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Combining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better than treatment with a single drug, a multi-institution, Phase 3 clinical trial led by researchers has found. The approach can extend the time between debilitating drug treatments without prolonging the time it takes to recover from each treatment. Prostate cancer is usually treated with one of several testosterone-lowering drugs for a set period of time. "This adds to a growing body of evidence in favor of more intensive testosterone-blocking therapy in patients with higher-risk prostate cancer," said Rahul Aggarwal, MD. The new study focused on...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 once again, CNN reported Saturday. “His physician said he’s not experiencing any symptoms, but that he will isolate at the White House,” said CNN. The President Tweeted:Folks, today I tested positive for COVID again. This happens with a small minority of folks. I’ve got no symptoms but I am going to isolate for the safety of everyone around me. I’m still at work, and will be back on the road soon.— President Biden (@POTUS) July 30, 2022Biden tested positive more than a week ago a day after visiting Massachusetts.This...

New drugs to treat patients already infected with the novel coronavirus, which has sparked outbreaks across multiple continents, will emerge much more quickly than vaccines to prevent infection, a top Food and Drug Administration official said Wednesday. “The development of a vaccine is not going to prevent a pandemic here,” Peter Marks, the director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, told STAT at the SVB Leerink Global Healthcare Conference, ahead of a keynote presentation there. And getting a vaccine ready for pivotal testing is going to take more than just a few months, he said. Marks’ words...

Mystery deaths in Sierra Leone spread fear of Ebola relapsesThroughout the two-year Ebola epidemic, thousands of West African survivors have been shunned by their communities, prompting governments to sponsor messages stressing their complete recovery in a bid to counter …

Worried parents demand to know why they were not told about Ebola nurse's school visitWORRIED parents are demanding to know why they were not told in advance about a primary school visit by Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey.She visited the school the day before she was readmitted to hospital. She remains seriously ill in the isolation ward of London’s Royal Free hospital after the virus appeared to return. Officials yesterday tried to allay fears of anyone she came into contact with. They included a group of pupils at Mossneuk Primary School in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, who had raised £500 for...

Saturday, October 24, 2009 Gillian Tett: “Was October 2008 just a dress rehearsal?” /snip Second, she indicates that most observers recognize the rally is not the result of fundamentals (duh!) but the result of excessive liquidity chasing assets. /snip From Tett: Earlier this month, I received a sobering e-mail from a senior, recently-retired banker. This particular man, a veteran of the credit world, had just chatted with ex-colleagues who are still in the markets – and was feeling deeply shocked. “Forget about the events of the past 12 months … the punters are back punting as aggressively as ever,” he...

Fresh pessimism sweeps over credit sector By Michael Mackenzie and Aline van Duyn in New York Published: March 9 2009 19:46 | Last updated: March 9 2009 19:46 Credit market indicators – barometers of stress since the financial crisis began 18 months ago – are once more flashing red. Heightened concern over the fate of US carmakers and worries about escalating losses at banks and financial institutions and at General Electric, the largest debt issuer in capital markets, are creating a grim mood.

/begin my translation Kim Jong-il had Stroke Last Month, Emergency Operation was Considered The health of N. Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (age: 66) deteriorated again, suffering another stroke in late last month, and emergency operation was considered, said Chinese sources who are familiar with N. Korean situations on Nov. 25th. Kim collapsed in August due to a stroke. Survivors who suffer from aftereffect tend to recover, so we suspect that tension ran high at intelligence agency of many countries when Kim suffered the relapse. According to the sources, Kim’s chronic heart condition worsened in last August, requiring urgent hospitalization. After...

A new genetic test that tries to predict whether a woman with breast cancer will have a relapse won approval yesterday from the Food and Drug Administration, marking a step toward an era in which medical treatments are personalized for each patient. The approval was the first ever of such a complex genetic test, not only the first for breast cancer relapse. While other breast cancer recurrence predictive tests are being sold or developed, the new one, called MammaPrint, is the first to go through the formal F.D.A. approval process. The agency has signaled its intention to oversee more closely...

German business data add to eurozone gloom Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt Published: April 25 2005 10:25 | Last updated: April 25 2005 10:25German business confidence has tumbled to its lowest level for 18 months, the latest sign that eurozone economic growth is slowing significantly from an already-modest pace. The Munich-based Ifo institute said its business climate index had fallen for the third consecutive month, dropping to 93.3 from 94.0 in March. That was below analysts' forecasts and the lowest level since September 2003.The Ifo survey is closely watched by financial markets and the European Central Bank. The latest drop...

Hong Kong authorities confront the possibility that some people may have been reinfected for SARS, or relapsed... Developing...

SOME patients in Hong Kong suffered relapses of SARS after being listed as recovered and discharged from hospitals, a health official has said. Health Department spokesman Jimmy Lee would not provide numbers or details of the relapses, but said the number had been small. In a telephone interview, Lee confirmed news reports that one patient had fallen ill again and was readmitted to a hospital last Thursday after being discharged three days earlier. However, University of Hong Kong microbiologist Malik Peiris said although relapses are "not a good thing", they were not surprising given how little was known about the...