Androgen deprivation therapy does not keep localized prostate cancer from spreading, new study says
...ion therapy, also known as hormone therapy, is the gold standard of care for men whose prostate cancer is advanced and has spread throughout the body. The therapy works by shutting down male hormones, principally testosterone, that can promote prostate cancer growth. This common treatment for prostate can...Drug reverses bone loss in men with prostate cancer during the first year of treatment
...also known as androgen deprivation therapy, is the gold standard of care for men whose prostate cancer is advanced and has spread throughout the body. The therapy works by shutting down male hormones, principally testosterone, that can promote prostate cancer growth. This common treatment for prostate can...Mystery solved: Gold's power against autoimmune diseases defined
...active. In subsequent experiments in cell culture, gold compounds were shown to render the immune system a... These findings now give researches a mechanism of gold drug action that can be tested and explored directly in diseased tissues. In 1890, a German doctor...Treatment of severe coronary artery disease with drug-eluting stents a viable alternative to CABG
...n result in sudden death. For nearly 30 years, the gold standard for treatment has been coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). A study conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, however, suggests that angioplasty with coronary stenting may be a viable alternative treatment to more complicated bypass surge...Update on tuberculosis -- 2005
...ld," noted the report. In a study of South African gold miners, TB incidence doubled within the first year of HIV infection. For detection of possible TB infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new interferon-gamma blood test. It is currently evaluating the enzyme-linked immunospot...Community-wide health program slows creep toward heart disease
...t the study design was not a randomized trial, the gold standard for research. "Because we didn't randomize, you can never know for sure if the changes wefind are solely the result of the intervention," Schuit said. Farkouh said the large number and wide-ranging type of interventions make the Limburg stud...Gold nanorods may make safer cancer treatment
...t and kill cancer cells. By changing the shapes of gold nanospheres into cylindrical gold nanorods, they can detect malignant tumors hidden deeper under the skin, like breast cancer, and sel...Long-term antidepressant therapy best treatment for depression in old age
...he elderly with major depression and should be the gold standard of treatment for this population. As such, health care providers, PCPs and insurers should make this treatment accessible and affordable to all those who need it."...Patient care dramatically improved using best practice
...y in the Netherlands has proved that achieving the gold standard in breast cancer care is possible. Teams across the Netherlands set up and met targets for faster diagnosis of breast cancer and a reduction in waiting time for operations. The 5th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-5) heard today how a......agnosis and treatment and be sure they are getting gold standard. 7. Give recognition to the essential role played by charities in independent breast cancer research Encourage those charities to realise the potential benefits of their effort for all European patients and to expand their work even further...More extensive surgery improves survival of patients with gastric cancer
... fifth most common cancer. Although surgery is the gold standard treatment for these patients, the role of radical lymph node dissection is still debated. Therefore, Prof Chew-Wun Wu (Taipai Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan) and colleagues randomly assigned 221 patients to more extensive (D3) or ...New 'litmus test' could aid discovery of anti-cancer drugs
...ON, Ill. --- Using the unusual color properties of gold at the nanoscale, scientists at Northwestern Unive...the triplex binder's bond. Much like tiny bits of gold produce the vibrant red in stained glass windows, the Northwestern team also takes advantage of gold...Using HPV testing to screen for cervical cancer
....wiley.com/journal/ijc . Cytology is currently the gold standard for cervical cancer detection, but it has several limitations: high-quality samples must be collected; identifying the cell changes that may lead to cancer is highly subjective; and the method itself is very repetitive, which can further lea...Study shows more than half of esophageal cancer patients now survive
...s. Until recently, surgery has been considered the gold standard, but its role has been questioned by some medical oncologists based on their assumption that surgery comes with a high risk of complications and small chance of survival. In many cases today, oncologists will try chemotherapy and radiation f...Inhaled steroids preferred over cromolyn to treat asthma
...ic review comparing the effects of cromolyn to the gold standard, inhaled steroids," Guevara said. The review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research. Systematic reviews draw evidence-b...Steroids do not prolong survival in intensive care patients with ARDS on life support
...a larger randomized clinical trial considered the gold standard in medical research was needed to determine whether moderate doses of steroids are beneficial for patients with late-stage ARDS. The new study began in 1997 and involved 180 patients and researchers from 25 hospitals in the U.S. Eligible ...Gold beads show previously unseen parts of the eye
...rch in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), shows that gold beads injected into eye tissue can be used to obta... Institute in San Francisco, Calif., injected tiny gold beads into various areas in the eye which are usually difficult to visualize. The implanted beads w...Making a healthy lunch a greater national priority
Dual Commonwealth Games gold medal marathon runner and mother of two Kerryn McCann, Celebrity Overhaul star and best-selling author Dr John Tickell, and award-winning chef Michael Moore have teamed up to champion the importance of a nutritious lunch in maintaining a healthy weig...Northwestern Memorial earns magnet status for nursing excellence
...ospital has officially received Magnet status, the gold standard for nursing excellence and an honor that recognizes an organizational commitment to the best in patient care. The hospital was notified of the decision Thursday by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Approximately 3 percent of the n...