Rectal cancer treatment gaps, especially for African Americans, seen in new study
... cancer incidence, screening and treatment. And it confirms that many patients of any race still aren't receiving appropriate post-surgery radiation therapy. Cancer of the colon and rectum is the fourth most common form of cancer in the United States, and the second leading cause of cancer death. More than 13...Eye disease may cause sleep disorders
...ge already bad vision, this present clinical study confirms what we already suspected from basic science investigations. That is, even rudimentary vision is a required substrate for human health and longevity. Vision helps entrain the neuroendocrine control of circadian rhythms, and even poor vision is much b...High cholesterol predicts lower mortality in dialysis patients but is not protective
...y associated with lower mortality, a finding which confirms other studies in dialysis patients and other sick populations such as smokers and the elderly. This opposite association from the expected higher mortality at higher cholesterol has led some physicians to avoid treating high cholesterol in dialysis p...Two proteins may help prevent Alzheimer's brain plaques
...te the formation of these fibrils. Their new paper confirms that in mice genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer's disease-like brain plaques, those without either apoE or clusterin developed fewer fibrils. The team therefore expected mice lacking both proteins would develop even fewer deposits. However...Radiotherapy improves survival after breast-conserving surgery
...8.6% relative excess of deaths. "The present study confirms that radiotherapy should not be omitted after breast-conserving surgery, except for medical contraindications such as systemic vascular disease or a previous history of irradiation," the authors conclude. In an editorial, Katherine A. Vallis, M.D., P...Low-dose interferon fails to improve survival in high-risk melanoma patients
...he design of future clinical trials. "This study confirms that optimal care for patients with high-risk melanoma is still not clear. As a result, treatment decisions will require the integration of existing evidence, judgment of experienced clinicians, and informed input from patients, noted Lynn Schuchter...Major advance in chemotherapy in breast cancer
...motherapy regimens we currently use." "This study confirms that Taxotere is a very compelling component of future combinations being developed for the treatment of early stage breast cancer with new therapies coming from biological research," stated Dennis J. Slamon, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Division of Hematology...Outpatient procedure shrinks benign breast lumps
...e probe and continues to grow until the ultrasound confirms that the entire lump has been engulfed, killing the tissue. According to Dr. Littrup, there are three major advantages of cryotherapy for breast fibroadenomas. The first benefit is visualization. Ice is easily visualized with both ultrasound and CT...Clean needles for drug injectors prevents HIV/AIDS
...cities without needle and syringe programmes. This confirms other studies that show that harm reduction interventions are effective for preventing HIV infection in injecting drug users." This study is one of 17 scientific reports published in a special issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy, revie...Newer formulation of heparin improves outcomes for suspected heart attack patients
...he CRUSADE national quality improvement initiative confirms the findings of several large scale clinical trials that compared the efficacy and safety of the newer low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) enoxaparin to the older, intravenous "unfractionated" heparin. CRUSADE stands for "Can Rapid risk stratificatio...Heal thyself: Patients' bone marrow cells restore failing hearts
.... "If a prospective, randomized, multicenter study confirms these encouraging results, a new therapy for heart attacks could be in reach," he said. When a person suffers a heart attack, the heart can develop left ventricular remodeling, a process by which heart muscle cells stretch in response to damage. Ove...New vaccine tested in animals may hold hope for Alzheimer's patients
...he brain and into the blood. Although this finding confirms what had already been shown in mice, it is significant because monkeys have the same amyloid beta protein as humans, making them a more natural model for studying clearance of the protein. Dennis Selkoe, co-author, is director and co-founder of Elan,...Repeated alcohol detoxifications can impair cognitive function
...previous episodes of detoxification. New research confirms that repeated detoxifications can also impair cogn... of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research confirms previous findings of neurocognitive changes in alcoholics, extends those findings to individuals wit...Study confirms benefits of hemispherectomy surgery
...tudy by Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists confirms the lasting benefits of hemispherectomy, a dramatic operation in which half the brain is removed to relieve frequent severe seizures that medications cannot control. Results of the study, published in the Oct. 14 issue of Neurology, show that 86 perc...Gender and geography increase racial disparities in health care, Dartmouth study shows
... disparities in treatment patterns: "This research confirms the findings from the recent report by the Institute of Medicine entitled Unequal Treatment, not only that racial and ethnic disparities exist, but that the root causes of these disparities are multifactorial. No simple, single explanation can be ci...Prostate cancer screening interval of 4 years misses few cancers, study shows
... interval cancers found within the ERSPC-Rotterdam confirms a high sensitivity of the screening procedure. They add that the interval cancers were at a locally confined stage, suggesting that "very few, if any, aggressive prostate cancers escape screening with the procedures used within the ERSPC."...Researchers now on road to isolating skin stem cells
...ells from mouse skin, having developed a test that confirms the presence and number of stem cells in a given amount of tissue. Until now, such a technique has only existed for isolating adult stem cells found in blood. "This assay has opened up a whole new avenue of research," said Ruby Ghadially, MD, SFVAMC ...Nutrition education program teaches children how to make healthy food choices
...importance of physical activity. Recent evaluation confirms the program's benefits for teachers and students alike. Using a variety of tools to engage students including an interactive CD-ROM, activity workbook and web site ( http://www.np.dairycouncilofca.org ), Nutrition Pathfinders serves as tool to help ...18F-FLT more accurate than 18F-FDG for differentiating unclear lung lesions
...than18F-FDG SUV with the proliferation index. This confirms the theory that 18F-FLT, a tracer specifically designed to reveal the presence of malignant tumors, is better at differentiating cancerous growths from other lesions. While the results show promise for the use of 18F-FLT, they do not indicate 18F-FLT...Computer design yields better, more efficient therapeutic for preventing tissue damage
...formed by the candidate sequences. The second step confirms and refines the first. A distributed computing environment consisting of eighty Linux-based computers was used for all the computational predictions, and the predicted new peptides were subsequently synthesized and experimentally validated in the L...