Greek Scientists Find Way to Weaken Cancer Cells Mon Mar 1,10:55 AM ET By Ellie Tzortzi ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek scientists said they have found a way to lower...
Scientist Discovers Key Antioxidant To Slow Aging 3/1/2004 Source: Phi Sciences Dr. Patrick Flanagan has isolated a new antioxidant that could positively alter...
[Not the best news out of biotech. One of the companies discussed, Salmedix, has two drugs in development that are being tested for CLL.] February 29, 2004 Is...
[Advice: Check with your state's insurance commissioner's office before buying health insurance. And, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I...
Nat Med. 2004 Jan;10(1):64-71. Epub 2003 Dec 21. Chemokine-mediated interaction of hematopoietic progenitors with the bone marrow vascular niche is required...
[Still a big deal, folks. Imagine rituximab not being available for CLL] Cancer patients worry over coming Medicare changes WASHINGTON (AP) — Patients and...
[Older article but it's interesting to conclude that responsive CLL is an accumulative disease whereas treatment-resistive disease is proliferative. I would...
Drugs Today (Barc). 2003;39 Suppl C:1-16. Monoclonal antibodies in human cancer. Mellstedt H. Department of Oncology and Hematology, Karolinska Cancer Center, ...
Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2003 Oct-Dec;66(4):303-6. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia with portal hypertension and without liver involvement: a case report...
Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online March 2, 2004 Submitted October 3, 2003 Accepted January 30, 2004 Phase I trial of a novel anti-CD20 fusion...
Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online March 2, 2004 Submitted August 12, 2003 Accepted February 17, 2004 VEGF Receptor Phosphorylation Status and...
Cancer health risk significantly underestimated by EPA's ambient model estimates Baltimore, Md. study compares EPA ambient estimates to actual measured...
Linezolid is superior treatment for drug-resistant pneumonia St. Louis, March 2, 2004 -- A relatively new drug called linezolid (commercially known as Zyvox)...
Toxin combo common in fish appears capable of impairing motor skills CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Pups of female rats exposed to a combination of polychlorinated...
This is a very interesting paper and provides further evidence of what Chaya Venkat has been saying at www.clltopics.org. Those interested might wish to see...
Hello Tom, Just a quick note to let you know that I just came from my doc today. My CBC remains normal up and down the list. I am in a remission of some...
[Note that too much tea at one time might be wasted. Two tea bags in 2 cups of water seems to be the most one can absorb at any one time. Cancer Epidemiology...
Am J Clin Nutr. 1997 Aug;66(2):460S-463S. [According to this article, even mild deficiencies of a single nutrient can impair the immune system.] Nutrition and...
Chemical screening technique holds drug discovery promise New model rapidly screens hundreds of possible treatments By Alvin Powell Harvard News Office Harvard...
Will an apple a day keep the doctor away? There are better food choices, research notes Saint Louis University study: We need clearer messages about what to ...
Hygiene: Got Germs? Regular Soap Will Do By JOHN O'NEIL Dangerous germs are everywhere. Or at least that is the message purveyed by Madison Avenue in...
[A follow-up of sorts to the famous BMJ study that shows that most doctors are ignorant of the actual radiological doses inherent in such tests as CT scans.] ...
Hybrid Mosquitoes May Spread West Nile in U.S. Reuters Health By Merritt McKinney Thursday, March 4, 2004 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Genetic differences...
Animal Diseases Threaten Humans New York Times Syndicate By M.A.J. McKENNA Tuesday, March 2, 2004 ATLANTA -- To protect humans against constantly evolving new...
Nutritional Boost Helps Elderly Ward Off Colds Reuters Health By Alison McCook Thursday, February 26, 2004 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A nutritional supplement...