Vitamin C may blunt effect of chemotherapy Vitamin C supplements may undercut the effectiveness of cancer drugs including Novartis' Gleevec, a U.S. study published on Wednesday showed.
Hormones via patches and gels reduce heart risk A study of hormone use in nearly 700,000 Danish women over 50 suggests that when it comes to heart attack risk, patches or gels are safer than the combination pills most American women use.
Study links pancreatic cancer to hepatitis B People with pancreatic cancer are more likely than those without the disease to have been infected with the hepatitis B virus, a study has shown for the first time.
Scientists study NM plants for cancer cure Two New Mexican scientists are determined to find a natural cure for cancer. The National Institutes of Health commissioned Tim Lowrey and Wim Steelant to research the effects of two plants - Ligusticum porteri, or "Osha," and Anemopsis californicai, or "Yerba Mansa" - which New Mexicans have traditionally used to treat illnesses.
Walnuts Slow Growth Of Breast Cancer Tumors New research funded by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) has found evidence that a daily dose of walnuts - equal to two servings a day in humans - reduces the growth of breast cancer tumors in mice. The study is the first to investigate the effect of walnut consumption on cancer.
Better treatment for cystic fibrosis Scientists across the globe have been working in conjunction to find a better treatment for cystic fibrosis, a painful genetic disease that affects approximately 30,000 Americans and 70,000 people worldwide. Now, it is possible that they have found it through a drug called VX-770.
Popular supplements ineffective against arthritis A two-year study of how well glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate slow cartilage loss in arthritis patients could not show that the popular nutritional supplements work any better than sugar pills.
Study Finds Association Between Hepatitis B and Pancreatic Cancer People with pancreatic cancer are more likely than those without the disease to have been infected with the hepatitis B virus, a study has shown for the first time.
Scientists Identify Novel Inhibitor Of Human MicroRNA Scientists at The Wistar Institute and their colleagues have identified, for the first time, a molecule that can regulate microRNAs - short strands of RNA that play a vital role in gene expression and are closely associated with cancer. The discovery points the way to the development of a new generation of cancer drugs.
Genetic Link to Narcolepsy Scientists in Japan have identified a genetic mutation linked to narcolepsy, a disease that can cause someone to doze off in mid-sentence or behind the wheel of a car, a study released Sunday reports.
Data From One-Year Liraglutide Phase 3 Study Published Data from a 52-week phase 3 study (LEAD 3) of Novo Nordisk's liraglutide, a once-daily human GLP-1 analog, were published online recently in The Lancet.
Research On New Drug To Treat Retinopathy, Diabetes UK New research claims that blood pressure drug Candesartan could cut the risk of people with diabetes developing retinopathy, a condition that can lead to blindness. The study found that people with Type 1 diabetes who were given the drug were almost a fifth less likely to develop the condition.
Scientists find way to mass produce anti-malaria drug Scientists have developed a way to mass-produce an anti-malarial compound to bring down costs of treatment in developing countries.
Scientists Unmask Key HIV Protein University of Michigan scientists have provided the most detailed picture yet of a key HIV accessory protein that foils the body's normal immune response. Based on the findings, which appear online in the journal PLoS Pathogens, the team is searching for new drugs that may someday allow infected people to be cured and no longer need today's AIDS drugs for a lifetime.
More deaths with J&J drug in stroke study More patients died after treatment with a Johnson & Johnson anemia drug in a study testing whether the medicine could improve brain function in stroke patients, U.S. regulators said on Friday.
Scientists ID Compounds That Prevent Brain Nerve Damage Duke University Medical Center scientists say they have found compounds that prevented brain injury and greatly improved survival in fruit flies with a Huntington's-like disease.
Scientists debate possible cell phone link to brain cancer Bringing a growing health concern to Congress, scientists squared off Thursday over whether cell phones contribute to brain cancer.
Government probes chelation-heart disease study The largest alternative medicine study the government has ever launched has stopped enrolling people while officials investigate whether participants were fully informed of the risks and are being adequately protected.
Research Shows Drug Failure Rarely Published The first research to track every prescription drug approved by U.S. regulators over several years concluded that many studies finding the medicines ineffective were not published in medical journals.
American Youth Over-Prescribed Youngsters in the United States are three times likelier to be prescribed antidepressants and stimulants and twice as likely to be given antipsychotic drugs than counterparts in Germany and the Netherlands, according to a new study.
Honey can sometimes replace antibiotics Honey, used in tea or hot water in Canada for generations to soothe sore throats, could soon be substituted for antibiotics in fighting stubborn ear, nose and throat infections, according to a new study.
Seniors not quite embracing generic drugs Seniors who switch between low-cost generic drugs and the original products based on who's footing the bill are likely driving up the cost of the government's Medicare drug plan, according to a new study.
Inhaler use linked to cardiovascular disease The use of a once-a-day inhaler for chronic bronchitis or emphysema for longer than one month increases the risk of heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death by 58 percent, a new study says.
Avastin shows promise in treating brain cancer Using Avastin alone doubled the percentage of people whose brain cancer showed no progression over a six month period, and achieved an even higher percentage when combined with irinotecan.
Study links Chemical in Fatty Foods with Cancer Subjects who ate 40mg of acrylamide a day were twice as likely to develop cancer, compared to those who did not ingest as much of the chemical, which is found over-cooked carbohydrates.
Anti-Cancer Virus Found In animal studies, Seneca Valley Virus-001 was found to eradicate small-cell lung cancer.
HPV test twice as accurate as Pap smear The HPV test, which detects the virus causing cervical cancer, correctly found 95 percent of the cancers. The Pap test, which requires lab workers to observer abnormal cells under a microscope, only found 55 percent, according to a recent study at McGill University in Montreal.
Cancer Death Rates Declining Death rates for cancer victims declined an average of 2 percent a year between 2002 and 2004, with particularly significant drops in deaths from colo-rectal cancer, the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.
Paclitaxel no benefit in many breast cancer cases Women who had HER-2-negative tumors received no benefit from treatment with paclitaxel, while HER-2-positive subjects had 40% reduced recurrence.
Excess sleep may be harmful While lack of sleep can be extremely hazardous for your health, a new study suggests too much sleep at night could potentially double your risk of death.
Chemotherapy pill as effective as intravenous Colon cancer patients who took a chemotherapy pill survived as long as patients who had standard intravenous chemotherapy a new study shows. The pill is more cost effective and allows side-effects to be managed more easily.
One in 7 women get depressed before, during or after pregnancy A new Kaiser Permanente study shows that more than one in seven women are depressed in the 9 months preceding or following pregnancy, or during pregnancy: 8.7 percent before and 6.9 percent during pregnancy; 10.4 percent in the nine months following childbirth.
Children Being Misdiagnosed with Asthma Children who suffer from vocal cord dysfunction are frequently being misdiagnosed as having asthma.
Embryonic Human Stem Cells May Help Repair Heart Muscle Researcher Dr. Charles Murry, created a "survival" cocktail that prevents human embryonic stem cells transplanted into a damaged heart from dying off before they take effect.
Periodontal Disease Treatment More Effective With Local Antibiotics Using ARESTIN to treat red complex bacteria showed nearly twice the reduction in levels of periodontal pathogens when administered in conjunction with SRP.
Viagra Also an Aphrodisiac Not only does Viagra help men overcome medical barriers to sex, it's also an aphrodisiac, increasing the amount of oxytocin released by the pituitary gland.
Painkiller Sales on the Rise U.S. federal drug prescription data shows retail sales of the five leading prescription painkillers rose 90 percent between 1997 and 2005.
New Study Shows More Benefits Of Olive Oil Researchers found that virgin olive oil rich in phenols can help prevent blood clots in people with high cholesterol.
Study links living near power lines with cancer frequency Tasmanian study shows that children living within 300 meters of high-voltage power lines are more likely to develop cancer.
Bans help smokers quit Statistics Canada reported 27 per cent of smokers who are not allowed to smoke at work had quit two years later as opposed to only 13 per cent of workers permitted to light up on the job.
Recalled Toys Still Get Into Kids Rooms University of Dayton professor Keri Brown Kirschman searched for 141 recalled items on eBay and found at least 144 auctions for those items in a single month.
High Blood Pressure Frequently Undiagnosed in Children Dr. Matthew L. Hansen, of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, and colleagues found that 3.6 percent of children in their study had high blood pressure, but only 26 percent of them had been previously diagnosed.
Nanotoxicology study finds no toxicity Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee report no pulmonary toxicity issues for single-walled carbon nanohorns which may be used for drug delivery and other commercial applications.
Omega-3s have anti-depressant effect A study appearing in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry shows that global areas that have a large consumption of omega-3s show a lower prevalence of depression.
Breast cancer vaccine looks safe Neuvenge, which targets a type of breast cancer called her2/neu-positive breast cancer, was found safe in a Phase 1 safety trial by Dr. John Park of the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues.
28% of Countries Worldwide Permit Abortion on Demand A recent United Nations report reveals that while most countries worldwide allow abortion in extreme cases only 28% allow abortion on demand.
Health Care Disparities Start At The Local Pharmacy Most African-Americans would like to relate to their pharmacist the way they do with their personal doctors, but very few actually achieve that goal.