Investigation and Interim Recommendations: Swine Influenza (H1N1)
CDC, in collaboration with public health officials in California and Texas, is investigating cases of febrile respiratory illness caused by swine influenza (H1N1) viruses. As of 11 AM (EDT) April 25, 2009, eight laboratory confirmed cases of Swine Influenza infection have been confirmed in the United States. Four [...]
Pre-diagnostic wine consumption may reduce the risk of death and relapse among non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients, according to an epidemiology study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009.
Xuesong Han, the first author of the abstract and a doctoral candidate at the Yale School of Public Health, said their findings would need [...]
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered a “molecular key” that could help increase the success of blood stem cell transplants, a procedure currently used to treat diseases such as leukemia, Hodgkin’s lymphoma and aplastic anemia.
During a blood stem cell transplant, donor blood stem cells – which can produce red and white blood cells and [...]
Update On Lymphoma Drug Trial
Article Date: 20 Feb 2009 – 2:00 PST ( Lymphology/Lymphedema News). Final results of a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial of pralatrexate (PDX) for patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) were reported by the study’s principal investigator, Dr. Owen A. O’Connor of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center [...]