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	• Drug Re-Sensitizes Breast Tumors to Treatment
	Phase II study finds sorafenib helps reverse disease resistance to anti-hormonal therapy
	FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The drug sorafenib may help "re-sensitize" certain breast cancer tumors to anti-hormonal drugs, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say. Women with estrogen-receptor or progesterone-receptor positive (ER or PR positive) metastatic breast cancers often take anti-hormonal medicines, such as aromatase inhibitors, to keep the cancer under co
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	• Obesity Worsens Asthma
	Sufferers more likely to be hospitalized, have lower quality of life, study finds
	FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that obese people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be hospitalized for the problem and to have lower quality of life and worse control of the disease than those with asthma who are normal weight. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School evaluated 1,113 adults w
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	• Last of Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots
	Beasts established themselves earlier than presumed

	• Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk
	Men with prior history of COPD 6 times more likely to develop malignancy, study suggests

	• Almost Half of Adults Will Develop Knee Osteoarthritis by 85
	Study finds risk is greatest for those overweight or obese at age 45

	• Kids' Fever Time Cut Using Ibuprofen First
	British study also finds a combination of paracetamol and ibuprofen might work as a follow-up

	• FDA to List Drugs Under Review for Safety Issues
	But officials say patients taking meds on Web site shouldn't overreact or stop taking them

	• Think You Are Lead-Free? Check Your Soil
	Yards, parks in older U.S. cities retain high amounts of the toxin, research shows

FDA Approvals

• New Test Identifies Heart Transplant Rejection

Monitors gene activity in white blood cells

• First Treatment Sanctioned for Chorea in Huntington's Patients

The involuntary jerky movements that accompany the disease

• Injected Drug Approved for High Blood Pressure

When oral therapy isn't feasible

• New Test IDs Cancer Cells in Tumors

Helps pinpoint which type of cancer is present

FYI

• Health Tip: Getting Ready for Cancer Treatment

Proper diet is crucial

• Health Tip: Healing After a C-Section

Activities that should be avoided

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