M. D. Anderson reports first drug activity in T315I-Positive CML, ALL and JAK-2-Positive MPD
...l they were given the intravenous MK-0457 for five consecutive days. Of the patients with the T315I mutation, eight of nine patients with CML responded as did both of the T315I-positive ALL patients who had a partial response after the second cycle and complete response after the third cycle of treatment respect...Second opinion yields treatment changes for half of patients
...hology. Researchers looked at the records of 149 consecutive patients referred to the U-M Cancer Centers multidisciplinary breast tumor board for a second opinion. The patients had already been diagnosed with breast cancer after having undergone initial evaluation, breast imaging and biopsy, and they already h...Recovering alcoholics with poor sleep perceptions will likely relapse
...information about their drinking habits during two consecutive six-week follow-up periods. "Our study suggests that in early recovery from alcoholism, people perceived that it took them a long time to fall asleep and that they slept through the night," said Conroy. "The reality was that it did not take them ...Teen girls make better health choices with intervention program
...ly African American and Latino population. For two consecutive years, researchers have been examining the effect of an innovative physical fitness and nutrition program on measures of cardiovascular fitness and self-esteem and found the students are making better health choices. Many of those at highest risk suc...Hospital costs for children with flu may be higher than thought
...ital with laboratory-confirmed influenza over four consecutive flu seasons, from 2000 to 2004. The study team statistically adjusted the direct medical costs to account for geographic variations in those costs. "We found a broad range of hospital costs in the study, from approximately $7,000 each for patients ...ACP commends CMS plan to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
...ts in payments to physicians. This is the seventh consecutive year that physicians have faced SGR-related payment cuts. The final rule will implement changes in physician work relative value units (RVUs) that were first proposed in June. Work RVUs are among the factors that Medicare uses to determine payment...A simple, noninvasive test measures survival time in adult pulmonary hypertension
...ospital in Baltimore, and 11 associates studied 63 consecutive patients with pulmonary hypertension. After right heart catheterization, these patients underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram to assess right ventricular performance in the heart. Study participants were mostly female, white and had an average a......harts of 309 children, ages 6 to 17, who underwent consecutive polysomnograms. Measurements, such as daily caffeine intake, height, weight, blood pressure, and neck circumference were gathered from prior examinations. Researchers defined OSA as an obstructive apnea-hyponea index greater than one. In all, 106 pat...Stress triggers relapse in meth abuse, OHSU study finds
... doses dropped to less than one per hour for three consecutive days, the mice received either more saline or a dose of 2-deoxyglucose, or 2-DG, a drug that lowers glucose levels in the blood, creating a condition similar to hypoglycemia in humans. "People feel stress when they're hypoglycemic," Mark explained...Mets have 60 percent chance of winning league championship series, says Bukiet at NJIT
...n addition, the Yankees were held scoreless for 21 consecutive innings." Operations Research published Bukiet's mathematical model on which his predictions are based. His model computes the probability of a team winning a game against another team with given hitters, bench, starting pitcher, relievers and home...Drug may help women stop smoking
...moking even a puff at least one day in each of two consecutive weeks at any point in the trial." A more stringent criterion of prolonged abstinence, not smoking even one puff after the first week of quitting, was also used and showed similar results. Fifty-two research subjects received naltrexone. In this gr...Tamiflu significantly reduces the risk of death from influenza
...ed surveillance study was conducted during the two consecutive influenza seasons on a total of 512 patients who were admitted to hospital for illness associated with a positive test for influenza in Ontario, Canada. Over half of patients, mainly those with underlying illness, had been previously vaccinated. 84% ...Use of antibiotic to treat infectious eye disease trachoma may increase risk for reinfection
...E and SA communes at baseline and 12 months over 2 consecutive years with follow-up for 2 years beyond the last treatment. These communes were compared with a S-only control commune that did not receive azithromycin targeted treatment. The researchers found that re-infection rates increased significantly betwe...For super-obese patients, duodenal switch beats gastric bypass
... of fats and starches. This study involved 350 consecutive super-obese patients who underwent weight-loss surgery at the University of Chicago Hospitals between Aug. 5, 2002, and Nov. 10, 2005. One hundred ninety-eight patients underwent duodenal switch and 152 had a gastric bypass. More than 80 percent of...Top NIH prize goes to three pioneering Stanford scientists
...bioengineering faculty with this award for a third consecutive year." The Pioneer Award funds scientists with creative ideas who propose novel approaches to major challenges in biomedical research. Ben Barres, MD, PhD, professor of neurobiology and of developmental biology at Stanford, served on the team that r......nned for 17 July, had to be called off after three consecutive attempts because of technical issues relating to the Soyuz's ground system. However, the problems have now been solved and a review of the overall ground system validation process is now underway. In addition, the Soyuz launcher has been completely r...Pediatric neurosurgeons recommend banning children from ATVs
...ncy departments in 2003. That made 2003 the second consecutive year that ATV-related injuries set a record. According to the Children's Safety Network, one-third of all ATV-related fatalities occurred in children under 16 years of age, and 80 percent of those fatalities were caused by head and spine injuries. ...Mayo Clinic finds effective test to determine treatment for chronic cough
...hn. This study was conducted via chart review of consecutive patients evaluated at Mayo Clinic for chronic cough using both exhaled nitric oxide and methacholine challenge testing between December 2004 and November 2005. During the study interval, 114 patients underwent methacholine challenge testing and measu...Mayo clinic discovers new type of sleep apnea
...nic Sleep Disorders Center over one month, plus 20 consecutive patients diagnosed with central sleep apnea. The investigators found that complex sleep apnea comprised 15 percent of all sleep apnea patients, while 84 percent had obstructive sleep apnea and 0.4 percent had central sleep apnea. They also discovered......oke trained with AutoCITE for 3 hours a day for 10 consecutive weekdays. The gains in motor ability and real-world function for participants treated using AutoCITE with remote supervision were comparable with the gains previously reported for participants who received an equal amount of directly supervised AutoC...