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ZD1839 Proves Effective - A Breakthrough in fighting Lung Cancer

...s hoped that our study will be a prelude to better outcomes for NSCLC patients in the near future." No novel toxicities were seen with ZD1839 treatment in combination with standard chemotherapy. In a second study, which addressed intermittent dosing of ZD1839 in Japanese patients with advanced lung cancer, m...

TELITHROMYCIN - the proven effective new drug for cap

...y five clinical trials and clinical and biological outcomes was noted. Blood samples were taken before and after the therapy for both aerobic and anaerobic culture. It was found that, the overall clinical cure rate with telithromycin was 89.5% after 7 to 11 days of therapy. Telithromycin has recently been ap...

Antifever drug betters stroke outcome

...ardly manifest as fever, has been linked to poorer outcomes including an increased risk of death.In their study, which included 75 stroke patients who were put on 5 day course of high- or low-dose acetaminophen or an inactive placebo. Twenty-four hours after treatment began, body temperature was an average o...

New light on Cardiology

..., regression or development of LVH. Cardiovascular outcomes such as MI, stroke and heart failure were also eva... on blood pressure control. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes were also lower among those who did not develop LVH or experienced regression of their LVH, compared...

A ray of light on Cardiology

..., regression or development of LVH. Cardiovascular outcomes such as MI, stroke and heart failure were also eva... on blood pressure control. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes were also lower among those who did not develop LVH or experienced regression of their LVH, compared...

Nurses save more lives

...rsing shortage.``Will we see more of these adverse outcomes because we don't have the knowledge of the registered nurses in the clinical setting?'' //asked Patricia Rowell, a research analyst at the American Nurses Association. The researchers, whose findings were published in Thursday's New England Journal ...

Screening of Lazy Eye

...rchers set out to investigate the risk, causes and outcomes of vision loss in the healthy eye of patients with amblyopia. A total of 350 individuals with lazy eye and vision loss in their healthy eye were followed over a two-year time span. Of the participants, 30 percent had significant visual impairment, ...

Brachytherapy for breast cancer

... breast cancer. Follow-up suggested that five year outcomes are similar to those for the more conventional external beam radiotherapy. However, longer term follow up will be needed to fully assess the effectiveness of the brachytherapy approach to breast cancer. <b...

Advanced STD programs required

...re to focus on behavioral and social psychological outcomes as opposed to morbidity outcomes. Following the r...rst, more research is needed to focus on morbidity outcomes as opposed to behavior. Also, more interventions need to target heterosexual men, or at least ensure...

Pregnancy shouldn't be dissuaded in older age

...sity of Southern California investigated pregnancy outcomes in women, ages 50 and older, who conceived after in vitro fertilization with donor eggs. They analyzed the cases of 70 post menopausal women with no chronic medical conditions who had a total of 125 embryo transfer techniques. 85 of the eggs used wer...

Cure for Bacterial Meningitis

... report the group receiving the steroid had better outcomes and a lower risk of death. Among the patients with pneumonia, 22 percent in the dexamethasone group died compared to 50 percent in the placebo group. As for side effects, gastrointestinal bleeding occurred in two patients in the steroid group and fiv...

Specialist surgeon not imperative in melanoma

...ur removed between 1979 and 1999.// They found the outcomes to be similar, whether the operating surgeon had a background in dermatology, cosmetic work, or general surgery. This is in contrast to breast cancer surgery, where specialist breast surgeons generally get better results than general surgeons. This...

Geriatric heart patients benefit from extra weight

...y leads to detriment in overall health and adverse outcomes following surgery, in the older patients, outcomes were worse for significantly thinner patients, in terms of wound infections and other complications ...

Type of inhaler used in asthma treatment crucial

...ing the correct inhaler was crucial. He added that outcomes were consistently better in those using the breath-actuated device, with less use of rescue medication for asthma symptoms, fewer courses of steroids and less courses of antibiotics for respiratory infections prescribed to this group....

Hearing loss can be detected by simple screening

...ir cells in the inner ear, hearing aids do improve outcomes for this kind of deafness. The other causes of hearing loss include ear wax impaction and chronic otitis media (fluid in the middle ear). However these conditions could be cured by surgery. It's important that the physician checks his or her older pa...

Breaking up Dangerous Clots

...nning the study. Researchers were able to measure outcomes in 428 of the patients. The incidence of postoperative venous thromboembolism, a form of deep vein clotting occurring after surgery, was 35 percent in the patients who received placebo vs. 1.4 percent in those who received fondaparinux. There were n...

Death Risk Higher in Obese Women with Colon Cancer

...However, the influence of body weight on long-term outcomes and treatment-related side effects in colon cancer patients //has not been well documented. The researchers found that women, but not men, who were overweight at the start of the trial had a significant increase in overall risk of death compared with...

Radiation Not Needed for Childhood Cancers

...n those who got both treatments. But the long-term outcomes for both groups were quite high.The second study found the risk of hospitalization for psychiatric disorders is no higher among survivors of cancer in childhood or adolescence. //The one striking exception was among those who had had brain tumors, fo...

Depression doubles mortality risk after CABG

...ies examining the link between depression and CABG outcomes have been unable to reach solid conclusions either...al Centers in Durham, North Carolina, assessed the outcomes of 817 patients who underwent CABG between May 1989 and May 2001. The patients completed a validated...

Drug Effective for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

... that treatment with dalteparin improves the ulcer outcomes in diabetic patients." Researchers add these results need to be confirmed in a larger trial. However, they say the positive effects of this drug on ulcer healing could affect the costs and care of diabetics...

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