Topic: General Health

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Cancer treatments are looking to future

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 12:39 AM

	Seven patients in one study. Thirty people in another. Compared with the 550,000 Americans who die every year from cancer, the number of patients who benefit from experimental drugs in early trials may not seem very large. Yet these lives are, to cancer specialists, a vision of the future. Read full article: 'Cancer treatments are looking to future'

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Articles: 3 symptoms found for ovarian cancer

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 12:38 AM

	A cluster of three common symptoms in women -- a swollen abdomen, a bloated feeling and urgent urination -- should raise suspicions of ovarian cancer if they are persistent and severe and began recently, a study says. Read full article: '3 symptoms found for ovarian cancer'

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Articles: Thousands of Home Aides Begin a Strike

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 07:58 AM

	Thousands of home health care aides went on strike yesterday in New York City, leaving many sick and elderly patients without care for at least part of the day. Read full article: 'Thousands of Home Aides Begin a Strike'

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Articles: Annual Cancer Conference Becomes Laboratory for Stocks

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 07:53 AM

	Shares of the biotechnology company ImClone Systems jumped Monday as investors responded to better-than-expected results of a study of its Erbitux cancer drug that were reported over the weekend at the annual cancer-care conference. Read full article: 'Annual Cancer Conference Becomes Laboratory for Stocks'

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Articles: Immunetics' simplified blood test to detect anthrax gets US approval

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 07:41 AM

	Immunetics Inc. said yesterday it received federal approval to sell a simplified blood test kit to detect anthrax infection, which will vastly expand the number of laboratories able to screen for the disease. Read full article: 'Immunetics' simplified blood test to detect anthrax gets US approval'

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Articles: Study Confirms Tarceva Gives No Advantage to Chemo

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 07:38 AM

	A large clinical study using the experimental cancer drug Tarceva confirmed earlier results showing it did not improve the effectiveness of standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced lung cancer, researchers said on Monday. Read full article: 'Study Confirms Tarceva Gives No Advantage to Chemo'

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Articles: Doctors call for junk food ad ban

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 03:46 AM

	Junk food manufacturers should be banned from targeting unhealthy products at children, say public health doctors. Read full article: 'Doctors call for junk food ad ban'

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Articles: Condom express fights chlamydia

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 03:29 AM

	When the number of chlamydia cases in young Swedish people doubled in one year, health workers decided drastic measures were needed to boost the use of condoms. Read full article: 'Condom express fights chlamydia'

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Articles: Fears over new cow brain disease

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 03:15 AM

	Scientists are concerned at the potential threat to humans from a mysterious brain condition that paralysed and killed a young cow. Read full article: 'Fears over new cow brain disease'

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Articles: Wine companies cut carbs in the carafe

Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 03:10 AM

	Ever wonder if that full-bodied wine will leave you in a similar condition? Some wineries are tapping into consumers' low-carb cravings with new labels listing calorie and carbohydrate counts. Read full article: 'Wine companies cut carbs in the carafe'

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