Archive for July, 2006
July 15, 2006 at 6:37 am · Filed under Health, Cancer
To improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy, Cancer Research UK scientists suggest reversing drug resistance in lung cancer, which blocks the cancer-killing effects of chemotherapy.
Tumours with a protein called FGF-2 are known to be less likely to respond to treatment. The research team, led by Professor Michael Seckl and Dr Julian Downward, found that this is […]
July 13, 2006 at 9:24 am · Filed under Health, AIDS
The federal government on Wednesday approved the first HIV treatment that packs a triple-drug cocktail into a one-a-day pill.
Doctors say the salmon-colored pill will vastly simplify AIDS care and turn what a few years ago was a bothersome regimen of 20 or 30 tablets to one pill taken before bed.
To be sold as Atripla, the […]
July 10, 2006 at 1:09 am · Filed under Health
All lots and all flavors of product, of Pascal Company, NeutraGard 0.05% Neutral Sodium Fluoride Anticavity Treatment Rinse and NeutraGard Plus 0.2% Neutral Sodium Fluoride Anticavity Treatment Rinse, Inc. is being recalled because they may be contaminated with bacteria called Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
The organism, Pseudomonas aeruginosa may cause urinary tract infections, respiratory system […]
July 9, 2006 at 3:58 am · Filed under Health, Cancer, Heart
Two recent studies says that the popular arthritis drug Celebrex that cut the chances of developing precancerous growths called polyps by 33 percent to 45 percent in people can increase heart risk.
Dr. Nadir Arber of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel, who led one of the studies, said that they are concerned about cardiovascular […]
July 9, 2006 at 3:18 am · Filed under Health
Fish oil can be used to treat children who are suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new study from the University of South Australia.
The research that split 132 children ages 7 to 12 into three groups gave a daily dose of omega-3 fish oil to the first group, whereas the second […]
July 9, 2006 at 2:41 am · Filed under Health, Cancer
Do you have higher level of vitamin D in your body? Then it is good news for you that it will reduce the risk of breast cancer by 50 percent in you.
The study which has been published in the American Association for Cancer Research, found that the women with high levels of vitamin D lowered […]