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Drug Combination Acts Against Aggressive Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Drug combination acts against aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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“Although this study has a short follow-up time, we are encouraged by the fact that the vast majority of patients are responding and are able to continue on treatment,” said Jan Burger, MD, of the… Continue reading

Broken Brains

Broken brains

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He treated a local man, carried in lying on a sheet of plywood atop a wheelbarrow, so mangled by an explosion that the then-32-year-old medic from Houston couldn't tell bits of bone apart from gobs of flesh. Holt wrapped the man in… Continue reading

Mentally Ill and Murdered

Mentally ill and murdered

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Now, according to a report by the Treatment Advocacy Center, more mentally ill people are in jails and prisons than hospitals. At least 16 percent of inmates in prisons and jails have severe mental illness, according to the report. Of… Continue reading

KWES NewsWest 9 / Midland, Odessa, Big Spring, TX: newswest9.com | Mexico

KWES NewsWest 9 / Midland, Odessa, Big Spring, TX: newswest9.com | Mexico

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… related to bronchitis. Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush remains in stable condition at a Houston hospital, but a lingering cough related to bronchitis likely will keep him there through… Continue reading

Drug Treatment Works, Illinois Advocates Say


 

Drug Treatment Works, Illinois Advocates Say – (Springfield, IL) –The estimated number of Illinois residents waiting for alcohol and drug abuse assessment and treatment at state-financed facilities in 2008 rose 17 percent in, according to a report released at a press conference in Springfield, IL on May 1, 2008.… Continue reading

Key Discovered to How Chemotherapy Drug Causes Heart Failure

Key Discovered to How Chemotherapy Drug Causes Heart Failure

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A team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports its findings about the general DNA-damaging drug today in the journal Nature Medicine. “Even in this age of targeted therapies,… Continue reading

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Life-saving DNA test for cancer languishes due to ignorance

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Doctors refer twice as many patients for investigation of possible inherited breast cancer to Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center than for possible hereditary colon cancer, even though the two are equally as common, said Patrick… Continue reading

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Governor Perry Wants More Stem Cell Research In Texas

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The governor invited a stem cell summit to Houston to discuss regenerative medicine. Loading the player … "Texas can become the nation's center for regenerative medicine." That's the message from the governor's office after inviting… Continue reading

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Briefs: NASCAR, Fox announce .4 billion extension

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He finished 24th in Saturday night's race in his first start since failing a random drug test in July. HOCKEY. The NHL and its … A statement from USA Cycling said the single-vehicle crash happened early… Continue reading

First Place Poster Presentation Award for Alpha-Particle Nano-Generator

First Place Poster Presentation Award for Alpha-Particle Nano-Generator

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… announced that the poster summarizing the results for Phase I study of Actimab-A, its antibody directed alpha emitter drug candidate, has won a first place poster presentation award at the 8th Annual Hematologic Malignancies… Continue reading