Targeted cancer therapy has been transforming the care of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is now standard practice for tumor specimens from NSCLC patients to be examined for EGFR mutations and ALK rearrangements to identify patients for therapy with EGFR and ALK inhibitors...
This peanut butter recall refuses to die. In fact, it keeps spreading. New reports from the FDA over the weekend noted that now, not only are hundreds of nut butters and peanut butter-containing snacks being recalled for potentially being tainted with Salmonella, but whole peanuts may be unsafe...
Over the weekend, the FDA announced that*River Ranch Fresh Foods had voluntarily expanded a large salad recall, due to potential Listeria contamination.*And while the bagged salads and other lettuce products haven't sickened anyone yet, there's still reason to be concerned. The products in...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery, according to a new study from Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX...
A new report from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services' Department of Health Policy (GW) uncovered an overall wage differential between those of normal weight and those who are obese, especially when it comes to women. The research, released today...
Going back to work after the holidays is a nightmare for many. Can you improve your health by remembering the past in a positive way? A study by the University of Granada (UGR) reports that people's attitude to past events, present experiences or future expectations, influences their perception...
Parenting style can play an important role in improving glycemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in the August issue of Diabetes Care and its accompanying editorial. Researchers at the Israel Diabetes Center of Schneider Children's...
The cocktail of hormones cascading through depressed mothers' bodies may play an important role in the development of their unborn children's brains. A higher level of depression in mothers during pregnancy was associated with higher levels of stress hormones in their children at birth, as...
With the support from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan, Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START (SARCS) Secretariat and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) have jointly hosted the 2010 Advanced Training Workshop on Southeast Asia Regional Health Impacts and Adaptation under Climate...
I enter the temperary password and then the auto voice person tell me to "enter your new password now, then press _______" The ______ sounds like pound? But I know it's not and I don't know what button to press that fills in that blank, help please?
Healthy lifestyle choices - such as exercising regularly and not smoking- can significantly impact sexual and urinary function, according to new data was presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). Two new studies linking the ill effects of smoking and...
For patients in need of a liver transplant, their choice of a transplant center can make a noteworthy difference in their outcomes, according to a Mayo Clinic study presented at the American Transplant Congress under way May 1-5 in San Diego. "We did find significant variation between centers in...
For patients in need of a liver transplant, their choice of a transplant center can make a noteworthy difference in their outcomes, according to a Mayo Clinic study presented at the American Transplant Congress under way May 1-5 in San Diego. "We did find significant variation between centers in...
A new decades-long study launches to investigate whether there is a link between the use of mobile phones and long-term health problems such as cancer. The cohort study on mobile communications (COSMOS) forms part of the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme. The...