Friday, January 27, 2012

Health News: [body]


Roswell Park's Cancer Vaccine Uses Body's Own Immunity in Trial
ThirdAge Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:07 PM PST
  The Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., began a phase I clinical trial of a dendritic cell vaccine that uses the body's immunity to fight cancer. The NY-ESO-1 dendritic cell vaccine, developed at Roswell Park, will be manufactured in the Institute's new Therapeutic Cell Production Facility, using a unique U.S. Food and drug Administration-approved process making Roswell park the ...

Patient's Obesity Diagnosis May Depend On Doctor's Weight, Study Suggests
The Huffington Post Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:47 PM PST
A new study conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that when a doctor had a normal body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height) they are more likely to talk to their patients who are obese about weight loss (30 percent of normal-weight doctors, compared with 18 percent of obese or overweight doctors).

Missing businessman found dead with multiple stab wounds
The Borneo Post Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:45 PM PST
BINTANGOR: The body of a businessman reported missing on Jan 17 was yesterday found in a drain at [...]

FDA clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer
Philly.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:43 PM PST
Patients with hard-to-treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body gained a new drug option Friday, after federal regulators approved a twice-a-day pill from Pfizer for the disease.

How cholera bacterium gains a foothold in the gut
Science Daily Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:27 PM PST
Biologists have made an important advance in our understanding of the way cholera attacks the body. The discovery could help scientists target treatments for the globally significant intestinal disease which kills more than 100,000 people every year.

Body location plays part in scratching pleasure
Science Daily Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:26 PM PST
New research from a world-renowned itch expert shows that how good scratching an itch feels is related to the itch’s location.

Man's body found in St Kilda street
thewest.com.au Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:26 PM PST
The body of a man which appears to have suffered wounds to the abdomen has been discovered in a street in Melbourne.

Heidi Brod: Reboot Your Body
The Huffington Post Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00 PM PST
Feeling beautiful and strong starts on the inside, and it's time for a new generation of mothers to speak up, reboot, and live strong.

US clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer
MSNBC Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:49 PM PST
Patients with hard-to-treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body gained a new drug option Friday, after U.S. government regulators approved a twice-a-day pill from Pfizer for the disease.

"Thong lifts" add extra padding
NBC 2 Fort Myers Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:31 PM PST
A platic surgery procedure uses fat taken from other body parts to fill out the bottom.




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