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Live anthrax found in US military shipment to Australia Live anthrax has been found in a 2008 sample sent to Australia from the same U.S. Army facility identified this week for more recent, mistaken shipments to nine U.S.
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Beijing braces for strictest anti-smoking laws yet from Monday Anti-smoking posters have been put up in Beijing as part of government's step to ban smoking in all indoor public spaces, work areas and outdoor places.
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Live anthrax sent to Australia The Pentagon said the army may have sent live anthrax to a laboratory in Australia in 2008. The United States admits it may have accidentally sent live anthrax to research laboratories in Australia.
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Latin Americans unaware how serious lung cancer is, survey shows Lung cancer is the principal cause of death from carcinoma in the world, but in Latin America there is a huge lack of knowledge about the subject, according to a survey released by the Novartis pharmaceutical laboratory.
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No ifs or butts: China launches fresh attempt to ban smoking If at first you don't succeed . . . China, the world's heaviest smoking country, will launch its latest attempt to stop people smoking on Monday when it implements its strictest tobacco regulation to date.
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China capital to roll out tough anti-smoking laws BEIJING Beijing will ban smoking in restaurants, offices and on public transport from Monday, part of unprecedented new curbs welcomed by anti-tobacco advocates, though how they will be enforced remains to be seen.
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ASCO: Procedure Eliminates Need for Second Breast Cancer Surgey savesaved. ▷. video-image. Anees B. Chagpar, MD. author name. by Michael Smith North American Correspondent, MedPage Today. Action Points.
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Last cigarette: Beijing brings in smoking bans from Monday A smoker walks past Chinese national flags in front of a restaurant in Beijing. Beijing is about to ban smoking in restaurants, offices and on public transport.
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China's capital city Beijing to roll out tough anti-smoking laws BEIJING: Beijing will ban smoking in restaurants, offices and on public transport from Monday, part of unprecedented new curbs welcomed by anti-tobacco advocates, though how they will be enforced remains to be seen.
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Study sees benefit from more extensive breast cancer surgery CHICAGO - Having a little extra tissue taken off during breast cancer surgery greatly lowers the risk that some cancer will be left behind and require a second operation, according to a new study that could change care for more than 100,000 women in the ...
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Waging a war against smoking! Five million people die every year due to smoking-related diseases. This figure is likely to double by 2030. There are around 1 billion smokers in world and five million people die every year due to smoking-related diseases like cancer, heart, lung and ...
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Tobacco costs Israel 8000 lives, NIS 12.8 billion annually Health Ministry nixes press conference to mark World No-Tobacco Day today, but releases report. Smoking. (photo credit:INGIMAGE / ASAP).
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Yale: Taking more breast tissue reduces need for second surgery Dr. Anees Chagpar, the Yale Cancer Center study's lead author, associate professor of surgery at Yale School of Medicine and director of The Breast Center, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.
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Study Sees Benefit From More Extensive Breast Cancer Surgery Having a little extra tissue taken off during breast cancer surgery greatly lowers the risk that some cancer will be left behind and require a second operation, according to a new study that could change care for more than 100,000 women in the United States ...
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More cancer success with drugs that enlist immune system CHICAGO (AP) - For the first time, a major study shows that a drug targeting the body's disease-fighting immune system may improve survival for the most common form of lung cancer.
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Study sees benefit from more extensive breast cancer surgery CHICAGO (AP) " A new study could change care for many women who have breast cancer surgery. Doctors found that routinely shaving a little extra tissue around a tumor greatly lowers the risk that some cancer will be left behind.
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Kidney functions are better way to predict heart disease risk Kidney According to a new research, simple factors of the kidney's functions and damage predicts higher possibilities of heart failure and death from a fatal heart attack and stroke than traditional tests of blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
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Breast Cancer Study Examines Benefit of Taking Extra Tissue During Partial ... A recent study examined that taking extra tissue during a partial mastectomy could potentially reduce the risk of having to go through yet another surgery in order to remove any remaining cancer cells.
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Scientists say killing HIV's sugar intake kills its growth A groundbreaking study reveals that starving HIV of sugar prevents it from reproducing. Scientists at Northwestern Medicine and Vanderbilt University say that after the virus invades an activated immune cell, it craves sugar and nutrients from the cell to ...
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Defense chief will hold people accountable for shipping live anthrax Defense Secretary Ash Carter, at an international security summit in Singapore, is expected to demand anew that China and other nations halt using land reclamation projects for military purposes.
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Kidney health better indicator of heart disease risk The data may help physicians make better decisions on whether patients need lifestyle modifications such as better diets and more exercise or treatments such as statins, medication widely used for preventing cardiovascular diseases, the study said.
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Immune-System Booster Bests Chemotherapy in Cancer Study Cancer researchers say a new drug that boosts the body's immune system to attack tumors is less toxic and performs better than traditional chemotherapy in fighting a form of lung cancer.
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Tattoo can cause severe, life-long and adverse skin problems tattoo According to study, significant percentage of people that tattoo their skin suffer from skin itching and rashes, it was also found that some of them had to see dermatologists to get some relief, months after the tattoo is done.
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Anthrax sent to Massachusetts lab, Pentagon says A research lab in Massachusetts is believed to have mistakenly received a shipment of suspected live anthrax samples, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Saturday.
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If you get a tattoo, you could get an ugly surprise -- new research That tattoo could bring some serious health problems to you if you suffer from allergies, a new study has found. People who get tattoos probably aren't aware that there is a risk lurking out there, particularly for those who suffer acutely from allergies.
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Palbociclib, Fulvestrant Delays HR-Positive Breast Cancer Progression The addition of palbociclib to the hormonal therapy fulvestrant resulted in an increase of 5.4 months in the delay of disease progression compared with fulvestrant alone in women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.
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New Drug Keeps Common Breast Cancer Under Control Longer: Study SATURDAY, May 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Adding a new drug called Ibrance (palbociclib) to standard hormone therapy helped keep a common type of breast cancer under control measurably longer than the hormone therapy alone, a new study shows.
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Lung cancer therapy 'milestone' CHICAGO: For the first time, a major study shows that a drug targeting the body's disease-fighting immune system may improve survival for the most common form of lung cancer.
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Tinder, Grindr, Other Casual Sex Apps Blamed for Skyrocketing STD Rates Health officials feel that the popularity of casual sex apps has resulted in a rise of sexually transmitted diseases in the US. According to a report tabled by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the number of STD cases in state between 2013 and 2014 has ...
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UPDATE 1-Pfizer's Ibrance drug slows progression of breast cancer (Adds expert comment, Pfizer comment). By Deena Beasley. CHICAGO May 30 (Reuters) - A Phase III trial of Pfizer Inc's Ibrance showed that, in combination with hormone therapy, the drug more than doubled the duration of disease control for women with the ...
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New lung cancer drug turns body into a tumour-fighting weapon... and trumps ... A radical new treatment has given some lung cancer patients more than an extra year of life, according to results from the first mass trial.
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New treatments may prolong health after breast cancer: experts Promising advances in research could mean longer, healthier lives for women with breast cancer, the number one cancer in women worldwide, experts said Saturday at a major US cancer conference.
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People think getting tattoo is rebellious, ignore side effects of tattoo ink A new study has found that tattoo ink can have longer lasting impacts that scientists or the general public had previously known. The study found that chronic conditions associated with the tattoos are not only on the rise, but also increasing for a host of ...
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Immune therapy can improve survival for all types of common cancer immunetherapy According to the new study, the drug targeting the body's disease fighting immune system may improve the survival for the most common form of lung cancer.
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People think getting tattoo is rebellious, ignore side effects of tattoo ink - The ... New research has discovered that often tattoos dyes are capable of having more durable acts that in fact medical scientists as well as average person had prior known.
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Yikes: If you get a tattoo, you might get this unwelcome surprise A new study should give pause to anyone thinking about getting a tattoo because of some unpleasant surprises for many people who get them that most don't know about.
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Tattoo Problems Occur In 10% Of Those Inked, Study Finds If you're thinking about getting inked, you may want to first consider the implications of a recently published study in which researchers found roughly 1 in 10 people who get tattoos to experience problems with their tattoos.
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Tattoo Can Cause Long-Term Skin Allergy: Research New York University researchers found out that six percent of adult New Yorkers with tattoo encounter some tattoo-related skin allergy that could last for months and more.
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Common kidney tests may predict cardiovascular disease risk A new study suggests that simple tests designed to assess kidney function and damage could be just as effective at predicting the risk of cardiovascular problems as traditional forms of testing that measure blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
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Tattoos could cause skin problems According to a new study, 1 in every 10 people who have tattoos suffer from skin problems after they get themselves inked. It could lead to skin problems such as redness and inflammation, infection and swelling.
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Common Kidney tests can be 'a good indicator' of risk from cardiovascular ... According to a recent study, Physicians may find help from the data to make better decisions on whether the patients need modification in their lifestyle including better diet, more exercise, treatments like statins that are used widely for preventing ...
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Tattoo can cause severe, life-long and adverse skin damages - The Silver Ink According to learn, sizable part of individuals who skin image their personal dermis are afflicted by epidermis keen and eczema, the new commer was also realized that some was required to find out skin experts and get some remedy, days later on ink is ...
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Removing More Tissue In Partial Mastectomies Reduces The Need For A ... A partial mastectomy is a process that helps ladies battle breast most cancers and to scale back their danger from the illness. The operation includes the removing of as a lot breast tissue as attainable, whereas nonetheless leaving the nipple in place.
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New strategy to starve HIV to death Scientists have found a new strategy to starve the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to death - by blocking its sugar and nutrient pipeline.
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Removing More Tissue In Partial Mastectomies Reduces The Need For A ... Second surgeries for breast cancer are less common among women who have additional tissue removed during partial mastectomies. What does this mean for women facing the disease?
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Kansas patient tests negative for Ebola after Sierra Leone trip A man being monitored for Ebola at the University of Kansas Hospital has tested negative for the deadly disease, the hospital said on Saturday.
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States enlist prisoners, plan biosecurity to combat avian flu threat CHICAGO Indiana is training 300 prisoners to kill infected chickens and banning bird shows at county fairs. Mississippi is considering road barricades and planning biosecurity measures.
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HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases on the rise in RI Reflecting a nationwide trend, Rhode Island is experiencing an increase in reported cases of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) - an uptick that health experts say could be driven by expanded screening efforts as well as websites and apps ...
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Studies Try To Find The Right Doses Of Our Favorite Drugs: Coffee And Alcohol The world's most-used stimulant and best-loved depressant - caffeine and alcohol, respectively - have shared an interesting phenomenon in recent years: They've both moved from the probably-not-healthy-but-socially-acceptable category to the ...
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Top-Ranking Mormon Leader L. Tom Perry Dies From Cancer Mormon leader L. Tom Perry, a member of the faith's highest governing body, has died from cancer. He was 92. Perry died Saturday surrounded by his family at his Salt Lake City home, church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a statement.
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