ART: Nurses can do the job

Nurses safely and effectively manage antiretroviral treatment and offer vital alternative to doctor monitoring. Read more >>

New malaria threat

Drug-resistant malaria spreading beyond Western Cambodia, US malaria coordinator says. Read more >>

New hope in fight against cancer

Prototype drug blocks MCL-1 protein that helps tumours survive treatment: Scientists. Read more >>

Smoking cigarettes may influence RA disease progression: Study

Smoking also shown to cause similar changes that may influence RA disease progression in human and mouse cells. Read more >>

Antwerp ITM calls for change in WHO guidelines on Buruli ulcer

Buruli ulcers, one of the 'neglected tropical diseases' left aside by big pharma and governments alike, are reasonably well treatable, also in poor regions. But then more attention has to be paid to early diagnosis and correct treatment. This means the rules of the World Health Organization urgently need to be changed. So say scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), based on ten years of research in Congo. Read more >>

Daily use of probiotics reduces VAP in critically ill patients: New research

Daily use of probiotics reduced ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in critically ill patients by almost half, according to new research from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Read more >>

New insight into transmission of prion diseases

Prion diseases are lethal neurodegenerative disorders that include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE; commonly known as mad cow disease) in cows. Read more >>

New insight into sleeping sickness parasite

Fresh discoveries about the parasite that causes sleeping sickness could lead to new avenues of research into treatments for the disease. Read more >>

Study: Mentally active lifestyle may protect against memory and learning problems in MS

A new study shows that a mentally active lifestyle may protect against the memory and learning problems that often occur in multiple sclerosis (MS). The study is published in the 15 June 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Read more >>

Researchers review data comparing IUDs and hormonal contraceptives

Women who have had intrauterine devices (IUDs) fitted as contraceptives are less likely to become pregnant than those who have hormone injections, a new review by Cochrane Researchers has found. The review, which focused on women in developing countries, also found a possible link between contraceptive method and disease progression in HIV. Read more >>

Active surveillance sufficient for patients with low-risk prostate cancer

Active surveillance or watchful waiting might be sufficient treatment for patients with prostate cancer that has a low risk of progression, according to a new study published online June 18 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Read more >>

Research findings could lead to less invasive treatments for ALL

A team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Universit- de Montr-al have defined for the first time the mechanism behind three cancer-causing genes in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Published in the journal Genes and Development, the findings offer insight on the complex interaction between the genes and their contributions to leukaemia, thereby providing the foundation for the design of targeted therapies. Read more >>

Alcohol consumption guidelines during pregnancy needed: Study

[Dr Ananya Mandal, MD] Before 2001 Australian health guidelines recommended that pregnant women should not consume alcohol. These guidelines were introduced in 1992. In 2001 the consensus guidelines recommended avoidance of "high" blood levels of alcohol but did not say no to lower levels of alcohol. In 2009 National Health and Medical Research Council advised that all women planning a pregnancy, pregnant or breastfeeding should not drink alcohol at all. Read more >>

Researchers recommend involving teachers in Wellness Policy

The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, 2004, requires that all school districts have a Wellness Policy if they participate in federal school meal programs. As part of the Wellness Policy, schools are mandated to include nutrition education activities which promote student wellness. Read more >>

Early detection helps prevent nearly thousand deaths from breast cancer each year: Research

Nearly a thousand deaths from breast cancer could be avoided each year if short-term survival rates in England were among the best comparable countries in Europe, according to research presented at the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) conference today. Read more >>

Women who drink boiled coffee at lower risk of breast cancer

Women who drink Scandinavian boiled coffee, which chemically resembles of French press and Turkish/Greek coffee, more than four times a day run a lower risk of developing breast cancer than women who drink coffee less than once a day. This is shown by Lena Nilsson and her associates at Umeå University in an article in the journal Cancer Causes & Control. Read more >>