The journal Radiology will publish in its September issue an article written by Damian E. Dupuy, M.D., director of tumor ablation at Rhode Island Hospital, supporting the use of ablation procedures for the treatment of lung cancer. The article, "Image-guided Thermal Ablation of Lung...
A novel therapy that reduces elevated blood levels of a potentially toxic protein in women with preeclampsia, a dangerous complication of pregnancy, may someday address the therapeutic dilemma posed by the condition - balancing life-threatening risks to the mother with the dangers that early...
A signaling system in the brain previously shown to regulate sleep is also responsible for inducing lethargy during illness, according to research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital. This research is particularly meaningful because it implies that a...
Janssen-Cilag International NV announced today that the Committee for Medical Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted a positive opinion recommending approval of ZYTIGA® (abiraterone acetate) under an accelerated regulatory review procedure. ZYTIGA is a...
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS) announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical study for ISIS-PTP1BRx, an antisense drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes targeting protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B, PTP-1B. ISIS-PTP1BRx is designed to increase the body's sensitivity to the...
Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that a low dose of the opioid antagonist naltrexone (LDN) has an extraordinarily potent antitumor effect on human ovarian cancer in tissue culture and xenografts established in nude mice...
Millions of people with knee injuries could benefit from a new type of stem cell bandage treatment if clinical trials are successful. The world's first clinical trial for the treatment of patients with torn meniscal cartilage has received approval from the UK regulatory agency, the MHRA1, to...
A multicenter clinical trial led by a researcher at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center will evaluate a new approach to treat triple-negative breast cancer, an often-aggressive type of cancer that is more common among African-Americans and young women. The...
...china? Look at chinas? economy? they save time and money worrying more about business and business interests than they do worthless animals.
why don't we make laws like cruelty to coal or nuclear waste? i see animals as simply a resource, and not worthy as being deemed considerable life...
Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say the number of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood is a "powerful predictor" to help physicians more reliably assess treatment benefit for patients with metastatic breast cancer. The findings from a large analysis using...
Or another dating site? I mean if I wanted to hook up with someone I'd get on one of those sites.... I feel like facebook (and MYSPACE) is a place to connect with family members & friends, not a place to meet NEW people & try to hook up/holler at them. What do you think?
but girls are welcome)? im more of a tomboy type, so what do u guys like to be treated like when ur in the bff zone and no sex cause that doesnt apply to me, although im pretty sure bff is another way to say friends with benefits, and if ur a girl how do u treat ur bff of the oppsite sex, and...
he is really saying is? Which of the following is correct:
a. we should make sure people end up better off subsequent to the performance of the act than they were prior to its performance.
b. we should not use people, or take advantage of them in a way we would not want to be taken...