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  • Pfizer discontinues NHL cancer drug development Pfizer discontinues NHL cancer drug development

    NEW YORK Pharma major Pfizer has discontinued the development of cancer candidate inotuzumab ozogamicin, which is part of a class of therapies called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), in the haematological cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma after it failed to show benefit in overall survival during phase III trials. Pfizer has notified the study investigators and appropriate regulatory authorities ...

  • Jeremy Clarkson pokes fun at Angelina Jolies double mastectomy

    Jeremy Clarkson has made light of Angelina Jolie after she had her both breasts removed because of a cancer risk. The 53-year-old broadcaster said: "Ooh, can I have them?" the Daily Star reported. ...

  • Anabolic-androgenic steroids linked to reduced future mental health

    The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids may affect one's mental health later in life, a new study has warned. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg. Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study admitted steroid use. Together with colleagues from Sahlgrenska University Hospital, they found a connection ...

  • Compound in Mediterranean diet makes cancer cells mortal

    A compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' "superpower" to escape death, a new research has suggested. By altering a very specific step in gene regulation, this compound essentially re-educates cancer cells into normal cells that die as scheduled. One way that cancer cells thrive is by inhibiting a process that would cause them to die on a regular cycle that is ...

  • Victorias Secret rejects plea for breast cancer survivor bras

    Victoria's Secret has rejected a woman's appeal for a "survivor line" of bras. Allana Maiden wanted her mother to feel beautiful again after she'd undergone a radical mastectomy. But the lingerie company, she hoped would design sexy lingerie for women who've had breast cancer surgery, has decided not to go ahead with the line. The 28-year-old from Richmond, Virginia, was 6 years old when her ...

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The Browning Version [DVD]

The Browning Version [DVD]

The philosopher Elie Wiesel famously said that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference, and that indifference is the true enemy of human creativity. Andrew Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave), the central character of The Browning Version, would appear on the ... ...

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  • Cancer radiation therapy if given in evening may minimize hair loss

    Researchers who discovered that mouse hair has a circadian clock - a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair - suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day. The study found that mice lost 85 percent of their hair if they received radiation therapy in the morning, compared to a 17 ...

  • Newly identified immune protein could stop diabetes in its tracks

    An immune protein that has the potential to stop or reverse the development of type 1 diabetes in its early stages, before insulin-producing cells have been destroyed, has been identified by Melbourne researchers. The discovery has wider repercussions, as the protein is responsible for protecting the body against excessive immune responses, and could be used to treat, or even prevent, other ...

  • Childhood ADHD could lead to obesity in adulthood

    A new study conducted by researchers at the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center found that men diagnosed as children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were twice as likely to be obese in a 33-year follow-up study compared to men who were not diagnosed with the condition. "Few studies have focused on long-term outcomes for patients diagnosed with ADHD in ...

  • Lindsay Lohan struggles in rehab

    It seems actress Lindsay Lohan is struggling in rehab after the doctors cut her off from Addreall. The 26-year-old actress is completing her 90-day stint at the Betty Ford Clinic in California. And her friends are worried that she is lacking energy, reports femalefirst.co.uk. A source said: "Lindsay just doesn't want to be there. She was forced to go to Betty Ford by the judge instead of going ...

  • Indo- Swiss bilateral meet held at Geneva

    Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of Health Switzerland Alain Berset held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of World Health Assembly at Geneva with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. Speaking on the occasion, Azad said that friendship between India and Switzerland goes as back as Independence of India, ...

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