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Proteomics: Finding The Key Ingredients Of Disease
The winner of the chilli cook-off, usually has a key secret ingredient, which is hard to identify. Similarly, many diseases have crucial proteins, which change the dynamics of cells from benign to deadly. New findings from an international collaboration, involving McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO) just made identifying these changes one step easier. Their findings published in Nature Methods, show how to improve protein analysis to tease out relevant potential disease-causing molecules.
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FDA Approve One-Pill Version Of Plan B, Sets Over-The-Counter Access At Age 17
FDA approved Teva Pharmaceuticals" Plan B One-Step -- a single-pill version of the two-pill dose emergency contraceptive product Plan B -- and lowered the limit for over-the-counter purchase of the drug to age 17, the company announced on Monday, the AP/Yahoo! Finance reports (AP/Yahoo! Finance, 7/13). Individuals ages 16 and younger will be required to obtain prescriptions to purchase Plan B, which reduces the chance of pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse (Teva Pharmaceuticals release, 7/13). Teva said the one-pill version will be available at retail pharmacies in August (AP/Yahoo! Finance, 7/13). Kelli Conlin, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, said, "Health care providers and women"s advocates have been eager for a one-pill emergency contraceptive for years and are happy to see it finally come to fruition" (Teva Pharmaceuticals release, 7/13).The expanded access to the medication comes several months after a federal court lifted restrictions put in place under former President George W. Bush that limited OTC sales to women ages 18 and older (AP/Yahoo! Finance, 7/13).
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What The Immune System Reveals About Breast Cancer
Researchers working with Dr Marcus Schmidt in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Medical Center Mainz have unlocked the key to the immune system"s significance in cases of breast cancer, thus identifying its long-neglected role in the prognosis of the disease. Their research results, published in the renowned Cancer Research journal, show that patients with certain breast tumors have a better prognosis when more immune cells are present in the tumor. These results permitted the scientists to extend the "coordinate system" in case of breast tumors to include the immune system as the third important reference point for the prognosis of this disease, in addition to the long-established prognostic factors of estrogen receptor expression and proliferative activity (Cancer Research, 1 July 2008; Cancer Research, 1 April 2009).
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Statistical Press Notice - General Practice Patient Survey 2008-09 National Results, UK

Today Ipsos-MORI have published the results of the 2008-09 GP Patient Survey which they carried out on behalf of the Department of Health. Headline results of the survey are: - 70% of patients reported that they were either very satisfied or fairly satisfied with their ability to get through to their doctor"s surgery on the phone. - 84% of patients who tried to get a quick appointment with a GP said they were able to do so within 48 hours. - 76% of patients who wanted to book ahead for an appointment with a GP reported that they were able to do so. - 77% of patients who wanted to book an appointment with a particular doctor at their GP surgery said they were able to do so all of the time or a lot of the time. - 82% of patients responded that they were either very satisfied or fairly satisfied with the hours their GP surgery was open. - 91% of patients reported that they were either very satisfied or fairly satisfied with the overall care they receive at their surgery. - 74% of people with a long-term condition said they have had a care planning discussion, 60% of people with a long-term condition say that they have agreed a care plan and 61% that their care has improved as a result of the care planning process. - 67% of patients say they would know how to contact an out-of-hours GP service if they needed to, when their surgery was closed - 66% of patients rate the care they received from the out-of-hours service as good and 13% as poor. Full release is available here. Department of Health, UK


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