Increased awareness of allergic deaths in US - medications are main culprit
10/03/2014
Medications are the leading cause of allergy-related sudden deaths in the U.S.
Ultrasound elastography and a virtual breast could improve breast cancer detection
10/03/2014
Next to lung cancer, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, according to the American Cancer Society.
The study found that medicines called 'JAK inhibitors' halted tumour growth in bowel cancers with a genetic mutation that is present in more than 80 per cent of bowel cancers.
Screening for a genetic condition in younger people who are diagnosed with bowel cancer would be cost-effective for the NHS and prevent new cases in them and their relatives, new research has...
Stimulating chemotherapeutic drugs that destroy cancer
10/03/2014
LMU researchers report that a new class of chemical compounds makes cancer cells more sensitive to chemotherapeutic drugs.
The effectiveness of a treatment to reduce blood clots among otolaryngology patients admitted for surgery appears to differ based on patient risk and the procedure.
Novel rose bengal formulation obliterates lesions in patients with deadliest of melanomas
10/02/2014
A formulation of the dye, rose bengal, which has been around for more than a century, has recently been shown to have promise in patients with cutaneous melanoma, one of the deadliest forms of the...
ERYTECH, the French biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative 'tumor starvation' treatments for acute leukemia and other oncology indications with unmet medical needs, reports positive...
Potential treatments for breast, ovarian and other cancers with new discovery approach
10/02/2014
Researchers at the University of Michigan have described a new approach to discovering potential cancer treatments that requires a fraction of the time needed for more traditional methods.
Nine-valent HPV vaccine may prevent nearly 90 percent of cervical cancers
10/02/2014
Because nine human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes were found to cause the majority of cervical precancers, a nine-valent HPV vaccine currently being investigated may be able to prevent more cervical...