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Bio-engineered bladders a step closer to reality

Researchers at the University of York are using an understanding of the special cells that line the bladder to develop ways of restoring continence to patients with serious bladder conditions, including cancer.

31 Jul 2007

Material advantages increasing for better-educated mothers and their children

New research from the University of Bristol shows that the experiences of work and family life for women in the UK have become increasing polarised between those with further education and those without. Over time, the material advantages of better-educated mothers, for themselves and for their children, have been increasing.

31 Jul 2007

Poorer people could lose out on elective hospital care

New research from the University of Bristol shows that wealthier people are likely to travel further than poorer people do for elective care.

31 Jul 2007

Displaced adolescent girls benefit from group therapy

Group interpersonal psychotherapy is effective in reducing depressive symptoms among adolescent girls affected by war and displacement, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions. However, the same treatment was not as effective in boys.

31 Jul 2007

FDA announces new food safety programs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a national program to bring about the adoption of more uniform, equivalent, and high quality regulatory programs by state agencies responsible for regulating facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food under FDA's jurisdiction.

31 Jul 2007

Researchers genetically modify a plant to halt reproduction of HIV related virus

In a study that could lead to new ways to prevent infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and similar organisms, Purdue University researchers have been able to genetically modify a plant to halt reproduction of a related virus.

31 Jul 2007

Gluten-free foods - growing market - taste issues

An estimated 2 million Americans are afflicted with celiac disease, an intolerance for food containing wheat, and the market for gluten-free products is booming even while food companies and researchers have yet to fully solve their greatest challenge - making products taste good.

31 Jul 2007

Health care access problems in New Orleans

As the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall approaches, new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation of its household survey of people in the New Orleans area shows that more than four in 10 (43 percent) adults reported at least one health care access problem in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

31 Jul 2007

Hydrogen peroxide damages absorbable sutures

Cleaning absorbable sutures with hydrogen peroxide dramatically decreases their tensile strength, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

31 Jul 2007

Pets could be to blame for infections of multi-resistant bacteria in humans

The next time you have difficulty fighting a bacterial infection, your next trip to the doctor might be to the family veterinarian.

31 Jul 2007

Biota increases damages claim against GlaxoSmithKline

Australian company Biota has filed its updated Particulars of Loss and Damage in its suit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for failing to support the influenza drug, Relenza, discovered by Biota and licensed to GSK in 1990.

31 Jul 2007

New findings on how brain processes visual information

Neuroscientists have long believed that vision is processed in the brain along circuits made up of neurons, similar to the way telephone signals are transferred through separate wires from one station to another.

31 Jul 2007

Taiwanese TB globe trotters back home

In another case of globe trotting tuberculosis (TB) air travelers, a couple from Taiwan are now back home.

31 Jul 2007

Maverick medics in the UK find a cheap way to save sight

The maverick medics who are ophthalmic surgeons in Manchester are prescribing the drug Avastin to victims of the most common cause of blindness in the elderly, age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

31 Jul 2007

Lunchtime salads may not be such a healthy option!

A campaign group in the UK says some lunchtime salads and pasta contain so much salt that they should come with a health warning.

31 Jul 2007

One joint as bad as five cigarettes

The latest research says the effects of a single cannabis 'joint' could damage the lungs as much as smoking up to five tobacco cigarettes one after another.

31 Jul 2007

Contraceptive sponge making a comeback

The contraceptive sponge initially launched in 1983 is now making a comeback ten years down the line.

31 Jul 2007

That daily tipple may not be such a good idea!

Researchers in Britain say the more alcohol a person drinks, the greater their risk of developing bowel cancer.

31 Jul 2007

Majority of FDA panel votes in favor of Avandia

GlaxoSmithKline has welcomed the nearly unanimous recommendation of an U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) advisory committee to support Avandia's (rosiglitazone maleate) continued availability to patients in the U.S.

30 Jul 2007

Takeda responds to FDA recommendation on Actos

Following a joint meeting today of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, Takeda Global Research & Development (TGRD) underscores its position that ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl) offers a proven safety profile regarding the risk of cardiovascular disease.

30 Jul 2007