An investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRAC) has concluded drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus in humans. The investigation did not ...
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We really need to talk about bladder cancer Of the top 10 cancers in the UK, bladder cancer is only one where survival rates have been shown to be getting worse. New figures published this month in the Journal of Clinical Urology confirm ...
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The list of health woes linked to smoking is like a scroll that keeps unfurling. At a White House press conference Friday morning, half a century after the release of the historic 1964 Surgeon General's report, dozens of the nation's ...
A novel study determined that monitoring inactive chronic hepatitis B (HBV) carriers is a cost-effective strategy for China. However, results published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, ...
People with type 2 diabetes might be at somewhat higher risk of developing liver cancer, according to a large, long-term study. The research suggests that those with type 2 diabetes have about two to three times greater risk of developing ...
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Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat chronic infection with Hepatitis C. It's considered a breakthrough medication since it's the first such drug that does not require same-time ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Sovaldi -- sofosbuvir -- to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection without interferon, officials say. Dr. Edward Cox, director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center ...
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The Direxion Torqueable Microcatheter-a microcatheter for shrinking tumors or blocking aneurysms-has won FDA and CE Mark approval, Boston Scientific recently announced. The FDA granted the Direxion a 510(k) clearance because it retains ...
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Boston Scientific, a medical device company, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration clearance and CE Mark approval for its Direxion torqueable microcatheter, designed to facilitate selective access and delivery of diagnostic, ...
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Olive oil has been in the news lately. Both the Guardian and the Daily Mail in the UK reported that some Italian extra virgin olive oil producers have been lying about their products. Italy has a much greater demand for olive oil than the ...
Chengdu Huasun Group Inc., Ltd. (SZSE: 000790) announced yesterday that its biological tech subsidiary has been supported by China in doing an anticancer research. The research is concerned with the utilization of Iodine [131I] Metuximab ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to GenSpera for the activation of peptide prodrugs by HK2, which is an enzyme secreted by prostate cancer cells. Composition of a series of prodrugs activated by HK2 enzyme ...
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ApoCell will present the study abstracts of its circulating tumor cells (CTC) recovery technology at the Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics Conference, which will be held in Dublin, Ireland from 6-9 November 2012. Using a ...
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US medical center, Mayo Clinic, has signed a pre-clinical research agreement with MagForce. Under the agreement, Mayo Clinic will begin a research program to investigate the preclinical efficacy of the MagForce's NanoTherm therapy in ...
Thermedical has obtained 510(k) clearance for its radiofrequency-based thermal ablation system, designed for treating large volumes of solid tumors, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Featuring a single or more needles, the ...
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