Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 20 September 2008

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Saturday 20 September 2008

Erbitux Offers 'cure' Potential To 3 Out Of 4 Advanced Colon Cancer Patients - But Conditions Apply

Written by Olwen Glynn Owen

Researchers have narrowed down the conditions in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) where treatment with the targeted biologic therapy Erbitux (cetuximab) is most likely to succeed...
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New Insights Into Plant Growth

Written by Peter M Crosta

A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology finds that slower growing plants stay fresh longer. Detlef Weigel (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tubingen, Germany) and colleagues came to this...
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One-Half Premature Deaths From Chronic Diseases Attributable To Smoking, Overweight, Poor Diet

Written by Anna Sophia McKenney

Never smoking, keeping a healthy weight, eating a proper diet low in red meat and trans-fats, can decrease the risk of chronic diseases in women by more than half, according to an article released on September 17, 2008 in BMJ...
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Other Medical and Health News for 20 September*

Mom's Beliefs May Impact Their Kids' Alcohol Use

Agricultural Development Offers Protection Against Natural Disaster

Lowering Blood Pressure In Elderly Using Audio Relaxation Program

BMC/Drexel Report Finds Food Prices In Boston And Philadelphia 50 Percent Higher

Poor Mental And Sexual Health Predicted By Homosexuals' Negative Feelings About Sexuality

Scientists Behind 'Doomsday Seed Vault' Ready The World's Crops For Climate Change

Decrease In Hysterectomy Complications

New Open-Access Journal In Dental Biomechanics Launched By SAGE-Hindawi

Hormone Ablation Therapy (Including Intermittent) In Patients With Prostate Cancer

Size And Fitness Levels Of NHL Players Have Improved, University Of Alberta Study Shows

Journal Of Dental Biomechanics Launched By SAGE-Hindawi

Discovery Of P53 Tumour Suppressor Gene Earns Sir David Lane 'Royal Gold Medal' By Royal Society Of Edinburgh

People With Type 2 Diabetes Can Put Fatty Livers On A Diet With Moderate Exercise

Blanket Ban On Bushmeat Could Be Disastrous For Forest Dwellers In Central Africa, Says New Report

Optical Sensors Make MRI Scans Safer

Economic Fears Can Affect Dental Care

Preventing Falls By Older Adults Is Topic Of 'Grand Rounds' Online Broadcast

Pregnant Illinois Women Increasingly Choosing Induced Labor

Elevations Of Serum Calcium Within The Normal Range Are Associated With An Increased Risk Of Fatal, But Not Incident Prostate Cancer

Patients' Hospital Bills Jumped $70 Billion In Just One Year

Study Gives New Insights Into How Cells Accessorize Their Proteins

China Biologic Receives SFDA Approval For Clinical Trial Of Human Coagulation Factor VIII

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. Announces Initiation Of Phase IIb Trial For Peyronie's Disease

Multi Pronged Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Regimen To Be Studied In Melanoma Patients

Enanta Initiates Phase 1 Study On EDP-322, An Oral Antibiotic With Activity Against Hospital- And Community-Acquired MRSA

Why Chemo Works For Some People And Not Others - MIT Cell Findings Could Predict Individuals' Responses

When Healing Turns To Scarring: Research Reveals Why It Happens And How To Stop It

Retiree With Rare Debilitating Disease Fears Her Insurance More Than Her Illness

Congressional Resolution Aims To Designate October As American Pharmacists Month (APhM)

Skin Cancer Prevention Information, Screenings Will Be Offered At Navistar Classic

New Research In Worms Linking Longevity, Cancer And Diet Could Apply To Humans

Does Probiotic Intervention Induce The Serum Global Lipid Profile Change?

Muscle Week 2008

India, Mexico, Thailand And South Africa Point Way In Personalized Genomic Medicine

Treating Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinom Patients

An Analysis Of The Surgical And Perioperative Complications In Right Hepatectomies

New Data Presented At WCTRIMS Supports The Importance Of Early And Sustained Treatment With Betaseron(R)

Enobia Pharma Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Hypophosphatasia Product Candidate ENB-0040

Symposium Highlights Yale Study Indicating Role Of AHCC(R) For Immune System Enhancement And As A Promising Cancer Preventative

Repligen Announces Publication Of Positive Results With Proprietary HDAC Inhibitor In Huntington's Disease Model

Novavax Commences Clinical Testing Of Its Seasonal Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate

Successful Results For Mymetics Corporation's Mucosal HIV/AIDS Vaccine Viral Challenge Significantly Exceeds Expectations

'Give Health An Explicit Value'

Treatment For Tinnitus

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