New study focuses on radiation-associated cancer risks
...ry cancer should be achieved by any technique that achieves a dose reduction down to ~0.1 Gy (i.e., the dose to tissues distant from the target). Based on their study, they conclude that the proportionate gain should be greatest for dose decrement to less than 2 Gy....5-year study shows Gleevec's potency against chronic myeloid leukemia
... "And more importantly, we found that if a patient achieves a complete cytogenetic response, the risk of relapse is the same whether the patient was at low, medium, or high risk when diagnosed," said Druker. "This finding that Gleevec response trumps the patient's features at diagnosis is critically important...Mets have 60 percent chance of winning league championship series, says Bukiet at NJIT
...ance of taking the series in seven games. Bukiet achieves results by using his mathematical models on realistic line-ups for each team and game. For updates on the progress of the series, visit http://m.njit.edu/~bukiet/playoffs.htm ). "Anything can happen in a short series," added Bukiet. "We saw that ...JCI table of contents: July 3, 2006
...mice, which can be toxic at high levels. LXR alpha achieves this control by coordinately regulating the expression of genes involved in cholesterol efflux (ABCA1), storage (apoE, SREBP-1c), and metabolism to steroids (by the protein known as StAR). In an accompanying commentary, Colin Jefcoate from University...Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh receives congressional recognition as pediatric transplant leader
...ic multi-organ transplants, Children's continually achieves milestones in the operating room and laboratory. As one of the leading pediatric transplant centers in the world, Children's performs more kinds of organ and tissue transplants in children than does any other center in the United States including: h...Calcium supplements may be little help for healthy kids
...netics matters most in determining whether a child achieves peak bone mass. But scientists are beginning to study other factors -- weight-bearing exercise, fruit and vegetable consumption, even vitamin D intake -- to learn more about their effect on bone strength. By Taunya English, Science Writer Health Beh...Predicting successful outcomes in living-donor liver transplants
... not be complete for donors, even though the liver achieves its full size within four weeks of transplant. "Whether the about 10 percent loss of function compared to preoperative values will translate into clinically relevant impairment of liver function in particular with respect to drug metabolism as sugge...... The project aims to understand how the stem cell achieves these feats and to determine the relationships of various cell progeny. This should provide us with a map for the production of the blood cell types that contribute to the immune system.This year he also won the Burnet Prize....Parents of children with cancer suffer post-traumatic stress symptoms, both immediate and lingering
...e "invisible patients." Even when cancer treatment achieves a cure, she says, "fear of recurrence is a universal, never-ending worry for parents." She notes that traditional measures of psychological distress, which focus on anxiety and depression, "do not capture the full picture," and calls for broadening e...Institute of Medicine news: Report on health care performance
...re that the effort to develop performance measures achieves overarching national goals for health care improvement." Improving quality of care has become a top priority for all stakeholders in the health care system. Performance measures are benchmarks by which health care providers and organizations can det...Revealed: The true cost to the nation of multiple pregnancies
...e embryo transfer, maybe over more than one cycle, achieves a similar pregnancy rate as transferring two or more embryos in one cycle and with far fewer risks to the mothers and babies. With older women, or those with more problems, this is not necessarily the case. However, the money that is saved by avoi...New method of administering anti-cancer drug may be more effective, safer
... used, new study findings indicate. The new method achieves more predictable, stable drug levels in patients than the current method and could eventually allow doctors to more accurately adjust doses to accommodate individual differences in metabolism, thus increasing treatment effectiveness while avoiding si...New methods offer alternatives for patients undergoing obesity surgery
...50 years of age is vertical gastrectomy because it achieves the greatest weight loss results with the shortest operative time and the least number of complications. "Bariatric surgery is not cosmetic, particularly in older patients. In many cases, it is the last option for patients whose obesity puts them a...Spinoff company receives $2.5 million NIH grant to build prototype scanner
...lows for better 3-D imaging. Ning's apparatus also achieves the improved imaging at or below the radiation dose used in conventional mammography. The improved 3-D accuracy and lower radiation seen with CBCT may also help to realize the potential of image-guided therapeutics or surgery. In the future, highly ...