Revlimid data presented at ASCO stands to change the way physicians treat multiple myeloma
...COG trial, we think there is a need to continue to evaluate novel treatment options. The development of new therapeutic agents which are very effective combined with the model of changing myeloma into a chronic disease process is making us rethink our traditional treatment paradigm, where therapy is decided o...Herb shows potential to reduce cancer-related fatigue
... scientifically rigorous pilot study, the first to evaluate the Wisconsin species of American ginseng as a possible therapy for cancer-related fatigue, are being presented June 3 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Many cancer patients face extreme fatigue after diagnosis and...MRI detects cancers missed by mammography in breast cancer patients
...se patients should have a screening MRI to further evaluate the extent of ipsilateral disease and also to evaluate the contralateral breast, says Dr. Bernard. The combined results of these studies validate what we...Study supports activity of GEMZAR in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer
...1,200 patients) and Neo-TANGO (800 patients), will evaluate the addition of GEMZAR to the paclitaxel or docetaxel arm of the treatment regimen. For more information on these studies, log on to www.lillytrials.com or www.clinicaltrials.gov . More About ASCO Abstract # 595 The trial enrolled stage II-III...Clinical data suggest potential versatility of ALIMTA-based regimens in lung cancer
... IV NSCLC. The primary purpose of the study was to evaluate if the ALIMTA-carboplatin combination provided inc...drugs. , This preliminary study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination as first-line treatment for NSCLC. We are pleased to s......dding that the Food and Drug Administration doesnt evaluate the safety of such herbal remedies....Journal Sleep: Longer CPAP use at night can normalize one's daytime functioning
...ffectively treated. Therefore, it is important to evaluate treatment effectiveness by assessing the level of adherence in conjunction with treatment outcomes." Dr. Weaver noted that there are, in contrast, individuals who remain excessively sleepy despite more than seven hours of CPAP use per night. The d...Lilly studies try to shed light on impact of race
...t diverse Phase III study in NSCLC. The study will evaluate ALIMTA in 1,000 patients with NSCLC. Enrollment will include 200 African-Americans, 200 Asians, 200 Hispanics and 400 Caucasians. For more information on this trial visit www.lillytrials.com or www.clinicaltrials.gov . Scientific reasoning tel......t a "decision trees" of alternate possibilities to evaluate costs and benefits. The estimate for the cost of installing countermeasures, Winterfeldt says, is about $30 billion for the air fleet, which at first sight seemed completely out of line with the damage that an attack would cause. But tracking out t...Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
...nterpreting data obtained from heart tests used to evaluate LQTS patients, particularly data of borderline cases, Dr. Ackerman says. This is a diagnosis in which the stakes are extremely high, he says. On one hand, failing to recognize this disease could end in a tragic, premature death that could have bee...Exercise test may help predict mortality risk in heart failure patients
...hortness of breath. The goal of the study was to evaluate a test that measures the lungs' efficiency at consuming oxygen and expiring carbon dioxide. The test has been shown to predict future hospitalizations in patients with systolic heart failure, a type in which the left chamber of the heart is too weake...Once-fatal metabolic disorders treatable, says Stanford/Packard researcher
...udy took 25 years to accumulate enough patients to evaluate the drug treatment. People with urea cycle disorders are unable to convert nitrogen-rich ammonia, a normal by-product of protein metabolism, into urea that is excreted by the body as urine. Mutations in several different proteins can short-circuit ...Exercise may slightly boost 'good' cholesterol levels
...To be included in the analysis, the studies had to evaluate aerobic exercise in adults with an average age of 20 or older, specify HDL-C measurements at the beginning and end of the study, have a length of at least eight weeks, and randomly assign some participants to a group of exercisers and others to a con...Human antibodies protect mice from avian flu
... safe and effective in additional animal tests, to evaluate these human mAbs in clinical trials in humans. ...Telephone 'quitlines' may help dental patients stop smoking
...., identified the need to conduct a pilot study to evaluate whether the speedier measure of referring patients to tobacco-use quitlines was also effective in helping patients stop smoking. The authors randomly assigned eight general dental practices in Minnesota to provide either brief counseling regarding sm...Advances in screening and markers improve early detection of colorectal cancer
...rrant further investigations that will continue to evaluate C-reactive protein levels as an indicator of colorectal cancer and examine the gender differences found in our study." Dr. Chiu will present this study on Sunday, May 20, at 8:00 a.m. in Hall E. ...NHLBI Asthma Clinical Research Networks and ALA ACRC Network to present at ATS 2007
...and asthma severity, allowing us to more precisely evaluate the relationship between body mass and asthma severity, says researcher E. Rand Sutherland, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Medicine at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver. We can also look at how obesity modifies the resp...UW study to clarify safety, effectiveness of hormone therapy during menopause
...(the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study), will evaluate the efficacy of four years of hormone therapy on measures of cognition and mood in 720 healthy perimenopausal women at eight different sites across the country. The main objective of KEEPS is to answer questions at the center of the hormone therap...News from American Psychiatric Association 2007 Annual Meeting
...ened two hours after they were given medication to evaluate standing balance, turning speed and stability, memory and adverse events. The primary endpoint was balance as assessed by NeuroCom EquiTest Sensory Organization Test score (SOT) two hours after dosage. An SOT protocol objectively identifies abno...New prevention, treatment methods for patients with painful bowel inflammation
...e and Harvard Medical School, was to prospectively evaluate whether nut, corn and popcorn consumption were associated with complications of diverticular disease. From the Health Professionals Follow-up Study cohort, investigators selected 47,228 U.S. men aged 40-75 years at baseline (in 1986) and free of di...