Health
Abraxane for advanced pancreatic cancer
Abraxane plus gemcitabine achieved a median overall survival of 12.2 months in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, study reports. Patients with high-SPARC biomarker achieved...
Vision loss risk in seniors, related to aspirin
A person over 65, who takes aspirin daily, has twice the risk to develop an age-related vision loss (late stage macular degeneration) than a...
Anti-grey pill from L’Oréal will be launched in few years.
L’Oréal's anti-grey pill, a daily medication based on a secret fruit extract, is scheduled to launch within the next four years. Bruno Bernard, head of...
Sarah Churman has heard her own voice for the first time after a hearing implant.
Sarah Churman, a 29-year-old deaf, who was fitted with a state-of-the-art hearing implant nine weeks ago, has heard her own voice for the first...
Elizabeth Hurley switches on the pink lights for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Elizabeth Hurley turned the lights pink at the Selfridges Department Store in London as part of Estée Lauder's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign. The Breast Cancer...
Bioeffect EGF Serum from Boots speeds up rejuvenation of skin cells.
The active ingredient of Bioeffect EGF Serum, an anti-ageing serum launched in UK this week, won its developers the award for physiology and medicine...
Anti-ageing pills: three different supplements hit the market in the past few months.
In the last months, three anti-ageing pills have come on the market and claim to visibly reduce the signs of ageing within a matter...
Cellulaze: the latest effective treatment against cellulite.
Cellulaze is an invention that is beyond a woman’s wildest dreams: a gadget that could end the dreaded “orange peel” effect of cellulite. Surnamed as...
Listeria fear: True Leaf Farms recalls chopped romaine lettuce.
True Leaf Farms from California announced that is recalling 90 cartons of chopped romaine lettuce as it may be contaminated with Listeria, though no...
Saw palmetto supplement has no benefit for enlarged prostate. Washington University of St Louis study.
The popular herbal supplement saw palmetto bought by men to relieve discomfort caused by an enlarged prostate does not work, say researchers. Thousands of men...
“Stay sober” pill is under development. University of Adelaide experiment.
Scientists are developing a “stay sober” pill which may help those who get drunk too easily, by limiting the effects of alcohol on their...
Listeria found on Publix Spinach Dip in Florida
Spinach dip, sold by Publix Super Markets in Florida, might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and is recalled by the retailer. A recall for prepackaged...
Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak: death toll rises to 16.
16 people have died from possible Listeria illnesses traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the deadliest food outbreak in more than 10 years, according to health...
Terminal cancer therapy with life-prolonging drugs: “I would hardly call this type of treatment futile.”
Campaigners disagreed with the report concerning terminal cancer patient treatment strategy, especially the exclusion of the drugs that were expected to prolong life for...
Terminal cancer therapy is futile and costly, experts say
A report on managing cancer costs, made by 37 cancer experts (economists, patient advocates and physicians) from developed countries (U.S., UK, Germany, Australia), was...
Connie Culp: her life after face transplant. US first face transplant.
Connie Culp was the first person to receive a face transplant in the U.S in 2008, after her top lip, nose, roof of her...
Nurofen sabotage: man arrested in London over filling packs with anti-psychotics.
A man has been arrested and charged with filling packs of Nurofen Plus with anti-psychotic and anti-epileptic drugs, London Police have revealed. Unemployed Christopher McGuire,...
Prostate cancer: alpha radiation drug trial is so successful researchers decide to stop it early.
A new prostate cancer treatment (a powerful alpha radiation drug) trial has been so successful researchers have decided to stop it early. Specialists at London's...
Thyroid cancer’s risk is higher for diabetics new study shows
There were studies suggesting that diabetes increases a person's lifetime risk of developing thyroid cancer, and a new report published shows this linkage for...
Alzheimer’s: 9 Ways to Lower Its Risk and Progression
A report of Alzheimer’s disease International (ADI) published in 2009, said there were 35.6 million people were with dementia and Alzheimer's and it was...
Anti-wrinkle pill: the revolutionary treatment that reduces crow’s feet by 30%.
A revolutionary anti-wrinkle pill, which goes on sale today in UK, claims to shrink crow’s feet by up to 30%. The three-times-a-day tablet is thought...
Listeria outbreak: death toll rises to 8.
The Colorado-grown cantaloupes death toll has risen to eight in an outbreak of Listeria, officials said Wednesday. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)...
Alzheimer’s risk could be tripled by diabetes
The data that show association between Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes increased over the years. Japanese scientists make the evidence stronger with a ...
Zybrestat could help thyroid cancer patients to live longer
Biopharmaceutical company Oxigene has presented data that showed Zybrestat (fosbretabulin) helped improve the one-year survival rate of patients with larger anaplastic thyroid cancer tumors. The...
Listeria confirmed by FDA on Jensen Farms’ cantaloupes
On Monday, September 19, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it found Listeria monocytogenes in samples of Jensen Farms’ Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe taken...
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