Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients
... symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not be worth the risks. Study author Dr. Michael Henke comments: "Although epoetin beta efficiently corrects anemia among patients undergoing curative radiotherapy, it is not associ...Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients
... symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not be worth the risks. Study author Dr. Michael Henke comments: "Although epoetin beta efficiently corrects anemia among patients undergoing curative radiotherapy, it is not associ...Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients Might Not be a Good Idea.
... symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not be worth the risks. Researchers say although epoetin beta efficiently corrects anemia among patients undergoing curative radiotherapy, it is not associated with improved cancer ...Diabetes a cause for worry among the young
... should," says researchers. Researchers compared outcomes of more than 7,800 adults who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes between 1996 and 1998. More than 6,200 of the participants were 45 years or older and 1,600 were under the age of 45. Researchers then used incidence models to estimate future complica...Steroid Treatment for Wheezing Questioned
...l admission. Researchers in England compared the outcomes of children on steroids to those on a placebo.More than 200 children with a history of wheezing were part of the study. The children were randomly assigned to a five-day course of oral prednisolone or placebo to be given at the start of a wheeze atta...... study led by investigators in Sweden compared the outcomes of patients on warfarin and ximelagatran. The study included 3,407 patients from Europe, Asia and Australia who suffered from atrial fibrillation, which is an irregular and rapid beating heart, and one or more stroke risk factors. The patients were ...Hydrotherapy Found to be Effective for Patients with Osteoarthritis
...otherapy interventions produce positive functional outcomes for patients with osteoarthritis. However, it seems that hydrotherapy may be more suitable for aerobic based exercise programs. Hydrotherapy provides the optimal environment for patients with osteoarthritis to exercise aerobically, and at higher i...Hydrotherapy Found to be Effective for Patients with Osteoarthritis
...otherapy interventions produce positive functional outcomes for patients with osteoarthritis. However, it seems that hydrotherapy may be more suitable for aerobic based exercise programs. Hydrotherapy provides the optimal environment for patients with osteoarthritis to exercise aerobically, and at higher in...Life after Bypass not so Promising for Women.
...actors. Doctors have long known women have worse outcomes after bypass surgery than men. Most have attributed this to the fact that women who need the surgery are generally older, sicker, and have fewer social supports. In this study, investigators from Duke University looked at 96 women and 184 men who und...Blood Sugar Linked to Deaths in ICU
...evious studies have shown hyperglycemia can worsen outcomes for patients. Researchers from the Stanford Hospital in Connecticut decided to investigate the relationship between hyperglycemia and hospital mortality. Overall, mortality rates rose as average glucose levels rose, with the lowest rate of death (9...Steroid-Free Liver Transplants
...llowed for at least a year. Investigators compared outcomes for the group with those from a similar group of 20 children who had received liver transplants in the past and had been given steroid treatment. The study found children on the newer combination of medications had a 25 percent graft rejection rate ...... He says: “In addition, one of the most impressive outcomes of this research is that the test also identified 27 of the 30 patients with stage 1 disease. Finding these cancers early means earlier treatment and better prognosis.” BR>...Multi-Drug Therapy Effective in Lowering Blood Pressure
...vidual drugs. The study found patients had similar outcomes when they took beta-blocker therapy or a calcium antagonist-based therapy. The research included 22,576 hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease. The study was conducted over five years at 862 sites in 14 countries. The blood pressure goa...Link Between Hyperglycemia & Hospital Mortality
...evious studies have shown hyperglycemia can worsen outcomes for patients. Researchers investigated more than 1,800 consecutive patients admitted to the hospital for various causes.Overall, mortality rates rose as average glucose levels rose, with the lowest rate of death (9.6 percent) seen for those with gl......-author of the study, says, "We suspect that worse outcomes among African-American men with prostate cancer are related to obesity rather than race." Researchers for both studies suggest that proteins and hormones stored in body fat -- such as leptin and insulin-like growth factor 1 -- may encourage prostate...Understanding The Predictors Of Prostate Cancer
... radical prostatectomy. They looked at the patient outcomes based on their Gleason pattern (GP). Different Gleason patterns of the tumor also help determine the Gleason score. In the study group, researchers say 307 patients had primary GP three tumors, 105 patients had primary GP four tumors, and 17 had GP...Ultrasound Screening Could Improve The Outcome Of Critically ill Patients
...the study, researchers used a model to analyze the outcomes of 1,000 patients with assumed acute respiratory f...ot only cost effective, but could also improve the outcomes of critically ill patients. ...... that PIGF blood levels are valuable predictors of outcomes in patients with known or suspected ACS. They also...cal biomarker of vascular inflammation and adverse outcomes in patients with ACS.” Thus Measuring PIGF levels may extend the predictive and prognostic informa...