Combination Therapy Improves Chances Of Surviving Esophageal Cancer
...ology atNYU School of Medicine. "We now have data showing long-term survival with the combined treatment,"says Dr. Cooper. "In the future we need to compare this combined therapy tosurgery and we need to assess whether there is a feasible way of integrating allof these therapies for the betterment o...Balloon Procedure In The Brain? Longest Follow-Up To Date Shows Good Results
...arin andaspirin) alone," Marks says. Some limited data available from other studiesindicates an annual stroke rate of 7.8 percent to 10.7 percent when individualsare treated with medication alone. "Based on these data, it appears thatangioplasty has significantly reduced the stroke rate. "This study in...Mental Health Services Should Aim To Improve Safety To Prevent Suicide And Homicide
...Manchester base their finding on detailed clinical data collected on a sample of people in England and Wales who committed suicide during a two year period or who committed homicide during 18 months. The authors say that their amalgamated findings highlight problems of non-compliance with medication regim......keting ENBREL in North America. Detailed data regarding this clinical trial with a more complete...sultsdescribed herein are based on investigational data analyzed by Immunex. Thesedata have not been reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA...Women May React To General Anesthesia Differently Than Men
...Duke funds, the research team then re-examined the data culledfrom their original study of 274 patients in an effort to determine the BISscore that best determines how quickly a patient will wake up after anestheticswere withdrawn. Faster recovery would not only benefit a patient, but would savehealthcare...Community Plays Key Role In Preventing Teen Suicide, UF Scientist Says
...griculturalSciences. "Previously, we had only used data collected from clinics orgathered on a post-mortem basis. Few studies have assessed risk factorsrelated to suicidal behaviors among a 'normal,' or community, sample ofadolescents. "So this is a different way of looking at suicide." Adolescence is a t...Semiconductor Plants May Be A Danger To The Health Of Employees
...pany, while confirming that it has been collecting data onits employees for the HSE, suggests that smoking and poor diet are more likelycauses of any cancers. "We are committed to providing a healthy and safe workingenvironment," says a spokesman. In the US, an initial reluctance by the semiconduc...Margin Width The Key To Control Of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Of The Breast
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ATLANTA -- Using data on almost 1,300 patients with advanced breast cancer,researchers from Duke University and other institutions have found no benefitfrom high dose chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplantation.They prepared their findings for presentation at the...Breakthrough New Therapy Uses Antibody-Targeted Chemotherapy To Fight Leukemia
Scientists presented promising data today at the 35th Annual Meeting of theAmerican So...of standard combination chemotherapyregimens. The data also indicate that CMA-676 has several important advantagesover standard agents. "The side effects ...New Anti-Inflammatory Drug Is Easy On The Stomach
...ti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, according to data to be presented by aUSC scientist today at the plenary session of the American GastroenterologicalAssociation. In a study of more than 1,500 patients with osteoarthritis who had no signs ofulcers at the beginning of the study, those who took 800 mill...Kidney Transplant Recipients Require Less Long-Term Care If They Receive Well-Matched Donor Organs
...mismatched surface markers. By itself, the data could be used to argue that all donor kidneys shouldbe available nationally so less mismatched transplants occur. Congress isdebating the merits of such a distribution system out of concern that somepatients lose out on a well-matched organ in the cu......rol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, who willpresent data today at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)meeting. However, in a new study, Esserman found that by applying well-establisheddecision making business techniques to medical consultations, breast cancerpatients were more satisfied ...Sniffing Out The Promise Of Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy
...e a successful anti-angiogenesis treatment. Gill's data on the anti-angiogenesis peptide IM862 in the trea...e II of the clinical trial of IM862-from which the data presented weretaken-Gill, a professor of medicine and pathology at the University of SouthernCalifor...Evidence Shows Drug-Psychotherapy Combo Effective For Chronic Depression
...nagement of chronic depression," Keller said. "The data that willemerge from the continuation and maintenance phases will be extremely helpful in developing long-termtreatment guidelines for managing patients with chronic depression." The effectiveness of nefazodone alone for treating c...Anti-Depressant Drug Shows Promise As Weight-Loss Treatment
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...ety of Clinical Oncology. "We believe the survival data reported today strengthens the preliminary safetyand response rate data reported earlier," stated R. Scott Greer, president andchief executive officer of Abgenix. "We plan...