Cancer

Provinces urged to push for national drug-buying strategy
Canada.com | 3 hours 27 minutes ago
Not all cancer patients are treated equally in this country when it comes to the bills for their drugs, and it's about time the federal government stepped up to ensure universal access and coverage, says a new report from the Canadian Cancer Society.

Asian carp may have breached Great Lakes barrier
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 4 hours 9 minutes ago
DNA of the dreaded fish has been found north of the electronic device designed to stop it from entering the Great Lakes

Gene silencing predicted to improve drug manufacturing
ScientificAmerican.com | 5 hours 16 minutes ago
Chinese hamster ovary cells: the workhorse of the biological drug market.Nikon MicroscopyU

Children's Hearing Loss From Cisplatin Chemotherapy Associated With Gene Variants
Medscape (free registration) | 5 hours 49 minutes ago
Scientists at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, have identified genetic variants associated with ototoxicity that occur in more than half of children treated with cisplatin. The report, published online November 8 in Nature Genetics, raises the possibilities that individuals at higher genetic risk for ototoxicity could receive lower cisplatin doses, alternative drug treatments, or be chosen for otoprotectant studies.

Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
Miami Herald, The | 5 hours 51 minutes ago
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

Officials say Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier, increasing risk to Great Lakes
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 5 hours 59 minutes ago
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

Asian Carp May Have Breached Electronic Barrier
ABC News | 6 hours 25 minutes ago
Officials say Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier, increasing risk to Great Lakes

Dendreon says FDA will disclose Provenge ??s fate by May 1
American City Business Journals | 6 hours 57 minutes ago
Dendreon Corp. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will make a regulatory decision on the biotech?s Provenge prostate cancer drug by May 1, 2010.

Wire Health & Science
Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 7 hours 9 minutes ago
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

APhA endorses MTM provision in Senate health-reform proposal
Drug Store News | 7 hours 16 minutes ago
By Jim FrederickWASHINGTON (Nov. 20) Community pharmacy leaders are endorsing some elements of the massive health-reform package unveiled this week by Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

Officials say Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier, increasing risk to Great Lakes -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 7 hours 22 minutes ago
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

Morphine May Help Tumors Spread in Cancer Patients
Yahoo! | 7 hours 55 minutes ago
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies add to growing evidence that morphine and other opiate-based painkillers may promote the growth and spread of cancer cells.

UPDATE 1-UK investigates spread of drug resistant swine flu
Reuters | 8 hours 10 minutes ago
LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - British health officials are investigating the likely person-to-person spread of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu, the Health Protection Agency said on Friday.

Promoting healthy skepticism in the news: Helping journalists get it right
EurekAlert! | 8 hours 24 minutes ago
An editorial published online November 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute discusses the exaggerated fears and hopes that often appear in news coverage of cancer research. The editorial provides guidance for both the media and journals to help alleviate the problem.