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Motion sensors like those developed for video games may help stroke sufferers relearn simple tasks, researchers say.

Scientists at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) are developing and commercializing a promising novel therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer that may offer patients a faster and more precise treatment than existing clinical alternatives, with fewer side effects.

People who carry a particular genetic variant are at significantly increased risk of developing malignant melanoma, new research shows.

People who carry a certain genetic variation are much more likely to develop the most dangerous form of skin cancer, Portuguese researchers said on Monday.

A new study says infants and toddlers who attend day care are less likely than other children to develop asthma symptoms by age 5. Researchers from the University of Manchester in England found early exposure ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has approved an immune globulin product called Gamunex for the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by progressive weakness and impaired sensory function in the legs and arms.The FDA designated Gamunex as an orphan drug to treat CIDP. The orphan drug designation provides manufacturers with financial incentives to develop treatments for rare diseases, those affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the United States.read more

Researchers have developed a vaccine they say has completely eliminated a type of breast cancer tumour in tests on mice.

The SIRT1 gene, which regulates several important cellular processes including nutrient use and metabolism, appears to contribute to the development of cisplatin resistance by reducing the uptake and use of glucose by cells and by altering the function of their mitochondria, which are cellular structures that produce most of the energy in cells. These findings, by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of health (NIH), and colleagues, were published in the Sept. 15, 2008, issue of Molecular Cancer Research.

Background:Baseline data is necessary for monitoring how a population perceives the threat of pandemic influenza, and perceives how it would behave in the event of pandemic influenza. Our aim was to develop a module of questions for use in telephone health surveys on perceptions of threat of pandemic influenza, and on preparedness to comply with specific public health behaviours in the event of pandemic influenza.Methods:A module of questions was developed and field tested on 192 adults using the New South Wales Department of Health's in-house Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) facility. The questions were then modified and re field tested on 202 adults. The module was then incorporated into the New South Wales Population Health Survey in the first quarter of 2007. A representative sample of 2,081 adults completed the module. Their responses were weighted against the state population.Results:The reliability of the questions was acceptable with Kappa ranging between 0.

Blacks with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- including chronic bronchitis and some types of serious chronic asthma -- have a risk for developing lung cancer about twice as high as that of whites with ...