News tagged with incurable disease
Compassion fatigue: Impact on healthcare providers of caring for the terminally ill
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Compassion fatigue in nurses, doctors and other front line cancer-care providers significantly impacts how they interact with patients, with patient families, with other healthcare workers, and with their own family, according ...
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Researchers Link Huntington Depression to Genetics
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The depression experienced by people with Huntington disease (HD) may have nothing to do with the emotional stress of knowing you have a devastating, incurable disorder, according to a University of British ...
'Hedgehog' pathway may hold key to anti-cancer therapy
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Scientists in Switzerland have discovered a way to block the growth of human colon cancer cells, preventing the disease from reaching advanced stages and the development of liver metastases. The research, published today ...
Cambridge: Stephen Hawking on 'road to recovery'
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Cambridge University says physicist Stephen Hawking is still hospitalized but recovering from a chest infection.
Alzheimer's disease breakthrough
Nov 17, 2008 |
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CSIRO scientists have developed a new system to screen for compounds that can inhibit one of the processes that takes place during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Noguchi encourages children from space
Aug 01, 2005 |
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Japanese children fighting incurable diseases received a message from the Japanese astronaut who has carried their pictures into space on the shuttle Discovery.
Fraud exposes British to mad cow disease
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Inspectors in Britain believe widespread fraud at slaughterhouses may be exposing the public to meat contaminated with mad cow disease.
FDA OKs Relistor for opioid patients
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Apr 28, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Relistor (methylnaltrexone bromide) to help restore bowel function in patients receiving opioids.
New target for Alzheimer's disease identified
May 07, 2008 |
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an incurable disease that is increasing in prevalence and will increase even more rapidly as the Baby Boom generation enters the age of highest risk. The available AD drugs are only partially effective ...
New stem cell research could reduce number of animal experiments
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Bath are embarking on a project to use stem cell technology that could reduce the number of animal experiments used to study conditions such as motor neurone disease.
Considering combination versus sequential chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Both combination and sequential single-agent chemotherapy are reasonable options to treat metastatic breast cancer, but the choice between the two should ultimately be based on patient- and disease-related factors, according ...
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