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...he prostate to immediately outside it, is operable and has 15-year cancer survival rates of almost 80 per...ients have a better chance if they undergo surgery and are living longer than if they undergo radiation therapy," says Horst Zincke, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clin...Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
People addicted to heroin, alcohol and other drugs of abuse often fail to stay clean beca... Substance Abuse Treatment , Scott Kellogg, Ph.D., and Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., at The Rockefeller University, and colleagues at the New York City Health a...Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
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... sharpen the eyes of radiologists, military pilots and other professionals for whom identifying objects o...erns in a monitor or visual display often quickly and with pinpoint accuracy is a critical part of the job. According to the study, the new approach in...Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
..., Inc., a leader in functional fatty acid research and development, today announced that it has submitted...w drug application (NDA) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 31, 2005 to market lubiprostone, a novel compound with a unique m...Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...stroenterology . Nancy Baxter, M.D., Ph.D., colon and rectal surgeon and researcher at the University of Minnesota's Medical School and Cancer Center, led the research team ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (first issue)
...d a close relationship between graft ischemic time and long-term survival after single or double lung tra... the aortic cross clamp during donor organ removal and the reperfusion (restoration of blood flow) in the graft of the recipient.) According to the author...Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
...iated with prostate radiation has been quantified, and these findings may also have implications for pati...nter used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Registry to evaluate the effect of radiation on development of cancer in the rect...Statin simvastatin linked to protection against endothelial dysfunction in diabetic rats
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...first step to personalizing treatments for allergy and asthma, both worldwide diseases that interfere with life quality and generate high economic burden. Asthma is a chronic obstructive inflammatory lung disease with sympto...Many parents fail to set rules to limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke, according to new study
... to tobacco smoke. A study involving 1,770 parents and guardians in New York and New Jersey finds that in nearly half of homes and more than half of family cars, children are expose...Autistic children's abnormal metabolic profile findings
...imited language acquisition, repetitive behaviors, and restricted interests. Usually diagnosed before the...ildren in the United States. Although both genetic and environmental factors are believed to contribute to the development of autism, no firm causal eviden...Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
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...rector of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University Medi...older conventional medications such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine." Gray matter contains the bulk of the brains cell's and the billions of connections...More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
...trolling the amount of exhaust emitted by vehicles and other sources, knowing how much of a pollutant is ...at the University of California, Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group and lead author of the study, which is scheduled to appear in the April 15 issue of ...AACR establishes new lectureship in honor of Dr. Jane C. Wright
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...998, World of Children, Inc., was created to honor and recognize outstanding individuals who have had a p...ld advocacy. Their mission is to honor, illuminate and inspire on behalf of children. AWARD DETAILS: Deadline for Submissions: APRIL 25, 2005. $100...... same number of calories as the other participants and rated themselves as being no more full. "People use their eyes to count calories and not their stomachs," lead researcher Brian Wansink, professor of marketing and of nutritional scienc...