Monday, November 3, 2008

Can Candida Be Caused by Wine?

Candida is a type of fungi that is yeast-like and practically present in all human beings. A healthy person will not notice it that much because it is neutralized by micro-organisms that we sometimes call 'pro-biotic' or friendly bacteria. Recently, there are a lot of people suffering from high Candida levels this. This could be because of their diet,stress levels or drug consumption, which can all greatly increase the amount of fungi residing in our system. But is Candida caused by wine?

Should Metastasectomy Be Performed Before Other Treatments?

Primary HCC is a major cancer related to HBV viral infection in Asian countries, including Japan. Recently, the primary liver cancers are successfully treated by surgical resection including liver transplantation and non-surgical locoregional therapy. Although infrequently, extrahepatic spread to the lungs occurs. So-called lung metastasis from liver cancer is a dilemma, because it is often believed that diseases are very advanced and too late for adequate treatment. Continue reading ...

Addressing the nation's continuing poor performance in cancer clinical trial participation, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and low income groups, will require meaningful public involvement in the design and implementation of clinical trials, according to a landmark report released today. Continue reading ...

Hay fever sufferers and people with asthma; beware - peak pollen season is now until late November, according to the latest asthma alert issued by the National Asthma Council Australia. "There is so much hype at the start of spring about pollen-triggered asthma and allergy that many people don't realise that the real danger period is actually late spring and sometimes even early summer," warned Professor John Wilson, National Asthma Council Australia chairman. Continue reading ...

When Jason Boas was diagnosed at 33 with Pancreatic Cancer, and given less than a year to live, he discovered that he had become a member of the club that nobody wants to join. Unable to find a support network for young people, No Surrender was born as a way of finding other people experiencing the same hopes, fears and fight. No Surrender is, in effect, the UK's first social network that nobody wants to find their friends on. Continue reading ...

A leading dietitian based at Epsom General Hospital has been crowned 'Dietitian of the Year' by a national charity. Kristina Zaremba who has been working in the field for the past 28 years, said she was delighted with the accolade, awarded to her by Coeliac UK. The charity supports people with coeliac disease - a condition that affects one in 100 people across the UK. Continue reading ...

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDX) announced initial results from multi-center Phase 1 clinical trials of its cancer vaccine candidate, CDX-1307, combined with GM-CSF, at the International Society for the Biologic Therapy of Cancer (iSBTc) annual meeting in San Diego. These data provide the basis for the ongoing assessment of CDX-1307 combined with more potent adjuvants with data expected in the first half of 2009. Continue reading ...

A study published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, validates a non-invasive screening method with future potential for detection of human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive head and neck cancers. Continue reading ...