London, December 15 – Tea and coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a large body of evidence shows. And the protection may not be down to caffeine…
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Anti-depressants ‘up stroke risk’
Post menopausal women who take anti-depressants face a small – but statistically significant – increased risk of a stroke, research suggests. The US study was based on 136,293 women aged 50 to…
AIDS Prevention Gel Fails in Trial
In another setback for the fight against AIDS, a microbicide to protect women against infection has failed in the largest trial of its kind, researchers said Monday. That failure, several researchers said,…
CT Scans Linked to Cancer
The risk of cancer associated with popular CT scans appears to be greater than previously believed, according to two new studies published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The findings support…
Le Whif Inhalable Chocolate Paves the Way for a Safer TB Vaccine
CreIn 2007, David Edwards, a biomedical engineer at Harvard University, gave his students a project: Develop a way to inhale food, rather than chewing and swallowing it. “They took a whiff of…
Positive H1N1 Virus Animal Study May Support Use Of SinoFresh Nasal Spray As Preventative Measure
VENICE, FL, December 14, 2009 — SinoFresh Healthcare Products, Inc. announced the recent successful initial animal pilot study of the SinoFresh Nasal Spray product for use in preventing and decreasing the severity…
first time Scientists use nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in blood
A team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time. Their findings, which appear December 13 in the advanced online publication…
Black Women Have Worse Outcomes in Operable Breast Cancer
Black women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer had worse disease-free and overall survival, according to data presented at the CTRC-AACR Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 9-13, 2009. “Black…
Anti-Estrogens May Reduce Lung Cancer Mortality
Anti-estrogens as therapy for breast cancer may also reduce the risk of death from lung cancer, according to study results presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held here Dec….
Scientists got Top Prize For Light-based Detection Technology
The awards recognise and honour innovation in the UK resulting from the collaboration between academia and industry. The technology could be developed into a compact cell imaging system for use in research…
Progress of BSI-201 For Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
BSI-201, progresses as planned with the Phase 3 study meeting expectations on patient accrual and trial site coverage in the United States. Study investigators have enrolled 214 of the target number of…
Swine Flu- A Panic Or Pandemic?
In the past few months, we have been inundated with news about an influenza virus that originated in a faecal swamp of an industrial pigsty in Mexico, which today has transformed into…
Biomedical scientists make ovary gene discovery
A gene which keeps ovaries producing female hormones has been identified by biomedical scientists. The discovery is said to important because it may mean that a baby’s sex is not solely determined…
laser-based stem cell therapy for COPD
Entest BioMedical (La Mesa, CA), a majority owned subsidiary of Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, entered into a letter of intent with Advanced Light Devices to develop a proprietary laser system (see also “Low-level…
1 in 6 Americans Have Had Swine Flu
Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday. That means about 1 in 6 Americans have had…