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Study: 'Suicide gene therapy' and chemotherapy work together "This is extremely pleasing to us, considering we had patients enrolled in our protocol after other physicians deemed them incurable," said oncologist Bin Teh.
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A new gene therapy to kill cancer cells? Researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital have devised a new 'suicide gene therapy' that when combined with chemotherapy, has been shown to kill prostate cancer cells.
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Chemotherapy and 'Suicide Gene Therapy' combination helpful in Prostate Cancer ... In a long term research conducted at the Houston Methodist Hospital, researchers have found effective results using a combination of 'Suicide Gene Therapy' and chemotherapy.
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Suicide gene therapy kills prostate tumor cells The image on the left shows high-grade aggressive prostate cancer before treatment. the image on the right shows no evidence of cancer after combined gene therapy and radiotherapy.
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Stress may Trigger Alzheimer's Disease in Elderly Stress contributes to many health problems including high blood pressure, muscle stiffness and depression. Now researchers have found that stress can also trigger mild cognitive impairment in older adults, which is often a prelude to Alzheimer's disease.
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Stress in older adults may trigger mild cognitive impairment A new study by the Albert Einstein College of Medecine says stress in older adults can increase their risk for mild cognitive impairment.
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Jury still out on routine skin cancer screening (Reuters Health) - There isn't enough evidence yet to say whether routine full-body skin cancer screenings are safe or effective, according to new proposed U.S.
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US abortion rate hits record low The U.S. abortion rate has declined by more than one-third over the past two decades to a record low, federal officials reported Friday.
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Combo of 'Suicide Gene Therapy' and Chemo Together Work to Kill Prostate Tumor ... Researchers at the Houston Methodist Hospital have done remarkable job by combining gene therapy and chemotherapy. The combination of two therapies, dubbed as 'suicide gene therapy', has helped scientists to successfully kill prostate tumor cells.
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Chipotle founder apologizes for Brighton restaurant outbreak Practically all documented cases relating students who were feeling ill at Boston College told Boston College Health Services that they ate at Chipotle Mexican Grill during the weekend.
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New 'suicide gene' therapy developed to trick prostate cancer cells into ... The implanted cells are genetically modified to trigger a patient's immune system to attack and kill themselves and other prostate cancer cells.
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San Jose: Hospital nurse had tuberculosis; hundreds of babies, moms need ... SAN JOSE -- In a stunning announcement that has South Bay mothers of newborns reeling, Santa Clara County officials on Friday said hundreds of babies, mothers and employees may have been exposed to a nurse with tuberculosis at Valley Medical ...
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Martin Shkreli's Latest Plan to Sharply Raise Drug Price Prompts Outcry Martin Shkreli is once again provoking alarm with a plan to sharply increase the price of a decades-old drug for a serious infectious disease.
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Martin Shkreli, Pharma's Most Notorious Exec, Denies Move On Parasitic Disease ... Chagas disease Researcher Hamid Darban works at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, which has been working on a vaccine against parasitic diseases like Chagas, sleeping sickness and Leishmania.
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One-third of N.J. hospitals penalized for persistent infections and errors About a third of New Jersey hospitals will be docked 1 percent of their Medicare payments next year because of poor performance in preventing hospital-acquired infections or errors.
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The Healthiest and Unhealthiest States Ranked for 2015 Among Hawai'i's reported greatest challenges are the high prevalence of excessive drinking, high incidence of Salmonella, and low immunization among adolescents for Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis vaccines.
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Google's Verily Wants to Make a Better Surgical Robot Verily, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is partnering with Johnson & Johnson to develop cutting-edge robotics platforms to be used in surgery.
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Early vaccination tied to fewer flu symptoms for health workers For health care providers, earlier influenza vaccination is linked to fewer flu symptoms and less time away from work, a Mexican study suggests.
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National Influenza Vaccination Week Recognized Our first shot of winter weather could serve as a reminder that it's time for your shot - your flu shot for the year. National Influenza Vaccination Week is just finishing up and if you still haven't rolled up your sleeve for your inoculation, health ...
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Hundreds of Newborn Babies Need Antibiotics for Tuberculosis After Santa Clara ... To prevent infection, doctors are recommending all 350 newborns who may have been exposed receive antibiotic treatment for the next six months, as a precaution.
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Insufficient evidence to assess benefits or harms of routine full-body visual ... The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said that it does not have enough evidence to decide on whether or not full body skin cancer screening is safe and effective.
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Study Links Breast Cancer Treatment, Genetic Vulnerability to Leukemia Risk Therapy-related leukemia (TRL) is often fatal; now, the majority of cases are breast cancer survivors. Breast cancer survivors should be carefully evaluated on the basis of their cancer history and given physical examination, besides the screenings ...
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Medicare issues penalties to two Lafayette hospitals Two Lafayette hospitals are among 20 in Louisiana whose Medicare payments will be cut by 1 percent because the facilities had higher rates of complications and infections.
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Google's Verily launches new surgery spinoff Verb Surgical Google's Verily launches new surgery spinoff Verb Surgical Google parent company Alphabet gave us a bit of a shocker Monday when it renamed Google Life Sciences to Verily.
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People With Mental Illness 16 Times At Greater Risk Of Getting Killed By Police People with mental illness undergo constant health challenges yet they are 16 times more likely to get killed from police encounters.
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Advances in cancer treatment aid Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter is receiving ground-breaking treatment at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute, but it's not just because he's a former president.
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Abortion falls to record low in the US, CDC says Abortion in the U.S. is at record-low levels, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of induced abortions was 1.1 million in 2010, the most recent year for which statistics are available.
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Medical Experts Unsure Of Safety, Effectiveness Of Full-Body Skin Cancer Screening Experts from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced that they were unable to provide a complete report on the effectiveness of full-body visual screening in preventing skin cancer deaths.
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The most (and least) healthy states The United States spends far and away the most on health care per capita, yet the nation lags nearly two years behind the average life expectancy among developed nations.
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Mentally Ill People Not Receiving Treatment 16 Times More Likely To Be Killed ... Researchers found that about one in four fatal police encounters involve someone with mental illness. (Photo : Facebook/Insomnia).
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Blind Colorado Woman Sees Again With New Bionic Eye After more than 15 years of blindness, a woman from Colorado can now see through her new bionic eye. Doctors implanted a microchip onto Jamie Carley's eye.
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US Sex Ed Criticized For Having Low Ratings Recent findings from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that less than half of all US high schools and about 20% of middle schools across the country were found to be failing on providing adequate sex education to teens as ...
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Many US School Students are not receiving Sufficient Sex Education: Report A newly released report of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that many schools in the country are not taking sex education seriously.
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Bionic Eye gives new Life to Blind Colorado Mother A woman from Colorado, who was blind from past two decades, was recently brought to tears when she saw her son after a long time, thanks to her new bionic eye.
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