- THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Potentially groundbreaking
discoveries involving genetic mutations of two deadly cancers — the brain
cancer glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer — may lead to new treatments
and even cures, researchers say.
“These studies represent the most complete genetic analysis to date of
any tumor type and provide a detailed genetic map of these [...]
- THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Federal health authorities
have asked the manufacturers of four widely used immunosuppressive drugs
to bolster safety warnings on the risk of developing opportunistic fungal
infections.
The drugs, Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel and Remicade, belong to a class of
medications known as tumor necrosis factor alpha blockers (TNF-alpha
blockers), which suppress the immune system and [...]
- THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — The more places that sell
alcohol in a neighborhood, the greater the number of injuries that occur
to children who live there, a new study reports.
The findings, published in the November issue of Alcoholism:
Clinical & Experimental Research, are based on analyzing data from
1,646 California zip code areas and [...]
- THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — The vast majority of
American children are getting their recommended vaccinations, federal
health officials said Thursday.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
immunization rates remain at or near record levels, with at least 90
percent coverage for all but one of the vaccines in the recommended series
for [...]
- THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Apparently foiled by
increased security at hospitals, strangers who abduct babies are finding
opportunities for kidnapping at other public places or private homes, a
new study suggests.
The kidnapping of babies by strangers — usually women — remains
extremely rare. But the findings suggest that families and law enforcement
need to be aware [...]
- THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Lung and bronchial cancers
accounted for almost half of the approximately 2.4 million tobacco-related
cancers diagnosed in the United States between 1999 and 2004, says a
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday.
The study, which marks the first time the CDC has reported on all
tobacco-related cancers for more [...]
- THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — Insomnia compromises brain
functions that affect verbal fluency but may not hurt one's speaking
ability, a new study says.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning found that the
left medial prefrontal cortex and the left interior frontal gyrus — two
brain regions that deal with fluency — are less active during [...]
CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Blacks with a history of the chronic
breathing disorder COPD have a far greater risk of developing
lung cancer than whites who have the lung disease, U.S.
researchers said on Thursday.
They said the high risk for blacks with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease highlights the need for better risk
assessment tools that take race and ethnicity into account.
[...]
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
The drugs — Enbrel, Remicade, Humira and Cimzia — work by suppressing the immune system to keep it from attacking the [...]
CHICAGO (Reuters) -
The AIDS virus is especially hard to
fight because few people develop antibodies to neutralize it,
but U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found an
immunity gene that may offer a new way to fight back.
They said the gene Apobec3 helps mice develop antibodies
against an HIV-like virus, and they think the same gene in
humans [...]