• Study: Treatments for Hep C Improving
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - A committee convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has significantly improved during the past five years. Sustained response rates have reportedly increased from 15 percent to 50 ...More
    June 14, 2002
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  • Chinese Fish Sauce May Cause Esophageal Cancer
    NEW YORK - A new study in the International Journal of Cancer reports a fermented fish sauce popular in China and the Philippines may cause esophageal cancer. Researchers examined 1,200 people with esophageal cancer, and a matching group without the illness, from the same ...More
    June 14, 2002
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  • Drug Reps Pay to See Doctors
    SEATTLE - Tired of managing the pharmaceutical representatives bombarding their waiting rooms, physicians in Seattle have decided to start charging reps for their visits. According to officials at the Polyclinic, a physician-owned clinic, sales reps will now pay $30 per ...More
    June 14, 2002
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  • Internet Users: Regulate Health Info
    NEW YORK -- A study of Internet users in four countries has determined that cyberchondriacs - those who use the Internet to research health issues - want government regulated information. There are an estimated 100 million cyberchondriacs in the US, 48 million in Japan, 31 ...More
    June 14, 2002
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  • Children in Intensive Care Get New Infections
    NEW YORK - A new study of pediatric patients has found that as many as 12 percent leave the intensive care unit with life-threatening infections acquired during their time in the hospital. The national survey, which was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and ...More
    June 14, 2002
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  • HHS Grants $30M to Ease Nursing Shortage
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have granted $30 million to attract more people into the field of nursing. More than $22 million will be distributed to colleges, universities and other organizations, while $8 million will be ...More
    June 11, 2002
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  • Gilbert Receives Heritage Award
    TORONTO - Walter Gilbert, PhD, will be given the Biotechnology Heritage Award June 12 at the BIO 2002 International Convention and Exhibition in Toronto. Gilbert, who is a renowned Harvard-affiliated Nobel Prize winner, is the co-founder and chairman of Paratek ...More
    June 11, 2002
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  • New Hep C Treatment Being Tested
    REHOVOT, Israel - U.S. health officials estimate that more Americans will die during this decade of hepatitis C (HCV) infection than AIDS. Officials at XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. are trying to make a difference in these statistics. After successfully passing Phase IA ...More
    June 11, 2002
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  • Drug-Coated Stent Prevents Restenosis
    NEW YORK -New research shows stents coated with the antibiotic sirolimus are more effective in preventing restenosis - the renarrowing of blood vessels after an angioplasty. The RAVEL trial, conducted by the Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, examined 238 patients. Half ...More
    June 7, 2002
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  • Hepatitis B Vaccination, Nerve Diseases Not Related
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Contrary to several consumers' groups voiced concerns, a federally funded scientific panel has found no evidence to link nerve diseases to hepatitis B vaccinations. The panel recommended further research, but concluded there is no proof the vaccine causes ...More
    June 5, 2002
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