Medical News Today: Health News for Friday 28 December 2007

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Friday 28 December 2007

COPD Patient Benefits From Treatment With Seretide

Written by Christian Nordqvist

The INSPIRE (Investigating New Standards for Prophylaxis In Reduction of Exacerbations) trial demonstrated that while the two study medications; Seretide™ 50/500µgDiskus™ (salmeterol/fluticasone propionate) and...
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Pregnant Women And Newborns To Have AIDS Test In New Jersey

Written by Christian Nordqvist

New Jersey acting Governor Richard Codey signed a bill requiring doctors to test pregnant women for HIV infection. It will still be possible for women to opt out if they so wish...
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LASIK Works Well, According To Long-Term Study Of Highly Myopic Patients
Laser surgery to correct vision problems has been in use since the early 1990s. Photorefractive Keratotomy (PRK) is typically used to correct low to moderate myopia, while laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is preferred for high myopia corrections...
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Other Medical and Health News for 28 December*

Cost Of Glaucoma Medications May Impact Treatment

Interim Safety Analysis Supports Continuation Of Allos Therapeutics' Pivotal Phase 2 PROPEL Trial Of PDX In Patients With Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma

Northwest Biotherapeutics Conducting Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial With DCVax(R)-L At University Of Pennsylvania

National Cervical Cancer Coalition Stresses Importance Of Screening And Prevention During January Cervical Health Awareness Month

Federally Funded Study Shows More Women Can Avoid Hysterectomy For Common Problem

AspenBio Outlines Steps For FDA 510(k) Clearance Of AppyScore(TM), The First Blood-Based Screen/Triage Test For Human Appendicitis

New Drug Targets May Fight Tuberculosis, Bacterial Infections In Novel Way

Cell Death Receptor Links Cancer Susceptibility And Inflammation

Cone Beam CT Faster, Potentially More Accurate Than Conventional Mammography

In Largest U.S. Hepatitis C Trial, Researchers Determine Weight-Based Dosing Is Key To Optimal Treatment

Patient With AIDS Finds Heart-Assit Device Is An Option When Transplant Is Not

Taxol With Avastin Produces Noteworthy Results, Indiana University Breast Cancer Researcher Reports In NEJM

Treating Oft Ignored Non Cancer Health Issues After Cancer Diagnosis Prolongs Survival

New Research Tools Suggest Cancer And Other Diseases Are Too Complex For Easy Answers, Researchers Say

Copy Number Variation May Stem From Replication Misstep

Fast Acting Cyanide Antidote Discovered Cure Likely To Benefit Firefighters, Industrial Workers, Victims Of Terrorism

Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy Closer To Reality

New Plant Study Reveals A 'Deeply Hidden' Layer Of The Transcriptome

Study Maps Life In Extreme Environments

Cheaper Drugs Now Closer To Realization With New DropArray Technology

World Medical Association Appoints Its First Advocacy Adviser

Pitt Autism Center Of Excellence Receives 9.6 Million Dollars NIH Grant

Renowned German University Hospital Chooses Sectra For Hospital-Wide Radiology

SonoSite Begins Customer Shipments Of S Series Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Tools

China: 540 Million People Exposed To Secondhand Smoke

Don't Get Burned Out During The Holidays

Dehydration In Elderly Explained By Brain Malfunction

Fifth Edition Of Molecular Biology Of The Cell To Celebrate 25 Years Of Publication

Bangladesh To Dramatically Expand Technology That Doubles Efficiency Of Urea Fertilizer Use

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