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Sunday, 04 June 2006 |
A new drug stalls the growth of tumors in women with advanced breast
cancer. Testing was stopped after noting the drug's effectiveness,
so that all the women could be given the chance to benefit:
A novel experimental drug (Tykerb) delayed the growth of tumors nearly
twice as long as standard chemotherapy did in patients who had stopped
responding to Herceptin, doctors reported Saturday. (Boston.com via AP Medical writer )
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Saturday, 03 June 2006 |
From the Student Operated Press comes this good news for low-income pregnant women. A U.S. program expands access to prenatal health care in nine states: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Washington, and now Texas:
More low-income pregnant women living in Texas will have access to critical prenatal care the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today. The State of Texas estimates that 66,916 pregnant women will receive prenatal health care under this expansion of its State Children’s Health Insurance Program. (sop newswire)
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Saturday, 03 June 2006 |
Horses in Arlington, Va. are helping amputee soldiers in their long struggle to learn to walk again, to regain strength and to believe in their new limbs.
“It gives me the confidence to know that I lost an arm and a leg but not the ability to do certain things,” 1st Lt. Ryan Kules, 25, a Tempe, Ariz., native who was injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq in November, said Friday. (AP story, photo )
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Friday, 02 June 2006 |
Currently, more than 50 percent of medicines used to treat children in Europe have not been specifically tested on them or authorised for their use.
Thus, doctors in the EU are having to guess the best dosage levels for children. New rules will require that all medicines still in the development stages be researched as to the safety and effectiveness of their products in children. (BBC ) |
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Friday, 02 June 2006 |
Cytori Therapeutics is testing a
breast reconstruction therapy that uses stem cells derived from fat to
reconstruct breast tissue in women who have undergone partial
mastectomies. (Wired )
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