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25 years of conventional evaluation of data analysis proves worthless in practice
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 03, 2008 |
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So-called 'intelligent' computer-based methods for classifying patient samples, for example, have been evaluated with the help of two methods that have completely dominated research for 25 years. Now Swedish researchers ...
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First stem cell transplant on Chilean leukemia patient
Jul 23, 2009 |
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A middle-aged leukemia patient has became Chile's first patient to receive stem cells from an umbilical cord in a radical procedure that could cure the disease, health officials here said Thursday.
Providing free drug samples to patients risks harm to public health
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 12, 2009 |
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The tradition of American physicians handing out free drug samples to their patients "has many serious disadvantages and is as anachronistic as bloodletting and high colonic irrigations," say two academics in an essay in ...
Sex workers prefer remote screening for sexually transmitted diseases
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Westminster have used a simple and convenient method for screening female commercial sex workers (CSW) for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) without the need for them to attend clinics. ...
Mexico swine flu 'patient zero' was baby girl in February
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Mexico's first known swine flu case was a six-month-old baby girl in a northern part of the country who had no known contact with pig farms, the head of a laboratory studying the virus told AFP Thursday.
Use of archived specimens in biomarker studies
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Researchers propose a more efficient system using archived specimens for the evaluation of prognostic and predictive biomarkers in a new commentary published online October 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Warning over polyclinics and super-surgeries
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Research carried out at the University of Leicester by Carolyn Tarrant and Tim Stokes, of the Department of Health Sciences, and Andrew Colman, of the School of Psychology, suggests that polyclinics and super-surgeries are ...
Ovarian cancer subtypes are different diseases: Implications for biomarker studies
Dec 02, 2008 |
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In a new analysis of tissue biomarkers expressed in ovarian cancer samples, published by PLoS Medicine, David Huntsman and his colleagues from Vancouver General Hospital suggest that substantial differences exist between ovaria ...
Free e-samples of prescription drugs: At what cost?
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Search the Internet to learn about your asthma, high cholesterol or other common disorder, and odds are you'll be directed to a pharmaceutical company-sponsored Web homepage. There you'll often find an offer for a free sample ...
Researchers identify gene that regulates tumors in neuroblastoma
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a gene that may play a key role in regulating tumor progression in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer usually found in young children. Scientists hope the finding ...
Genetic 'fingerprint' shown to predict liver cancer's return
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Scientists have reached a critical milestone in the study of liver cancer that lays the groundwork for predicting the illness's path, whether toward cure or recurrence. By analyzing the tissue in and around liver tumors, ...
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