AP - Treating African children at home for malaria doesn't help in cities because most fevers aren't actually caused by malaria, a new study said Tuesday. -- read full article
HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A common, harmless human
virus can target and kill breast cancer stem cells, Canadian researchers
report. -- read full article
HealthDay - MONDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- A specialized technique that can
detect subtle changes in cancer cells contained in a drop of blood or a
tiny piece of tissue may one day be used by doctors to better assess how
cancers are responding to treatment, say U.S. researchers. -- read full article
Reuters - Researchers in China say they have managed to generate new eggs using stem cells from the ovaries of young and adult female mice, taking a step toward addressing problems of female infertility. -- read full article
AP - If the uninsured were a political lobbying group, they'd have more members than AARP. The National Mall couldn't hold them if they decided to march on Washington.
Time.com - In preliminary trials, a potential new drug for advanced prostate cancer has shrunk tumors in the lab and reduced signs of the disease in patients with resistant disease -- read full article
HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A class of Parkinson's disease
drugs called dopamine agonists can cause patients to develop destructive
behaviors such as compulsive gambling or hypersexuality, says a new study. -- read full article
HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- The drug avotermin (brand name
Juvista) seems to improve the healing of skin scars, according to three
new studies. -- read full article
AP - Five years ago, it was the stuff of science fiction: Replace someone's face with one from a dead donor. But on Thursday, Boston doctors performed the world's seventh such transplant — less than a week after one in France — and plans are in the works for more.
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Typical exposures to
chemicals that are found in a wide range of products, and have been linked
to cancer in animals, may not boost risks for a range of
malignancies in humans, a new report finds. -- read full article
HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A class of Parkinson's disease
drugs called dopamine agonists can cause patients to develop destructive
behaviors such as compulsive gambling or hypersexuality, says a new study. -- read full article
AFP - A highly contagious disease especially harmful to young children has killed 50 people in China this year, the health ministry said Friday as it warned the worst was yet to come.
HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- The drug avotermin (brand name
Juvista) seems to improve the healing of skin scars, according to three
new studies. -- read full article
