Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
HOUSTON - A new use of the drug Herceptin appears to offer a much ...py alone - that the clinical trial testing of this new treatment plan was halted early, the researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology . "This...Mouse model reveals potential way to reduce cardiac deaths in kidney patients
...tween kidney damage and cardiac problems, creating new possibilities for treating the primary cause of de...whose kidneys had been damaged or removed. For the new study, researchers worked with a mouse model of metabolic syndrome, a condition common among patient...OHSU scientists test medication to treat involuntary weight loss
...of Weight Regulation and Associated Disorders is a new research institute at Oregon Health & Science University in which scientists and physicians work together to address the important basic and clinical questions surrounding weight regulation. Researchers at OHSU have been involved in a number of key w...Cultural and social factors influence prostate cancer treatment
...n patients' prostate cancer treatment decisions. A new study published in the May 1, 2005 issue of CANCER ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer-newsroom ), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, finds non-medical variables, such as marital status, high school education, and race/eth...Lack of clinical trial participation may contribute to lower survival rates
A new study finds poor survival rates among young adults...ns, health insurance coverage, and availability of new treatments and protocols. Previous studies investigating individual cancer types, such as leukemia, ...A marker for new blood vessel formation in tumors
...tomography (PET) scanning to measure the amount of new blood vessel growth in some tumors. New blood ves...ors that express this marker, assess the degree of new vessel formation in tumors, and help in the planning and monitoring of anti-angiogenic therapies whi...Protecting children from industrial chemicals in the environment
...re likely to face serious health consequences from new and existing industrial chemicals in the environme...em is developed to effectively screen and identify new and existing chemicals that are toxic to pregnant women and children, we are left to await the next ...Economist: Cuba's state-run baseball doesn't go to bat for players
...niversity of Washington, Tacoma, and author of the new study on Cuban baseball. "Cuba's system makes a gr...lampdown on foreign contracts led, of course, to a new round of defections, most recently that of outfielder Kendry Morales, whose six-year deal with the A...Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests
...nd the waist increase the risk of heart disease? A new study by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Ce...dy responds to insulin. The research is based on a new idea in medicine that fat is an "organ" that produces proteins and hormones that affect metabolism ...Indiana University researchers closer to helping hearing-impaired using stem cells
... Hashino said she and her colleagues are beginning new experiments to test the feasibility of marrow stromal cell transplantation to stimulate the growth of the nerve cells that are often missing from the inner ears of patients with profound hearing loss. "Sonic hedgehog and retinoic acid are molecules f...Novel therapy tested in mice could chase away cat allergies
...ators say, these promising results could lead to a new therapy not only for human cat allergies, but also possibly for severe food allergies such as those to peanuts. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, funded the research. "This n...Hopkins begins human trials with donor adult stem cells to repair muscle damaged from heart attack
...udies how or why the adult stem cells develop into new and healthy heart tissue, or exactly how long their healing effects last. Adult stem cells are being used because they are readily available from the bone marrow, where they are plentiful. A special kind of bone marrow stem cell, called a mesenchyma...Billions in cost estimated for firefighter injuries
...ans to use the study as an aid to determining what new research might lead to a reduction in injury costs...ter bravery as "legendary and real," but calls for new ways to instill safety awareness in firefighters. It also says that training injuries can be minimiz...Benefits of lung cancer screening with CT questioned
...s that in 2005 there will be approximately 172,570 new cases of lung cancer diagnosed in the United States and 163,510 people will die from the disease. While recent studies have focused on the benefits of early detection, the Mayo researchers looked more closely at the negative impact of CT screening, i...New estimates for the causes of child deaths worldwide
...ions and ongoing studies in 2000 to 2003 to obtain new estimates for mortality by cause in children young... neonatal period will confront health systems with new challenges, especially in low-income countries they add. (See The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series, M...US attempting to flout ethical practice for patient trials abroad
...ulations require studies submitted in support of a new drug application to have been done in a manner con...ducted under an application for an investigational new drug need no longer comply with the Declaration and need comply only with a document describing good...NHS target driven culture is failing patients
The new tick box, target driven culture of the NHS is neglecting the quality of patient care, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. Craig Gannon, a consultant in palliative medicine, describes the fragmented care of an elderly woman at his hospital whose...Improving access to healthy food has little effect on diet
...ortant effect or no effect on diet and health. "If new retail provision is to have an impact on diet and health, we need a multidimensional approach that also tackles food awareness, affordability, and acceptability in addition to retail change," they write. "Changing access through improving retail prov...Study provides new estimates of the causes of child mortality worldwide
... Epidemiology Reference Group, which developed the new estimates by analyzing data and developing statist... and birth asphyxia, should also be addressed. The new estimates of the causes of child deaths should be used to guide public-health policies and programs,......de dramatic gains, liver damage --described as the new plague of the 21st century --has yet to be underst...iver cancer. There is a huge imperative to develop new approaches to the treatment of liver scarring. Exciting insights such as these will inform the desig...