Online Health Guide:Heart Attack Causes Risks And Prevention

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Heart attack, medically known as Myocardial Infarction, is the sudden stoppage of the heart due to death or damage to a large part of the heart muscles known as myocardium. It is widely acknowledged that heart related conditions (cardiovascular diseases) are the number one cause of death and ...

More Sleep On Many Americans’ Holiday Wish List

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

The kids may be sleeping soundly this season with "visions of sugar plums in their heads," but almost half of the nation's moms and dads (44%) say they are worried about being able to afford the holidays this year, with one in six Americans (17%) expecting to lose ...

Merck KGaA Starts Stimuvax Phase III Study INSPIRE In Asian Patients With Advanced NSCLC

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Merck KGaA announced the initiation of its multi-national Phase III study of the investigational therapeutic cancer vaccine Stimuvax® (BLP25 liposome vaccine) in Asian patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The INSPIRE(a) study will investigate if Stimuvax can extend overall survival in Asian patients with unresectable stage ...

Hope For Advanced Thymic Cancer Patients: New International Study Targets Rare Cancer

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare. PHA-848125ac is produced by Nerviano Medical Sciences of Milan, Italy's largest pharmaceutical research and development facility. It is designed to stop ...