News tagged with remission
Some leukemia patients may be able to safely stop treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- New medical trials suggest some chronic leukemia patients who are in complete remission may be cured by the standard drug used to treat the condition and can safely discontinue its use.
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Jury convicts Mass. mom who withheld cancer meds
(AP) -- A Massachusetts woman who withheld at-home chemotherapy medications from her autistic, cancer-stricken son was convicted of attempted murder Tuesday by jurors who dismissed her claim that she thought ...
Apr 12, 2011 |
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Trial shows promise for arthritis drug
A clinical trial of masitinib, a drug in development for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, has shown it to be well tolerated and effective. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research an ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 27, 2009 |
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Doubling chemo dose helped leukemia patients
(AP) -- Adults with a common form of leukemia had a better chance of remission if they got a double dose of a long-used cancer drug, two new studies found.
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Trialing major weight loss for type 2 diabetes in the overweight
In the first trial of its kind in the world, researchers at Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) will examine the benefits of a gastric banding procedure on overweight people with Type 2 diabetes.
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Anti-cancer Rituxan cuts lymphoma recurrence in half: study
Long-term treatment with anti-cancer medication Rituxan, produced by Swiss laboratory Roche, can cut the recurrence of follicular lymphoma in some patients by half, a new study said.
May 21, 2010 |
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National search for proteins that cause MS
Australian researchers will aim to discover the proteins that cause multiple sclerosis (MS), thanks to a new nationwide research effort.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 26, 2009 |
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