Topic: The Lancet
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-10-28 00:43:36
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Patients with non-operable head and neck cancers should be given chemo- and radiotherapy at the same time, as it more than doubles the time they live without the disease getting worse, British scientists said on Wednesday.</p><p>Researchers from the UK Head and Neck (UKHAN) cancer group ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-10-24 21:00:26
<div><p>Exhilarated scientists on Saturday announced they had used gene therapy to restore eyesight to children blighted by a rare, inherited form of creeping blindness.</p><p>Youngsters were able to walk unaided around dimly-lit obstacles, take part in lessons at school without extra help -- and one child saw the colour ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-10-23 00:01:03
<div><p>A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, according to a trial published online on Friday by The Lancet.</p><p>Liraglutide, marketed as Victoza, outperformed the established anti-obesity drug orlistat, commercialised as Alli or ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-10-18 23:29:45
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Some treatments for inflammatory bowel disease increase the risk of infection-related cancers, French scientists said on Monday, but the benefits of the drugs still outweigh the risks.</p><p>Thiopurine drugs -- immunosuppressive medicines that inhibit the body's immune system -- are regularly used to treat inflammatory bowel disease ...
