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French scientists publish paper on guidelines for drinking and relation of alcohol to cancer

A group of French scientists have published a paper in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) on guidelines for drinking and the relation of alcohol to cancer.

21 Jul 2011

Dealing with chronic pain

For people with severe chronic pain like Kelly Young and Teresa Shaffer—both of whom have become patient advocates —coping with agony is a fact of life. Young suffers from rheumatoid arthritis while Shaffer's pain is linked primarily to another degenerative bone disease.

21 Jul 2011

Receptor GPR56 could have a critical role in cancer progression

Melanoma is devastating on many fronts: rates are rising dramatically among young people, it is deadly if not caught early, and from a biological standpoint, the disease tends to adapt to even the most modern therapies, known as VEGF inhibitors.

21 Jul 2011

Loyola medical experts offer heat and pollution advisory prescriptions

Many across the nation are experiencing the "dog days of summer" and medical experts at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of Loyola University Health System, warn residents to take extra precautions to safeguard their health.

21 Jul 2011

U.S.News ranks Rush University Medical Center among America's Best Hospitals for 2011-12

Rush University Medical Center has once again been named one of the nation's top hospitals in the nation, according to the upcoming issue of U.S.News & World Report.

21 Jul 2011

Loss of critical male development gene causes male cells to become female

University of Minnesota Medical School and College of Biological Sciences researchers have made a key discovery showing that male sex must be maintained throughout life.

21 Jul 2011

U.S. News ranks University of Texas MD Anderson as leading hospital for cancer care

For the fifth straight year, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is the leading hospital in the nation for cancer care, according to the "Best Hospitals" survey published annually by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

21 Jul 2011

Women & Infants Hospital fellow earns ASCO's Conquer Cancer Foundation award

A fellow in the Breast Health Center at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island was one of 25 nationwide to earn a 2011 Breast Cancer Symposium Merit Award from The Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

21 Jul 2011

IOM panel recommends insurance coverage for contraception

The recommendation by the Institute of Medicine advises that contraceptives for women be treated as one of the several preventive services provided free of charge under the new health law.

21 Jul 2011

Maltodextrin-based imaging probes could improve diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections

A new family of contrast agents that sneak into bacteria disguised as glucose food can detect bacterial infections in animals with high sensitivity and specificity. These agents -- called maltodextrin-based imaging probes -- can also distinguish a bacterial infection from other inflammatory conditions.

21 Jul 2011

U.S. News ranks UC San Diego Health System among America's Best Hospitals for 2011-2012

UC San Diego Health System ranks #1 among San Diego's adult hospitals and among "America's Best Hospitals" according to U.S. News & World Report's "2011 - 2012 Best Hospitals" issue online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals and available on newsstands August 30.

21 Jul 2011

Bristol-Myers Squibb announces results of BMS-708163 Phase II study on Alzheimer's

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced the results of a Phase II study evaluating the safety and tolerability of the investigational gamma secretase inhibitor BMS-708163 in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

21 Jul 2011

Beta HPV prophylactic strategies may have a positive impact on prevention of NMSC

Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common form of malignancy in adult Caucasian populations, with more than a million cases recorded each year in the USA alone.

21 Jul 2011

AMAG enters definitive merger agreement with Allos Therapeutics

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Allos Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger with a total equity value of approximately $686 million.

21 Jul 2011

Gene-based test for distinguishing harmless from precancerous pancreatic cysts

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a gene-based test to distinguish harmless from precancerous pancreatic cysts. The test may eventually help some patients avoid needless surgery to remove the harmless variety.

21 Jul 2011

Promising results from phase I study of Genentech's GDC-0941 for advanced breast cancer

A new drug targeting the PI3K gene in patients with advanced breast cancer shows promising results in an early phase I investigational study conducted at Virginia G. Piper Cancer at Scottsdale Healthcare, according to a presentation by oncologist Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff at the 47th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

21 Jul 2011