| This week | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:58:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | Greek Festival: sponsored by St. Michael the Archangel Greek Orthodox Church 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, 4705 W Gulf to Lake Highway, Lecanto. Odyssey will play Greek music for dancing; there will be Greek food and pastries, imported gifts, jewelry, ladies' clothes, religious items, children's activities. Free parking, admission $1. Main raffle prize is $1,000. Call 527-0766. POW/MIA Awareness Poker Run: sponsored by Rolling Thunder Inc., Florida Chapter 7 8 a.m. (arrive early for breakfast buffet), Saturday, Citrus Eagles Club, 8733 Gulf to Lake Highway, Inverness. Last bike in at 3 p.m., Harry Nesbitt VFW Post 10087, 2170 W Vet Lane, Beverly Hills. Fee: $15 per poker hand (includes meal and raffle ticket); nonriders pay $5 for program, entertainment and food.... | |
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| | | Diabetes Associated with Higher Cancer Risk | | Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:57:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | CHICAGO SEP 26, 2006 (Reuters) - A large study of Japanese adults found those with diabetes were more likely to develop cancer, especially of certain organs such as the pancreas and liver, researchers said on Monday. Men with diabetes in the study of nearly 98,000 people were 27 percent more likely than non-diabetics to be diagnosed with cancer, the study by the National Cancer Center in Tokyo found. Women afflicted with diabetes were also more at risk for cancer, though the association was not as clear as with men. Study author Manami Inoue wrote in this month's Archives of Internal Medicine that researchers have suspected a link between the two diseases but have not had conclusive evidence. One theory holds that adult-onset diabetes produces excess insulin that may promote cancer cell growth in the liver or pancreas.... | |
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| | | Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Now Include Three GSK HIV Medications for Initial Antiretroviral Treatment Regimens | | Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 2:57:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | TORONTO, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Updated treatment guidelines issued today by the International AIDS Society-USA (IAS-USA) now include three GlaxoSmithKline HIV medications as part of their recommendations for initial antiretroviral therapy. These guidelines were presented today at the International AIDS Conference (IAC) in Toronto, Canada. In the guidelines, EPZICOM(TM) (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine) and COMBIVIR(R) (lamivudine and zidovudine) are both recommended nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, and LEXIVA(R) (fosamprenavir calcium) boosted with ritonavir is now listed among the recommended options for protease inhibitor-based regimens in the initial treatment of adults with HIV infection. Additional information in the guidelines recommends the use of EPZICOM as an initial NRTI backbone.... | |
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| | | Friend Or Foe: Could A Protein Linked To Alzheimer's Be Related To ... | | Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 1:00:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | Researchers at Saint Louis University School of Medicine have received nearly half a million dollars from the National Eye Institute to study a protein thought to be linked to Alzheimer’s disease and its possible relationship to age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people over 60. .... | |
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