Extract of biopsy cells relieves Crohn’s disease
• Bowel Problems • May 17 05
A preparation of proteins extracted from a person’s own colon cells and administered orally leads to disease remission in many patients with 
Kylie’s case shows breast cancer can strike early
• Cancer: Breast • May 17 05
News that Australia’s biggest music star Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer shows the disease - the most common cancer…
Medicare to pay $2 bln for impotence drugs - study
• Drug News • May 17 05
The U.S. government will spend nearly $2 billion over the next decade to pay for impotence drugs for elderly and disabled patients under Medicare,…
U.S. FDA looking to improve drug safety monitoring
• Drug News • May 16 05
U.S. health regulators know that once a new drug hits the market, their system to monitor potential side effects is limited and they are…
Autism may be linked to difficult births - study
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 16 05
A difficult birth or a history of mental illness in a parent may put a baby at greater risk for autism, according…
Breast cancer drug may help prostate - study
• Cancer: Prostate • May 16 05
A drug used to treat breast cancer may also help Prostate cancer from developing in men who have precancerous…
Germany’s Merck hails cancer drug trial results
• Drug News • May 16 05
Trials show that Merck KGaA’s newly launched cancer drug Erbitux slows the spread of rectal and Colon cancer and enables more patients to have…
Nicotine vaccine helps smokers quit, study finds
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 16 05
An experimental vaccine against nicotine helped smokers kick the habit, Swiss researchers reported on Saturday.
Larger tests are needed but the test…
Packaging matters in sticking with medicine
• Drug News • May 16 05
The way a medication comes wrapped may make a difference in how well people follow their prescriptions, researchers said Monday.
In a study of…
Indonesia tests more pigs for bird flu virus
• Flu • May 16 05
Indonesia is testing pigs in several regions for bird flu after discovering the virus in swine on densely populated Java island, an official said…
Pill camera spots polyps in small intestine
• Emergencies / First Aid • May 16 05
A tiny swallowable camera-in-a-capsule is more effective than standard imaging methods in identifying intestinal polyps in the small intestine, according to results presented at…
Vietnam reports first human bird flu case in a month
• Flu • May 16 05
A 52-year-old Vietnamese man who ate chicken that had died of a disease has been infected with the H5N1 bird flu…
Cholesterol drugs may reduce breast cancer risk
• Cancer: Breast • May 16 05
Women taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, such as Lipitor or Mevacor, seem to have sharply lower chances of developing breast cancer, according to…
MRI + mammogram best for screening high-risk women
• Cancer: Breast • May 16 05
Combining Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with mammography is the best way to detect breast cancer in women who are genetically…
Some people get delayed cancer care-studies
• Cancer: Breast • May 16 05
Many U.S. cancer patients are getting delayed or substandard care for their disease and are dying earlier as a consequence, according to several studies…
Each year, thousands of kids hurt on trampolines
• Children's Health • May 16 05
Trampoline-related injuries are on the rise once again among children and adolescents, new study findings show.
Within the last decade, the number of U.S.…
Tests for human WNV vaccine are promising
• Infections • May 14 05
Early tests of a vaccine for West Nile virus are promising, a Cambridge biotech company said Wednesday.
Dr. Thomas Monath, chief scientist…
Experimental cancer drugs show much promise
• Drug News • May 14 05
A new generation of experimental cancer drugs is poised to upstage current hotshots by attacking the multiple methods tumors use to grow and spread,…
Virtual reality may speed recovery after stroke
• Neurology • May 13 05
After someone has had a brain-damaging Stroke, playing virtual reality games seems to encourage the brain to reorganize to compensate for the damage, and…
MMR vaccine not linked to Crohn’s disease
• Bowel Problems • May 13 05
Since the introduction of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in the UK in 1988, there has been no increase in the occurrence of…
Lancet calls for big jump in global cigarette tax
• Cancer: Lung • May 13 05
Governments around the world should increase taxation on cigarettes by 50 percent a year to combat booming lung cancer rates, The Lancet medical…
Lung cancer drug helps majority in study
• Cancer: Lung • May 13 05
An experimental drug to treat lung cancer appeared to benefit two-thirds of patients who used it, according to a study presented on Friday…
Genentech drug slows progression of lung cancer
• Cancer: Lung • May 13 05
Patients with lung cancer who took Genentech Inc.‘s cancer drug Avastin in combination with chemotherapy took longer to relapse than patients who…
Femara bests tamoxifen in breast cancer trial
• Cancer: Breast • May 13 05
For postmenopausal women with hormone-driven breast cancer, follow-on treatment with Femara is more effective in preventing recurrence of cancer than is tamoxifen,…
U.S. probe sought of memo on “morning-after” pill
• Gender: Female • May 13 05
Two U.S. Senate Democrats called for an investigation on Thursday into whether a memo from a Christian doctor influenced regulators’ rejection of over-the-counter sales…