Model predicts risk of breast cancer for young women treated for Hodgkin lymphoma
...ely, 0.04%, 0.5%, and 2.0%. "However, it should always be noted that the gains in long-term survival provided by successful radiotherapy and chemotherapy outweigh the associated risks of breast cancer and other late sequelae. Moreover, current modifications in treatment will likely result in lower risks ...Large sinus tumors can be removed endoscopically, study finds
...gn disease using minimally invasive techniques, it always works best for the patient," says Dr. Stil E. Kountakis, vice chair of the Medical College of Georgia Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and director of the Georgia Sinus and Allergy Center. "Endoscopic techniques allow you to support...EU benchmark study on mental disease in Elsevier ECNP journal
... at Elsevier remarked, "World Mental Health Day is always an important moment to pause and reflect on the new research being done-and the advances achieved-in the field of mental health. We are very pleased that this special issue of European Neuropsychopharmacology will contribute to increasingly informed ...Private Finance Initiative may have had its day in the NHS
...roduct. Hospital repayments to PFI investors have always been treated as "off balance sheet" finance - not registered in public accounts. But this may soon change if the Government's Office for National Statistics reclassifies PFI investment, since much of it may be categorized as debt and at levels poss...Opening wide for new clues about lupus
...arthritis, and multiple sclerosis, our cells don't always learn the difference, and some immune cells become "auto-reactive" and attack our own tissues. "Our immune system needs redundancy and adaptability to recognize and fight the antigens it needs to fight," said Sanz. "But the price we pay is a fair amo...EBCT scans trump angiography at detecting killer heart defect
...he aorta and pulmonary artery. Angiography did not always give us the correct answer, but it was very easy to tell using EBCT," Memisoglu says. Traditional catheter angiography, an invasive two-dimensional projectional X-ray technique that involves passing a catheter through a patient's groin artery to the ...CT colonography versus colonoscopy for colorectal cancer
...at the CT method would miss.) New technologies are always attractive. Because CT colonography does not physically invade the body, it has even more appeal -- it is easier for patients to accept. Its cost, however, is much higher, and its benefit (in terms of years of living that are gained) is only slightly...ACRF research funds critical to keeping international edge: Frazer
... he said. "The critical and rate-limiting step is always funding - funding to provide competitive infrastructure and adequate salaries, sufficient to attract and retain the brightest minds in research, funding so that basic science is well done even if there isn't an immediately practical application, and ...Biotechnology has failed to live up to its promises
...urthermore, evaluation of these substances was not always based on rigorous methodological criteria, suggesting that commercial priorities come before the sound development of drugs in the interest of patients. The promises of biotechnology substances to be more effective and less toxic than conventional dr...New study reveals attempted suicide often a snap decision fuelled by drugs and alcohol
...esearch dispels the myth that suicide attempts are always a pre-meditated, long-planned act. "The problem of non-fatal acts of deliberate self-harm or attempted suicide is much bigger and more frequent than most of us realise.Conservative estimates have suggested that for every death by suicide, there are b...Study finds defibrillators available in many high schools
...fibrillators in schools but these mandates are not always accompanied by the funds needed to purchase the devices. "Where defibrillators should be placed, especially in a time of limited financial resources, involves an important debate," Cram said. In addition to Cram and Jones, the study included research...Researchers question persistent cough treatments for kids
...est that trial doses of asthma medications are not always appropriate for children with persistent cough, according to Tomerak and colleagues. The review could "save these children from the use of unnecessary medications and their associated side effects. It would also save their parents from any unnecessar...Exercise improves cardiopulmonary fitness in asthma
...portant element of this. People with asthma almost always have some degree of exercise-induced asthma," she said. "Regular exercise will improve muscle efficiency and the amount of work that can be done with a specific effort. It will not take away the airways' reactivity that causes exercise-induced asthma...Molecular studies in cancer of the colon
...be forgotten that the objective of our research is always the patient, and so our work should always be in defence of this. Another line of research involves haemato-oncological illnesses, such as leu...Near infrared laser device can measure brain oxygen levels
...e at Duke by Frans Jobsis, Ph.D., in 1977. "It has always been a challenge to directly measure the oxygen levels in the brain," said Duke anesthesiologist David MacLeod, M.D., who presented the results of the Duke study Oct. 22, 2005, at the annual scientific sessions of the American Society of Anesthesiolo...Botulinum toxin can ease intense facial pain
...cation use by more than 50 percent. "Drugs are not always effective in treating trigeminal neuralgia. Some patients avoid them because of side effects, and then their pain is more intense and longer-lasting," said Elcio Juliato Piovesan, MD, a neurologist at the Hospital of Clinics at Federal University of ...Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic
...a chemical burn searing the lungs. "It wasn't always that quick, either," Higgins said. "And along the way, you had symptoms like fingers and genitals turning black, and people reporting being able to literally smell the body decaying before the patient died." At the time, limited scientific and m...Major boost for rheumatoid arthritis drug development
...ns Phylogica," Professor Stanley said. "Our aim is always to see our research translated into real benefits to the community and the grant will certainly accelerate the path to commercialisation." Phylogica's Phylomer technology is an alternative to conventional antibody-based therapies and can be manufactu...Which drugs should health plans cover?
...ilable, and the manufacturer of a new drug may not always choose the most informative comparison. Psaty and his colleagues have developed a method called "network meta-analysis" that can be used to make valid comparisons across several treatments that are studied separately. This can be "especially importan...What is the best treatment strategy for early rheumatoid arthritis?
...gle DMARD? Would choosing this established course always make a patient vulnerable to increased disease severity? That question can only be answered with further research....