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Drugs to inhibit blood vessel growth show promise in rat model of deadly brain tumor

August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

In a landmark study, Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee report that drugs used to inhibit a specific fatty acid in rat brains with glioblastoma-like tumors not only reduced new blood vessel growth and tumor ...


New hope for stroke patients

August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 1

If a stroke patient doesn't get treatment within approximately the first three hours of symptoms, there's not much doctors can do to limit damage to the brain.


Sandwich meats kill 15 in Canada

August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 1

The death toll from contaminated deli meats in Canada has risen to 15, health officials said Wednesday, including an elderly woman who is said to have suffered terribly.