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Less than 1 in 3 Toronto bystanders who witness a cardiac arrest try to help: Study

Medicine & Health / Other

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

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital working in conjunction with EMS services, paramedics and fire services across Ontario found that a bystander who attempts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can quadruple the survival ...


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 ...


Donor race may impact kidney transplant survival

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The race of kidney donors may affect the survival rates of transplant recipients according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital.


Barrett's esophagus patients have same survival rates as general population

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo Clinic research has found that survival rates of patients with Barrett's esophagus, which can be a precursor for esophageal cancer, are no different than the survival rates for the general population. These findings ...


Study shows use of Herceptin in treatment of stomach cancer prolongs life

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study involving a University of Glasgow cancer specialist has found that using Herceptin increases survival rates among those with stomach cancer.


Outcomes appear to be improving for conservative management of localized prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A comparison of outcomes of different eras of conservative treatment for localized prostate cancer indicates that overall and prostate cancer-specific survival rates are higher for men diagnosed from 1992 through 2002 compared ...


Active older adults live longer, have better functional status

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Older adults who continue or begin to do any amount of exercise appear to live longer and have a lower risk of disability, according to a report in the September 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/A ...


Cancer patients who are separated when diagnosed have worse survival rates

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Among unmarried cancer patients, those who are separated at the time of diagnosis do not live as long as widowed, divorced, and never married patients. That is the conclusion of a new study to be published in the November ...


Study shows carvedilol is effective in preventing variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with cirrhosis are at risk for developing portal hypertension that can lead to the formation, dilation, and rupture of esophageal varices. The annual incidence of esophageal varices is approximately 5% and one third ...


Research shows that animals need time to survive

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

To understand how climate change may affect species survival, we need to understand how climate influences their time-keeping.


Studies reveal hepatitis C virus carriers experience substantial increase in mortality

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood-borne disease that causes inflammation of the liver and to which there is currently no vaccine available. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 3% of the world's population, ...


Genes that let creepy-crawlies survive a deep freeze

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Arctic springtails (Megaphorura arctica) survive freezing temperatures by dehydrating themselves before the coldest weather sets in. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have identified a suite of ge ...


Researchers investigate high-risk populations for bladder-cancer screenings

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers sheds light on the challenges involved in identifying which high-risk population would benefit most from bladder-cancer screening.


Study finds survival rates from gastrointestinal tumors improving among African-Americans

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that African Americans with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a rare cancer that begins in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract, ...


Controlling the fate of cells

Controlling the fate of cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A protein found in cells has been shown to play a pivotal role in determining whether a cell lives or dies.