Health risks continue well after the surgery is over
...ase are more prone to overwhelming and potentially deadly infections following surgery. "We need more investigations, more data on humans," says Dr. Meiler, noting that while short-term outcomes of inflammation in response to surgery are pretty well established, proof of longer-term outcomes will take more ...Study of obesity in prostate cancer screening uncovers new predictor of disease for overweight men
... have shown that obese men are more likely to have deadly prostate cancer, yet diagnostic tools like PSA are less likely to accurately predict the presence of cancer in this population," said Mark Garzotto, M.D., an Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researcher who will present the study at...Vaccinate or not? Treat or not? Study looks at tricky health decisions
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- If a deadly bird flu reaches America, which would you choose: ...cal scenarios -- an experimental vaccine against a deadly flu and chemotherapy for a slow-growing cancer -- and asked to choose either to get the medical opti...Study finds ways to improve detection of blood clots in the lung
...ed imaging test of the chest to detect potentially deadly blood clots in the lung shows that extending the s...gnose pulmonary embolism. A sudden and potentially deadly blockage in a lung artery, pulmonary embolism affects an estimated 600,000 Americans each year, maki...Five surprising facts about starvation that could change the international agenda
...hout dual action against wasting and HIV/AIDS, the deadly synergy of these two factors is likely to grow in coming years." Fourth, political and economic growth do not always automatically improve child nutrition. According to the authors, "wealth creation at a national level does not preclude the persiste...New treatment for food poisoning
...found a potential new treatment for listeriosis, a deadly form of food poisoning. Their work is reported in Nature Medicine. The group, led by Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland, has shown that one particular antibiotic fosfomycin can treat Listeria in the body, despite it being ineffective in laboratory cond...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
...nd at long last, glioblastoma, the most common and deadly of brain tumors, is finally giving up some secrets..., there is a chink in the armor of one of the most deadly human tumors. The chemotherapy drug Temodar (temozolomide), first tested by M. D. Anderson researche...... the development of melanoma, the most serious and deadly type of skin cancer, report leading dermatologists in the April 2006 issue of Dermatology Surgery. "Though genetics may play a role in the development of some melanomas, there's overwhelming evidence that shows sun exposure adversely affects patient...Genetic insights may explain retinal growth, eye cancer
...derstanding how to prevent or cure the potentially deadly eye cancer retinoblastoma. Retinoblastoma is the third most common cancer in infants after leukemia and neuroblastoma (nerve cancer). Retinoblastoma that has spread outside the eye is among the deadliest childhood cancers, with an average survival ra...Researcher wins award from American Diabetes Association
...ll help us to improve the understanding of how two deadly diseases are related," Jin said. "Both diabetes and heart disease have reached epidemic levels and are projected to get worse, so we appreciate Mr. Lee's generosity and applaud the ADA's support of the search for better, preventive treatments." Diab...H5N1 threat puts human flu back in spotlight
...oughout history, but the world became aware of its deadly potential in 1918-19 when a pandemic--a worldwide epidemic--seemed to strike out of nowhere. It killed some 40 million people--many more than the number killed in World War I. This pandemic arose from a bird flu virus that adapted to humans, an event...Scientist works to improve treatment for brain tumors
...ctiveness of a drug that he developed for the most deadly type of brain tumor. Waldemar Debinski, M.D., Ph.D., pioneered a method to destroy cells of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) with less damage to healthy cells. The drug is currently being tested in clinical trials and Debinski is working on its fourth ...Early diagnosis key to melanoma cure
...n senior doctors in this week's BMJ. Melanoma is a deadly but potentially curable type of skin cancer, largely thought to be caused by excessive and intense intermittent exposure to sunlight. The incidence of melanoma is rising faster than any other cancer and is approximately doubling every decade. Yet, su...Vaccine could be effective after exposure to Marburg virus
...eveloping in an animal model after exposure to the deadly Marburg virus, with implications for use in humans, according to an article published online today (Thursday April 27, 2006) by The Lancet. The Marburg virus was first detected in 1967. Like the Ebola virus, Marburg is a filovirus that causes interna...Skin disease common among Hispanic farmworkers in North Carolina, research shows
...ent common skin conditions, as well as potentially deadly diseases such as skin cancer. Few studies have evaluated skin disease in migrant farmworkers. In one of the Wake Forest studies, 59 farmworkers from Nash and Johnston Counties were examined by a dermatologist with the goal of estimating the prevalenc...The World Bank accused of deception and medical malpractice in malaria treatment
...ld Health Organization's advice, for a potentially deadly form of malaria in India Attaran and colleagues recommend that since the Bank has downsized all its malaria staff and has little expertise left, it wind down its malaria projects and allocate US$1 billion to other institutions, such as the Global Fu...Penn School of Medicine awarded nearly $1 million for African AIDS program
...etween the ages of 15 and 49 are infected with the deadly disease. "This is a very important international program," said Harvey Friedman, MD, Director of the Penn-Botswana Program and Chief of Infectious Diseases at Penn. "Botswana is considered the test tube case in Africa regarding AIDS. If we can't do ...New drug poised to radically change the treatment of severe anemias
...such frequent transfusions can cause a potentially deadly buildup of iron in the body, leading to heart and liver failure. The traditional treatment to remove excess iron is so onerous that many patients choose to forgo it, putting their own lives at risk. The results of an international study on deferasiro......akes it clear that the disease could reemerge with deadly virulence. In a vividly told narrative, filled with poignant and graphic scenes culled from historical archives, Dickerson recounts the history of one of the most feared diseases in the United States. From the late 18th to the early 20th century, Yel...Scientists discover new genetic subtypes of common blood cancer
...r distinct genetic subtypes of multiple myeloma, a deadly blood cancer, that have different prognoses and might be treated most effectively with drugs specifically targeted to those subtypes. A new computational tool based on an algorithm designed to recognize human faces plucked the four distinguishing gen...