Adolescent girls who follow a low-fat diet have reduced sex hormone levels that may decrease their risk of breast cancer in adulthood, new research reveals.

לפי פירסום באתר ה- FDA עולה כי ועדת התרופות ללא מרשם של ה- FDA הודיעה ליצרנים ולמשווקים של תכשירים המכילים phenylpropanolamine להפסיק את שיווקם. הוראה

Thalidomide plus dexamethasone may become the treatment of choice for myeloma patients with low tumor mass, according to the results of a study published in

In men with rectal cancer, laparoscopically assisted resection is more likely to cause sexual dysfunction than conventional open resection, according to a recent report. In

Transfusion of common myeloid progenitors (CMP) and granulocyte-monocyte progenitors (GMP) into mice after myeloablative treatment protected against invasive aspergillosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, according to

In women with node-positive breast cancer, treatment with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil plus vincristine and prednisone (CMFVP) leads to a significantly longer survival than treatment

Italian researchers have found that bisphosphonate therapy provides clinical benefits to adults with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), just as it does with OI affected children.  “Neridronate

NICE has issued for consultation, preliminary guidance on capecitabine for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The guidance recommends that: – Capecitabine

Risk of breast cancer among women is not equal in both breasts after a diagnosis of atypical lobular hyperplasia, say clinicians in the United States.

יוזמה, מבורכת – יש לאמר, של יצירת קוד אתי מוסכם בין חברות התרופות להסתדרות הרפואית, נמצאת כעת התהליך הכנה. ליוזמה שותפים ארגון פארמה ישראל, ארגון

עתון הארץ מדווח כי במסגרת פורום ורב שיח שהתקיים בבי”ח הדסה, שבמסגרתו הציג פרופ’ רכס סקירה על בעיות של רפואה וכלכלה, הטיחו משתתפים רבים ביקורת

There is no hard evidence that exposure to poliovirus vaccine contaminated with simian virus 40 (SV40) has increased the rate of pleural mesothelioma among the

Oral vaccination of mice with recombinant Listeria monocytogenes expressing a human papillomavirus (HPV) oncogene elicits a specific immune response that prevents or reverses tumor growth,

Prostatectomy or radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer with a Gleason score of 8 or higher and a PSA level of 10 or lower is associated

The activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is an early event in the progression of melanoma, according to a report in the December 2002 issue

The prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis C infection (HCV) is increased when co-infection with HIV is present, new study results indicate. Even when

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guidance advising the blood industry that potential donors who have received the smallpox vaccine should

Invasive squamous cell cervical cancer is more likely to be detected in women who undergo screening at 2 and 3 year intervals compared with women

What appears to be probable seborrheic keratosis may be melanoma in about 1 of 15 cases, results of a study published in the December issue

Colorectal cancer screening is underused in the Washington State Medicare population, and utilization rates were not substantially affected by insurance coverage for these tests, University