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 …
Posted in Diseases on Sep 18, 2011
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as reported by the Northwestern University’s researchers, they have the most important stepping forward in understanding its cause. This deadly disease is also called as the Lou Gehrig’s disease.
According to them, their study showed and gave the evidence that many varieties of the ALS disease do have a general cause which can lead to much …
Posted in Diseases on Sep 09, 2011
According to scientists in Australia, there is already an effective and cheap method in putting a stop to the spread of dengue fever.
The scientists have contaminated the mosquitoes that bring dengue fever and spread such disease with bacteria that has the ability in blocking the spread of the virus of dengue.
At the time when the insects which are …
Posted in Diseases on Sep 01, 2011
Celiac disease or Coeliac disease in U.S. is identified as a common disease, having five times the number of cases today compared to 1950’s. According to a report, celiac disease’s rate has doubled up for every fifteen years starting 1974.
The Center for Celiac Research director Dr. Alessio Fasano accounted that the figures reveal the disease is relatively pervasive. Additionally, …
