Chemotherapy Drug Shrinks Brain Tumors
...g than those with the gene and were less likely to die during the study. "Our findings are consistent with previous smaller studies showing temozolomide as a primary treatment is effective and tolerable, and an added benefit is the discovery that the loss of chromosome 1p/19q predicts how well a person...Better Working Conditions for Nurses Might Decrease Patient Infections
...staffing levels. Patients were also less likely to die within 30 days in these higher-staffed units. Increased overtime hours in ICUs were associated with increased rates of another common hospital-associated infection, catheter-associated urinary tract infection, as well as increased rates of skin ulc...Gene Discovery Lays Groundwork for Targeted Therapies for Endometrial Cancer
... removal of the uterus. However, about 7,000 women die each year from the more aggressive form of endometrial cancer. Researchers used the latest genome-scanning technology to sequence 187 endometrial tumor samples. The research team identified mutations in FGFR2 in 16 percent of tumors that represente...Death from Exposure to WTC Dust Confirmed
...l. 'Then the conditions are recognized, and people die in a few months.' Dr. Crystal said that some people are more genetically predisposed to sarcoidosis than others, but it remains a relatively rare disease and not one that should concern people who were briefly exposed to the dust. 'If there is go...Some Cancers Linked to Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
.... Drivers were more than four times as likely to die of myeloid leukaemia, and over three times as likely to die of Hodgkins lymphoma, as station masters. The authors emphasise that passengers are in no danger, ...Researcher Studying Disease That Cripples Newborns
...red motor development. Twenty-five percent of them die within a month. The outlook for those who survive is bleak they become increasingly weak and disabled and suffer from mental retardation. Children with CDM1 face a lifetime of physical and occupational therapy and require special educational progr...Cemetery Tourism, the New Catchword in US
...r breath. It looked as if people could not wait to die any longer! The dinner was first-class, with butlers serving hors doeuvres and the strains of Blue Danube tastefully muffling the festive din. It was the culmination of Titanic Day at Laurel Hill Cemetery, one of a growing number of historic cem...High Pretreatment PSA Velocity Predicts Worse Outcome
... a result, most men diagnosed with prostate cancer die of other age-related causes. However, in a significant subset of prostate cancer patients, the cancer will be aggressive and quick enough to cause morbidity and death. Identifying these men is critical to reducing deaths from prostate cancer. Rese...Lack of Timely Intervention Results in Needless Death Due to Stroke in US
...9 million nerve cells and 7.5 miles of nerve fiber die each minute. Half of all strokes could be prevented if patients controlled their blood pressure, and others could be prevented by controlling other risk factors, like smoking....Low Weight Newborns at Greater Risk in Community Hospitals
...ICUs were between 1.2 and 3.1 times more likely to die than those born at higher-level, higher-volume centers. It's not just that practice makes perfect. Regardless of a staff's skill, smaller neonatal ICUs that treat fewer infants don't have the same economies of scale as larger hospitals. And little ...Bengal Junior Medicos Strike Work to Protest Violence
...d no doctor, senior or junior, would let a patient die in front of his eyes. "We don't do it intentionally but the patients' relatives attack the doctors some time, alleging negligence. We feel insecure as there are no protective arrangements," Sen said....WHO Condemns Tobacco Industry for Misleading Public
...dreds of thousands of people who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by breathing smoke from other people's cigarettes," he added. "The solution is simple: 100 percent smoke-free environments." "What isn't so simple is overcoming tobacco industry untruths about smoke-free policies," he...Researchers Found Drug Effects of Deadly Prescription Well Before FDA
... safely administer drugs. More than 100,000 people die each year from reactions to medications. The FDA is under attack for its passive and inefficient methods of learning about these problems. Why is RADAR so nimble" Bennett's network includes hematologists and oncologists around the country and the ...Ban Smoking Indoor Workplaces and China Cause for Concern WHO
...cy says.Increasing numbers of nonsmokers will also die unless governments take action, WHO said in its 50...ee from tobacco smoke.' At least 200,000 workers die each year because of exposure to smoke at their offices and factories, according to the U.N. labor a...Device That Targets Brain Cancer Shows Promising Results
...rous cells, causing them to stop proliferating and die off instead of dividing and growing. Healthy brain cells rarely divide and have different electrical properties than cancerous brain cells. This allows the device to target cancer cells without affecting the healthy cells. The 10 patients who wer...More Than 270 Medicines in Testing for Heart Disease and Stroke
...hose of 30 years ago, 815,000 more Americans would die of heart disease annually and 250,000 more would die of strokes. Much of the progress is due to the development of effective medicines to control both bl...Stop Smoking, Start Living: World No Tobacco Day
...who number about 650 million, half will eventually die due to the effects of tobacco. It is further disal...at several thousands of people who are non-smokers die each year from diseases resulting from passive smoking. Dried and cured forms of tobacco are com...Scientists Create Fire-proof, Eco-friendly Plastic
...ers who survive the impact of an airplane accident die in the fire that follows. The agency requires that aircraft use the most flame-resistant plastics that are available, but were shooting for a fire-proof cabin, says Richard Lyon, manager of the FAAs fire research program. To get there we have to inve...Growth of Smoke-Free Air Laws Worldwide; More Than 200 Million Found "Fully Protected"
... alive today, including 250 million children, will die premature deaths because of tobacco use. In the United States, 440,000 people die each year from tobacco-related illnesses, and nearly one-third of all cancer deaths are attributable......natural process by which damaged or unwanted cells die and are cleared from the body. According to the survey, Americans also recognize that progress in the fight against cancer is already being made. Four out of five (83%) believe the chances of surviving cancer are better now than they were ten years...