Rochester spreads knowledge of cancer-related fatigue
... special journal supplement, which is intended for use as a physician reference guide. The following is...also show promise. Many people with cancer already use non-drug behavioral therapies on their own, researchers said, but it's important that the scientific...UCLA researchers develop new nanomaterials to deliver anti-cancer drugs to cells
...l delivery systems for these molecules without the use of organic solvents has received significant attention. Camptothecin (CPT) and its derivatives are considered to be among the most effective anticancer drugs of the 21st century. Although studies have demonstrated their effectiveness against carci...High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act endorsed by American College of Physicians
...in better outcomes for patients and more efficient use of resources. Rep. Burgess today also introduced two other bills, one that would create a pathway to eliminating Medicare cuts from the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Formula and another that would provide grants to new primary care residency progr...Borderline personality disorder shows improvements with intensive psychotherapy
...comes, said Lenzenweger. And of course, we hope to use these results to further guide our development of basic studies in the neuroscience and genomics of BPD....New study reports hotel guests at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning
...CO detectors have been available since 1989, their use in hotels, motels and resorts is not widespread. In fact, while every guest room in the U.S. must contain a smoke detector, there is no federal mandate for CO detectors. In a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Med...Meningitis: effectiveness of preventive vaccination demonstrated
... course of subsequent years. To do that, they made use of results of two vaccination campaigns conducted with this vaccine by the Senegalese health services. One of these was run in 1996 in 8 of the 30 villages that make up the Niakhar region, the other in 1999, in the whole of the study area, hit be a s...Folic acid supplements do not appear to reduce risk of colorectal tumors
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...'s team showed specific areas of the parietal lobe use signals from motor areas of the brain to integrate each new snapshot of the visual world into a coherent whole. The findings, published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, build on a body of research...DFG approves 11 new Collaborative Research Centers
...develop autonomous molecular switches suitable for use in medical or technical applications. (Host univer...ial or temporal resolution to be achieved or which use X-rays, are being developed for this study. (Host university: Georg-August University of Gttingen, C...Low-carb diets' effects linked to rise in newly identified 'starvation hormone'
..."). Scientists have known that PPAR""controls fats use as an energy source during starvation. In addition, some drugs that lower "bad" cholesterol work by targeting PPAR"" Kliewers group showed that FGF21 is induced directly by PPAR" in liver in response to fasting in mice. FGF21 in turn stimulates lip...Abilify sNDA for pediatric patients with schizophrenia accepted for priority FDA review
...ercialization, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) evaluating the use of ABILIFY in 302 ethnically diverse pediatric patients (ages 13-17) and was conducted at 101 centers in 13 countries....Extra pay does not improve hospital performance
... findings will add to the national debate over the use of pay for performance as a strategy for encouraging hospitals to use drugs and therapies that have been proven to save lives in large-scale clinical trials, the research...Study shows Diachrome improves blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes
...d are also Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) for use in foods and supplements. ...Trial shows circulating tumor cells predict how prostate cancer patients do with chemotherapy
...Food and Drug Administration-approved for clinical use in breast cancer. Immunicon currently is working with several pharmaceutical companies in identifying targets on circulating tumor cells that are susceptible to various chemotherapy drugs, he explains. Then doctors can select specific chemotherapy ...Research shows survival benefit for leukemia patients treated with arsenic trioxide
...l. The results are so compelling that we recommend use of arsenic trioxide in first-line treatment of APL...and Drug Administration nearly seven years ago for use in patients with APL who had not responded to, or had stopped responding to, standard first-line the...Researchers call for investigation into links between khat use and psychiatric disorders
... evidence for a potential causal link between khat use and mental illness - in the first ever systematic ...l concern about a contributory association between use of khat and ill mental health, Dr Nasir Warfa - lecturer in Transcultural Psychiatry at Queen Mary, ...After epilepsy surgery, quality of life related more to seizures than memory
...ntinue to have seizures after surgery, doctors can use these results to help determine who is a good candidate for surgery and also to closely monitor those who are at risk, Langfitt said. ...Dating violence and sexual assault associated with suicide attempts among urban teens
...l assault has been linked with depression, alcohol use and violence, making it a likely risk factor for a... surveys measured different risk behaviors such as use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, unintentional injury and violence, sexual behaviors, dietary be...Study examines characteristics of female high school students who report steroid use
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...me age, sex and intelligence score but who did not use Ecstasy during the follow-up period. All participa... on the possibility of additive effects of Ecstasy use on aging of the brain is needed....