Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
... with these striking findings, and pleased that we may have a better treatment for women with HER-2 breast cancer." They also found that it did not matter whether the patients' tumors were estrogen-receptor positive or negative - a distinction that usually demarcates which patients will respond to hormon...Cultural and social factors influence prostate cancer treatment
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... against later allergy - i.e., that early exposure may somehow modify an individual's immune system to tolerate specific antigens. Various attempts to modify abnormal immune responses to specific allergens, such as those to cat dander, have been made. Investigators have previously treated patients with r...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
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...D. Further, they caution, the vitality scale alone may not capture all the key aspects of HRQOL in HCV. Still, their findings offer a number of important revelations about health-related quality of life in patients with HCV. "In conclusion," the authors report, "chronic HCV diminishes HRQOL across a wid...Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
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...ndings, described in the March 24 issue of Neuron, may let researchers harness the process, perhaps one day using it to protect cells that die in Lou Gehrig's disease. Much as turning the television dial changes what comes into the living room, these brain cells are able to change what they allow in by s...Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
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... main coronary vessels are clear of blockages that may precipitate another heart attack. Eligible candidates must be able to safely travel to Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., be referred by a physician, be between 21 and 85 years old, and have no pre-existing heart condition that has been treated or r...Hospital acquired infections present major problem for infants in developing countries
... countries mean that babies born in such hospitals may be facing the same or even higher risk of infectio...dstream infections in babies in hospital nurseries may not be treatable by the antibiotics ampicillin and gentamicin, which are currently recommended by th...Benefits of lung cancer screening with CT questioned
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