Cooling caps help women keep hair during breast cancer chemo
Women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer are more likely to keep most of their hair with the help of devices that cool the scalp, according to two new studies. The devices work like refrigerators by sending fluid into a special helmet to cool the scalp before, during and after chemotherapy treatments. Cooling likely protects the hair by constricting blood vessels in the scalp and reducing chemical activity. "I think it's a very exciting tool, because hair loss is such a horrible manifes..>> view originalBill Gates: 'Melinda Is A Great Storyteller'
Melinda Gates, The Gates Foundation Letter Every year Bill and Melinda Gates write a newsletter to update the world on The Gates Foundation and its work in the areas of poverty, education and global health. The letters provide excellent examples of how to communicate complex subjects. The 2017 Annual Gates Foundation Letter —released on Valentine’s day—is a love letter to Warren Buffett who, ten years ago, made the single largest donation to the foundation. “We were speechless,” say the Gates..>> view originalRare Rat-Related Disease Kills a Bronx Victim, the City Says
Photo Three cases of a rare disease trasmitted through rat urine have been reported in the Bronx, officials said. Credit Michael Appleton for The New York Times New York City is investigating three recent cases — one of them fatal — of a rare disease transmitted through rat urine that have occurred in the Grand Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx, according to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.This is the first time a cluster of the cases of the disease, lepto..>> view originalCould Gene Editing Help Avoid Disease? Maybe
Altering human heredity sounds sci-fi, but a major new ethics report is leaving open the possibility that one day scientists might try that to fight some serious genetic diseases. Feb. 15, 2017, at 3:33 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google + ...>> view originalPharma industry shuns Trump push for radical shift at FDA
By Deena Beasley U.S. President Donald Trump's vow to roll back government regulations at least 75 percent is causing anxiety for some pharmaceutical executives that a less robust Food and Drug Administration would make it harder to secure insurance coverage for pricey new medicines. The prospect of big change at the regulatory agency comes as drugmakers are under fire for high prices, including Marathon Pharmaceuticals LLC, which said Monday it was "pausing" the launch of its Duchenne musc..>> view originalChina bird flu deaths surge in what could be the worst season ever
BEIJING As many as 79 people have died from H7N9 bird flu in China last month, the government said, stoking worries that the spread of the virus this season could be the worst on record.January's fatalities were up to four times higher than the same month in past years, and brought the total H7N9 death toll to 100 people since October, data from the National Health and Family Planning Commission showed late on Tuesday.Authorities have repeatedly warned the public to stay alert for the virus, a..>> view originalStudies Found 200 Genetic Markers Related To Male Pattern Baldness
More than 200 baldness pattern linked to genetic markers were found. From only eight know genetic markers, there are now more or less 280 of them. A new study conducted in England, UK has found 200 plus new genetic markers related to male pattern baldness. Live Science has reported that the study also found out that they can use the genetic markers to predict if a man will have a severe hair loss in the future or not. However, they explained that it is applicable to a large group than to an in..>> view originalMerck Stops Clinical Trial of Alzheimer's Drug
Merck & Co. said Tuesday it stopped a clinical trial of an experimental Alzheimer's drug because it wasn't helping patients, the latest setback in the pharmaceutical industry's quest to find a better treatment for the brain disorder. An outside committee monitoring the study of more than 2,000 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's concluded there was "virtually no chance of finding a positive clinical effect" of the drug, verubecestat, Merck said. The study, which was due to be completed a..>> view originalHumana Plans to Pull Out of Obamacare's Insurance Exchanges
Photo Looking skyward at the front entrance to Humana’s headquarters in Louisville, Ky. Credit Geoff Oliver Bugbee for The New York Tiems Humana announced on Tuesday that it would no longer offer health insurance coverage in the state marketplaces created under the federal health care law, becoming the first major insurer to cast a no-confidence vote over selling individual plans on the public exchanges for 2018.President Trump immediately seized on the company’s decisi..>> view originalHeavy snowfall tied to higher heart attack risk for men
Men may be at increased risk for a fatal heart attack after a major snowstorm hits, a Canadian study suggests. Compared with periods without any snow, men were 16 percent more likely to have a heart attack and 34 percent more likely to die from a heart attack after a storm dropped at least 20 centimeters (about 8 inches) of snow, the study found. Women, however, didn't appear to have an increased risk of heart attack after a major snowfall. While previous studies have linked snow shoveling to a..>> view original
Thursday, April 6, 2017
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