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Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients May Be Helped By Arsenic Trioxide
Arsenic trioxide (Trisonex) injection, a pharmaceutical grade, arsenic-based compound that is currently approved for treatment of a rare form of leukemia, shows promise in multiple myeloma (MM), according to preclinical research and early clinical trial data presented here today at a scientific session preceding the VIIIth International Myeloma Workshop more
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American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Says One Out of Five Adults Worldwide May Have a Pituitary Tumor
One out of five adults worldwide may have a non-cancerous tumor of their pituitary gland, and at least one-third of these pituitary tumors may be clinically active and causing significant health problems, according to results of a new study presented at the 10th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). more
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Antibiotic Resistance Breakthrough
UK Scientists have made a discovery about how antibiotics disrupt the normal function of cells and they believe the breakthrough could lead to the development of new drugs to overcome the increasing problem of resistance to current antibiotics. A team from the Medical Research Council (MRC) has uncovered a detailed picture of how cells manufacture proteins by translating the information encoded in genes. more
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Information For Patients: Trying to Keep "Mad Cow Disease" Out of US Herds
Millions of British television viewers watched the harrowing final days of 14-year-old Zoe Jeffries in October 2000. The ordeal of the young girl from Manchester, England, began more than two years earlier. First she cried for two weeks, then came the hallucinations and continuous screaming. As the disease progressed, the pain in her legs worsened until she couldn't walk. Bedridden, her brain wasting away, she was reduced to communicating through moans and grunts. more
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Information For Patients: The Power Of Accutane - The Benefits And Risks Of A Breakthrough Acne Drug
Accutane--no other acne medicine works as well for severe acne. Patients generally have to keep using other medications because they only suppress acne temporarily. But as powerful as Accutane can be in improving patients' lives, its adverse effects can be just as powerful. The drug is known to cause miscarriage and severe birth defects. Patients taking Accutane may develop potentially serious problems affecting a number of organs, including the liver, intestines, eyes, ears, and skeletal system. And some patients taking Accutane have developed serious psychiatric problems, including depression. More rarely, patients have developed suicidal behavior and killed themselves. more
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