Home health tests multiply as FDA warns on accuracy
Home tests proliferate with more than 300 kits including HIV diabetes and colon cancer screens. Authors note many yield rapid results and offer consumer access, but accuracy varies and professional guidance remains advised.
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Food Drug Administration
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Mount Airy
Confide
Eye Home
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Georgetown Dortors
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Clements
Reals
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Researchers say drug starves tumors
New York researchers report experiments in mice show antiangiogenesis drugs may block tumor blood vessel growth. The study suggests one drug might avoid resistance seen with standard chemotherapy and keeps tumors from thriving by starving them of blood.
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New York
Endostatin Shows Dormant Tumors After Repeated Dosing
Harvard Medical School researchers test endostatin in mice with tumors, noting tumor shrinkage followed by regrowth after rounds of treatment. After two to six cycles tumors became dormant, with no resistance observed. Authors caution results may not generalize to humans but see potential for long term cancer therapy combined with standard treatments. Dr Douglas Hanahan comments on the broader role of angiogenesis inhibitors.
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Harvard Medical School
Nature
Douglas Hanahan
University of Calfornia
San Francisco
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New York Times
Hanahan
Licenses revoked after liposuction death in patient Judy Fernandez
A plastic surgeon and anesthesiologist had their medical licenses revoked after Judy Fernandez, 47, died from blood loss following 10 1/2 hours of liposuction. The Medical Board found gross negligence and incompetence with the surgeon barred from practice for at least three years.
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