

Dolphins brain size helps to provide some answers to how the species evolved in relation to humans

The intelligence and cognitive capabilities of dolphins and their aquatic cousins have long fascinated the public and the scientific community, but the question of how and why they have such large brains has mostly gone unanswered.

25 Oct 2004

As the 2004 Presidential election nears, the issue of human cloning and embryonic stem cell research is under intense debate

The United Nations, headed by Secretary General Kofi Annan is currently debating two proposals: one from Costa Rica and supported by the U.S. and sixty-two other countries that would ban all human cloning, and another from Belgium and twenty-one other countries that would allow cloning of human embryos but not their transfer to a womb.

25 Oct 2004

Rosiglitazone helps boost the effectiveness of a treatment for opening clogged arteries

Rosiglitazone, a drug taken to help improve blood sugar levels, also helps boost the effectiveness of a treatment for opening clogged arteries, according to a study in the November issue of Diabetes Care.

25 Oct 2004

Boehringer Ingelheim - New Drug Application (NDA) for tipranavir

The Company is seeking accelerated approval of tipranavir and has requested a priority, six-month review of the NDA. Priority review designation is based upon whether a drug provides a significant improvement in the treatment of a serious or life-threatening disease.

25 Oct 2004

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Men undergoing prostate cancer therapy forget things faster

New $22 million dollar scholarship program to recruit the next generation of public health leaders

Dentists pricked by needle scam

Infectious diseases physicians call for financial incentives for industry

New computational techniques that can allow medical doctors to visualise and assess micro-vessel blood flow in tumours

A single change in a person’s DNA can contribute to a range of life-shortening risk factors

Two hearts are better than one for toddler

Experts take aim at the obesity epidemic in Canada

To avoid metabolic syndrome is relatively simple – 30 minutes of physical activity once a week

Breakthrough discovery in treating narrowed arteries

Dolphins brain size helps to provide some answers to how the species evolved in relation to humans

As the 2004 Presidential election nears, the issue of human cloning and embryonic stem cell research is under intense debate

Rosiglitazone helps boost the effectiveness of a treatment for opening clogged arteries

Boehringer Ingelheim - New Drug Application (NDA) for tipranavir

Stable liquid technology will enable vaccines to be stored for long periods without refrigeration and reconstitution

Findings could lead to improvements in the next generation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Initiatives put more doctors in rural Alberta

Smoking continues to be the largest single cause of death and disease in the EU

Who should and who should not get a flu shot?

Surgical future for heart patients in Canada's isolated towns and villages, will lie increasingly in the hands of robots

Exploring the Future of Neuroscience Drug Discovery

Genomic conservation in Thailand's mangroves

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

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