‘Fish Pedicure’ a Recipe for Bacterial Infection, Researchers Warn
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — “Fish pedicures” in health spas can expose recipients to a host of pathogens and bacterial infections, a team of researchers warns.
Month: May 2012
Being Obese May Make Job Search Tougher
Experimental Drug Helps Fight Some Childhood Cancers, Study Finds
Two-Drug Combo May Be Safe for Melanoma Treatment
Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer
One of life’s simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn’t matter.
Human Genome adopts rights plan to ward off Glaxo
(Reuters) – Human Genome Sciences Inc said on Thursday it had adopted a stockholder rights plan as the biotechnology company defends itself against a $2.6 billion hostile takeover bid by drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc. Human Genome said its board determined the $13-a-share bid by the British drugmaker was inadequate and undervalued the company, and it recommended stockholders not tender their shares. …
Syria: the elephant in the room amid military exercise in Jordan …
Editor's Note: Barbara Starr is in Amman, Jordan covering the Eager Lion 2012 exercise. Watch for her stories on CNN next week. By Barbara Starr With a photo of a raging lion over their shoulders, senior U.S. and Jordanian generals opened …
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Exercise Levels, Medical Testing, Education Addressed In CDC …
More than half of U.S. adults aren't getting enough exercise, according to a sweeping new report on the state of America's health from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Older people, ages 75 and older, were the least likely to …
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J&J drug shows promise in high-risk prostate cancer
(Reuters) – Adding Johnson & Johnson’s advanced prostate cancer drug, Zytiga, to hormone therapy before surgery has been shown for the first time to eradicate tumors in some men with high-risk forms of the disease. The mid-stage trial found that six months of treatment with the combination therapy completely or nearly eliminated the cancer in a third of patients, all of whom had localized, aggressive cancer. …
Glaxo melanoma drug combo shows promise in small trial
(Reuters) – Two drugs being developed by GlaxoSmithKline Plc – each designed to block different pathways used by cancer cells – have been shown in a small clinical trial to curb melanoma with fewer side effects than current therapies. The experimental drugs are dabrafenib, designed to work in patients with a mutation of a gene known as BRAF, and trametinib, which interferes with a protein known as MEK. The drug combination was tested in patients with advanced melanoma and a mutation in the BRAF gene. About half of all melanomas – the deadliest form of skin cancer – have the genetic aberration. …
White births in US no longer in majority: census
White births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau data made public Thursday.