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Posted in cervical cancer on May 29th, 2009
A new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer has shown promising responses in animals according to a paper published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The vaccine, which would protect against many different types of HPV, has had robust antibody responses
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2009
Getting ready for a visit to the doctor can be quite daunting, especially if you’re suffering from a serious condition. This is why we developed our Pre-Med checklist which helps patients become active partners during their GP visit.
Posted in Inflammatory Bowel Disease on May 27th, 2009
New research investigating the impact that patients’ attitudes to maintenance therapy (MT) has on nonadherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has been published today in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Posted in Swine flu on May 26th, 2009
Interesting blog post by Kajsa Wilhelmsson on the potentially devastating impact media’s making in its reporting of the swine flu pandemic. Includes a link to a video by the always facinating Hans Rolsing at Gapminder who contrasts the way in which the media have swarmed to the swine flu story whilst universally ignoring a genuine global catastrophe in the form of deaths from TB. He ends by warning us all against the dangers of media hype.
Posted in Sexual health on May 19th, 2009
The number of sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) among under-16s has risen sharply in the past five years, figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
Posted in cervical cancer on May 14th, 2009
It is encouraging that Cervarix® is found to generate a good immunogenic response but it is important to recognise that these results do not mean that Gardasil® is inferior to Cervarix® in protecting women against cervical cancer.
Posted in cervical cancer on May 14th, 2009
GSK’s cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix®, is superior to Gardasil® in generating a significantly greater antibody response at seven months in women aged 18-45 against the two main cancer causing human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes 16 & 18.
Posted in Addiction treatment on May 12th, 2009
Binge drinking ‘increases risk’ of dementia. More under-65s – and women in particular – will suffer alcohol-related brain damage, say doctors.
Posted in Swine flu, Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has taken the first step towards producing a European prototype of a swine flu vaccine.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8th, 2009
Grünenthal, a German pharmaceutical company, has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application for tapentadol pain management tablets
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