25 Dec 2008
If you spend the majority of your time among stores, restaurants and skyscrapers, it may be time to trade in your stilettos for some hiking boots. A new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reveals that spending time in nature may be more beneficial for mental processes [...]
10 Dec 2008
Tobacco use and the spread of Westernized lifestyles are the two main factors pushing up cancer death figures in developing countries globally, according to a new report issued by IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer). The Agency predicts that the total number of annual cancer deaths globally will double [...]
08 Dec 2008
Montana’s First Judicial Court today issued a landmark decision in a lawsuit brought by a terminally ill Montana man, four Montana physicians and Compassion & Choices, a national nonprofit organization advocating for better care and choices at the end of life. Judge Dorothy McCarter held that mentally competent terminally ill [...]
08 Dec 2008
Montana’s First Judicial Court today issued a landmark decision in a lawsuit brought by a terminally ill Montana man, four Montana physicians and Compassion & Choices, a national nonprofit organization advocating for better care and choices at the end of life. Judge Dorothy McCarter held that mentally competent terminally ill [...]
Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) and Biogen Idec (Nasdaq:BIIB) today announced that two global Phase III studies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), CLL8 and REACH, showed Rituxan® (rituximab) plus chemotherapy significantly increased the time patients lived without their disease advancing, as defined by the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS), when compared to chemotherapy alone.
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