News tagged with aggressive treatment
High-blood-pressure treatment for the over-80s too aggressive, warns expert
Dec 23, 2009 |
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People over 80 years are being treated too aggressively for high blood pressure, warns an expert in an editorial in BMJ Clinical Evidence this week.
Scientists track swine flu virus for tiny changes that would cause big problems
Nov 04, 2009 |
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As the H1N1 flu virus spreads at breakneck speed, a team of scientists are close behind. They are watching its evolution through a cutting-edge technology in hopes of answering the question: Where did it come from -- and ...
Treatment can allow birth despite dangerous disorder
Oct 08, 2009 |
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It's a decision that an expecting mother should never have to make: Abort your unborn child and save your own life or deliver the baby and face possible death a few days later.
Major NIMH research project to test approaches to altering the course of schizophrenia
Jul 21, 2009 |
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is launching a large-scale research project to explore whether using early and aggressive treatment, individually targeted and integrating a variety of different therapeutic ...
Metastasis-promoting protein identified; could provide a prognostic test or target for breast cancer
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Tumors that are about to progress and metastasize go through a process also seen in normal embryonic development, known as the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). Tumor cells revert to a less-differentiated state, ...
Metabolite Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a panel of small molecules, or metabolites, that appear to indicate aggressive prostate cancer.
