http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Investigators at the University of Granada have patented a melatonin gel that is 100% effective against this inflammatory reaction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scientists-technique-effectively-mucositis.html Cancer Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:38:19 EST news280064259 A new study shows that a microbicide gel is highly effective in block infection by the AIDS virus in a non-human primate model. In the paper published December 6 in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens, Dereuddre-Bosquet and colleagues from the European Combined Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Microbicides (CHAARM) Consortium describe the gel's key ingredient, which are small peptides engineered to present a decoy to bind up the virus and prevent it from entering and infecting the cells of the body. Because this is a gel it can be topically applied and could represent a powerful preventative agent against sexual transmission of HIV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-vaginal-microbicide-gel-strategy-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:10:02 EST news274031729 When it comes to germ-busting power, the eyes have it, according to a discovery by University of California, Berkeley, researchers that could lead to new, inexpensive antimicrobial drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-small-proteins-cornea-bacterial-infection.html Medical research Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:00:07 EST news267702876 A phase I clinical trial examining the safety of combining temsirolimus and capecitabine in advanced malignancies suggests the two agents can be given safely to patients. In addition, the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers conducting the study in cancer patients whose tumors have resisted multiple treatments say the combination demonstrates "promising evidence" of disease control and should be studied in a phase II trial. Their clinical findings and additional data from the study will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago, June 1 through 5, 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-phase-temsirolimus-capecitabine-safe-positive.html Cancer Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:03 EST news256406984 Researchers at the University of Granada and the university hospital Virgen de las Nieves in Granada have developed a new radiotherapy technique that is much less toxic than that traditionally used and only targets cancerous tissue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-radiotherapy-technique-significantly-irradiation-healthy.html Cancer Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:44:42 EST news249302670 The ultrasonic bone aspirator, which uses sound waves to remove bone without damage to surrounding soft tissue or mucous membranes, may be a useful tool for surgeons performing cosmetic rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery of the nose), according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-ultrasonic-instrument-rhinoplasty.html Other Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:20:01 EST news235669704 Permanent hair dye gives the most serious adverse effects, yet there are also many reactions to facial and body moisturisers. This comes from the first report from the National Register of Adverse Effects from Cosmetic Products published by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-cosmetics-adverse-effects.html Health Tue, 31 May 2011 10:22:06 EST news226056110