Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 24 February 2008

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Sunday 24 February 2008

Avastin Gets Surprise Breast Cancer Boost From FDA

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Genentech's Avastin, a drug which is currently used to treat colon and lung cancer, has been approved by the FDA for breast cancer treatment. Earning approximately $2.3 billion in the USA alone in 2007, this new approval is...
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Envisioning 'Exascale' Computing To Benefit National Defense, Energy Assurance, Advanced Materials, Climate And Medicine
Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories. An exaflop is a thousand times faster than a...
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A Greener Infrastructure
"A lot of the infrastructure in this country needs to be re-built," says Gardner, University of New Hampshire associate professor of civil engineering and director of the Environmental Research Group...
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Other Medical and Health News for 24 February*

Max S. Gerber's Book Gives A Human Face To Children With Congenital Heart Disease

Study Of Empty Nest Syndrome Finds An Up-Side

Details Of Mysterious Bacterial Microcompartments Revealed By Biochemists

Investigating New Developments In Laser And Sensor Technology

Lab To Study Subseafloor Life And The Co-Evolution Of Earth And Life

Atoms Identified By Modified Electron Microscope, In Colour

Top Honors Bestowed Upon Pak H. Chan, PH.D. And Others At Stroke Conference

Beavers Can Help Ease Drought

Free, Easy-To-Use Web Tool Kit For Archivists Developed By University Of Illinois

Rice Computer Chip Makes Technology Review's Top 10

USAID Fights Neglected Tropical Diseases

Arbios Receives Conditional Approval From The FDA To Initiate Pivotal Clinical Trial For SEPET(TM)

Virginia Committee Ignores Parental Rights, Health Concerns Of HPV Vaccine Mandate

Check Your Emergency Preparedness Kits When You Set Your Clocks, Says New American Public Health Association Campaign

ASCO GU 2008 - Androgen Receptor Reactivation After Androgen Deprivation Therapy - Highlight

ASCO GU 2008 - Are We Under-Treating The Elderly Male?

ASCO GU 2008 - Death From Prostate Cancer In A Screened Population: Relation To PSA Levels At First Screen In The ERSPC Section Rotterdam

ASCO GU 2008 - Disease Trajectory Of Untreated Localized Prostate Cancer In Elderly Men: A Population-Based Study

ASCO GU 2008 - Early Versus Delayed Endocrine Treatment Of PN1-3M0 Prostate Cancer Without Local Treatment Of The Primary Tumor

ASCO GU 2008 - Effect Of Abberant ERG Expression On Prostate Tumorigenesis

ASCO GU 2008 - Prostate Cancer-Specific Mortality After Radical Prostatectomy In The Prostate-Specific Antigen Era

ASCO GU 2008 - Prostate Specific Antigen Screening Among Elderly Men With Limited Life Expectancies

ASCO GU 2008 - RTOG Genitourinary Radiation Oncology Specialists Reach Consensus On Pelvic Lymph Node Volumes For High Risk Prostate Cancer

ASCO GU 2008 - Surgical Prospectives In High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Use Of DNA Methylation To Predict The Absence Of Prostate Cancer In Men With High Risk And Initially Negative Prostate Biopsy

Hyaluronan Treatment Of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome

Calcineurin Inhibitor-Sparing Regimens In Solid Organ Transplantation: Focus On Improving Renal Function And Nephrotoxicity

Beyond The Abstract - Uroplakin III-Delta4 Messenger RNA As A Promising Marker To Identify Nonulcerative Interstitial Cystitis

Cystoscopy For Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms In Urogynecologic Practice: The Likelihood Of Finding Bladder Cancer

Association Between Androgen-Deprivation Therapy And Incidence Of Diabetes Among Males With Prostate Cancer

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