Study opens new path to fighting leukemia relapse
February 5, 2010 on 7:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsResearchers in Japan have identified 25 different spots on leukemia cells, each of which could be used to design a new drug to fight the disease.
“If we develop drugs against these molecules, we have a pretty good possibility of eliminating leukemia stem cells that cannot be killed by conventional anti-cancer drugs,” lead researcher Fumihiko Ishikawa at the RIKEN Research Center for Allergy & Immunology in Yokohama, Japan, said by telephone.
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Test of “artificial pancreas” offers diabetes hope
February 5, 2010 on 5:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsScientists have used an “artificial pancreas” system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment.
The new system, which involves patients wearing a matchbox-sized monitor and a similar-sized pump with a tube to deliver insulin into the body, also halved the amount of time blood sugar dropped to worrying or dangerous levels, they said.
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Medicare cuts damage U.S. cancer care, group finds
February 4, 2010 on 4:00 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsChanges to Medicare, the U.S. federal health plan for the elderly, may be damaging important aspects of cancer care in the United States, according to a study released on Thursday.
The Community Oncology Alliance, which commissioned the report, said the findings have implications for healthcare reform in Congress but also require immediate attention from Medicare.
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Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness
February 4, 2010 on 9:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsScientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them - findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
In the strongest example, a 29-year-old patient was able to answer yes-or-no questions by visualizing specific scenes the doctors asked him to imagine.
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Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness
February 4, 2010 on 7:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsScientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them - findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
In the strongest example, a 29-year-old patient was able to answer yes-or-no questions by visualizing specific scenes the doctors asked him to imagine.
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Stem Cell, Bone Marrow Transplants Both Benefit Leukemia Patients
February 3, 2010 on 8:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsLong-term survival rates are similar for leukemia patients whove had either peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) or bone marrow transplants, a new European study says.
Ten years after transplantation, 49.1 percent of PBSC recipients and 56.5 percent of bone marrow transplant recipients were still alive.
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Herbal remedies, heart drugs don’t mix: review
February 2, 2010 on 9:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsTaking ginkgo biloba, St. Johns wort and other widely used herbal supplements may be risky for people on heart disease medication, especially the elderly, according to a medical review released on Monday.
Mixing herbs and drugs also could cause serious heart rhythm problems and bleeding, according to the review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Study weighs benefits of transplants for leukemia
February 1, 2010 on 11:00 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsLeukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday.
Bone marrow transplants involve the collection of stem cells from the bone marrow — a complicated procedure in which the patient must have a general anesthetic and surgery.
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Premature Aging of the Brain Seen in HIV Patients
February 1, 2010 on 12:00 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsPremature aging is striking the brains of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS, new research suggests.
“The graying of the AIDS patient community makes this infections effects on the brain a significant source of concern,” study author Dr. Beau Ances, an assistant professor of neurology at Washington University in St.
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Three-Fourths of Cancer Patients Have Severe Flares of Pain
January 30, 2010 on 8:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsBreakthrough cancer pain is a major challenge for 75 percent of adult cancer patients, according to new survey findings released by the American Pain Foundation.
“Were not talking about minor aches and pain. These severe flares of pain often strike without warning, leaving many people fearful of the next crippling episode and unduly burdening patients and their families,” Will Rowe, chief executive officer of the American Pain Foundation, said in a news release from the foundation.
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