Multiple Sclerosis Drug Brings Lethal Risks, but Great Promise for Some RedNova Fri, 09 Mar 2007 5:03 AM PST MILWAUKEE _ Eric Schmitt munches on a roast beef sandwich as an IV hooked up to his arm drips a precious but potentially lethal fluid into his vein.

Interview: Clay Walker talks about his MS UPI Thu, 08 Mar 2007 2:30 PM PST Every hour, one more person is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an unpredictable neurological disease that can lead to blurred vision, slurred speech or ...

Biotech Drugs Could Soon See Generic Rivals RedNova Fri, 09 Mar 2007 5:04 AM PST By Julie Schmit The United States doesn't yet allow generics of biotech drugs, but some drugmakers are stepping up their research in a bet that legal barriers will fall.

Immunological Parameters: What Do They Mean?1,2 RedNova Fri, 09 Mar 2007 7:04 AM PST By Calder, Philip C Abstract The immune system acts to protect the host from infectious agents that exist in the environment and from other noxious insults.

Victims of drug trial get ready to sue U.S firm for millions Daily Mail Fri, 09 Mar 2007 3:36 AM PST Victims of the 'Elephant Man' drug trials disaster are to sue the American firm that carried out the tests, it has been revealed. Four of the men who took part in the trials have issued the firm with an ultimatum

Ailing musician's health crisis frames a larger issue in music Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Thu, 08 Mar 2007 8:23 PM PST Opening his door Monday morning, Wain McFarlane showed the kind of energy that puts most other musicians to shame -- something he did throughout the '80s as frontman of beloved Twin Cities reggae band Ipso Facto. "I'm still alive and kicking," said the smiling, dreadlocked music vet, who had played the night before to raise health-care money for a guy he didn't even know that well. Saturday, it's ...

Botox 'Major Advance' In Bringing Bladder Relief
Medical News Today Fri, 09 Mar 2007 0:14 AM PST
It has won an army of celebrity fans for banishing crow's feet and frown lines, but the use of Botox to combat bladder problems such as incontinence has been hailed as a 'major advance' by a urology expert. [click link for full article]