| Tue 9 Feb 2010 |
A Walking Magnet for Odd, Minor Ills
The New York Times | At 38, I officially declare myself Queen of Minor Ailments No One Has Ever Heard Of. | Want to test me? Mucocele. You probably don't even know how to pronounce it, much less define it: MEW-ko-seel, a fluid-filled cyst that can form in your mouth. M... |
| Mon 8 Feb 2010 |
Paxil interferes with cancer drug, study shows
Newsvine | The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday. | ... |
Antidepressant blocks tamoxifen benefit, may raise cancer death risk: study
Breitbart Sheryl Ubelacker, Health Reporter, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Women prescribed tamoxifen to prevent a recurrence of breast cancer should avoid taking the antidepressant Paxil and its generic equivalents because of a potentially dangerous drug inter... |
Common antidepressant reduces effectiveness of cancer drug tamoxifen: study
National Post By Sharon Kirkey, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 8, 2010 10:02 PM Paxil can reduce or even negate the effects of the breast-cancer drug tamoxifen Canadian researchers are warning. | Photograph by: Joe Raedle/Getty Images, xx | Paxil, an anti... |
Mood drug inhibits breast cancer medication: study
Yahoo Daily News | PARIS (AFP) – A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday. | Women who take the mood drug paroxetine -- better known by its brand names Pax... |
Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug
Yahoo Daily News | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday. | Women who took GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil w... |
Paxil Blocks Tamoxifen, Lowers Survival Odds Against Breast Cancer
Yahoo Daily News | MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer who take both tamoxifen and the antidepressant Paxil may increase their risk of dying because Paxil reduces tamoxifen's effectiveness, Canadian researchers report. | "Paxil can de... |
Sluggish NSSF system forces citizens to wait without end for urgent services
Daily Star Lebanon | Subscribers complain of indifference, lack of respect from fund employees | By Dana Halawi | Daily Star staff | Monday, February 08, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) remains teetering on the edge of collapse an... |
Few high-risk women in U.S. take breast cancer drug
Yahoo Daily News | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Only a small number of U.S. women at high risk of breast cancer have chosen to use the drug tamoxifen to lower that risk, according to a study published Monday. | In 2005, government researchers found, about 51,500... |
Hologic to Present at the Raymond James 31st Annual Institutional Investors Conference
PR Newswire | BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX) today announced that Glenn Muir, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the at the Raymond James 31st Annual Institutional Investors Conference, March 9, 2010, at 2:50 ... |
Financial Woes Add Anxiety to Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Yahoo Daily News | MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Financial pressure puts low- and medium-income women at particularly high risk for anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the noninvasive breast cancer ductal carcinoma (DCIS), a U.S. study has found. |... |
HRT linked to adult asthma
The Guardian | Taking oestrogen-only HRT might increase women's short-term risk of developing asthma for the first time, especially for women with allergies, according to a big new study from France. What do we know already? | Previous studies have suggested that... |
Financial Hardship Contributes To Diagnosis Anxiety
redOrbit Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 10:18 CST | A new analysis has found that women with medium or low levels of income are particularly susceptible to anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the precancerous breast condition, ductal carcin... |
Florida Probes Cancer Cluster
CBS News Palm Beach Town Reporting High Incidence of Childhood Cancers | Font size Print E-mail Share | (CBS/IStockphoto) In-Depth Common Cancers | Risks, symptoms, detection and treatment of breast and other cancers. Photo Essay "Stand Up To Cancer" | A look... |
Estrogen pills may increase asthma risk
MSNBC | LONDON - Estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, scientists said on Monday. | The findings, from a major study involving almost 58,000 women in France over 12 years, add to a g... |
Few Women Take Tamoxifen To Prevent Breast Cancer
redOrbit Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 08:04 CST | Researchers with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that the prevalence of tamoxifen use for the prevention of breast cancer among women without a personal history of breast cancer is very l... |
Atossa Genetics, Inc. Launches Corporate Web Site Featuring New FDA-Approved Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Test
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GreenSpace: The chemicals within: Just how safe are they?
Philadelphia Daily News | By Sandy Bauers | Inquirer GreenSpace Columnist What's in body? A number of chemicals are becoming more worrisome. | Even as the chemical industry and manufacturers tell us we are safe, the evidence against several widely used chemicals keeps mount... |
Woman with MS finds strength, friendship in Frisco Pilates sessions
The Dallas Morning News | For the first time in years, Sharon Marchioli is walking down stairs. And she's wearing heels, tapping her right foot, standing up straight - things she thought she had lost to multiple sclerosis. | "I am having fun," the 61-year-old said. "I am ju... |
Oestrogen hormone therapy linked to asthma
Khaleej Times LONDON - Oestrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, scientists said on Monday. | The findings, from a major study involving almost 58,000 women in France over 12 years, add to a gr... |
Study links estrogen hormone therapy to asthma
Zeenews London: Estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, scientists said on Monday. | The findings, from a major study involving almost 58,000 women in France over 12 years, add to a grow... |
Men who eat soy may have lower lung cancer risk
China Daily | NEW YORK - Men who don't smoke and eat a lot of soy may have a lower risk of lung cancer, according to a new study. | Soy contains isoflavones, which act similarly to the hormone estrogen, and may have anti-cancer qualities in hormone-related cance... |
| Sun 7 Feb 2010 |
Study links estrogen hormone therapy to asthma
Yahoo Daily News | LONDON (Reuters) – Estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, scientists said on Monday. | The findings, from a major study involving almost 58,000 women in France over 12 y... |
GSK Study Showed Targeted Therapy Combination Achieved 14 Month Overall Survival in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer
PR Newswire | LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- In a clinical study, women with an aggressive form of breast cancer experienced a median survival of 14 months when treated with an investigational combination of TYKERB® (lapatinib) plus HERCEP... |
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