So-called electronic cigarettes cannot be sold in the United States without getting regulatory approval, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
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US says electronic cigarettes must get government approval
Friday, September 10th, 2010How mycobacteria avoid destruction inside human cells
Friday, September 10th, 2010Tuberculosis, or TB, is a dreaded contagious disease of the lungs and other organs.
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How mycobacteria avoid destruction inside human cells
Strategy discovered to prevent Alzheimer’s-associated traffic jams in the brain
Friday, September 10th, 2010Amyloid beta (Αβ) proteins, widely thought to cause Alzheimer’s disease (AD), block the transport of vital cargoes inside brain cells.
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Strategy discovered to prevent Alzheimer’s-associated traffic jams in the brain
Mexican-Americans with heart rhythm disorder have increased risk for second stroke
Friday, September 10th, 2010Mexican-American stroke survivors with a heart rhythm disorder have more than twice the risk for another stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites, according to a study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Mexican-Americans with heart rhythm disorder have increased risk for second stroke
Promising treatment for metastatic melanoma ‘fast tracked’ by FDA
Friday, September 10th, 2010Researchers from the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center played an important role in a study that led to the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent fast tracking of ipilimumab, a promising treatment for metastatic melanoma. The FDA based its decision largely on the results of a pivotal study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on August 19, 2010 – the same day the agency accepted Bristol-Myers Squibb’s application for the drug’s approval and granted the application priority review status.
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Promising treatment for metastatic melanoma ‘fast tracked’ by FDA
Thoughts matter immediately after a breast cancer diagnosis, study
Friday, September 10th, 2010(PhysOrg.com) — What goes through a woman’s mind when she first hears the words, “You have breast cancer”? One in eight women will hear those words at some point in their lives and yet very little research has been conducted about women’s thoughts at this early stage before treatment or surgery.
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Thoughts matter immediately after a breast cancer diagnosis, study
Acupuncture could be solution to pain problem
Friday, September 10th, 2010(PhysOrg.com) — As a member of the physical medicine and rehabilitation team at UC (University of Cincinnati) Health, Jessica Colyer, MD, has the latest in medical technology available to her. But she sometimes calls upon the ancient healing practice of acupuncture to relieve her patients’ pain.
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Acupuncture could be solution to pain problem
Young Black women at increased risk of self-harm, study shows
Friday, September 10th, 2010(PhysOrg.com) — Young, Black women are significantly more likely to self-harm than people from other ethnic groups, according to new research.
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Young Black women at increased risk of self-harm, study shows
Study finds most Oregon hospices do not fully participate in the Death with Dignity Act
Friday, September 10th, 2010A survey in the latest issue of the Hastings Center Report found that most hospices in Oregon, the first state to legalize physician-assistance in dying, either do not participate in or have limited participation in requests for such assistance. Both legal and moral reasons are identified.
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Study finds most Oregon hospices do not fully participate in the Death with Dignity Act