Study explains why up to eight percent of cancers go undetected
ST. LOUIS -- A few years ago, Medhat Osman, M.D., Ph.D., had a patient who was scanned due to a suspicion of lung cancer using positron emission tomography (PET) and computer tomography (CT) technology. The scan came back negative, but the patient then complained of a ...Doctors argue for new ways to resolve health treatment choices
... and a new treatment could prolong their life by a few months, should the value of that treatment be considered the same regardless of whether the individual had six months or six years left to live without it? The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England and Wales, and the Scottish ...Panel calls for a new look at treatments commonly used for chronic insomnia
...for short-term use, leaving chronic sufferers with few proven options. The panel noted that newer benzodi...ting than pharmacological interventions. There are few practitioners trained in these therapies, however. Alan Leshner, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of ...Key milestone in antifungal treatment for severe asthma
... Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, said: "We have few options for patients with severe asthma other than prescribing more steroids, and those we do have can have side effects worse than steroids themselves. Antifungal treatment for those sensitized to fungi may be a useful additional strategy to improv...A vaccine approach to treating Parkinson's disease
...lan Pharmaceuticals have been working for the past few years in a vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease. The researchers focused on a spectrum of neurological disorders called Lewy body disease, which include Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. These disorders are marked by the presence of Lewy bodies -- abnormal clu...Northwestern Memorial Hospital installs 64-Slice CT scanner, now available for clinical use
... increase the visual detail. "Within just the last few years, CT scanning technology has made incredible strides as a diagnostic tool," said Vahid Yaghmai, MD, MS, medical director, Computed Tomography at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. "As recently as last year, the technical gold standard was 16-slice...Students revamp tractor for use by workers with disabilities
...ng, Pa. Their modifications cost about $10,000. A few days before their graduation, the students gave the customized tractor to Hammett, the park ranger who commissioned the project. "This is going to offer some unique opportunities for people in wheelchairs to work as interns, volunteers or even employ...European working time directive may put doctors' and patients' lives at risk
...ong working hours. Any shift system should have as few successive night shifts as possible, with a maximum of three consecutive nights. A single night shift, with a day off before and after, is reported to show the least distortion of circadian rhythms. The aviation industry has taken note of research on...Street-level London air pollution warnings coming via mobile phones
...outine type of urban air quality forecast within a few years." A linked project called airTEXT involves sending a text message to the mobile phones of a thousand vulnerable individuals during the evening before days when air pollution may be moderate or high. The message will also advise on steps they ...Restoring flow to all blocked areas of the heart improves 5-year survival rate, study says
...replace blocked coronary arteries. But in the past few years, many surgeons have abandoned veins for arteries of the chest and arm. "It is much easier to harvest and work with veins, but, unfortunately, veins do not last forever," said Cheng. "Arteries are naturally better able to carry blood under arter...Thalidomide treatment proves better than conventional chemotherapy for multiple myeloma
...r cells decreases, patients receive chemotherapy a few months before the procedure. In this study, 100 multiple myeloma patients given Thal-Dex before transplant were compared to 100 patients given traditional chemotherapy with VAD (a combination of three drugs: vincristine, adriamycin, and dexamethasone...Researchers develop way to identify individuals at high-risk of stroke after a 'mini-stroke'
...in the UK, most strokes that occurred in the first few days and weeks after a TIA occurred in patients wh...ast majority early strokes occur after TIAs with a few specific symptoms. These results should allow public education to be effectively focused." (Quote by...Italian law on ART brings problems for doctors and patients
...ividuals and society, and it is shocking that very few Italian politicians were prepared to stand up and say so. It is also disheartening that so many Italian people thought this was nothing to do with them, or just too difficult to understand, and therefore did not go to vote when such fundamental is...Researchers improve lung cancer survival rates
...tumour often recurred outside of the lung within a few years and was then incurable. "Cancer care specialists throughout Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Europe, South East Asia and Australia are now giving chemotherapy treatment after surgery to their patients with early-stage non...Cancer researcher Susan Horwitz wins Alpert prize for Taxol work
...ned about its biological action. However, within a few months of receiving her first samples of the compound, Dr. Horwitz with her then graduate student, Peter Schiff, found that Taxol, which had a unique chemical structure, inhibited cell division , which is deregulated in cancer, thereby promoting unco...Value of IVF children to society outweighs their cost to healthcare systems
...ms in Nordic countries had increased over the last few years, it was still highly profitable to society. "At a time when politicians discuss how to encourage couples to have more children, due to a falling population in the western world, it is extraordinary that the chronic disease, infertility, should ...Researchers shed new light on cause of bedsores and other chronic wounds
...nt of chronic wounds more effective. Doctors have few effective therapies for treating chronic wounds. Usually, the non-healing edge of the wound is surgically removed in order to get rid of the bad tissue. However, it can be difficult to determine how much tissue should be removed. Then, dressings, whi...End-of-life study to focus on needs of Sikh and Muslim patients
...hcare professionals in transcultural medicine, and few professionals will therefore have any real opportunity to learn about death rites in different cultures. Why is it that a middle aged Muslim daughter insists on maintaining a day and night hospital vigil of her dying mother? Or why might Sikh patient...Study links race to risk of advanced colorectal cancer, death
...ared to Asian Americans and non-Hispanic whites. A few studies that look at a few specific subgroups compared to non-Hispanic whites suggest more variation in cancer risks than the b......mant until years after the initial infection. Yet few are talking about the relationship between HPV and cervical cancer despite the fact that advanced screening is available, which can detect the virus early and help prevent cervical cancer. "The communications gap between providers and patients relat...