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Photo CreditEribulin - a chemotherapy drug derived from sea sponge - has been found to extend the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer by about 2.5 months.
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Amgen's injectable osteoporosis drug - Prolia® - has just been approved by the US FDA as treatment for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who are at high risk for fractures.
Osteoporosi...
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You understand the importance of a healthy and sharp mind. But what if you slowly became unable to recall things which were once so simple to remember?
An estimated 5.3 million people in the United...
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on May 25, 2010
© WIkipediascientists at the Karolinska Institutet have a developed a DNA vaccine targeted at a protein known as 'Delta-like ligand 4' (DLL4), which has recently been identified as an importan...
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Photo CreditGot pain? Many medical experts believe inflammation to be the cause of 80-90% of all disease. Inflammation, triggered as a response to damage to your body, manifests as heat, redness, swel...
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The FDA has approved Dendreon's Provenge (sipuleucel-T) , a novel cancer vaccine that promises to extend the lives of patients with advanced prostate cancer by several months. The therapy is indic...
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Photo CreditDIABECELL® is Living Cell Technologies' treatment designed for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. Now, LCT has received a grant of US$500,000 for its on-going Phase II clinica...
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on April 20, 2010
The benefits of dark chocolate on cardiovascular and cognitive health has been repeatedly reported over the years. In a study presented recently at the International Liver Congress 2010 in Vienna,Aust...
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A new mice study suggested that supplementation of omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) may reverse infertility-related sperm abnormalities, thereby boosting male fertility.
Researchers re...
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Scientists have discovered a new method of drug delivery for the treatment of diabetes. Using an innovative nanotechnology-based "vaccine", researchers were able to successfully restore norm...
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