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The way to reduce the chances of developing dementia such as Alzheimer's disease after a stroke is to prevent a second stroke by concentrating on all the known stroke risk factors, a new British study suggests.

Young and middle-aged adults who suffer from insomnia and other sleep disorders may be more likely to develop Alzheimer's in later life, research in mice suggests Press Association guardian.co.uk , Thursday 24 September 2009 19.00 BST Insomnia may raise levels of amyloid beta in the brain.

An FDA advisory panel voted 14 to 4 today to recommend approval of a new, crush-resistant formulation of oxycodone hydrochloride (Oxycontin). The new formula is expected to deter abuse of the drug. Developing story.

A group of scientists from Hamburg may have taken a big step towards more effective cancer drug development, Europe's largest cancer congress, ECCO 15 - ESMO 34 [1], heard 23 September. Dr Ilona Schonn, Director of Cell Culture Research at Indivumed GmbH, told the conference that they had developed a preclinical drug test platform that would enable researchers to analyse tumour tissue for individual patient drug responses on the molecular level.

Perlegen Sciences, which develops genetic tests that correlate genetic variation to disease risk and drug response, announced today that its BREVAGenT breast cancer risk stratification test is now clinically available in select U.S. markets. Perlegen plans to add sales areas to make the test available nationwide over the next few months.

Do you have a substance abuse problem? Take this quiz developed by the Vanderbilt University Addiction Center.

The world's largest HIV vaccine trial has shown modest success in attempts to develop an HIV vaccine that prevents HIV infection. In the trial over 16000 people were vaccinated with...

BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 124,000 people in Europe developed cancer last year because they are overweight, and rising body fat levels threaten to add tens of thousands more to their ranks, experts said on Thursday.

Malawi Gets $30M World Bank Grant For HIV/AIDS Tim Gilbo, the World Bank's director in Malawi, announced on Tuesday that the organization will grant the country $30 million, which will be used to 'increase access to prevention, treatment and mitigation services with a focus on behavioural change,'

Today the American Legacy Foundation(R) (Legacy) urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit menthol in cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products as one of its first priorities related to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (the Act). Legacy highlighted menthol as a top priority, indicating that menthol products account for one-fifth of the U.S. cigarette market and highlighting that approximately 80 percent of African-American smokers smoke menthol cigarettes. Legacy's comments submitted to the FDA today as part of the agency's request for public input related to the Act on the topic of menthol states: The success of menthol cigarettes is hardly an accident. Literally many hundreds of tobacco industry documents conclusively establish that the tobacco industry has for decades systematically developed and marketed menthol products to attract and keep as long-term customers millions of 'starter' and youth smokers; racial minorities and African-Americ