News tagged with aggressive treatments
Study shows chemoradiotherapy prior to surgery improves survival
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that patients with node negative T3 and T4 non-small lung cancer who underwent chemotherapy before surgery had more than three times the survival rate ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Wide variation exists in receipt of recommended medications for Medicare managed care RA patients
An analysis of data from more than 90,000 Medicare managed care enrollees who received care for rheumatoid arthritis finds that more than one-third did not receive the recommended treatment with a disease-modifying antirheumatic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Many rheumatoid arthritis patients not getting recommended drugs, researcher finds
Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a crippling disease that causes pain, swelling and eats away at the joints, aren't receiving the much-needed, low-cost medications that can prevent deformity.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Debate continues on breast ductal carcinoma in situ
Six years ago, Mary Sullivan of Lido Beach, N.Y., underwent a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with a breast abnormality known as DCIS -- ductal carcinoma in situ -- the most aggressive treatment for a lump neither ...
Oct 29, 2010 |
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How to widen the hunt for targeted cancer therapy
(AP) -- Cancer is a tale of two sets of genetic code, your own and your tumor's - and tracing the unique areas of damage makes for a way to target treatment.
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Marfan, a 'look-alike' disorder, or neither?
Johns Hopkins researchers have compiled what they believe are reliable lists of tell-tale physical signs to help doctors recognize children with Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes. Timely and early diagnosis ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 04, 2010 |
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New test will revolutionise the treatment of childhood cancer
A test which will revolutionise the approach to tackling childhood cancer and improve the quality of life for hundreds of sufferers, has been given approval to be introduced across Europe.
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Steroids help preserve kidney function in type of kidney disease
For patients with IgA nephropathy, a type of kidney disease, steroid treatment can prevent or delay loss of kidney function, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Ne ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Americans are treated, and overtreated, to death
(AP) -- The doctors finally let Rosaria Vandenberg go home. For the first time in months, she was able to touch her 2-year-old daughter who had been afraid of the tubes and machines in the hospital. The little girl climbed ...
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Vancouver Island has one of the highest rates of Cryptococcus infection in the world
Cryptococcus disease is a rare but serious infection resulting from inhaling a toxic fungus often found in fir trees. Approximately 250 people have been infected with the disease in British Columbia since its emergence in 199 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 04, 2010 |
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Pigs provide clues on cystic fibrosis lung disease
Aided by a new experimental model, scientists are a step closer to understanding how cystic fibrosis (CF) causes lung disease in people with the condition. The findings, published online April 28 in the journal Science Tr ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Can Changes in the Brain Predict Disability in Older Adults?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows brain changes may predict problems in walking, thinking, or staying continent.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 18, 2010 |
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More blood pressure worry: It's linked to dementia
(AP) -- If the cardiologist's warnings don't scare you, consider this: Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia.
Jan 26, 2010 |
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High-blood-pressure treatment for the over-80s too aggressive, warns expert
People over 80 years are being treated too aggressively for high blood pressure, warns an expert in an editorial in BMJ Clinical Evidence this week.
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Tumor-attacking virus strikes with 'one-two punch'
Ohio State University cancer researchers have developed a tumor-attacking virus that both kills brain-tumor cells and blocks the growth of new tumor blood vessels.
Dec 01, 2009 |
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