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Drugs are safe, active in patients normally ineligible for clinical trial
A two-drug combination is safe and active in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome patients who are usually excluded from clinical trials because they have other illnesses or...
UCLA researchers find that Medicaid-funded ADHD treatment for children is failing
Whatever its final incarnation, the recently enacted landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid eligibility and is expected by 2013 to provide coverage, including mental...
Drug combination shows promise for newly diagnosed blood cancer patients, study finds
A new three-drug combination used to treat the blood cancer multiple myeloma may be effective as a front-line therapy for newly diagnosed patients, according to a new study.
School-based program effective in helping adolescents
(New York, December 8, 2010) -- A school-based intervention program helped New York City high school students with moderate to severe asthma better manage their symptoms, dramatically reducing the...
In a World First, German Doctors Capture MRI Images of Live Childbirth
New View of Childbirth The baby's head is shown just before crowning. Charité - University Medicine Berlin For the first time, doctors have imaged a live birth using a special MRI machine, hoping...
Bioactive peptides found to promote wound healing
Newly-created bioactive peptides promote wound healing through the growth of new blood vessels and epithelial tissue, such as skin. These wound-healing peptides, synthesised by researchers at the Tufts Centre for...
Synchrotron study shows how nitric oxide kills
Nitric oxide is a toxic pollutant, but the human body also creates it and uses it to attack invading microbes and parasites. A new study by researchers at UC Davis,...
Use of low-dose aspirin associated with improved performance of test for detecting colorectal cancer
Use of low-dose aspirin prior to a newer type of faecal occult blood test is associated with a higher sensitivity for detecting advanced colorectal tumours, compared to no aspirin use,...
'Vast majority' of acoustic tumour patients benefit from surgery
Surgery to remove tumours under the brain known as acoustic neuromas produces favourable outcomes in the 'vast majority' of patients, according to one of the largest studies of its kind...
Stem cell advance a step forward for treatment of brain diseases
Scientists have created a way to isolate neural stem cells - cells that give rise to all the cell types of the brain - from human brain tissue with unprecedented...
Eliminating tooth decay: Breakthrough in dental plaque research
Dutch professors Bauke Dijkstra and Lubbert Dijkhuizen have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth. This knowledge will...
Depressed smokers less likely to stay tobacco free
Depressed smokers want to quit the nicotine habit just as much as non-depressed smokers, but a new study suggests that depression can put a kink in their success.
Even with helicopter EMS, hospital transfer can delay treatment for heart attacks
Helicopter emergency medical services can be a life saver for patients needing immediate care. But, according to a new study, the process of activating them often delays treatment beyond recommended...
Mechanism that controls cell movement linked to tumors becoming more aggressive
Researchers have discovered a central switch that controls whether cells move or remain stationary. The misregulation of this switch may play a role in the increased movement of tumor cells...
RTI International Launches New Spectral Database for Forensic Laboratory, Research, Law Enforcement
As part of an effort to strengthen the scientific basis for forensic toxicology and drug testing, RTI International has created 'Forensic DB' (www.forensicdb.org), a web-based cheminformatic database for the retention,...
Aggressive blood cancers: Is Pralatrexate effective in patients with T-cell lymphoma who fail ICE-based regimens?
Researchers analyzed data from the phase II pivotal trial of pralatrexate (known as the PROPEL study) -- which led to the FDA approval of pralatrexate in September 2009. Forty percent...
Nanoparticle gives antimicrobial ability to fight Listeria longer
Scientists have developed a nanoparticle that can hold and release an antimicrobial agent as needed for extending the shelf life of foods susceptible to Listeria monocytogenes.
Novel compounds show early promise in treatment of Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's
Investigators have discovered a family of small molecules that shows promise in protecting brain cells against nerve-degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's, which afflict millions.
Life of poisoning and poverty for Victorian children revealed in online database
Family historians and academics from around the world can now access almost 12,000 records detailing the treatment of children admitted to the Glasgow Hospital for Sick Children from 1883, when...
Chewing tobacco death leads to $5M settlement
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco has agreed to pay $5 million US to the family of a man who died of mouth cancer in what has been called the first wrongful death...
New trial studies link between stroke and atrial fibrillation
One evening last March, Larry Ambrose left his bed in the middle of the night to check the time. Much to the 71-year-olds surprise, he was only able to see...
Rocking the cradle after 45
Researchers collected data on more than 200 births in older women. They concluded that pregnancy risks in older women are considerably lessened in good birthing facilities, and that would-be mothers...
Private insurers control health care spending better than Medicare, study suggests
Private insurers appear to be more effective in controlling health care spending differences between two Texas cities than Medicare, according to researchers. Researchers found that sharp disparities in per-capita Medicare...
Man. firefighters to get breast cancer coverage
Manitoba is about to become the first province in Canada to recognize breast cancer as an occupational risk to female firefighters.
Drilling in the name of science
Students in Robert Palassou's fifth-grade class at Valley View School got an unusual treat last month when scientists from NASAs Ames Research Center visited their Pleasanton, California, classroom and handed...
Overweight children outside Edmonton region heavier than city counterparts
Children referred for weight management who live outside the metropolitan Edmonton region are more overweight than Edmonton kids, researchers with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry suggest in a recently...
The New Old Age: When the Assisted-Living Bill Balloons
Fees at assisted living facilities rise when staffers determine that residents need more care. But what if the family disagrees?
Largest study of therapeutic cooling to reduce brain injury after stroke is now underway
The largest clinical trial of therapeutic brain cooling (hypothermia) after stroke has launched, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the University of Texas Health Science Center...