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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: treatment

treatment stories: 28 news summaries

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China to Test Controversial Malaria Treatment

Researchers aim to eradicate disease on African island

Jun 6, 07 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese researcher will test a radical new strategy designed to wipe out malaria on a small African island, the International Herald Tribune reports. Mass treatment with a highly effective antimalarial drug would virtually clear the parasite from patients' blood, but critics fear the plan could backfire, causing drug resistance... More »

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China • Africa • health • drugs • malaria • public health • artemisinin • treatment • Indian Ocean • Moheli • Comoros

New Drug Battles Liver Cancer

Nexavar, already approved for kidney cancer, shows promise in liver patients

Jun 4, 07 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - An impressive clinical trial has produced what could be the first effective drug treatment for liver cancer, the New York Times reports. Nexavar, which blocks both the blood supply to the tumor and proteins that spur tumor growth, extended the lives of patients in the trial by almost three months,... More »

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cancer • medicine • health • drugs • Nexavar • liver cancer • treatment • cancer treatment • tumor • sorafenib

TB Patient, Family Ties Revealed

Atlanta lawyer's father-in-law is a CDC researcher

May 31, 07 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The quarantined tuberculosis patient is an Atlanta lawyer who recently married the daughter of a CDC TB researcher, CNN reports. Andrew Speaker, 31, took a private plane to Denver today to be treated for extremely drug-resistant TB, or XDR TB. Microbiologist Robert Cooksey says he knew of his son-in-law's infection... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Tuberculosis • Andrew Speaker • Robert Cooksey • treatment • infection • TB

Scientists Find Lead in
Bird Flu Vaccine

Antibodies from survivors have been effective in curing infected mice

May 29, 07 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the first break in the deadly bird flu epidemic, an international team of researchers using antibodies from survivors of the Vietnamese strain of the disease were able to prevent it from developing in mice, and to neutralize those already infected. More »

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health • epidemic • vaccine • medical research • treatment • infection • antibodies • avian flu

Scientists ID New Breast Cancer Genes

Biggest breakthrough in a decade may advance prevention, treatment

May 28, 07 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four newly discovered genes can increase a woman's chance of developing breast cancer by as much as 60%, say scientists who hail the isolation of the genes as the biggest advance in the field since 1994. The breakthrough raises hopes for more advanced treatment and even prevention of breast cancer... More »

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cancer • medicine • health • breast cancer • women's health • women • cancer research • research • treatment • genes

Detox is Second (or Only) Home for These Addicts

Repeat patients who use it as refuge are costing New York millions

Apr 17, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drug addicts who check into New York hospital detox units dozens of times per year cost the state more than $300 million annually. These frequent fliers are often homeless or mentally ill people who see detox as a source of food and housing. People use it instead of the shelter... More »

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rehab • drugs • New York City • drug addiction • detox • hospitals • housing • treatment • homeless • shelter • addiction

Men With Eating Disorders Lack Treatment

Up to 25% of anorexics and 40% of bulemics
are male

Apr 17, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men affected by eating disorders have few options—with research, diagnosis, and treatment all geared towards women. A new study reveals that a quarter of all anorexics in the US are men, as are up to 40% of all binge eaters. "Society sees this as a girl's disease,"... More »

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bulimia • health • disease • anorexia • men • treatment • eating disorder

Cheap Anticancer Drugs Are Ignored

Why? They don't make pharmeceutical companies enough money

Apr 5, 07 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Moss writes about why inexpensive cancer treatments get no research dollars. The publisher of a newsletter that covers both conventional and alternative cancer therapies, Moss blames the inability to patent already discovered and available chemicals and drugs for the situation. More »

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cancer • medicine • medical breakthrough • health • drugs • research • treatment

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