News tagged with medical therapy

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Novel nanotechnology collaboration leads to breakthrough in cancer research

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ghostwritten articles overstate benefits of hormone replacement therapy and downplay harms

The first academic analysis of the 1500 documents unsealed in recent litigation against the pharmaceutical giant Wyeth (now part of Pfizer) reveals unprecedented insights into how pharmaceutical companies use ghostwriters ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study compares 2 nonsurgical treatments for reflux disease

Two non-surgical, non-pharmacological treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) both appear effective in reducing medication use and improving voice and swallowing symptoms, according to a report in the January ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Depression care program eliminates suicide

A unique program for patients with depression has resulted in two and a half years without a single suicide from Henry Ford's patient population.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab

Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists discover that self-eating cells safeguard against cancer

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made an important discovery concerning how fledgling cancer cells self-destruct, which has the potential of impacting on future cancer therapies. The Trinity research group, led ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely Eligible for Medicare Prescription Help

Medicare’s Part D prescription medication management program, also known as Medication Therapy Management, could be off limits to some of the patients who need it most — older African-Americans and Hispanics — a new study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Antiviral therapy associated with fewer recurring eye problems from herpes simplex virus

Taking oral antiviral medications following infection with the herpes simplex virus may be associated with a reduced risk of recurring eye-related manifestations of the disease, according to a report in the September issue ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Difficult-to-treat asthma' may be due to difficult-to-treat patients

Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern Ireland.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hormone therapy linked to brain shrinkage, but not lesions

Two new studies show that commonly prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Stenting not necessary in late treatment of heart attacks

Two years ago, a major study found that many patients who receive delayed treatment for a heart attack do just as well with drugs alone as they do with drugs plus stents to prop open their blocked arteries. Now, further analysis ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Long waits for radiotherapy linked to increased recurrence of breast cancer

The longer women wait for radiotherapy after breast cancer surgery, the more chance there is of local recurrence, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Change in how paramedics use oxygen could reduce deaths

A change to the way paramedics use oxygen when treating patients with chronic lung disease could cut the death rate in these cases by up to 78%, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New prostate cancer imaging shows real-time tumor metabolism

A UCSF research collaboration with GE Healthcare has produced the first results in humans of a new technology that promises to rapidly assess the presence and aggressiveness of prostate tumors in real time, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prostate cancer hormone drugs risky for some men

(AP) -- A new study links hormone therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk of death in older men who've had serious heart problems.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0