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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
May 16 -- Adults who had cancer as children or teens are more likely to experience cardiovascular disease, a new study found.And the heart problems surface at a much earlier age than in people who did not suffer cancer as children.Childhood cancer survivors "have approximately a five to 10 ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
May 16 -- A simple blood test to check levels of circulating tumor cells can help doctors more accurately assess how well treatments are working in women with metastatic breast cancer, according to a Georgetown University Medical Center study."It can take several weeks, and sometimes months, to determine if ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
May 16 -- Women with breast cancer who have a vitamin D deficiency at the time of diagnosis are more likely to have a recurrence or to die from their disease, a new study shows.Surprisingly, the researchers also found that only 24 percent of the patients had adequate levels ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
May 14 -- The largest study of its kind supports the use of a popular three-drug regimen for HIV patients and suggests a cocktail of two classes of drugs is a good alternative.But an older regimen works almost as well, said study lead author Dr. Sharon Riddler, assistant professor ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
May 9 -- Instances of Group B streptococcus, a major cause of serious infections, have dropped by about 25 percent among week-old infants, but rose by almost 50 percent among most adults during a recent six-year period, according to a new study.Group B strep is the leading cause of ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
May 15 -- An injection of a local anesthetic into the nerves of the neck that regulate temperature could give breast cancer patients long-term relief from hot flashes and sleep deprivation, a new study suggests.Severe hot flashes often accompany treatment for breast cancer, especially among women taking anti-estrogen drugs. ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
May 15 -- Scientists have found that normal cells and cancer cells that acquire the ability to use long dormant pathways to migrate through the body may gain properties of adult stem cells, including the ability to self-renew.The finding helps researchers better understand adult stem cell creation -- knowledge ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
May 15 -- Genetic differences may explain why white men have a higher prostate cancer risk than Hispanic men, information which may help doctors identify men who are more likely to develop the disease, U.S. researchers say.They collected blood samples from 932 white men and 414 Hispanic men from ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
May 14 -- Tonsil and tongue cancers linked to human papillomavirus are most responsive to current chemotherapy and radiation treatments, while those that express high levels of a growth factor called EGFR are the least responsive and most deadly, a new study concludes.University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 9 British research into Steno, one the most recent "superbugs" to claim lives, reveals that the bacterium has an incredible ability to resist antibiotics and other drugs, according to soon-to-be-published findings.Steno, short for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, thrives in moist environments, such as around taps and shower heads, and can ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 6 -- The grapefruit flavonoid naringenin inhibits the secretion of Hepatitis C virus in infected cells and could offer a new approach for treating the disease, according to a Harvard Medical School study.About 3 percent of the global population is infected with HCV, which can lead to ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 6 -- Corticosteroids are increasingly used to help treat children with bacterial meningitis, but a new study finds that adding the drugs to antibiotic treatment may not reduce death rates or the length of hospital stays.But the study -- which involved 2,780 children treated for this potentially lethal ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 9 -- Stents have become a cornerstone of heart-disease treatment, tiny tools that have extended the lives of millions of patients by maintaining the flow of blood through their arteries.The wire metal mesh tubes, when inserted following artery-clearing angioplasty procedures, can prop open the artery and ensure a ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 8 -- That unusual, harsh sound a doctor can hear when passing a stethoscope over a main artery to the brain could indicate an increased risk of heart attack and death from heart disease and stroke, a new study finds.The sound -- called a carotid bruit -- ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 13 -- Even though black and white rectal cancer patients have similar referral rates to oncologists, blacks are less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy, new research shows.In their study, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center looked at 2,582 white patients and 134 black ...
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