Posted in Diseases on Nov 01, 2011
It has been a global query; will allergies caused by peanuts become just a part of the history?
Scientists and experts have already discovered a method to stop the life-threatening allergic reactions caused by foods like peanuts. That was done by playing some kind of a trap in the immune system.
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s assistant professor …
Posted in Diseases on Oct 31, 2011
Tuberculosis is recognized as the second largest infectious killer in the history of the world.
But today, the figures present that new cases of the disease is now dropping annually for the very first time within a timeframe of twenty years or two decades. This is a long-sought turning point for the disease.
Tuberculosis is characterized as an infection in …
Posted in Diseases on Oct 28, 2011
The month of October is globally recognized as the Month for Breast Cancer Awareness. The pink ribbon has become the symbol of such event and has been seen everywhere.
The need for having additional research and treatment for breast cancer is becoming more pressing compared to the earlier years. However, the campaigns of corporate pink ribbon have been so ordinary …
Posted in Diseases on Oct 24, 2011
The pharma giant Roche has already took its very first step clinically in a very long adventure, which the company expects would direct them to a market that will make them a mega-blockbuster hit.
Roche stated that their process of a small, early-stage study of formulating the treatment for Alzheimer’s disease called gantenerumab had worked as what they have been …
Posted in Diseases on Oct 10, 2011
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s researchers, which included one with an Indian-origin, have already distinguished a particular gene that could help explain the reasons on why some individuals are more vulnerable to diabetes.
The gene is said to be found on the experiments they had on mice which are obese. They found that the gene can manipulate tomosyn-2 and actually acts …
Posted in Diseases on Oct 09, 2011
According to the CDC or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is now a total of twenty-one individuals all over the country have now died in the outbreak of listeriosis associated with cantaloupes, which came from the farms of Colorado.
The CDC further stated that all in all, all over the 23 states, there are already 109 individuals …
Posted in Diseases on Oct 01, 2011
According to the FDA’s advisers, drug makers for osteoporosis are now required to explain the period on which the patients must take in famous treatments so that to avoid side effects that is harmful.
Those drugs are recognized as biphosphonates, which included best selling brands such as Boniva, Atelvia, Actonel, Reclast and Osamax. The Food and Drug Administration will be …
Posted in Diseases on Sep 29, 2011
Health officials from Colorado announced that there was an investigation that came into the outbreak of listeria, which has killed not more than one individual, and has developed including three states wherein it could probably contaminated cantaloupe was consumed.
In a report released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, out of the nine affirmed cases in Colorado …
Posted in Diseases on Sep 26, 2011
According to the new government data presented, there is about half of the US population who drink beverages that are sugar-sweetened on any time of the day, having young men and teens taking in more than the suggested limitations for staying healthy.
The results were from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It showed the figure on which the …
Posted in Diseases on Sep 23, 2011
Icatibant subcutaneous injection or Firazyr has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment of HAE or hereditary angioedema’s acute attacks, especially in people aging eighteen years or above.
The treatment is a bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist and is offered in a pre-filled syringe, which can be kept inside rooms having the regular room temperature …
