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Mood drug inhibits breast cancer medication: study

AFP - Yesterday, 12:28 am

PARIS (AFP) - A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday. More »

Global swine flu death toll falls in past week: WHO
AFP - Friday, February 5 10:44 pm
GENEVA (AFP) - The global death toll from swine flu has risen to 15,174, up 463 from a week ago, but the pandemic is steadily losing momentum around the world, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. More »
New chinks emerge in malaria's armour
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 06:18 pm
PARIS (AFP) - Investigators said on Wednesday they had made important lab discoveries in mosquitoes and the parasite which causes malaria, opening up new paths for attacking a disease that claims nearly a million lives per year. More »
Glaxo in up to $330 mln deal with Austrian biotech
Reuters - Wednesday, February 3 09:15 am
LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline has bought rights to a early-stage lung disease drug from Austrian biotech company Apeiron Biologics in a deal worth up to 207 million pounds, the Austrian company said on Wednesday. More »
Roche profit misses forecasts
Reuters - Wednesday, February 3 07:24 am
BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's full-year profit missed forecasts due to disappointing sales of key cancer drugs, but the Swiss drugmaker confirmed its 2010 outlook. More »
Lancet formally retracts 1998 paper linking vaccine and autism
AFP - Tuesday, February 2 05:16 pm
PARIS (AFP) - Medical journal The Lancet Tuesday withdrew a 1998 study linking autism with inoculation against three childhood illnesses, a paper that caused an uproar and an enduring backlash against vaccination. More »
Lancet retracts paper linking vaccine and autism
AFP - Tuesday, February 2 03:39 pm
PARIS (AFP) - Medical journal The Lancet Tuesday withdrew a 1998 study linking autism with inoculation against three childhood illnesses, a paper that caused an uproar and an enduring backlash against vaccination. More »