One in three Asian-Americans surveyed in a recent poll report they had lost a family member due to complications of chronic hepatitis B.

However, about one in five respondents indicated they were not aware of the risks associated with the hepatitis B virus. Researchers believe these survey findings, outline the urgent need for more hepatitis B education in communities most prone to the deadly and communicable disease

GlaxoSmithKline announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Arranon (nelarabine) Injection, a chemotherapy agent, for the treatment of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma whose disease has not responded to or has relapsed following treatment with at least two chemotherapy regimens.

According to GlaxoSmithKline, this use is based on the induction of complete responses. Randomized trials demonstrating increased survival or other clinical benefit have not been conducted

The U.S. House of Representatives votesd overwhelmingly to recognize America's Blood Centers (ABC) and its members for working to ensure the adequacy and safety of more than half of the nation's blood supply, as well as for the critical roles they play in disaster response and preparedness and infectious disease research.

House Resolution 220 is approved by a unanimous voice vote, is the first Congressional recognition of ABC, North America's largest network of community-based blood centers, since the organization was founded in 1962

Pediatric strokes are on the rise and a team of doctors in Pittsburgh are developing methods to quickly save the lives of young victims.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has developed a comprehensive pediatric stroke protocol to aid physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of strokes in young children in an emergency department setting

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago used functional brain imaging to research an established connection between emotional impairment and low cognition in children with bipolar disorder.

Dr. Mani Pavuluri, associate professor of psychiatry at UIC's Institute for Juvenile Research and the Center for Cognitive Medicine is the lead author of the study. He says, "This study is very exciting because it shows that negative emotions affect cognition differently than positive emotions in these kids