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30 Percent RA Patients Refractory To Anti-TNFs Achieve Disease Remission With Tocilizumab Plus Metho
Tocilizumab plus methotrexate showed significant clinical improvements in efficacy and safety in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, who had not adequately responded to anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy....
Unexpected Finding Of Molecule's Dual Role In Mice May Open New Avenue To Cholesterol Reduction
Scientists have discovered an unknown regulator of fat and cholesterol production in the liver of mice, a significant finding that could lead to new therapies for lowering unhealthy blood levels...
Students Explore The Physics Of Fizz
Just about everyone knows what happens when you drop Mentos mints into a Diet Coke. Students have documented why the reaction occurs by studying the physics responsible for the fizzy...
Main tumor can cause distant offspring
Primary tumors can encourage the growth of stray cancer cells lurking elsewhere in the body that otherwise may not have amounted to much, according to a new study. read more
Powerful marijuana putting teens at risk
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- A federal report said marijuana sold in the United States is at least twice as strong as it was in 1983 and poses...
Even before tomato warning, many Americans lacked confidence in the food safety system
A new national study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security finds that, in spite of a number of food safety incidents...
Trial is first to see if HIV prevention gels are safe for pregnant women, their babies
Clinical trials hoping to identify a vaginal microbicide that is both safe and effective against HIV have all but skirted questions befitting the evaluation of an approach intended primarily for...
Three Latin American countries 'big players' in science
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico comprise over half the region's university students and 82 per cent of Latin America's scientific production.
CDC: Hospitals do poorly on breast-feeding support
ATLANTA (AP) -- Most U.S. hospitals don't do very well when it comes to promoting breast-feeding, according to the first national report to look at the issue. The average hospital...
GE gets FDA priority review for imaging agent
CHICAGO (Reuters) - GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Corp, said on Thursday U.S. health regulators granted it priority review on its application for AdreView, a molecular imaging agent...
AMA to consider endorsing undercover patients
CHICAGO (AP) -- Lori Erickson-Trump has faked headaches and back pain. She's had physicals and MRIs she didn't need and she gets paid for it - all to evaluate the...
Almost half of Canadians wouldn't call 9-1-1 on signs of stroke: survey
Almost half of Canadians surveyed fail to see signs of a stroke as a medical emergency, says a report from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
FDA issues precautionary note on silver fillings
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children....
Golfers and golf courses benefit from the use of native grasses in roughs
Some golfers may prefer a well-manicured golf course, highly-maintained with very green, very short grass that's easy to play off of. But, according to two recent studies at the University...
Study pinpoints strategies that protect older adult's physical health
In his famous poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night," Dylan Thomas urges us to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Researchers are now backing up...
Patients Must Re-learn Going From Sitting To Standing After Total Knee Replacement
New research indicates that patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty need to re-learn the proper techniques of moving from a sitting to standing position. Because most patients with knee...
Ovarian Function And Fertility Preserved In Women With Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ovarian function can be preserved and disease activity controlled in women with severe systemic lupus erythematosus when treated with a 6-month course of cyclophosphamide, a chemotherapy drug, followed by the...
We can be serious: Researchers dispute Hawk-eye's Wimbledon line call
Ahead of Wimbledon fortnight (23 June to 6 July), researchers from Cardiff University are advising that sports decision aids such as the Hawk-Eye system should come with a 'health' warning...
New Self-management Program Offers Significant Benefits For Arthritis Patients With Chronic Pain
A new two week program significantly reduces health care visits, pain scores and health distress in arthritis patients with chronic pain. Results were comparable to existing six week self-management programs...
Prevalence Of US Osteoprotic Hip Fracture Hospitalizations Declines Despite An Aging Population
The prevalence of hospitalizations for osteoporotic hip fractures in the USA declined significantly from 1988 to 2005, despite an increase in all-cause hospitalizations over the same period and a general...
Hand Bone Mineral Density Is An Effective Predictor Of Mortality In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Low bone mineral density in the hand is a valid predictor of overall mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and indicates long-term prognosis, according to a new study. Digital X-ray...
Groundbreaking Depression Research Being Tested In Real-world Setting
Psychiatry researchers have taken what they learned from groundbreaking research on treating depression and are applying it to real-world clinical settings. The study, STAR*D, provided evidence for step-by-step guidelines to...
Health officials crack down on unpasteurized milk
(AP) -- Dairy owner Mark McAfee started selling raw milk in 2000, marketing it to customers who believe it contains beneficial microbes that treat everything from asthma to autism.
Report: Worrisome rise in underweight babies
(AP) -- The percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also documents a...
Folic acid protects diabetics' hearts
Folic acid can protect diabetics' hearts from the damage of high glucose levels by reducing the rate of cardiac cell death, research has found.
Vitamin supplement little more than 'snake oil'
A popular vitamin supplement is being advertised with claims that are demonstrably untrue, as revealed by research published in the open access journal BMC Pharmacology.
Researchers discover significant efficacy of travelers' diarrhea vaccine
Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health have found that patients given a travelers' diarrhea vaccine were significantly less likely to suffer from clinically significant diarrhea than...
$10M gift given to University at Buffalo
BUFFALO , N.Y., June 12 (UPI) -- The University at Buffalo in New York says it received a gift of $10 million to establish a new heart-vascular disease...