University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researchers Awarded Grant To Fight Leukemia Recurrence
... destroy any remaining cancer cells. The procedure should be almost completely nontoxic, Jordan said. It wouldeliminate a second round of chemotherapy for patients, reduce their exposure totoxic compounds and decrease the number of days that they're sick. "Ever since doctors began treating cancer, there's ...Health Promotion: Can Scare Tactics Work?
...om usage, then designers of public healthcampaigns should avoid the use of fear appeals. Health Education & Behavior, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal of theSociety for Public Health Education (SOPHE), publishes research on criticalhealth issues for professionals in the implementation and administr......ors and parents disagreed about how much treatment should begiven, all parents wanted more than physicians recommended and usually got it.To avoid unnecessary suffering and expense, all but two babies who died hadlife-sustaining therapy withdrawn when it looked like they were failing. "An issue th...Jefferson Physician Warns Further Study Of DHEA's Safety Needed
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...w using the powdered form of asthma drugs, doctors should advise children to rinse their mouths with water directly after taking the drugs as well as encouraging them to clean their teeth thoroughly twice a day with fluoride toothpaste. They hope that such procedures will help prevent dental erosion and th...The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
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...ut the stage atwhich it is initiated. "Physicians should carefully consider the time when drug therapy is b...-HIV immune response, a delay in initiatingtherapy should be considered." In his view, he writes, "treatment with antiviral drugs starts the clock tickingtoo ...University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
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..., but for publichealth, that the goal of treatment should be to get the virus to immeasurablelevels, both in the blood and other biological compartments, specifically thegenital tract," Eron says. "We also need to understand more about our drugs. Inother words, do our drugs get into the genital tract both i...Hormone Therapy Increases Survival Of High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
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