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http://news.yahoo.com/diseases/ Get the latest Diseases/Conditions news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Diseases/Conditions news, including analysis and opinion on top Diseases/Conditions stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedTue, 23 Jul 2013 14:37:30 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/diseases/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fda-cracks-down-illegal-diabetes-remedies-160636567.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iii4QKYagoeONtCmooO7tQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/28429036a3196918380f6a706700dbcd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows more four of the more than a dozen U.S. and foreign companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription. The FDA sent warning letters to 15 companies ordering them to stop selling diabetes treatments which violate U.S. drug laws. ( AP Photo/FDA)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows more four of the more than a dozen U.S. and foreign companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription. The FDA sent warning letters to 15 companies ordering them to stop selling diabetes treatments which violate U.S. drug laws. ( AP Photo/FDA)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on more than a dozen companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fda-cracks-down-illegal-diabetes-remedies-160636567.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 14:37:30 -0400Associated Pressfda-cracks-down-illegal-diabetes-remedies-160636567<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fda-cracks-down-illegal-diabetes-remedies-160636567.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iii4QKYagoeONtCmooO7tQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/28429036a3196918380f6a706700dbcd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows more four of the more than a dozen U.S. and foreign companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription. The FDA sent warning letters to 15 companies ordering them to stop selling diabetes treatments which violate U.S. drug laws. ( AP Photo/FDA)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows more four of the more than a dozen U.S. and foreign companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription. The FDA sent warning letters to 15 companies ordering them to stop selling diabetes treatments which violate U.S. drug laws. ( AP Photo/FDA)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on more than a dozen companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription.</p><br clear="all"/>By Toni Clarke (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators are cracking down on 15 companies for selling products they said falsely claim to cure or mitigate the symptoms of diabetes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent letters last week to 10 domestic and five foreign companies, warning them that their products violate the law. A total of 20 products are covered by the warning letters. In some, treatments are being sold as "natural" when in fact they contain pharmaceutical ingredients, the FDA said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/fda-warns-15-companies-over-fraudulent-diabetes-product-152205952.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 11:27:04 -0400Reutersfda-warns-15-companies-over-fraudulent-diabetes-product-152205952(Reuters) - Array Biopharma Inc said one of its drugs met the main goal of improving lung function in a mid-stage study among patients with mild to moderate persistent allergic asthma. Array shares rose as much as 19 percent to $6.64 ? their highest in nearly five years ? on Tuesday morning. Array said it was seeking a partner to develop the drug and Chief Executive Ron Squarer said there was substantial interest from key players in the field. "In theory, with a partner we may look at higher doses of the drug. ...http://news.yahoo.com/array-asthma-drug-meets-main-goal-mid-stage-150230963.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 11:23:15 -0400Reutersarray-asthma-drug-meets-main-goal-mid-stage-150230963Risk of Human-to-Human Spread of Deadly New Bird Flu Virus Higher Than Previously Thoughthttp://news.yahoo.com/risk-human-human-spread-deadly-bird-flu-virus-180000921.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:00:00 -0400Scientific Americanrisk-human-human-spread-deadly-bird-flu-virus-180000921(Reuters) - Celgene Corp said it will stop a late-stage trial of its blood cancer drug, Revlimid, after it observed a higher number of deaths in elderly leukemia patients taking the drug compared with those on another treatment. Revlimid, with 2012 sales of $3.8 billion, is Celgene's flagship blood cancer drug and is already approved for use in various types of blood cancer, including multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma. Celgene shares were down 2.7 percent at $132.98 on Thursday afternoon on the Nasdaq. Over the past 12 months, the shares have nearly doubled. ...http://news.yahoo.com/celgene-stop-blood-cancer-trial-due-higher-death-114839356.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 13:43:10 -0400Reuterscelgene-stop-blood-cancer-trial-due-higher-death-114839356KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ? The drugs given to many of Africa's psychiatric patients are often administered to keep the patients asleep so the hurried nurses can get some rest, and those who can't sleep may have their hands or feet tied up.http://news.yahoo.com/psychiatrists-decry-mental-health-care-africa-105405344.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 07:24:40 -0400Associated Presspsychiatrists-decry-mental-health-care-africa-105405344(Reuters) - Canadian biopharmaceutical company Transition Therapeutics said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted a fast-track status to its Alzheimer's drug, sending its U.S.-listed shares up 33 percent in post-market trading. A fast track designation by the FDA expedites regulatory review of drugs that aim to treat serious diseases and fill unmet medical needs. The drug, ELND005, currently being tested in a mid-stage trial, treats neuropsychiatric symptoms such as agitation or aggression in Alzheimer's disease. ...http://news.yahoo.com/transition-therapeutics-alzheimers-drug-gets-fda-fast-track-225123056.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 18:51:23 -0400Reuterstransition-therapeutics-alzheimers-drug-gets-fda-fast-track-225123056By Gene Emery NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using low-dose CT scans to screen high-risk patients for lung tumors is far more effective at preventing lung cancer deaths than scanning those at low risk, according to a new analysis of over 53,000 volunteers. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, comes at a time when doctors are struggling to reduce the death rate among lung cancer patients, who account for more than one quarter of all cancer deaths. ...http://news.yahoo.com/lung-cancer-screening-most-useful-high-risk-people-210609706.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 17:06:09 -0400Reuterslung-cancer-screening-most-useful-high-risk-people-210609706By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a large new study, people with bipolar disorder were more likely than those without the mental illness to die from a number of causes, and to die almost a decade younger. An expert on the condition, which is best known for including extreme swings in mood and energy levels, said the new findings illustrate a poorly understood point about the physical effects of the disease. "Whatever we're doing, these people are not dying (just) because of suicide. That's not the reason for increased mortality. That's a hard thing to get across," said Dr. ...http://news.yahoo.com/bipolar-disorder-tied-risk-disease-early-death-210533188.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 17:05:33 -0400Reutersbipolar-disorder-tied-risk-disease-early-death-210533188<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/surgical-knife-instantly-detect-cancer-180547769.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tBSPjtRz8m6yEfrNGDkQ_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/30ac1cf5e9f6da17370f6a70670074f2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A member of &#039;intelligent knife&#039; development team uses the knife on a piece of animal muscle during a demonstration at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Surgeons may have a new way to smoke out cancer.An experimental surgical knife can help surgeons make sure they&#039;ve removed all the cancerous tissue, doctors reported Wednesday. Surgeons typically use knives that vaporize tumors as they cut, producing a sharp-smelling smoke. The new knife analyzes the smoke and can instantly signal whether the tissue is cancerous or healthy.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)" align="left" title="A member of &#039;intelligent knife&#039; development team uses the knife on a piece of animal muscle during a demonstration at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Surgeons may have a new way to smoke out cancer.An experimental surgical knife can help surgeons make sure they&#039;ve removed all the cancerous tissue, doctors reported Wednesday. Surgeons typically use knives that vaporize tumors as they cut, producing a sharp-smelling smoke. The new knife analyzes the smoke and can instantly signal whether the tissue is cancerous or healthy.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Surgeons may have a new way to smoke out cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/surgical-knife-instantly-detect-cancer-180547769.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:35:50 -0400Associated Presssurgical-knife-instantly-detect-cancer-180547769<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/surgical-knife-instantly-detect-cancer-180547769.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tBSPjtRz8m6yEfrNGDkQ_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/30ac1cf5e9f6da17370f6a70670074f2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A member of &#039;intelligent knife&#039; development team uses the knife on a piece of animal muscle during a demonstration at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Surgeons may have a new way to smoke out cancer.An experimental surgical knife can help surgeons make sure they&#039;ve removed all the cancerous tissue, doctors reported Wednesday. Surgeons typically use knives that vaporize tumors as they cut, producing a sharp-smelling smoke. The new knife analyzes the smoke and can instantly signal whether the tissue is cancerous or healthy.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)" align="left" title="A member of &#039;intelligent knife&#039; development team uses the knife on a piece of animal muscle during a demonstration at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Surgeons may have a new way to smoke out cancer.An experimental surgical knife can help surgeons make sure they&#039;ve removed all the cancerous tissue, doctors reported Wednesday. Surgeons typically use knives that vaporize tumors as they cut, producing a sharp-smelling smoke. The new knife analyzes the smoke and can instantly signal whether the tissue is cancerous or healthy.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Surgeons may have a new way to smoke out cancer.</p><br clear="all"/>By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - For years, doctors have dismissed patients' worries about mild slips of memory as a normal part of aging. Now, as the focus in Alzheimer's research moves toward early diagnosis, researchers are looking for ways to tell whether some of these "senior moments" are an early sign of the disease. The idea is so new that scientists can't even agree on what to call these memory complaints among people who are still cognitively normal. ...http://news.yahoo.com/mild-slips-memory-may-very-early-alzheimers-182847804.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:28:47 -0400Reutersmild-slips-memory-may-very-early-alzheimers-182847804<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/intelligent-surgical-knife-sniff-cancer-tissue-182304102.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F0fEzMBAiJA71UnZMBCfzA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T182304Z_1_CBRE96G1F4M00_RTROPTP_2_CANCER-KNIFE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Julia Balog demonstrates the Intelligent Knife at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London" align="left" title="Julia Balog demonstrates the Intelligent Knife at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have created an &quot;intelligent&quot; surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery in future. The device, built by researchers at London&#039;s Imperial College, could allow doctors to cut back on additional operations to remove further pieces of cancerous tumors. The technology, effectively merging an electrosurgical knife that cuts through tissue using heat with a mass spectrometer for chemical analysis, has also been shown to be able to distinguish beef from horsemeat. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/intelligent-surgical-knife-sniff-cancer-tissue-182304102.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:23:04 -0400Reutersintelligent-surgical-knife-sniff-cancer-tissue-182304102<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/intelligent-surgical-knife-sniff-cancer-tissue-182304102.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/F0fEzMBAiJA71UnZMBCfzA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T182304Z_1_CBRE96G1F4M00_RTROPTP_2_CANCER-KNIFE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Julia Balog demonstrates the Intelligent Knife at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London" align="left" title="Julia Balog demonstrates the Intelligent Knife at St Mary&#039;s Hospital in London" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have created an &quot;intelligent&quot; surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery in future. The device, built by researchers at London&#039;s Imperial College, could allow doctors to cut back on additional operations to remove further pieces of cancerous tumors. The technology, effectively merging an electrosurgical knife that cuts through tissue using heat with a mass spectrometer for chemical analysis, has also been shown to be able to distinguish beef from horsemeat. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - An experimental drug to treat Alzheimer's disease proved effective in improving cognitive performance in a mid-stage study, Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck, one of the drug's two developer's, said on Tuesday. The drug, Lu AE58054, showed statistically significant cognitive improvement in a Phase II clinical trial of patients suffering from moderate Alzheimer's, when used as an add-on to the drug donepezil for six months. Lundbeck is developing the drug jointly with Japan's Otsuka to treat Alzheimer's, a degenerative brain disease that causes progressive memory loss. ...http://news.yahoo.com/lundbeck-otsuka-alzheimers-drug-shows-improved-cognition-study-204704629.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 16:47:04 -0400Reuterslundbeck-otsuka-alzheimers-drug-shows-improved-cognition-study-204704629By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who are treated for prostate cancer with hormone-targeted therapy have a higher risk of developing kidney problems, a new study suggests. The treatment, known as androgen deprivation therapy, lowers the risk of death among men with advanced, aggressive prostate cancer. However, researchers said it's increasingly being used to treat possible recurrences among men with less advanced disease - for whom the benefits are less clear, and the risks more worrisome. ...http://news.yahoo.com/prostate-cancer-hormonal-therapy-tied-kidney-risks-200438530.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 16:04:38 -0400Reutersprostate-cancer-hormonal-therapy-tied-kidney-risks-200438530Diabetes, obesity and elevated blood pressure typically emerge in middle-age, but more young children are showing signs of chronic conditions that may take a toll on their health.http://news.yahoo.com/sick-time-more-kids-diagnosed-adult-diseases-180026362.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 14:00:26 -0400Time.comsick-time-more-kids-diagnosed-adult-diseases-180026362The latest map of all the genes involved in a set of tumor cells exposes which mutations drive cancer and how to possibly treat them.http://news.yahoo.com/mapping-cancer-largest-set-tumor-genomes-could-lead-094525061.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 05:45:25 -0400Time.commapping-cancer-largest-set-tumor-genomes-could-lead-094525061By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - Workers who postpone retirement are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia known to affect the elderly than those who leave their jobs at age 60, a recent survey of nearly half a million European retirees shows. The study looked at health and insurance records of more than 429,000 former workers in France and found that the risk of developing dementia declined with each additional year worked beyond an average retirement age, said Carole Dufouil, research director at INSERM, a French government agency in charge of the study. ...http://news.yahoo.com/later-retirement-linked-lower-risk-alzheimers-study-shows-012016846.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 21:20:16 -0400Reuterslater-retirement-linked-lower-risk-alzheimers-study-shows-012016846By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - National Cancer Institute scientists have released the largest-ever database of cancer-related genetic variations, providing researchers the most comprehensive way so far to figure out how to target treatments for the disease. Open access worldwide to the new database, based on genome studies, is expected to help researchers accelerate development of new drugs and better match patients with therapies, NCI said in a statement on Monday. "Most anti-cancer drugs that are used today are used based on their empirical activity," Dr. ...http://news.yahoo.com/largest-cancer-gene-database-made-public-232153763.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 19:21:53 -0400Reuterslargest-cancer-gene-database-made-public-232153763By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low-dose aspirin, even if not taken daily, may reduce a woman's risk of colon cancer over the long term, according to a new study that did not find the same effect for other types of cancer. The apparent benefit came at a cost, as women taking aspirin also had higher rates of stomach bleeding and ulcers. But researchers found that women who took 100 milligrams (mg) of aspirin every other day for at least 10 years ended up with about a 20 percent lower risk of colon cancer after some 18 years of follow up, compared to women who took a placebo. ...http://news.yahoo.com/long-term-aspirin-tied-lower-colon-cancer-risk-211951631.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 17:19:51 -0400Reuterslong-term-aspirin-tied-lower-colon-cancer-risk-211951631By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have had colon cancer are 15 percent more likely to be diagnosed with another cancer than those with no history of the disease, a new study suggests. Using data from cancer registries from nine states, researchers found small intestine, lung, kidney, stomach, bladder and endometrial cancers were all more common among people with a history of colon cancer. ...http://news.yahoo.com/past-colon-cancer-tied-future-cancer-risks-184834969.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 14:48:34 -0400Reuterspast-colon-cancer-tied-future-cancer-risks-184834969By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite research indicating that women who had cancer as girls have difficulty getting pregnant, a new study suggests that most can conceive, though it might take longer than usual. Researchers from the U.S. and Canada found that female childhood cancer survivors tended to take longer to conceive than their sisters, but nearly two-thirds of the infertile survivors eventually did get pregnant. "The main message counters what some people have thought, which is if you had cancer you won't be able to get pregnant or have children," said Dr. ...http://news.yahoo.com/pregnancy-possible-many-childhood-cancer-175820944.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 13:58:20 -0400Reuterspregnancy-possible-many-childhood-cancer-175820944WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Montana man charged with selling unapproved cancer drugs was sentenced to five years probation and six months of home confinement, U.S. law enforcement authorities said on Friday. He was also forced to forfeit some $6 million in assets. The case is the latest in roughly a dozen brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and Food and Drug Administration against distributors of unapproved pharmaceuticals. Under the latest sentencing, in U.S. District Court in Missoula, Montana, Paul Daniel Bottomley, 48, agreed to forfeit $1. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-sentences-man-latest-fake-cancer-drug-case-213415099.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:34:15 -0400Reutersu-sentences-man-latest-fake-cancer-drug-case-213415099By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Despite two failed late-stage trials of its experimental Alzheimer's drug solanezumab, Eli Lilly and Co said on Friday it plans to run yet another study, this time focusing only on mild patients who appeared to respond to the treatment. And the company will take extra steps to ensure it is testing actual Alzheimer's patients by pre-screening them with its imaging agent Amyvid to ensure they have deposits of the protein beta amyloid that is linked with the disease. ...http://news.yahoo.com/lilly-plans-big-alzheimers-disease-study-prior-failures-130413774.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 14:56:39 -0400Reuterslilly-plans-big-alzheimers-disease-study-prior-failures-130413774Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months, their chances of developing the disorder at least doubled, according to a new study. Four to six months is the recommended age window for all kids to start on solid foods, but the new results suggest timing could be even more important for babies at high risk for type 1 diabetes (T1D) because of genetic susceptibility. ...http://news.yahoo.com/timing-first-solid-food-tied-child-diabetes-risk-183615783.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 14:36:15 -0400Reuterstiming-first-solid-food-tied-child-diabetes-risk-183615783By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research has long shown slight health differences among babies born at different times during the year, and a new study suggests seasonal flu may be a contributing factor. In the study of over 600,000 women who each had more than one child, researchers found a dip in average pregnancy length - and thus an increase in premature births - for infants conceived in May. Most of those babies were born at the height of flu season, in early- to mid-winter. ...http://news.yahoo.com/flu-may-explain-seasonal-birth-differences-study-163327203.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 12:33:27 -0400Reutersflu-may-explain-seasonal-birth-differences-study-163327203

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