Could cat feces help cure cancer?
7/20/2014
A new study by researchers at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, finds that a parasite commonly found in cat feces - Toxoplasma gondii - holds promise for a vaccine against cancer.
Naloxegol being tested to counteract constipation caused by opioid painkillers
7/20/2014
Opioids - strong morphine-based painkillers - are widely prescribed to patients experiencing chronic severe pain.
Bexarotene's effect on Alzheimer's may depend on severity of disease
7/20/2014
A cancer drug that has shown promise against Alzheimer's disease in mice and has begun early clinical trials has yielded perplexing results in a novel mouse model of AD that mimics the genetics and...
Disease management programme is largely consistent with guidelines for breast cancer
7/20/2014
Current guidelines are more detailed regarding some aspects of treatmentThe German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has published the results of a literature search for...
Trapping malaria parasite in its protective chamber inside red blood cells
7/19/2014
Scientists may be able to entomb the malaria parasite in a prison of its own making, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report in Nature.
IBA receives FDA approval of its new compact gantry clearing the way for Proteus®ONE
7/18/2014
IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA), the world's leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, announces that it has received Marketing Authorization from the U.S.
Keeping the heart in breast cancer treatment
7/18/2014
Breast cancer awareness campaigns stress the importance of "saving the breasts" - but what about saving the heart?
Pharming Group NV and Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., have announced that the Food and Drug Administration has approved RUCONEST® (C1 Esterase Inhibitor [Recombinant]) 50 IU/kg for the treatment...
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy confers marginal life expectancy benefit
7/18/2014
The choice of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) by women with breast cancer (BC) diagnosed in one breast has recently increased in the US but may confer only a marginal life expectancy...
The number of younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer has increased nearly 6-fold in the last 20 years, and the disease is more likely to be aggressive in these younger men, according to a new...