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Which kind depends on the nature of the anxiety. If it's part of a chronic, underlying problem such as depression or something called "generalized anxiety disorder," the doctor would probably prescribe a so-called selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor such as Paxil. Such inhibitors take up to six weeks to begin working. But by putting your brain chemistry back into balance, they can get rid of the outward symptom--the anxiety...
...where does that leave the patient or doctor? For now, it's best to focus on what's known. If you already have heart disease, make sure it gets treated--whether or not you're taking a COX-2 inhibitor. If your blood pressure creeps up, which sometimes happens with Celebrex and Vioxx, make sure your doctor knows about...
...long lives. The company is in Phase II trials with LDP341, a proteasome-inhibiting substance that is showing promise against multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Phase I studies on the top five solid tumors (breast, pancreatic, prostate, lung and colon) are under way, and at this point the inhibitor seems to be working--at least in mice...
...Sidransky, an oncologist at Johns Hopkins University, are searching for diagnostics that will pick up other cancers in their preliminary stages. Others are focusing on an even earlier stage, trying to lower the risk of developing cancer to begin with. Here the most exciting work centers on the cycooxygenase inhibitor called COX-2. This pain reliever was originally developed to clamp down on inflammation as aspirin does but without aspirin's tendency to eat through the lining of the stomach...
...turns out that COX-2 inhibitor drugs also have anticancer effects, reducing the number of precancerous polyps in patients with a hereditary form of colon cancer, perhaps through antiangiogenesis. Scientists are currently studying its effect on noninherited colon cancers. And because the receptor for COX-2 is overexpressed on a range of human cancer types, the hope is that COX-2 inhibitors may be useful in preventing a wider range of cancers, including head and neck, bladder, non-small cell lung and breast cancers...