Archive for August, 2008

Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk (HealthDay)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) — All antipsychotic drugs can
increase the risk of stroke, but the risk is greatest among older patients
with dementia, British researchers report.

Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) — Some Japanese survivors of
the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced
key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid
cancer, new research indicates.

HIV-positive Ivorians to receive free anti-retroviral treatment (AFP)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

HIV-AIDS campaigners march in 2007 in Abidjan to mark World AIDS Day. Ivorians with HIV/AIDS can now get free anti-retroviral treatment in public health centers with foreign funders picking up much of the tab, according to a decree of which AFP obtained a copy Friday.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)AFP - Ivorians with HIV/AIDS can now get free anti-retroviral treatment in public health centers with foreign funders picking up much of the tab, according to a decree of which AFP obtained a copy Friday.

Activity key to breast cancer patients' survival (Reuters)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

A woman demonstrates Nintendo Co Ltd's 'Wii Fit' game console during a media event in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 10, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Women who stay active after
being diagnosed with breast cancer — and even those who take
up exercise for the first time after diagnosis — have a better
chance of surviving the disease, a new study shows.

UN study says polygamy main AIDS driver in Swaziland (AFP)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

His Majesty King Mswati III, King of Swaziland, listens to the Swaziland Dignitaries speeches in 2005. Traditional sexual practices including polygamy and promiscuity are driving rampant HIV-AIDS in Swaziland where nearly 40 percent of adults are infected, a UN study released Friday has found. Mwasti III has thirteen wives and polygamy is widely practised in the tiny kingdom.(AFP/File/Gian Luigi Guercia)AFP - Traditional sexual practices including polygamy and promiscuity are driving rampant HIV-AIDS in Swaziland where nearly 40 percent of adults are infected, a UN study released Friday has found.

Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk (HealthDay)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) — All antipsychotic drugs can
increase the risk of stroke, but the risk is greatest among older patients
with dementia, British researchers report.

Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) — Some Japanese survivors of
the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced
key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid
cancer, new research indicates.

Trans fats linked to pre-cancerous colon growths (Reuters)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

A menu for fried chicken and french fries is displayed on a wall at a fast food restaurant in New York, October 30, 2006. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - A high intake of trans fats
could increase colon cancer risk, according to new research
published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

ImClone updates data from lung cancer trial (Reuters)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Reuters - ImClone Systems Inc said on Friday that
a trial of its cancer drug Erbitux did not significantly
improve overall survival in a trial of patients with the most
common form of lung cancer.

World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer (AFP)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Professor Alexandre Carpentier speaks during a press conference at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris. In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells.(AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells.