News tagged with early relapse

What part do relapses play in severe disability for people with MS?

ST. PAUL, Minn. -People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, according ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Romania, FBI agents to crack down on cybercriminals

On computer screens and on the ground, Romanian and American FBI agents stalk cybercriminals, trying to beat them at their own game as fraud originating in Romania has risen dramatically.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New chemo regimen helps children with neuroblastoma

A new high-dose chemotherapy regimen has been shown to improve survival of children with high-risk neuroblastoma, a common pediatric cancer, according to a European clinical trial published Sunday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Bugs emerge to bug us, and a few pose health risks

(AP) -- It's that time of year when the bugs emerge to bug us.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A possible new target for treatment of multiple sclerosis

The immune system recognizes and neutralizes or destroys toxins and foreign pathogens that have gained access to the body. Autoimmune diseases result when the system attacks the body's own tissues instead. One of the most ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Integrity of the brain's reward system is linked to relapse following treatment

The brain reward system (BRS) is involved in developing/maintaining addictive disorders, as well as relapse. New findings show that alcohol dependent individuals -- both future abstainers and relapsers -- have significantly ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Online prognostic tool for lung cancer developed

Determining the best way to treat lung cancer – the leading cancer killer for both men and women – is an ongoing challenge to cancer doctors. But researchers at the West Virginia University Mary Babb Randolph Cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers pinpoint genetic pathways involved in breast cancer

Using recent advances in genomics, researchers have uncovered a genetic pathway that affects the development of breast cancer, work that could help predict which patients are at risk of relapse for the disease.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New discoveries offer first new hope in three decades for lethal pediatric brain tumor

A pediatric brain tumor that causes gruesome suffering is finally yielding its secrets. For the first time, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have cultured human cells from this cancer, Diffuse Intrinsic ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Alcohol's disruptive effects on sleep may be more pronounced among women

Researchers have known for decades that alcohol can initially deepen sleep during the early part of the night but then disrupt sleep during the latter part of the night; this is called a "rebound effect." A new study of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Early infusion of donor T cells prevents graft versus host disease in blood cancer patients

For blood cancer patients at high risk of relapse, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), the transplantation of blood-forming stem cells, is one of best options for treatment and a potential cure. Unfortunately, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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