Physicians' choice of prescriptions are often influenced by patients, with patient experience with specific drugs playing a strong role, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
The removal through endoscopy of tumours that affect only the superficial layers of the oesophagus can avoid complete extirpation of this part of the digestive tract. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Biological Psychiatry, in its upcoming April 15th issue, is publishing a critically important commentary written by its Editors, members of its Editorial Committee, and its Editorial Board. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Researchers at Boston College have developed the first laboratory mouse model that mimics cancer's spread through the human body. Using their novel cell line, the team discovered one of the body's primary defensive cells plays a role in cancer's attack. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Sunday confirmed its latest case of bird flu as from the deadly H5N1 strain, adding to a string of outbreaks in recent weeks which led to the culling of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 8:13 am
The Institute of Cancer Research announces that a drug candidate, first identified during a research collaboration with UK biotechnology company Piramed Limited, is in clinical development. The trials are currently underway in the UK at The Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and in the U.S. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
A team of researchers led by University of Sunderland scientists has made a major breakthrough in the fight against a deadly hospital infection which kills tens of thousands of people every year. Experts have discovered a technique for the early detection of the superbug pseudomonas aeruginosa which particularly infects patients with cystic fibrosis. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
University of Delaware researchers, in collaboration with U.S. and international colleagues, have found a new type of molecule--a kind of "micro-switch"--that can turn off genes in rice, which is the primary source of food for more than half the world's population. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
Patients recently diagnosed with schizophrenia have abnormalities in a specific part of the brain's white matter. The study, published this month in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, suggests that brain signals passing through the temporal lobe may get "crossed" and lead to some of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 8:00 am
UroToday.com - Sorafenib 400 mg b.i.d. has shown anti-tumor activity and favorable tolerability in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), allowing investigation of more intensive drug administration regimens. This titration study allowed individual patients to escalate to higher doses of sorafenib. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 13 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
It's a David vs. Goliath showdown in the codified world of French cheesemaking. And in round one, an intrepid little collective has dealt a hefty blow to big industry to uphold standards... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 6:59 am
A California advocacy group for asbestos victims sued CBS Corporation, a toy maker and retailers over the sale of a toy based on the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Apr 2008 | 6:20 am
Amid new controversy about vaccines and autism, the government will give vaccine critics a say in shaping how the nation researches immunization safety questions. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Apr 2008 | 6:20 am
A SoHo storefront offers DNA analysis to gauge the risk of contracting one of 18 conditions, including breast cancer, a heart attack and Alzheimer’s disease. Source: NYT > Health | 13 Apr 2008 | 5:50 am
Freshly-trained officers of a new French police service fan out in Paris' volatile suburbs on Monday, on a risky mission to reach out to poor multi-ethnic communities who largely fear and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 5:45 am
He may be the global darling of design, but fast-talking hyperactive Philippe Starck wants esthetic considerations struck off the menu. Ethics are the order of the day, he believes, if the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 5:29 am
Orlando Grimaldi intoned a 'hallelujah' at a choir rehearsal in Washington with an angelicism that belied the tough-as-nails image conveyed by his goth T-shirt, slicked-back hair and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 4:37 am
The Japanese are having fewer children and Disneylands abroad face problems, but the magic has not dimmed here where Mickey and friends are marking 25 years with fans as loyal as ever. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 3:38 am
March was a busy month for Bernard Magrez, winemaker slash property magnate slash billionaire, who has just bought himself six hectares of vineyard in Japan, not far from the slopes of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 3:24 am
Young women in miniskirts walk down the street, catching the eye of punks with red and blue hair, as Myanmar lets loose for an annual festival when the military allows a tiny breath of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 1:52 am
Mobile Internet devices and online communities are merging to a new kind of web diary: "micro-blogging," where people fire off terse missives about what they are doing or thinking at any... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 13 Apr 2008 | 1:33 am
Low doses of a commonly-used anaesthetic could prevent painful memories forming, say researchers. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 12 Apr 2008 | 11:09 pm
