- WEDNESDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug that
blocks the genetic flaw responsible for one form of cystic fibrosis has
worked well in an early trial, Israeli researchers report.

“The results have been promising,” said Dr. Eitan Kerem, head of
pediatrics at Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital in Jerusalem, and lead
author of a report published online [...]

A woman stands outside a sandwich shop. Scientists have found two genetic triggers for producing healthful “good” fat in mice, pointing the way to a new treatment for obesity, according to a pair of studies published Thursday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)

PARIS (AFP) -
Scientists have found two genetic triggers for producing healthful “good” fat in mice, pointing the way [...]

President George W. Bush speaks about the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit in Sun City Center, Florida May 9, 2006. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

BALTIMORE (Reuters) -
A U.S. Medicare advisory panel on
Wednesday expressed doubts that industry-sponsored data on the
use of PET scans to diagnose and evaluate nine cancers could
apply more widely to other cancers.

The panel of outside experts [...]

A woman walks along a boardwalk in New York September 4, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) -
A new understanding of the origins of
brown fat cells — the “good” kind of fat that burns energy and
keeps us warm — may lead to new treatments for obesity, two
research teams reported on Wednesday.

Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute [...]

PARIS (AFP) - Les traitements basés sur la carte d’identité génétique de chaque patient peuvent aider à prévenir des centaines de milliers de décès dus aux effets indésirables des médicaments, selon le pionnier américain de la génétique, Craig Venter.
La diminution croissante du coût de l’analyse du génome individuel devrait contribuer à personnaliser les traitements en [...]

A PET scan shows a brain tumor in a handout photo from the National Cancer Institute. (Handout/Reuters)

BALTIMORE (Reuters) -
The medical imaging industry called
for the Medicare government health plan to broaden its coverage
of PET scans to additional cancer types, asking an advisory
panel on Wednesday to recommend wider payments.

Representatives of the Academy of Molecular Imaging and
other [...]

BREST (AFP) - Une apilcutrice de 58 ans a été hospitalisée en coma artificiel après avoir été piquée mardi par une centaine d’abeilles à Kernével, près de Concarneau (Finistère), a-t-on appris mercredi auprès des pompiers.
La victime, propriétaire des ruches, a été attaquée alors qu’elle s’en approchait au moment de la récolte du miel, selon le [...]

A doctor checks a patient at the parallel outpatients department being run by striking doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, July 2006. AIIMS, India's top medical facility, will investigate the deaths of 49 babies in clinical trials that took place from the beginning of 2006 to the present, [...]

A lab worker looks at DNA samples. Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)

TOKYO (AFP) -
Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from [...]

PARIS (AFP) - La “bonne” graisse qui brûle les calories partage la même origine que nos muscles, selon des recherches qui pourraient déboucher sur de nouveaux traitements de l’obésité.
Les travaux de deux équipes américaines sur cette surprenante découverte sont publiés dans l’édition de jeudi de la revue scientifique britannique Nature.
Même si l’on souhaite souvent en [...]