No good evidence that cholesterol drugs lower melanoma risk
...owering drugs can decrease the risk of melanoma, a deadly and malignant skin cancer, according to a new review of recent studies. Robert Dellavalle, M.D., of Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center and colleagues found no significant difference in melanoma rates between people taking statin or fibrate medic...New strides being made in chemoprevention
... that may help us develop new drugs to combat this deadly disease before patients begin suffering from its symptoms." Use of Thiazolidinediones and Lung Cancer Survival in Type 2 Diabetes Patients (Abstract 3711) Patients with type-2 diabetes, treated with a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones (TZD...High doses of ibuprofen cause significant GI bleeding, despite safety profile
...n to ulcers, hemorrhage and severe and potentially deadly gastrointestinal problems. Each year, the side effects of long-term NSAID use cause nearly 103,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths by some estimates. In 2003, the AGA launched the R.E.D.U.C.E. (Risk Education to Decrease Ulcer Complications and...Novel treatment target for deadly brain tumors identified
...arget for glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most deadly types of brain tumors. The research results are reported in the October issue of Molecular Cancer Research. "We've found that a particular protein may play a major role in the progression of these tumors, suggesting an attractive new treatment approa...Broccoli sprouts, cabbage, ginkgo biloba and garlic: A grocery list for cancer prevention
...orms of ginkgolides." Ovarian cancer is the most deadly of all gynecological cancers. It is called a "silent killer" because most cases are discovered only in very advanced stages. Changing Genes: Garlic Shown to Inhibit DNA Damaging Chemical in Breast Cancer (Abstract #2543) Legend suggests that ga......television show "Six Feet Under," AVMs can lead to deadly stroke and neurological problems. Brain surgery can be risky, and cutting off the blood supply to the vessels via embolization does not cure the problem. Daniele Rigamonte, M.D., professor at Johns Hopkins and senior author of the study, says that im...New analysis supports starting with VFEND for life-threatening fungal infections
...alysis of treatment procedures for the potentially deadly fungal infection invasive aspergillosis suggests that making the right treatment decision as soon as possible after diagnosis may be crucial to survival. The retrospective analysis, published in the Nov. 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, sho...Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic
...winter may bring with it one of the most sweeping, deadly outbreaks of killer flu that the world has ever seen. While that prospect would terrify the average person, it also intrigues Jim Higgins, a doctoral candidate at Lehigh University, who has been researching the 1918 flu pandemic that killed an est...Sandia researchers determine that common anthrax sampling methods need improvement
...ods need improvement. The research shows that more deadly spores remain after decontamination than previously believed. The team, led by researcher Gary Brown, spent a year looking at sampling processes used to determine the number of viable organisms existing on surfaces following a biological attack with...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center finds possible genetic link to pancreatic cancer
...process to developing ways to prevent or cure this deadly disease." Nearly all patients who develop pancreatic cancer will succumb to the disease. A genetic marker that helps physicians find individuals most at risk to develop the cancer also will help find it early enough to perform effective surgery. In...Precision radiation therapy yields rare success for liver tumors
...This is remarkable. For people who are facing this deadly disease, doubling the length of survival brings hope to our patients and that is so important," Katz said. Katz led the research, along with Paul Okunieff, M.D., chair of Radiation Oncology, Michael Schell, Ph.D., Christine Huggins, Ph.D., and Madele...HIV mortality in India drops with introduction of generic antiretroviral therapy
...ant additional step toward curbing the spread of a deadly disease in a resource-poor country....National and regional leadership needed to coordinate response to avian flu pandemic
...ng like an inevitable influenza pandemic may be as deadly as that which struck in 1918."...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for October 2005 (first issue)
...acute respiratory distress syndrome represent twin deadly types of lung failure that can result from different disorders. In this study, 33 of the 45 patients had lung injury primarily associated with pneumonia. Stem cells derived from bone marrow can change into a variety of tissue-specific human cell typ...KwaZulu-Natal's successful fight against malaria
...f how to combat malaria following its dramatic and deadly increase. In an accompanying Perspective, Patrick... KwaZulu-Natal "amid the dire statistics showing a deadly resurgence of malaria."...Northwestern receives major award for nanotechnology cancer center
... and technology to address one of the world's most deadly and debilitating classes of diseases," said Mirkin, director of the IIN. "It is possible that nanotechnology will become one of the fundamental drivers in oncology and cancer research, and we are extremely excited about focusing our research in this ...Newly discovered gene may predict aggressive ovarian cancer
...d alterations in a gene, called Rsf-1, to the most deadly ovarian cancers. The scientists say the discovery is the first to establish a role for the gene in ovarian cancer and may lead to a test that can predict, early on, which patients will develop aggressive disease. "We hope new therapies can be tailo...Kidney transplant patients face higher skin cancer risk
...general population to develop melanoma, a rare but deadly form of skin cancer, according to a study led by Christopher Hollenbeak, Ph.D., associate professor, Departments of Surgery and Health Evaluation Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The study, to be ...New blood transplant method stops fatal side effect, Stanford study finds
... to 80 percent of the cases there is a potentially deadly side effect: The donor's incoming immune cells attack the patient's body as "foreign" in what is known as graft-versus-host disease. The new method tested at Stanford appears to retain the desired result of the transplantation - killing the cancerous...... times more likely to develop melanoma, a rare but deadly form of skin cancer, according to a study in the November 1, 2005 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study indicates that risk increased with time since transplant. Furthermore, risk was highest in men and w...