Antioxidants show no clear benefit against cardiovascular events, death in high-risk women
... evidence for harm. While additional research into combinations of agents, particularly for stroke, may be of interest, widespread use of these individual agents for cardiovascular protection does not appear warranted....New algorithm matches any tumor cells to best possible anti-cancer treatments
...ers receiving COXEN personalized, second-line drug combinations to beat their cancers, using FDA-approved agents. Many new and exciting discoveries remain to be made, even more quickly and at lower costs....Research shows survival benefit for leukemia patients treated with arsenic trioxide
...clinical trials play in unlocking new or different combinations of therapies to fight cancer, not to mention the hope it gives patients and their families. Powell said the willingness of patients with leukemia and their physicians to participate in the clinical trial has markedly improved the outcome for partic...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
... monotherapy and in combination therapy, including combinations with Tykerb, underscores our continued commitment to delivering effective new treatments for patients with cancer....GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
... monotherapy and in combination therapy, including combinations with Tykerb, underscores our continued commitment to delivering effective new treatments for patients with cancer. Ovarian cancer study (Abstract 5561) DATA EMBARGOED UNTIL SATURDAY JUNE 2, 2PM CDT This ongoing Phase II open-label, monoth...Making science personal: Lilly Oncology to unveil 76 studies at ASCO 2007
...IMTA as chemotherapeutic foundations in innovative combinations with new targeted therapies. "This is an exciting time in cancer research as we are moving away from 'one-size fits all' treatment," said Richard Gaynor, M.D., Lilly vice president, cancer research and global oncology platform leader. "Lilly's comm...To get blood pressure under control, combination of medicines may be best
...eve control of their blood pressure. Single-tablet combinations of drugs may be what it takes to get blood pressur...medication before switching to one of the two-drug combinations used in the study. A year later, after 18 months of treatment, patients continued to have good blo...The hepatitis C link: Diagnose, treat, transplant
...r clinical research on the best dosing regimen and combinations is warranted to optimize the potential of this innovative combination for chronic HCV patients." Dr. Kaita will present this study on Monday, May 21, at 2:45 p.m. in Room 206. Use of Hepatitis C-Infected Donors in Liver Transplantation: A Case-...Other highlights in the May 2 JNCI
...ree of the drugs. The mice also received different combinations of hormonal therapy, including estrogen supplements, estrogen withdrawl, and tamoxifen. A combination of all three HER inhibitors was more effective at slowing tumor growth than a single drug or combination of two drugs. The tumors grew after 49 d...Combination treatment stymies breast cancer growth
... much less effective. A clinical study using drug combinations in newly diagnosed patients with HER-2 positive breast cancer will start soon under the direction of physicians at BCM's Breast Center, said Osborne. "We are very excited to see if our laboratory results can be translated to patients with the mor...Pharmacists' workload contributes to errors
...r hour. The risk of dispensing potentially harmful combinations of medications that could result in a drug interaction increased by 3 percent for each additional prescription filled per hour. The study also found that computerized interaction alerts and telephone, Internet, and fax systemswhich are intended to ...Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication
... switches that can be flipped on or off in complex combinations to control the lighting in one room," he said. Madison is the senior author of a paper on Fragile X syndrome in mice, which will be published in the April 11 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. He published a related study on mice with Down syndr...Drug/intervention combinations offer benefit in severe CVD
...n the meantime, doctors are trying to identify new combinations of medicines and interventions that will increase survival rates among this high-risk population. Research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 56th Annual Scientific Session offers new insight into the most effective therapies fo...ACP: Residency match results for internal medicine underscore need to redesign primary care
...ternists are also involved in many other types and combinations of activities, including teaching, research, administration, and health care policy. ...Many Americans at high risk of vision loss do not have access to eye care
...ividual antioxidant supplements and other nutrient combinations and should help endure rational clinical and public health recommendations for the prevention of ARM."...Researchers from the University of Navarra analyze new kinds of cancer-fighting antibodies
... time in order to know if its effects in treatment combinations are as positive as the results on test animals predict. Aside from this, there are another four members of this monoclonal antibiotic family, which stimulate the immune system, currently being developed. Their use in patients began a year and a hal...Response to anti-HIV therapy improved if treatment begins six months after preventive regimen
A woman's response to HIV treatment with drug combinations that contain nevirapine is improved if at least si...e response to treatment with nevirapine-containing combinations is diminished if less than six months has passed since the preventive regimen. These findings were ...Scripps research combination therapy obliterates new vessel growth in tumors and retinopathy
...c agents reach the market, there will be even more combinations to choose from. In our laboratory, we're now looking at new combinations of approved angiostatic drugs to see if we can achieve similar promising results that can have immed...Hybrid molecule causes cancer cells to self-destruct
... the researchers tested three other sugar-butyrate combinations and a butyrate salt compound with no sugar attached. The four other formulas and the butyrate-ManNAc hybrid were each added to lab dishes containing cancer cells. After three to five days, cancer growth had slowed in all of the dishes. After 15 days,...Genomic tests improve prediction of breast cancer response to chemotherapy, hormonal therapy
...apy. Pusztai says the team analyzed 780 different combinations before winnowing the test down to a small set of genes. The test was then applied to 51 new patients who received identical T/FAC treatment. It accurately predicted 12 of 13 patients who achieved a complete response. Of the 28 patients the test pr...