Encouraging First Data On New Targeted Treatment For Patients With Melanoma - The Deadliest Form Of 1st June 2009 - Views: 888 Roche announced today results from a Phase I study with PLX4032 (R7204) a new, highly selective and promising treatment for patients with advanced melanoma whose cancer harbours the BRAF mutation (known as mutation-positive ).
Climate Change Will Directly Impact On Infectious Diseases In Australia 1st June 2009 - Views: 1031 In the last decade scientists have gained a better understanding of the links between complex weather systems and human disease.
Simple Measures Prevent Travel Sickness In Children 1st June 2009 - Views: 954 Motion sickness affects about 30% of people, with 5% suffering heavily, and is particularly common in children around 10-12 years of age. Children under the age of two do not tend to get motion sickness.
Australian Nursing Federation Calls For Australia's Nursing Homes To Be 31st May 2009 - Views: 879 In response to reports of an increase in the number of serious complaints to the Department of Health and Ageing's Complaints Investigation Scheme (CIS) Ged Kearney, Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) federal secretary said the Australian government must make Australia's nursing homes a priority.
Induction Chemotherapy Followed By Chemoradiotherapy Increased Time-to-treatment Failure Compared To 31st May 2009 - Views: 921 The endpoint of Time-to- Treatment Failure was defined as a composite of time-to-disease progression, -to-surgery or other cancer- related treatments, -to-drop-out due to an adverse event, and to death from any cause.