News tagged with regimen


Landmark study confirms chemotherapy benefit in breast cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemotherapy generally improves survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients, according to a landmark study led by Dr. Kathy Albain of Loyola University Health System.


Five tips for stress-free exams

Five tips for stress-free exams

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's exam time, and for many students that means long days, late nights and lots of coffee. It's easy to let the anxiety get to you, so what can you do to cope with exam tension?





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Researchers Identify Tuberculosis Strain That Thrives on Antibiotic

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a strain of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis that thrives in the presence of rifampin, a front-line drug in the treatment of tuberculosis. The bacterium was identified in a patient ...


Multiple myeloma patients experience high response rate with new 3-drug combination

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new three-drug combination has shown in a phase 1/2 clinical trial that it is a "highly effective regimen" in the treatment of patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in bone marrow, ...


One dose of H1N1 vaccine may provide sufficient protection for infants and children

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created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One dose of vaccine may be effective to protect infants and children and reduce transmission of the H1N1 virus, according to a study in JAMA, published online today because of its public health implications. The study will a ...


Study shows nearly 1/3 of human genome is involved in gingivitis

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Gingivitis, which may affect more than one-half of the U.S. adult population, is a condition commonly attributed to lapses in simple oral hygiene habits. However, a new study shows that development and reversal of gingivitis ...


Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases.


High-blood-pressure treatment for the over-80s too aggressive, warns expert

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created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

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.


Umbilical stem cells may help recover lost vision for those with corneal disease

Umbilical stem cells may help recover lost vision for those with corneal disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) may help in the recovery of lost vision for patients with corneal scarring.


Gefitinib improves survival compared with standard chemotherapy in lung cancer patients with genetic mutation

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created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients with the most common form of lung cancer (non-small-cell lung cancer) who have mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene have significantly improved progression-free survival if they are treated ...


Drug shows positive responses, low side-effects in multiple myeloma

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NEW ORLEANS ― The second-generation proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib is showing noteworthy response rates and low levels of adverse side effects among multiple myeloma patients in a phase II clinical trial, researchers ...


Study reveals chemo's toxicity to brain, possible treatment

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.



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