Background: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among the rapidly growing population of Asian Americans; it is also the most common cause of cancer mortality among Filipinas. Asian women continue to have lower rates of mammographic screening than

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Women are still at risk of developing invasive cancer of the cervix or vagina 25 years after being treated for precancerous lesions, according to a new study. Cancer experts are now calling for cytological smears to be offered at regular

Commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of hypertension may be capable of preventing Alzheimer's disease and cognitive deterioration. The new research suggests that a large number of geriatric patients currently under pharmacological treatment for high-blood pressure with certain anti-hypertensive drugs

One new way to treat individuals with cancer that is being developed is the use of viruses that infect and kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed. These viruses are known as virotherapeutics. Scientists have now developed a new

This release contains summaries, links to PDFs and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, Oct. 25, 2007, in the JCI, including: Drug that lowers blood pressure might help prevent Alzheimer disease; How to design a

One new way to treat individuals with cancer that is being developed is the use of viruses that infect and kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed. These viruses are known as virotherapeutics. In a new study in the

Motavizumab (MEDI-524) is a monoclonal antibody with enhanced neutralizing activity against RSV. In mice, motavizumab suppressed RSV replication which resulted in significant reduction of clinical parameters of disease severity. We evaluated the effect of motavizumab on the local and systemic

Working with implementing partners in the area of HIV and Aids, it is evident that the Home Based Care (HBC) work has been mainly successful through the dedication of many women around Zimbabwe alongside a few men in ensuring that

Tobacco is a product known to kill its consumers if used as recommended by its manufacturers. Any tax waiver to a company that manufactures such a product is an incentive for them to further kill Nigerians, create a public health

BENEFICIARIES of the safe water system have shunned it on account of the shape and colour of the containers.

Doctors have made history by performing a successful open-heart surgery on the youngest patient.

The Managing Director of Chronic Diseases and HIV/AIDS Treatment Centre at Kubease on the Kumasi-Accra main road, Dr. Nicholas Antwi, has expressed concern about the way people are dying of HIV/AIDS diseases when there is a cure for it.

On October 12, history was made in Kenya after a team of local and British surgeons performed the first ever successful open heart surgery on a three-day old baby at the Kenyatta National Hospital.

A Guide for Incorporating Family Planning Programs into Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. "Family planning is one of many strategies that can slow population growth and reduce demographic pressure, which can help countries lift themselves out of poverty. Reduced population sizes

Some of the ways in which the MDGs are being pushed could actually limit development, says Inge Kaul, former director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office of Development Studies. Kaul was director of UNDP's Human Development Report Office

In the international debate on aid effectiveness the influence of internal arrangements on the donor side is often neglected. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has mandated a team to undertake a corporate-level evaluation of IFAD's Field Presence Pilot

A long-awaited consensus on new universal definition of Myocardial Infarction was released recently.

A report today from northeastern Pennsylvania describes a fruitless search for the environmental "cause" of an increased rate of a blood disease called polycythemia vera (known among medical folk as P Vera -- here I'll use PCV). While not in

stimulates informed and inclusive public debate around key development issues in order to foster sustainable development. We are working to promote an enabling media and communications environment worldwide. Our aim is to ensure that the perspectives of the people whose