Researchers from the Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence – home to UQ’s School of Pharmacy – have identified a potential new target for breast cancer therapy. Published in the prestigious scientific journal…
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Language Delays Found In Siblings Of Children With Autism
Siblings of children with autism have more frequent language delays and other subtle characteristics of the disorder than previously understood. Girls also may be mildly affected more often than recognized in the…
Researchers Discover Genetic Changes That Make Some Forms Of Brain Cancer More Aggressive Than Others
A multi-institutional team led by investigators from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has published a study that provides new insight into genetic changes that make some forms of glioblastoma, the most common type…
FDA Orders Halt To Marketing Of Unapproved Single-ingredient Oral Colchicine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action against companies that manufacture, distribute, and/or market unapproved single-ingredient oral colchicine, a medication commonly used for the daily prevention of gout, to treat acute…
New Head-to-Head Hypertension Study Shows Benicar(R) Superior To Cozaar(R)
New study results show that patients treated with Benicar® (olmesartan medoxomil) 40 mg once daily had significantly greater reductions in blood pressure and higher rates of goal attainment than patients receiving Cozaar®…
No Asthma Improvement For Decade Has Cost NHS 100m Pounds – Asthma UK Scotland
The number of people being rushed to hospital because of their asthma is the same as it was in 2000 – and at an annual cost of £10m, Asthma UK Scotland has…
Paraguayan leader’s health stable after treatment
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo’s health was stable on Saturday after he was rushed to a hospital in Brazil to treat what turned out to be a vascular problem, his doctor said. Lugo,…
genes play a role, but how crucial are they?
Anyone whose child has been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has good reason to feel exasperated. Last week a scientific squabble over what may or may not cause the behavioural problems…
Personality disorders raise risk of ulcers
Personality may be a key to who develops stomach ulcers, writes Roger Dobson. According to research, those with a personality disorder are up to five times more likely to develop a peptic…
Britain’s £100bn mental health crisis
Mental illness in England cost the nation more than £100bn last year, highlighting some of the most serious emotional and psychological problems in Europe. More than £21bn was spent on such health…
‘Pink Eastern’ breast cancer campaign kicks off
The Saudi Cancer Foundation in the Eastern Province kicked off its “Pink Eastern” campaign Saturday to raise awareness of breast cancer. The campaign’s inauguration ceremony was held at Al-Andalus Auditorium in Dammam….
Hospitals told to come clean about their infection rates
NHS trusts will be forced to publish figures showing the number of cases suffering from a wide range of bugs, as part of efforts to help the public make an “informed choice”…
Boy, 15, gets first permanent artifical heart
The boy, who has not been named, underwent a 10 hour operation last week and is still in intensive care but has woken up following the surgery and said to be well…
Health alert for schools
EXPATRIATE children returning to school mid-term have been urged to visit their nearest health centres for a check-up. Health authorities issued the advisory in a bid to curb the problem of tracking…
Majority of UAE mothers feel kids are having imbalanced diet
DUBAI — Only one in four Emirati mothers is confident that her children are following a balanced diet, according to the Kraft Foods Health Eating and Nutrition GCC Awareness Study. The majority…