Maxygen Initiates Phase IIa Clinical Trial of MAXY-G34 in Breast Cancer Patients

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 04 Jul 2007

Maxygen, Inc. today announced that it has initiated a phase IIa trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of MAXY-G34 in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia...Read More

UK Army Personnel Involved in Iraqi Invasion Not at Risk from Depleted Uranium

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 04 Jul 2007

Army personnel involved in the Iraqi invasion of 2003 have not absorbed dangerous levels of depleted uranium, finds research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine....Read...

Indian Doctors Refuse to Help HIV-positive Woman Deliver: Report

Posted in AIDS/HIV Support group on Sun, 01 Jul 2007

An Indian husband was forced to deliver his wife’s baby after doctors refused to touch the HIV-positive woman, a report said Friday. ...Read More

Mealaka Virus Will Have a New Name

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 01 Jul 2007

Whats in a name, one might rhetorically ask. But Malaccan state authorities have made furious protests over the naming of a bat virus after their region. And now the virus will carry some other innocu...

Dengue Deaths Sweeping Cambodia Highlight Healthcare Failures

Posted in Dengue / Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever / Dengue Shock Syndrome Support group on Fri, 29 Jun 2007

Saing Ratha lies semi-conscious, her thin body shaking with fever as her mother tries desperately to cool her by placing blocks of ice under her arms....Read More

‘Same Sex’ Pair Get Relief in Pakistan

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 29 Jun 2007

A 'same sex' pair is making waves in Pakistan, evoking mixed reactions....Read More

Georgia may Lose Most Pigs to Swine Fever: FAO

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 27 Jun 2007

Georgia is at risk of losing most of its pig population to African swine fever and the devastating disease could also threaten pigs in neighbouring countries, the UN food agency warned Tuesday...Read ...

Experimental Drug Ketasyn(TM) (AC-1202) Treats Alzheimer's as Diabetes of the Brain

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 27 Jun 2007

Accera, Inc. announced today that recent data from its Phase IIb study in Alzheimer's disease (AD) support findings showing that AD may effectively be thought of and treated as diabetes of the brain.....

Car Sickness for the Little Ones can Be Prevented

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 27 Jun 2007

Many a families’ summer vacations mean piling into the car and heading towards the highway. At times these trips are marred by frequent nausea and vomiting...Read More

Aspartame Probe Call Rejected by FDA

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 27 Jun 2007

WASHINGTON - A U.S. consumer group called for an urgent Food and Drug Administration assessment of the safety of aspartame ...Read More