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2008-08-31 14:05:45 - Cracking enzyme code opens way to new cancer drugs (AFP) (health)
AFP - Researchers have broken the code of an enzyme that plays a key role in the growth of most cancers, opening a path that potentially leads to a new class of anti-cancer drugs, according to a study released Sunday.

2008-08-31 14:05:44 - New gene clues emerge for leukaemia, obesity, bowel disease (AFP) (health)
AFP - Teams of doctors on Sunday said they had uncovered genetic flaws that separately boost the risk of a common form of leukaemia and bowel disease in children and may also influence obesity and fertility.

2008-08-31 10:05:44 - Experts set plan to tackle global cancer crisis (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - Cancer specialists set a plan on Sunday to stem the rise in deaths from cancer by 2020 and ensure that all patients suffering in the late stages of the disease can access painkillers.

2008-08-30 04:05:14 - Afghan child mortality linked to uneducated mothers (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war but to mothers being uneducated and having little or no say when their children need medical help, a study has found.

2008-08-30 00:05:18 - Drunken-driving deaths fall in 32 states (AP) (health)
AP - Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states.

2008-08-30 00:05:17 - 87 salmonella cases reported across Quebec (AP) (health)
AP - A provincial health official says that an unusually high number of people have fallen ill with salmonella food poisoning across Quebec.

2008-08-30 00:05:17 - Court: US can block mad cow testing (AP) (health)
AP - The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday.

2008-08-29 16:05:52 - Activity key to breast cancer patients' survival (Reuters) (health)
Reuters - Women who stay active after being diagnosed with breast cancer -- and even those who take up exercise for the first time after diagnosis -- have a better chance of surviving the disease, a new study shows.

2008-08-29 14:05:47 - Some Hiroshima Survivors at Thyroid Cancer Risk (HealthDay) (health)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Some Japanese survivors of the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid cancer, new research indicates.

2008-08-29 12:06:02 - Clinical Trials Update: Aug. 29, 2008 (HealthDay) (health)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

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