WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers will vote Tuesday on whether to withdraw regulatory approval of the Roche drug Avastin for breast cancer treatment after the drug showed disappointing results in recent studies….
Category: Healthcare IT
Gel Shows Promise Against HIV
A new vaginal gel is the first to show promise in preventing HIV infection among women, researchers report. If licensed, the gel could be an effective female-initiated means of HIV prevention, which…
Experimental Test May Aid Decisions After Failed IVF
Only one in four attempts at in-vitro fertilization, or IVF, results in a live birth, despite a slow but steady rise in the overall success rate of these procedures. Now, a new…
Gel found to reduce AIDS risk in women
A woman’s risk of infection with the AIDS virus can be significantly cut by the use of a vaginal gel, a study has found. The research marks the first success in a…
Ex-President Clinton asks nations to keep funding AIDS programs
With the promise of coming AIDS vaccines, former President Clinton urged nations Monday not to give up on funding to prevent a calamity. Overall support for global AIDS efforts from donor nations…
Health care reform could help manage chronic disease
Jeff Edwards has had high cholesterol for years.But when the Mount Cobb man was laid off from his job as a salesman in March 2009, he found himself without health insurance to…
IVF children more likely to develop cancer
Concerns have been raised that children born after fertility treatment are at greater risk of complications, congential malformations and infertility problems themselves but this is the first time a significant association with…
Hate needles? Flu patch may take sting out of your fears
In what would be a boon for needle-phobes of all ages, researchers have developed a skin patch that vaccinates against the flu and could be available in five years. The patch, which…
Study Looks at HIV and Poverty
VIENNA—The prevalence of HIV infection among heterosexuals in U.S. inner cities constitutes a generalized epidemic, a new U.S. study says. The report, based on interviews of more than 9,000 people not considered…
Many False-Positive HIV Test Results for Those in AIDS Vaccine Trials
SUNDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) — Almost half of HIV-negative people who participate in clinical trials for HIV vaccines end up testing positive on routine HIV tests — even though they’re not…
Researchers engineer malaria-proof mosquitoes
The parasite that causes the disease is unable to infect the genetically modified insects, a possible step toward eradicating the infection that kills nearly 1 million people a year. Malaria kills nearly…
Firms cancel health coverage
The relentlessly rising cost of health insurance is prompting some small Massachusetts companies to drop coverage for their workers and encourage them to sign up for state-subsidized care instead, a trend that,…
AIDS groups call for “renaissance” in vaccine hunt
Scientists searching for the Holy Grail of a vaccine against the incurable AIDS virus say recent encouraging steps should now galvanize efforts to use limited funds in smarter ways to drive the…
New breast cancer drug
British scientists are developing a new drug that could stop the spread of breast cancer in a fifth of sufferers, reported the Daily Express. It said that the drug is based on…
Out-of-hours births ‘are riskier’
Babies born at night or at the weekend are at a greater risk of dying than those born within normal working hours, a study suggests. The analysis of more than one million…