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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:02:00 GMT

Eva Longoria Parker to Celebrate AT&T $1 Million Total Donation to PADRES Contra El Cancer / Longoria Parker to Accept Oversized Check from AT&T in Support of Young Cancer Patients and Their Families

BURBANK, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today presented a $300,000 check to PADRES Contra El Cancer (PADRES) national spokeswoman Eva Longoria Parker, signifying a $1 million total donation to benefit the organization. The money was
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:02:00 GMT

PPIs May Help Reduce Hospitalizations for Gastroduodenal Bleeding in Patients Treated With Clopidogrel

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:52:00 GMT

State budget could cut AIDS drugs in county jails

Alameda County may be forced to pay for expensive program. Updated: 03/20/2010 07:36:52 AM PDT While many HIV and AIDS advocates applauded the governor's proposed budget that included $87.5 million for the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program, the lack
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:48:00 GMT

Would You Pay $20 for Access to a Breast Cancer Cure?

It seems safe to describe Andrew Hessel as an unbridled optimist. After all, he’s selling $20 shares in a journey towards a personalized cure for breast cancer, which he says could be feasible in the next few years. Mr. Hessel serves as the managing
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:40:00 GMT

Bone Marrow-Sparing Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Neo-Adjuvant Therapy of Inoperable Cervical Cancer in a Patient with Severe Thrombocytopenia

Onkologie 2010;33:7 (DOI:10.1159/000286279)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:11:00 GMT

Clinical Outcomes and Breast Cancer Subtypes in Patients with Brain Metastases

Onkologie 2010;33:1 (DOI:10.1159/000286281)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:11:00 GMT

Prostatic Duct Adenocarcinoma: Clinical Characteristics, Treatment Options, and Outcomes a Rare Cancer Network Study

Onkologie 2010;33:3 (DOI:10.1159/000288710)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:11:00 GMT

Long-Term Survival in a Patient with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Presenting as Small Intestinal Obstruction

Onkologie 2010;33:5 (DOI:10.1159/000292094)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:11:00 GMT

HIV-Positive Patients with Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer Deserve the Same Therapeutic Approach as the General Population

Onkologie 2010;33:9 (DOI:10.1159/000292126)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:11:00 GMT

State budget could cut AIDS drugs in county jails

While many HIV and AIDS advocates applauded the governor's proposed budget that included $87.5 million for the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program, the lack of funding for one particularly needy group has left some worried. In January, Gov. Arnold
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:58:00 GMT

NASA, cruise line got flu vaccine

ATLANTA - Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:56:00 GMT

Caspase-3 knock-down reverses contractile dysfunction induced by sepsis in adult rat ventricular myocytes

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:47:00 GMT

HIV Patients Targeted for Rescission by Insurer

Shortly after being diagnosed with HIV in May 2002, then 17-year-old Jerome Mitchell had his health insurance revoked by an insurance company whose policy automatically targeted HIV policyholders for rescission In May 2002, a rural South Carolina
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:47:00 GMT

Chef turns his skills to cooking for cancer patients

Jack Shoop, a certified master chef who has owned several restaurants, is now executive chef at Cancer Treatment Centers of A - More - 
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:41:00 GMT

Roles for novel pharmacological blockers of aquaporins in the treatment of brain oedema and cancer

1. Aquaporins (AQPs) are targets for drug discovery for basic research and medicine. Human diseases involving fluid imbalances and oedema are of major concern and involve tissues in which AQPs are expressed. The range of functional properties of AQPs is
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:40:00 GMT

Ice ball therapy offers hope of breast cancer cure

London, March 18 : A technique for destroying breast tumours by freezing them with ice could offer hope of a safe non-surgical cure for the disease, a study suggests. The technique called cryotherapy is already used to treat prostate cancer and involves
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:39:00 GMT

Potential new use for cancer treatment identified

Washington, March 16 : A new study by researchers at the University of York has suggested that drugs increasingly used to treat cancer could have a major impact on a wide range of infectious diseases. Anti-angiogenic drugs are used to try and prevent
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:38:00 GMT

Potential new drug for diabetes

Washington, March 16 : In a new study, an experimental oral drug successfully lowered blood sugar levels and inflammation in mice with Type 2 diabetes. The finding raises hopes that someday the drug could be added to the arsenal of drugs used by millions
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:38:00 GMT

Erectile dysfunction plus heart disease ups death risk

Washington, Mar 16 : Men with cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction (ED) are at an increased risk of death, according to a new study. Reporting in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, German researchers stated that erectile
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:38:00 GMT

Job Loss Takes a Toll on Mental Health

In an era of 9.7 percent unemployment, no one needs to be told that losing your job is bad for your bank account. But unemployment also undermines a less-obvious measure of well-being: mental health. A new Gallup poll finds that a majority of unemployed
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:38:00 GMT

Danish TopoTarget starts Phase I/II trial with cancer drug candidate

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:37:00 GMT

Spike in use of mental health medication

ANTIDEPRESSANT use in Australia has soared by almost 40 per cent over the past six years, with more than 16 million prescriptions issued to patients. However, mental health bodies have raised concerns that a large proportion of people prescribed
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:17:00 GMT

On wings of lace: phylogeny and Bayesian divergence time estimates of Neuropterida (Insecta) based on morphological and molecular data

Neuropterida comprise the holometabolan orders Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions and relatives), Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies) and Raphidioptera (snakeflies) as a monophyletic group sister to Coleoptera (beetles). The higher-level phylogenetic
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:13:00 GMT

Tocilizumab (Actemra): An interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

This January, FDA approved tocilizumab intravenous infusion for marketing in the United States. Tocilizumab is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:04:00 GMT

FDA imposes new safety requirements to curb use of LABAs in asthma patients

This decision was based upon an analysis of data from a surveillance study (Salmeterol Nationwide Surveillance Study; SNS), a large, randomized trial (Salmeterol Multicenter Asthma Research Trial; SMART), and a meta-analysis of asthma patients. Data from
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:04:00 GMT

Q&A: Getting reimbursed but not participating in Medicare

Get your questions answered on how Medicare impacts reimbursements.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:55:00 GMT

Papaya Could Be a Cancer Fighter

FRIDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- An extract from dried papaya slows the growth of cancer cells in the laboratory, researchers report. It's not clear if it will have the same effect on , however. University of Florida researcher Dr. Nam Dang and
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:48:00 GMT

Adding Garlic Might Cut Cancer Risk

FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- A new type of urine test shows that eating plenty of garlic may lower levels of a cancer-causing process within the body. This process, called nitrosation, converts some substances found in foods or contaminated water
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:47:00 GMT

U.S. Minorities Especially Vulnerable to Kidney Failure

FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Poor, minority adults with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease are far more likely to progress to kidney failure than are whites with the disease, a new U.S. study has found. The finding came from an analysis of
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:47:00 GMT

MRIs May Detect Hidden Tumors in Breast Cancer Patients

FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- MRI scans are more likely to turn up undiagnosed tumors in the breasts of postmenopausal women who already had cancer in their other breast, researchers report. However, the scans are less likely to detect tumors in
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:47:00 GMT