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Traditional Chinese Practitioner Found Guilty Of Medicines Act Offences
A traditional Chinese practitioner today received a two-year conditional discharge at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to five offences of the Medicines Act 1968. Susan Wu, who worked at the 'Chinese Herbal Medical Centre' in Chelmsford, Essex, prescribed and sold a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Longdan Xie Gan Wan, to a woman who was suffering from a minor skin complaint in 2003...
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2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Press Program Announced
Four studies from the third annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Press Program will be highlighted in an embargoed presscast (press briefing via phone and webcast) on Wednesday, March 3, from 12:00-1:00 PM (EST)...
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The Evidence Mounts For Acupuncture To Treat Period Pains
A new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology analyses the evidence base for the use of acupuncture to treat period pains and concludes that the available evidence is promising...
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Could Higher Levels Of Vitamin D Cut The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes?
People who get plenty of vitamin D can cut their chance of developing Type 2 diabetes by 55 per cent. Researchers from the Warwick Medical School reviewed 28 existing studies on almost 100,000 people looking at vitamin D levels among middle-aged and elderly people. They also found high levels of vitamin D reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease by 33 per cent...
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Zinc Supplements To Prevent Middle Ear Infections: Evidence Is Weak
A new Cochrane review did not find clear evidence that taking zinc supplements reduces the occurrence of middle ear infections or otitis media in healthy children. About 164 million people around the world have long-term hearing loss caused by inflammation of the middle ear, and about 90 percent live in developing countries. "Deafness is a disaster for these children...
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Urology Study Shows Reduced Side Effects From Radiation For Prostate Cancer With Calypso Medical's Tumor Tracking Technology
Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of targeting technology used for accurate, precise real-time tracking of tumor targets, announced the online publication of a clinical study in Urology (The GOLD JOURNAL)...
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Prostate Cancer Therapy Can Increase Heart Risk Factors
Androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT), commonly used to treat prostate cancer, can worsen heart risk factors and may increase the risk of heart attack and/or cardiac death, although the relationship between ADT and heart attack or cardiac death has not been definitively established, according to a science advisory published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association...
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Reliable Home Fertility Test In Sight
A new 'fertility chip', developed by researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, can accurately count spermatozoa in sperm. This is an important step towards the development of a compact device for reliable 'pre-scanning' of male fertility. The researchers are publishing the invention of the chip in the scientific journal Lab on a Chip...
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Marketing Dietary Supplements
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., business owner has pleaded guilty in federal court to her role in a conspiracy to fraudulently market dietary supplements over the Internet with illegal claims that these supplements could prevent, treat or cure a number of diseases...
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Relieving Pediatric Respiratory Disease Symptoms By Hypnosis
Hypnosis has potential therapeutic value in children with respiratory disorders for alleviating symptoms such as habit cough or unexplained sensations of difficulty breathing and for lessening a child's discomfort during medical procedures...
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UK Milk Has No Effect On Vitamin D Levels
Recent media reports have covered research announced ahead of the American Academy of Neurology's (AAN) Annual Meeting in April which suggested that milk during pregnancy may lower a baby's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life. The theory from the researchers in Boston, announced in an AAN press release, was based on a survey of American mothers...
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Linking Breast Cancer Patients With Alternative Therapies
Biological-based therapies such as diet supplements and vitamins are the most popular complementary and alternative medicines for women recovering from breast cancer, according to a Michigan State University researcher working to create a support intervention for women in treatment for the disease...
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What Is An Ovarian Cyst? What Causes Ovarian Cysts?
An ovarian cyst is an accumulation of fluid within an ovary that is surrounded by a very thin wall. Any ovarian follicle that is larger than approximately two centimeters is an ovarian cyst. Ovarian cysts can range widely in size; from being as small as a pea to larger than an orange - in rare cases ovarian cysts can become so large that the woman looks pregnant...
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Palatin Technologies, Inc. Announces Dosing Of Subcutaneous Bremelanotide Trial In Men
Palatin Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PTN) announced the completion of first cohort dosing in a placebo-controlled, multiple dose study of bremelanotide, its experimental treatment for sexual dysfunction. The primary endpoint in this double-blind safety study is evaluation of blood pressure effects of subcutaneous bremelanotide in men between 45 and 65 years old...
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Young Patients With Chronic Illnesses Find Relief In Acupuncture
Doctors at Rush University Medical Center are offering pediatric patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses acupuncture therapy to help ease the pain and negative side effects like nausea, fatigue, and vomiting caused by chronic health conditions and intensive treatments...
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Repros Submits Response To FDA Regarding Androxal(R) Indication For Treatment Of Hypogonadal Men Wishing To Preserve Fertility
Repros Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqCM:RPRX) announced that the Company, as requested by the FDA during the Type C meeting held on January 25, 2010, has sent a revised indication statement to the FDA's Division of Reproductive and Urologic Products for the use of Androxal® in the treatment of men wishing to preserve fertility while being treated for their hypogonadal state...
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Using Nitroglycerin To Treat Prostate Cancer Shows Potential To Halt Disease
Treatment of prostate cancer using a very low dose of nitroglycerin may slow and even halt the progression of the disease without the severe side effects of current treatments, Queen's University researchers have discovered The findings are the result of the first-ever clinical trial using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer...
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Prostate Cancer: Lower Detection With PSA Screening In US Than In A European Randomized Trial
Fewer prostate cancers were detected by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in the U.S. than in a European randomized trial because of lower screening sensitivity, according to a new brief communication published online February 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. To compare the PSA screening performance in a clinical trial with that in a population setting, Elisabeth M...
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Enhancing Arrest Of Cell Growth To Treat Prostate Cancer In Mice
A team of researchers, led by Pier Paolo Pandolfi, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, has identified a new type of cellular senescence (i.e., irreversible arrest of cell growth) and determined a way to enhance it to suppress prostate tumor development and growth in mice...
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Autism Risk Higher When Mother Is Older, Study
Researchers who studied records of all births occurring in California in the 1990s found that the risk of having a child with autism was significantly higher when the mother was older, regardless of the father's age, except when the mother was younger, the risk was also higher if the father were older...
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