New Studies Show How Yervoy and Vemurafenib May Improve The Survival Rate in Melanoma Patients June 6, 2011 — Two new drugs that work in very different ways are being hailed as game changers in the treatment of patients with advanced forms of the deadly skin cancer melanoma. New studies of the experimental drug vemurafenib [...]
The new electronic cigarette may be the innovative technology to help reduce stress in people who want to quit smoking. Most chain smokers say that cigarettes help them cope with stress. In fact, it is not smoking that leads to dramatic improvement of mood, as discovered by American researchers. A group of scientists from Brown [...]
British scientists have created their own rating of 10 healthiest foods for humans, which surprisingly had tomatoes at the top. List of 10 must products for healthy food includes: 1. The Tomato is the Champion! They have topped the rating of the usefulness of foods, composed by British experts. Scientists considered the availability of vitamins, [...]
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated recently that early signs of the flu season are appearing. On a positive note for those already inoculated, they also indicated that the virus strains manifesting are the ones that match this year’s vaccinations. In line with this the government group are emphasizing that people need [...]
A new, still unknown to the medical fraternity flu virus has been found in Mongolia. The symptoms of this influenza are similar to the so-called ‘bird’ and ‘swine’ flu viruses. The virus is classified as H3N2 strain. In Ulan Bator, already 17 cases of this influenza have been registered. Young children are considered to be [...]
The US congress approved last Thursday a child nutrition bill, which aimed to improve the quality of school meals in the country. With a vote of 264 against 157 in the House, the child nutrition bill, which was also given unanimous approval in the Senate last August, will be sent to President Obama for signing. [...]
are not necessary and may be harmful. This is the conclusion of a 14-member committee convened by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the American and Canadian governments to study data on these supplements. According to them, these bone nutrients can readily be obtained by the majority of the populace from the food [...]
A new study by British scientists at Warwick University and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has found that the men, whose index finger is longer than the ring finger, have 33% less chances of having prostate cancer than those who have index finger shorter than the ring finger. “The relative length of index finger [...]
The results of a recently concluded study show that there is a direct relationship between breast cancer and hormone therapy. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed about two million mammograms done on almost 700,000 American women. The study indicated that withdrawal from the use of hormone therapy resulted in lower incidence of [...]
LONDON, ENGLAND – Roche’s version of the Tamiflu preventative vaccine has been proven to be much more effective at relieving flu-like symptoms than any of its counterparts, and as a result it should definitely be considered as a first choice for patients with the flu this season. The Swiss drug maker Roche has created a [...]