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Changing practices may raise African American women's breast cancer risk

A new study finds African American women derive similar breast cancer risk reductions associated with multiple births and breastfeeding as white women, but that recent trends may lead to a rising risk.

7 Jun 2004

Elderly leukemia patients benefit from intensive treatment

Contrary to popular belief, patients over the age of 75 with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) do just as well as younger patients with similar chemotherapy regimens. A new study published June 7, 2004 in the online edition of CANCER

7 Jun 2004

Better co-ordination needed to manage chronic diseases

A working party report released today calls for the co-ordinated management of chronic disease across primary and secondary care in the UK.

7 Jun 2004

HHS identifies States for Medicare demonstration of new, less restrictive homebound definition

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced the three states where Medicare will conduct a demonstration project involving a new definition for homebound that would allow Medicare beneficiaries receiving home health benefits to leave their home more frequently and for longer periods without risking the loss of those benefits.

7 Jun 2004

Gene mutation found in some women may decrease effectiveness of tamoxifen breast cancer drug

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Indiana University and the University of Michigan have found that some women have a gene mutation that may decrease the effectiveness of tamoxifen, a commonly used breast cancer drug.

7 Jun 2004

Chemotherapy regimen more effective and more toxic in Japanese patients than in American patients

A chemotherapy regimen commonly used to treat non-small cell lung cancer is both more effective and more toxic in Japanese patients than in American patients, researchers reported Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists.

7 Jun 2004

Atrasentan reduces cancer risk by 20 percent in men with advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer

Recent clinical studies led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers have found that a drug called atrasentan reduces the risk by 20 percent that cancer will progress in men with advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer.

7 Jun 2004

Study looks at between inhalation of small particles, reduced heart rate variability and death

A study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partners might help explain whether there is a relationship between inhalation of small particles, reduced heart rate variability and death.

7 Jun 2004

Antioxidants in fruits and vegetables, might reduce the risk of ischemic stroke

Sufficient blood levels of carotenoids, a family of antioxidants in fruits and vegetables, might reduce the risk of ischemic stroke, according to a study published today in the rapid access issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

7 Jun 2004

UK company to diagnose disease by breath test

The latest spin-out company from Oxford University, Oxford Medical Diagnostics Ltd, hopes to develop a way of diagnosing disease simply by testing someone's breath.

7 Jun 2004

HIV infection impairs immunity to malaria in pregnant women

"Scientists from the University of Melbourne, Australia, the United States and Malawi studying infections with malaria and HIV, have found a strong link between the two diseases, which affect millions of people around the world and are major scourges in sub-Saharan Africa.

7 Jun 2004

New study to determine the effectiveness of a new pediatric screening method for Wilson's disease

Mayo Clinic seeks normal healthy children and young adults between the ages of 3 months and 18 years for a research study to determine the effectiveness of a new pediatric screening method for Wilson's disease.

7 Jun 2004

A biological agent used without chemotherapy appears to offer a disease-free future to patients with rare leukemia

A biological agent — a drug that wraps vitamin A inside bubbles of fat — used without chemotherapy appears to offer as many as one-third of patients with a rare form of leukemia an opportunity for a long-term, disease-free future, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

7 Jun 2004

BMA Scotland response to launch of consultation on smoking in public places

Responding to the launch of the Scottish Executive's public consultation on smoking in public places, Dr Bill O'Neill, Scottish Secretary of the BMA said: "I am pleased that the Scottish Executive has finally succumbed to public pressure and launched a consultation into the creation of more smoke free public areas.

7 Jun 2004

Herceptin shows real promise in treatment of HER-2 positive breast disease

According to a study conducted at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, more than twice as many women with early stage, HER-2 positive breast disease who received Herceptin as part of their pre-surgery chemotherapy had their tumors completely disappear compared to like patients who received only chemotherapy.

7 Jun 2004

Experimental human monoclonal antibody shows striking benefit in patients with advanced melanoma

Early testing of an experimental human monoclonal antibody showed a striking benefit in patients with advanced melanoma, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, who presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

7 Jun 2004

UN focus on child rights in France

As positive developments in the second periodic of France, the Committee welcomed the ratification of the optional protocols to the Convention, as well as that of ILO Convention No. 182.

7 Jun 2004

UN focus on child rights in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

With regard to the second periodic report of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Committee noted with appreciation the adoption of laws aimed at enhancing the implementation of the Convention.

7 Jun 2004

UN focus on child rights in Dominica

The Committee welcomed the submission of the initial report of Dominica, and noted with appreciation the Education Act No. 11 of 1997, amended in order to provide for Early Childhood Education from 0 to 5 years

7 Jun 2004

UN focus on child rights in Myanmar

In the second periodic report of Myanmar, the Committee welcomed the adoption of Rules and Regulations related to the Child Law in 2001; the creation of the National Human Rights Committee in 2000; Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation in 2003, whose mandate included promotion and protection of the rights of children

7 Jun 2004

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Changing practices may raise African American women's breast cancer risk

Elderly leukemia patients benefit from intensive treatment

Better co-ordination needed to manage chronic diseases

HHS identifies States for Medicare demonstration of new, less restrictive homebound definition

Gene mutation found in some women may decrease effectiveness of tamoxifen breast cancer drug

Chemotherapy regimen more effective and more toxic in Japanese patients than in American patients

Atrasentan reduces cancer risk by 20 percent in men with advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer

Study looks at between inhalation of small particles, reduced heart rate variability and death

Antioxidants in fruits and vegetables, might reduce the risk of ischemic stroke

UK company to diagnose disease by breath test

HIV infection impairs immunity to malaria in pregnant women

New study to determine the effectiveness of a new pediatric screening method for Wilson's disease

A biological agent used without chemotherapy appears to offer a disease-free future to patients with rare leukemia

BMA Scotland response to launch of consultation on smoking in public places

Herceptin shows real promise in treatment of HER-2 positive breast disease

Experimental human monoclonal antibody shows striking benefit in patients with advanced melanoma

UN focus on child rights in France

UN focus on child rights in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

UN focus on child rights in Dominica

UN focus on child rights in Myanmar

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