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New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Tarceva

OSI Pharmaceuticals and Genentech have announced that OSI completed the submission of a New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Tarceva (erlotinib HCl),

3 Aug 2004

New screening technique to look for genes that change patients' responses to cancer drugs and other medications

Scientists have developed a new screening technique to help them look for genes that change patients' responses to cancer drugs and other medications.

3 Aug 2004

10 Best Cities for African Americans to live, work, and play

This month, in its July 2004 issue, Black Enterprise magazine released the 10 Best Cities for African Americans to live, work, and play. There is a striking resemblance between the 2004 listing and the 2001 ranking. Readers once again selected Washington, DC, as the second best city for African Americans.

3 Aug 2004

British Government’s failure to publish the long-promised TB Action Plan

Calls for the British Government to take action on TB have been met by a wall of silence from the Department of Health. The British Thoracic Society, the British Lung Foundation and TB Alert are warning that lives are being put at risk by the Government’s failure to publish the long-promised TB Action Plan.

3 Aug 2004

International study into children in care

The 14-month study will examine policy and systems in comparable countries including the UK, USA, New Zealand and Sweden. The aim is to improve the lot of children in care around the world.

3 Aug 2004

Pregnant women in India may be volunteering for HIV research without fully understanding the benefits or consequences

Pregnant women may be volunteering to participate in HIV research without fully understanding the benefits or consequences, according to a study published today in BMC Medicine.

3 Aug 2004

Recommendation against the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays

A new technology assessment from the American Society of Clinical Oncology states that the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays (CSRAs) to select chemotherapeutic agents for cancer patients should not be undertaken outside of the clinical trial setting.

3 Aug 2004

Adhering to established guidelines improves survival and reduces the risk of breast cancer

The first study to compare survival between women with breast cancer whose treatment was based on consensus guidelines and those whose treatment was not shows that adhering to established guidelines improves survival and reduces the risk of recurrence.

3 Aug 2004

Estimated 30.8 million American adults meet standard diagnostic criteria for at least one personality disorder

An estimated 30.8 million American adults (14.8 percent) meet standard diagnostic criteria for at least one personality disorder as defined in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), according to the results of the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC).

3 Aug 2004

Children should be screened for high blood pressure at age 3

A new report from The National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on Children calls attention to the role of hypertension in the current epidemic of obesity in children, and underscores the need for intervention.

3 Aug 2004

Home test kit for common sexually transmitted diseases

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have launched the first government-sponsored study to measure the effectiveness of a Web- and community-based home test kit for common sexually transmitted diseases, such as Chlamydia and gonorrhea.

3 Aug 2004

Switches in the brain that tell the body to stop eating and start burning calories

A Brown-led research team has discovered a pair of universal switches in the brain that tell the body to stop eating and start burning calories.

3 Aug 2004

Adolescents hospitalized for psychiatric disorders are more likely to report higher levels of emotional distress as adults

The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reports that adolescents hospitalized for psychiatric disorders are more likely to report higher levels of emotional distress as adults, and are less likely to graduate from high school and complete college or graduate school.

2 Aug 2004

Substance abuse and mood and anxiety disorders are some of the most common psychiatric disorders in the United States

Substance abuse and mood and anxiety disorders that arise independently of substance abuse and withdrawal are some of the most common psychiatric disorders in the United States, according to an article in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

2 Aug 2004

Higher levels of certain hormones may be associated with stress

Higher levels of certain hormones may be associated with stress, and can influence a person's ability to cope with the negative effects of stress, according to an article in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

2 Aug 2004

FDA approves two fixed-dose combination treatments for HIV-1 infection

The Food and Drug Administration has announced approved Epzicom (abacavir/lamivudine) and Truvada (tenofovir disoproxil/emtricitabine), two fixed-dose combination treatments for HIV-1 infection.

2 Aug 2004

One-third of U.S. adults use some form of alternative medicine

More than one-third of U.S. adults use some form of alternative medicine such as herbal supplements and other therapies, showed in a nationwide survey by NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine published in May 2004.

2 Aug 2004

Antioxidant pills do nothing to prevent cardiovascular disease

Research published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association, shows that antioxidant pills have no clear benefit in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

2 Aug 2004

Smart gene therapy might effectively prevent the organ damage commonly suffered by heart attack victims

Early intervention with a novel kind of "smart gene therapy" might effectively prevent the organ damage commonly suffered by heart attack victims, suggests a new animal study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Duke University Medical Center.

2 Aug 2004

BMA Wales disappointed in the breakdown of negotiations with the welsh assembly government on the future of community hospitals

In a letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services Jane Hutt, Dr Andrew Dearden - the chairman the BMA's GP Committee for Wales - has expressed his bitter disappointment in the breakdown of negotiations between the BMA and the Welsh Assembly Government on the future of community hospitals in Wales

2 Aug 2004

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New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Tarceva

New screening technique to look for genes that change patients' responses to cancer drugs and other medications

10 Best Cities for African Americans to live, work, and play

British Government’s failure to publish the long-promised TB Action Plan

International study into children in care

Pregnant women in India may be volunteering for HIV research without fully understanding the benefits or consequences

Recommendation against the use of chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays

Adhering to established guidelines improves survival and reduces the risk of breast cancer

Estimated 30.8 million American adults meet standard diagnostic criteria for at least one personality disorder

Children should be screened for high blood pressure at age 3

Home test kit for common sexually transmitted diseases

Switches in the brain that tell the body to stop eating and start burning calories

Adolescents hospitalized for psychiatric disorders are more likely to report higher levels of emotional distress as adults

Substance abuse and mood and anxiety disorders are some of the most common psychiatric disorders in the United States

Higher levels of certain hormones may be associated with stress

FDA approves two fixed-dose combination treatments for HIV-1 infection

One-third of U.S. adults use some form of alternative medicine

Antioxidant pills do nothing to prevent cardiovascular disease

Smart gene therapy might effectively prevent the organ damage commonly suffered by heart attack victims

BMA Wales disappointed in the breakdown of negotiations with the welsh assembly government on the future of community hospitals

Precision in every drop: Inside Hamilton’s syringe technology

Exploring the Future of Neuroscience Drug Discovery

Genomic conservation in Thailand's mangroves

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