Drug-eluting stents outperform radiation treatment for coronary restenosis in bare metal stents
...rgery after bare metal stent implantation is still recurrent restenosis," said Dr. Stone. "Identification of drug-eluting stents as the optimal therapy for bare metal restenosis should significantly reduce the need for surgery in many thousands of patients."...Gliadel Wafer demonstrates long-term survival benefit for patients with high-grade malignant glioma
...diation. Gliadel Wafer is also indicated to treat recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in addition to surge...6 months, and the median survival of patients with recurrent GBM increased to 6.4 months from 4.6 months. The newly-published data in the March edition of The Eu...Emergency departments score poorly in child-saving drills, Hopkins study finds
...ests hospitals conduct periodic drills to look for recurrent patterns that identify areas most vulnerable to error. Trauma is the number-one cause of death among children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of the 30 million children who seek treatment in emergency departments e...Gum-chewing may speed recovery after colon surgery
...ve a portion of the large intestine, for cancer or recurrent diverticular diseases. Seventeen of the patients chewed sugarless gum three times a day beginning the morning after their surgeries and lasting until their first bowel movement. The other 17 patients, who did not differ in age, gender, reason for s...Study finds significant reduction in respiratory illnesses in babies breastfed six months vs. four
...to contract pneumonia and half as likely to suffer recurrent ear infections," said lead author Caroline Chantry...each group who experienced pneumonia, wheezing and recurrent (three or more) colds or ear infections. The results showing the protective effects of the additiona...Increased role for PET imaging could improve cancer care
...taging means checking whether there is residual or recurrent tumor after completion of treatment and, if so, determining its extent. Although PET is extremely useful and is routinely used for restaging in many cancers, Juweid sees an even more important role for PET as a tool to enable physicians to monitor tu...Stopping antidepressants during pregnancy may lead to symptom recurrence
...The current study was designed to examine risk for recurrent depression in pregnant women who chose to continue or to stop antidepressants during pregnancy. The study enrolled 201 women treated at women's mental health centers at MGH, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, and Emory U...Warning of risk to breast cancer patients from vaginal oestrogen
...mplications related to atrophic vaginitis, such as recurrent urinary tract infection, may need treatment to be completed before stopping Vagifem. One option in those cases would be to switch from AIs to tamoxifen, which appears not to allow as much oestrogen to enter the system."...For some, aspirin doesn't increase risk of recurring hemorrhagic stroke
...r, finds that aspirin may not increase the risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage. The study is published i...atment at some point during follow-up, seven had a recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage. Aspirin was prescribed to prevent ischemic heart disease in half of the gr...Aspirin therapy may be safe for some survivors of brain hemorrhage
...s. While 18 percent of the study participants had recurrent hemorrhages during an average of 20 months of follow-up, the risk was no greater among the 46 patients who reported taking antiplatelet therapy than it was among the 161 who did not take aspirin. The only factor associated with increased risk of rec...Measurement of urinary protein can help detect recurrent bladder cancer
... of methods is used to monitor patients at risk of recurrent bladder cancer because no single procedure is 100 ...ice, for the protein NMP22, as an aid in detecting recurrent cancer in patients with a history of bladder cancer. The researchers compared its usefulness with th...GroPep starts Phase 1 infertility trial
...rtility drug, PV903. The drug is targeted to treat recurrent miscarriages caused by an abnormalimmune response ...eproductive failure that shares many features with recurrent miscarriage inhumans. A Clinical Research Study conducted in the last six months has enabledGroPep t...Use of proven heart medicines improves, but not enough
...tery disease and therefore are at risk of a new or recurrent cardiac event. Other members of the Duke team were Nancy Allen LaPointe, Pharm.D., Anita Chen, Judith Kramer, M.D., Bradley Hammill, Elizabeth DeLong, Ph.D., Lawrence Muhlbaier, Ph.D., and Robert Califf, M.D....Mayo Clinic finds aggressive surgery best option for advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients
...earch in resistance to chemotherapy, prevention of recurrent disease, and earlier detection. This study's purpose was to estimate the effect of aggressive surgery on overall survival rates for ovarian cancer patients. The main outcome measures were residual disease after tumor reduction surgery, frequency of ...Antibiotics do not prevent recurrent myocardial infarcts in subjects with periodontitis
...tiveness of antibiotics used for the prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events. A three-month course of tre..., Nieminen MS, Asikainen S. Clarithromycin reduces recurrent cardiovascular events in patients without periodontitis is published online before print in the jour...Hopkins researcher links gene mutation with poor outcomes in people with most common thyroid cancer
...re frequently associated with treatment failure in recurrent disease, according to the study. "By illustrating a higher risk of poorer outcomes and recurrence, these results should help physicians perform better risk analysis of patients with PTC, which in turn will lead to more tailored treatment of the disea...Abdominal chemo boosts survival in ovarian cancer patients
...ot clear whether the procedure has any benefit for recurrent disease or patients with large amounts of residual disease after surgery. "The first and most important step is good surgery," says Robert Bristow, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Center. "If you don't start with a surgeon specia...Adults also suffer from cyclical vomiting syndrome
...n. CVS is a disorder whereby sufferers experience recurrent stereotypic episodesof incapacitating nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, separated by weeks ormonths of comparative wellness. Sufferers typically experience between 6 and 12episodes a year that are completely incapacitating. The disorder appears t...Eating chicken may reduce your risk of colon cancer
...rocessed meats showed a greater risk of developing recurrent colorectal adenomas. Those with diets high in certain white meats, like chicken, were less prone to this risk. "Our results are consistent with prior studies that suggest certain dietary factors may be important in the development of colon polyps an...Study suggests mechanism for recurrent sudden infant death syndrome
...rs for SIDS this could explain why some women have recurrent SIDS in their family, state the authors. SIDS is t...ggest a mechanism that would predispose a women to recurrent cases of SIDS and provide direct evidence that the risk of SIDS after a given birth is not statistic...