Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
... in the Journal of Clinical Oncology . "This is a far better result than we had anticipated and seems to suggest that simultaneous use of chemotherapy and Herceptin offers a much more potent treatment than use of these drugs sequentially, or alone," says lead investigator Aman Buzdar, M.D., professor in...Why asthma sufferers struggle with the common cold
...tations have been linked to asthma in the past, so far none are related to IFNs....Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...Kyoto. "The success and stability of SCIAMACHY so far is a tribute to the instrument builders, operators and data retrievers, and an important step on the way to establishing an operational global observing system for the Earth's atmosphere," adds Burrows. "This is something we need as we enter the new ...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...to deeper and out of McMurdo Sound, right past the far end of the Drygalski ice tongue. The latest Envisa...overlap with the end of the Drygalski ice pier, so far without touching. It would now appear that any contact if at all between the drifting iceberg and ...'Chemistry and Flavor of Hispanic Foods' one-day symposium, March 15
...cheeses offer unique flavors and textures that are far different from typical American-style cheeses. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have recently conducted the first comprehensive chemical analysis of Hispanic-style cheeses, a development which could lead to improved quality and marke...Most hospital executives have substantial concerns about mandatory error reporting systems
...cidents involving serious injury to the state, but far fewer would report moderate or minor injuries, even when the incident was of sufficient consequence that they would tell the affected patient or family. "In the hospital setting, executive leaders influence institutional policy and foster norms for t...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
...urse practitioner and a community health worker is far more effective at helping patients lower their ris...t achieved, the researchers say. "The solution is far more complex than simply a structural problem of resources and delivery systems, where adding tests,...Government wasting your taxpayer money on ineffective drug cure
...Steinman. "The studies done on this supplement so far do not justify the use of this compound. More and better studies are needed before this agent is used on a wide scale basis." In January of 2003, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) initiated the national coverage determination for ...Medicaid enrollment at late stages may partly explain poor outcomes for cancer
...stage cancers. The authors say their findings have far reaching implications for Medicaid's enrollment policies. Recent studies demonstrate that access to healthcare alone does not improve survival rates for many cancers. A recent study showed, for instance, that Medicaid-supported breast cancer patient...Mountain life spells longer life
...th rates of 1150 inhabitants of three villages not far from Athens, Greece, for a period of 15 years. In Greece, deaths from heart disease and all causes are among the lowest of any developed country. One of the villages is located in a mountainous area almost 1000 metres above sea level; the other two ...European folic acid policies are not effective enough
...efects in Europe by raising folate status is still far from being fulfilled, and it is unacceptable to continue to rely mainly on prenatal screening and termination to reduce the number of babies born with neural tube defects, they conclude....New NHS payment system 'is no panacea'
...ident and emergency within foundation trusts. Thus far the English data show no consistent evidence of "HRG drift" but further analysis is needed as more data become available, they conclude....Openness is key to winning the war over MMR
...evel of coverage achieved before that point had so far reduced the risk of contracting the diseases that parents began to see the vaccine itself as more of a threat to their children. He believes that the explanation for the reversal lies not with Wakefield or even with parents who took his claims seriou...Aircraft cabin ventilation influences the transmission of diseases in-flight
.... However, in one outbreak of SARS, passengers as far as seven rows away from the source passenger were affected. The review states that disinsection of aircraft - spraying before landing to kill insects - and vector control around airports, as well as immunisation, seem to have been effective in non-e...Blood pressure treatment could cut risk of strokes and heart attacks
...ressure arm of the trial should be stopped, due to far better results for those patients on the new treatment. The newer treatment strategy using the calcium channel blocker, amlodipine, and the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, perindopril was compared with the older treatment strategy based on t...Northwestern Memorial physicians encourage screenings during colon cancer awareness month
... than 2,500 will die. Colon cancer screenings lag far behind screenings for other cancers such as breast, cervical and prostate. Colorectal cancer remains the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States even though if found and treated at an early stage, the opportunity to cure it is 90 p...Portable system offers dialysis patients 'liberating' changes
...ir homes, campers, hotel rooms and other locations far from their homes. With this system, patients conduct daily dialysis (up to 2 hours) to accommodate their schedules. "NxStage trial participants at IU undergo extensive training before they are allowed to take the system home with them," Dr. Kraus s...Study shows faces are processed like words
...nd recognizing the type of lips to the dot's right far easier. In this case, Pelli notes, to recognize a word or face, each letter or facial feature must be isolated from the rest. "These measures appear to be identifying what kind of computation is performed by the brain in doing this," says Pelli. Th...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
... at and for how long. Normally developing children far outpaced the autistic study participants in identifying expressions correctly. During the second study, the researchers again placed subjects in MRI machines and showed them photographs of both familiar and unfamiliar faces. They monitored eye moveme...New substance that improves the photodetection of bladder cancer gains market approval
... to miss. Patients screened using this process are far more likely to be diagnosed correctly, and because the cancerous tissue is easy to identify, very small tumors are not likely to be overlooked. Even flat lesions, previously so difficult to detect, are easily spotted and removed. The lower recurrence...