Obesity Greatly Raises Endometrial Cancer Risk
...early menopause. Published in the July issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the study found that women with a body-mass index (BMI) greater than 35 who were under 45 at the time of their last menstrual period had a 22 times higher risk of developing endometrial cancers than their normal-weight peers....

Promising Three-year Data: Saving Limbs With Drug-Eluting Stents
...the reduced vessel restenosis, repeat angioplasties were necessary in only 15 percent of the patients in the drug-eluting stent group versus almost 35 percent in the bare-metal stent group up to 3 years -- this being the equivalent to an almost 2.5-fold risk of repeat procedures in the case of bare...

Genentech Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results
...sales to collaborators 294 94 213 ---------------------------------------------- ------- ------ -------- Total product sales +++ $2,443 $1,810 35% ---------------------------------------------- ------- ------ -------- + Second quarter 2007 Avastin U.S. product sales results include an immaterial...

Ligand to Acquire Neurogen for Stock and Contingent Value Rights
...guidance for 2010 and therefore, consistent with previous guidance, Ligand currently expects expenses for 2010 to be in the range of $30 million to $35 million. Given Ligand's revenue outlook for 2010, Ligand currently projects that the business will be cash flow neutral on an operating basis in 2010....

Watson Announces Positive Data for Its Investigational Oxybutynin Topical Gel for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder at SUNA's Annual Conference
...oxybutynin gel is a convenient option for treating OAB that is easy to use and offers a way to improve treatment compliance among patients,' said Diane K. Newman, RNC, MSN, CRNP, FAAM, lead author and Co-Director of the Penn Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, Division of Urology, University...

New Meta-Analysis Confirms Safety Profile for NeoRecormon in Treating Anaemia in Cancer Patients
...online publication 10 June 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604408 (2) Br J Cancer. 2003 Apr 7;88(7):988-95 (3) Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007 Jan;59(1):35-42 (4) J Clin Oncol. 2002 May 15;20(10):2486-94 CONTACT: For further information please contact: Sheila Kolesaire atRoche, Tel: +1-973-235-4347, Mobile:...

Updated Overall Survival Data From Pivotal Herceptin Adjuvant Studies in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
...of follow-up, compared with 89.4 percent of women treated with chemotherapy alone. This updated survival analysis showed a statistically significant 35 percent reduction in the risk of death (based on a hazard ratio of 0.65, p-value = 0.0007), which is equivalent to a 54 percent improvement in overall...

Proper Sleep May Help Clear Arteries
...calcium deposits. But the study results shouldn't send people off to bed prematurely or have them popping sleeping pills, cautioned Diane Lauderdale, associate professor of health studies at the University of Chicago Medical Center, who led the study. 'We don't know why there is an...

Positive Results Prompt US National Cancer Institute to Make Gleevec Available To Patients in Post-Surgical Gist Study
...news, with major implications for patients with primary disease. 'With these new data, we see that Gleevec may help patients with early GIST,' said Diane Young, MD, Head of Global Medical Affairs at Novartis Oncology. 'We will now work with the investigators on a submission to gain regulatory approval...

Watson Announces Positive Data for Its Investigational Oxybutynin Topical Gel for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder at SUNA's Annual Conference
...oxybutynin gel is a convenient option for treating OAB that is easy to use and offers a way to improve treatment compliance among patients,' said Diane K. Newman, RNC, MSN, CRNP, FAAM, lead author and Co-Director of the Penn Center for Continence and Pelvic Health, Division of Urology, University...

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