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Cisplatin-very Effective Than Carboplatin in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Treatment

...rvival of 9.1 months compared with 8.4 months. The difference in survival was not statistically significant, because both drugs had side effect. Carboplatin was more likely to decrease blood platelet levels, while cisplatin was more likely to cause nausea, vomiting, and damage to the kidneys. Christopher and ...

'Man's Best Friend' Could Be a Useful Companion in Overcoming Depression

...le with a dog believe that their pet makes a major difference to their lives, ranking increased exercise and companionship as the two most important differences. Talking to dogs is related to greater life satisfaction and better physical and mental health. Linda Dano, Support Partners: Canine Companions spo...

Fate of France's Cheeses in Doubt as Producers Cite Health Risks

...of our culture," he said. For cheese-lovers, the difference between a genuine Normandy "lait cru" Camembert an...ket variety made with pasteurised milk is like the difference between vintage wine and a mass-produced "vin de table." "Camembert does not exist unless it is made...

Are Physicians Hesitant to Diagnose Depression?

...l key survey findings include: -- Gender makes a difference when diagnosing depression -- Thirty percent of clinicians reported being less likely to discuss depression with men. -- Clinicians reported it is often more difficult to treat men because they are less "open" than women, and symptoms such as anger...

Stay Young by Practicing Zen Meditation

...ors did not show such a trend. Furthermore, the difference in volumetric decline between meditators and controls was most prominent in the putamen, a basal ganglia structure that has been implicated in attentional processing in general and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in particular. ...

Breast Cancer Drug Curbs Heart Disease.

... pre-clinical experiments, so while they suggest a difference between these two agents, it would be over-interpreting the study to conclude that women taking trastuzumab should consider any treatment change, Spector said. However, it may be important to conduct well-controlled clinical trials to answer this que...

Vitamin D Reduces Cancer Risk

...r analysis, there was no statistically significant difference in cancer incidence between participants taking placebos and those taking just calcium supplements. Through the course of the study, 50 participants developed nonskin cancers, including breast, colon, lung and other cancers. Lappe said further stud...

Apollo Launches Chest Pain Clinics in Kolkata

...unched Chest Pain Clinics in the city would make a difference and save lives of cardiac patients. The hospita...n hour' and treatment given immediately makes huge difference in terms of mortality and quality of life.' Heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of t...

Millions of Children Denied Drug That Costs Less Than $3 a Year

... published in this weeks BMJ, found no significant difference in behavioural problems between phenobarbital and another drug called carbamazepine. Despite some limitations, the study provides more evidence to support the use of phenobarbital in developing countries. The burden of untreated epilepsy in terms o...

Single Cancer Stem Cell may Be Sufficient to Initiate and Maintain a Malignant Tumour

...cialized cell types. However, there exists a major difference between the two. Although normal stem cells show significant stem cell renewal, they are usually not associated with uncontrolled cell proliferation when they reside within their normal environment or niche. Cancer stem cells, however, are not equa...

World Blood Donor Day

...erything, but everyone can do something! Make a difference - Donate safe blood....

Different Causes for Childhood Brain Aneurysm was Revealed

...ompared to adults, but there also appeared to be a difference in the way the disease develops, says Abruzzo. These differences merit further investigation to give neuroradiologists the knowledge they need to develop ongoing treatment and strategies for monitoring this at-risk population....

Men and Women Change Attitudes to Sex When in an Intimate Relationship

...cal or physical consequences. The biggest gender difference was that men were much more likely to find sex personally and physically pleasurable, the study found. Though not as frequently talked about, gender roles also restrict men to a narrow range of acceptable sexual behaviour in the sense that others ...

WHO Intensifies Work on Safe Blood for Mothers

... during and after labour and delivery can make the difference between life and death for many women and their newborns. The Global Initiative on Safe Blood for Safe Motherhood aims to improve access to safe blood to manage pregnancy-related complications as part of a comprehensive approach to maternal care. ...

Parkinsons Disease can Be Predicted by Metabolic Pathway

...r. Maraganore compares the change in method to the difference between gazing at faint stars with a telescope versus looking at the Milky Way with the naked eye. Instead of straining to observe the effects of single DNA variants scattered randomly across the universe of the human genome, we observed the effects ...

Denosumab Reduces Bone Erosion

...ions compared to control. Most significant was the difference observed between the control group and the group receiving denosumab 180mg. The reduction in progression of erosions was already present in this group as early as 6 months. In the double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study, 227 patients were r...

Hillary Clinton Speaks Up Strongly for Stem Cell Research

...orly thought out way. ... I think there is a false difference between the president's position and ours."...

Scientists Discover Rare ‘gene-for-gene’ Interaction That Helps Bacteria Kill Their Hot

...as found that not being able to produce ST made no difference to Photorhabdus when colonising insects unable to produce phenoloxidase. “This is conclusive evidence for a gene-for-gene interaction between the bacterium and the insect,” said Richard ffrench-Constant (correct) of Exeter University. “Photorhab...

HCV Patients Survival After Liver Transplantation is Not Improving

... not respond as well to liver transplantation. The difference has become even more striking in recent years, leading some to suggest that survival rates have been decreasing for patients with HCV who have received transplants. Researchers led by Paul Thuluvath of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltim...

Anti-osteoporosis Drugs Could Result in Irregular Heart Rhythm, New Study

... problem. The Reclast study showed little apparent difference in overall cardiac deaths and the overall risk of the rhythm condition remained small. Doctors made available by Merck and Novartis said the side effect could be a statistical fluke or just a product of aging. They said earlier studies showed no si...

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