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Cancer patients are not given enough information

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 01, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Two thirds of cancer patients receive little or no information about the survival benefits of having palliative chemotherapy before making a decision about treatment, according to a study published today on bmj.com.





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Breast cancer more aggressive among obese women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women with breast cancer have more aggressive disease and lower survival rates if they are overweight or obese, according to findings published in the March 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Associ ...


Inappropriate sepsis therapy leads to fivefold reduction in survival

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Patients experiencing septic shock who receive inappropriate therapy may have a fivefold reduction in survival, shows a new study. Researchers from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, retrospectively reviewed ...


Migrating songbirds learn survival tips on the fly

Migrating songbirds learn survival tips on the fly

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created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Migrating songbirds take their survival cues from local winged residents when flying through unfamiliar territory, a new Queen's University-led study shows. It's a case of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," ...


Males caring for offspring is a good reproductive strategy

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created Mar 28, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Caring fathers in the animal world aren’t necessarily at a disadvantage compared with those who abandon their offspring.


Oncogene inhibits tumor suppressor to promote cancer: Study links B-RAF and LKB1

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have uncovered an interesting connection between two important protein kinase signaling pathways that are associated with cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 30th issue of the journal Molecular Ce ...


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Scientists explore hormone evolution

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research techniques on animals living in the wild are helping scientists test long-held ideas about the role of hormones in survival, according to comments by Professor of Biology Jan ...


Newly appreciated membrane estrogen receptor important therapeutic target for breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research at Rhode Island Hospital has uncovered the biological effects of a novel membrane estrogen receptor, a finding that has potential implications for hormonal therapy for breast cancer. The study is published in ...


The structure of resistance

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created Feb 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A team of scientists from the University Paris Descartes has solved the structure of two proteins that allow bacteria to gain resistance to multiple types of antibiotics, according to a report in EMBO reports this month. ...


Detecting overall survival benefit derived from progression-free survival

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Overall survival (OS) may be a reasonable primary endpoint when the median survival postprogession (SSP) is less than 6 months, but it is too high a hurdle when SPP is longer than 12 months, according to a new study published ...


Study shows steroid therapies following transplant can be eliminated

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that using modern immunosuppressive drugs eliminates the need for steroid therapy as early as seven days following a transplant surgery while still maintaining ...



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