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Drug That Is Found To Reduce Heart Damage from Chemo

...rt problems that some acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors develop years after being treated with doxorubicin (Adriamycin). For the study, 101 participants were treated with doxorubicin alone. Another 105 participants received doxorubicin with dexrazoxane (Zinecard), an experimental drug shown to be cardiop...

CT Scans Found To Increase The Risk Of Cancer

...tly less than the cancer death risk of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The study also shows elective annual scans carry much higher risks. Based on anecdotal evidence, the scans are performed on asymptomatic people to identify a variety of diseases, such as colon and lung cancer a...

The Link Between HRT And Recurrence of Breast Cancer

...of hormone replacement therapy among breast cancer survivors has been // stopped early because results indicate an unacceptably high rate of recurring or new cancers. Swedish researchers embarked on the study in part because more women are surviving the disease and therefore subject to the same menopausal sym...

Diabetes A Common Problem In The Elderly

...hat the differences in mean glucose values between survivors and nonsurvivors were greater among nondiabetic patients than among diabetic patients. These differences occurred at significantly lower mean glucose values among the nondiabetic patients than among the diabetic patients. Thus researchers say their ...

Tsunami Survivors Face Pneumonia Threat

...es such as cholera would take the heaviest toll on survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami. But overcrowding at refugee camps has intensified// the spread of pneumonia, and health officials fear that respiratory diseases may claim many lives in the already devastated region. In the days following the tsunami o...

Preventing Strokes With Aspirin

...dings of a recent study researchers suggest stroke survivors who stop taking their prescribed daily aspirin // are three-times more likely to have another stroke within the month. Researchers studied more than 300 stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients who were on long-term aspirin therapy for pre...

Low doses of chemotherapy good for children

...ous growth in that period. The others were overall survivors who survived the time frame but had at least one of the previous conditions during the period. Researchers also had found out that bone marrow count and having extra chromosomes were the only two factors that can lead to a relapse or growth of malig...

Survivors of childhood cancer may have long-term health problems

Adult survivors of childhood cancer may have more health risks than their normal //counterparts. Researchers of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center had reported that these health risks would be from the treatment for cancer these people have received in...

Cancer survivors may have cognitive impairment

...itive dysfunctions. Researchers have studied 702 survivors of cancer and their twins with the help of standar...rments. Previous studies done in short term cancer survivors have also repaired cognitive impairments. This is the first time long term cancer survivors have rep...

Treatment for chemobrain may be possible

...cessful. Researchers had reported that 154 cancer survivors in different medical centers have reported significant improvement in their conditions like lessening of fatigue, and increasing memory when treated with 10 mg to 50 mg of the drug d-MPH per day. All the participants of the study had completed four c...

Cancer patients can now take once daily medication for infections

...cted to improve the quality of life for the cancer survivors and give them a better health...

Improved procedure to do laproscopic esophagectomy discovered

...tions. Researchers are confident that the rate of survivors from this procedure will be higher than the rate for open surgical procedures for the same cause. The scientists have presented their invention to meeting of European Association of Endoscopic Surgery in Italy. Reference: Oregon Health and Science ...

Low dose Radiation Exposure May Cause Cancer

...o what scientists had estimated based on data from survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ...iation protection standards are based on data from survivors who had been exposed to high doses of radiation over a very short time period. At present .the gener...

Experts Insist That Neonatal Herpes Be Reported Regularly

...in 50% to 85% of cases and up to two thirds of the survivors have lifelong disabilities. Death and disability remain common even with treatment, partly because the infection can be difficult to recognize, so that many infants do not get treated in time. The report estimates that at least 460 cases and perhap...

WHO declares Tuberculosis – ‘An Emergency’ in Afrca

...former South African President Nelson Mandela are survivors of the disease. Archbishop Desmond Tutu said: "It is tragic that this disease has not been brought under control, because I am living proof that TB can be effectively treated and cured, the problem is huge and medical authorities cannot overcome it a...

Encephalitis Survivors Face The Risk Of Becoming Disabled

...illed hundreds. "Encephalitis kills, but even the survivors are rarely able to lead a completely normal life,"...ck with alarming regularity. Always leaving behind survivors who can't tell the tale of official apathy. In 2004, the perennially dominant virus - at least for ...

Some See A Hopeless End, While Others See An Endless Hope

...o the fullest in this world of materialism. Some survivors even go to the extent of extending the enthusiasm for living to those afflicted with the so-called deadly disease. “It’s your body. It’s your mind. It’s your cancer. It’s your battle. Only you have the answers to how you can win.” Out of this battle ...

Socialization A Serious Trouble For Childhood Cancer Survivors

...e Canadian study, parents of 800 school age cancer survivors of and 923 age and gender matched cancer free subj...nd social development. The researchers found that survivors had more difficulties in school and suffered more often from social isolation. Academically, 46 perc...

Risk of Thyroid cancer is increased after Childhood Irradiation of Neck region

... thyroid ultrasonography, for all childhood cancer survivors who had therapeutic radiation of the neck. Source: The Lance....

Calls to combat deafness after chemotherapy

...r all cancers treated with cisplatin. Thousands of survivors are being left with unnecessary hearing damage." Drug companies say that such a drug, which blocks the unwanted effects of chemotherapy, is already available. Penelope Brock, a leading British oncologist has also added her voice to this cause, "Perm...

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