Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
... for men who never drank coffee. There was also a modest inverse association with decaffeinated coffee consumption. These findings were independent of all other risk factors for gout. Tea drinking and total caffeine intake were both shown to have no effect on the incidence of gout among the subjects. On...Doctors conclude temsirolimus is effective new treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma
...n, and 7.3 months for the interferon. "This is a modest improvement in survival but the patients in the study had the most advanced tumors," says Hudes. "It would be reasonable to hypothesize that temsirolimus could provide greater benefit to patients with less extensive metastatic disease. Only a rando...Second SPORT study shows surgery advantage for spinal stenosis and slipped vertebra
... trial, while non-operative patients reported only modest improvement in their condition, patients who had surgery reported significantly reduced pain and improved functionality. Surgical patients saw relief from symptoms fairly quickly, reporting major improvements as early as six weeks after their operat...Study finds difference in survival rates among white and black women with advanced breast cancer
CHICAGO - Despite modest overall improvements in breast cancer survival rates for women with advanced disease over the last two decades, the rates for black women have not improved and the difference in life expectancy between white and black women continues to widen, accord...Drug shows activity against brain metastases
...udy indicate that lapatinib, when given alone, has modest but real activity against brain metastases in women who have had multiple prior treatments for their breast cancer, said Dana-Farbers Nancy Lin, MD, the studys lead author. Lin will present the findings on Sunday, June 3, at 11:15 a.m. (N Hall, B1)...Alzheimer's disease to quadruple worldwide by 2050
...e Alzheimers disease. However, if we can make even modest advances in preventing Alzheimers disease or delay its progression, we could have a huge global public health impact. According to Brookmeyer and his co-authors, interventions that could delay the onset of Alzheimers disease by as little as one yea...The future of biofuels is not in corn
... offset 15 percent of gasoline demand. Conversely, modest increases in auto fuel efficiency standards of even one mile per gallon for all cars and light trucks, such as those passed by the Senate last month could cut petroleum consumption by more than all alternative fuels and replacement fuels combined. ...Health reform bills could improve quality and efficiency, but fall short of national plan
...pay-for-performance initiatives indicate that even modest financial incentives for hospitals contribute to i...dinating health information technology and provide modest grant funding, but fall short of removing the financial barriers to widespread adoption of informati...