News tagged with survival
Cancer patients who are separated when diagnosed have worse survival rates
Aug 24, 2009 |
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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
Aug 19, 2009 |
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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
Aug 01, 2009 |
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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
Jul 30, 2009 |
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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
Jul 21, 2009 |
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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
Jul 16, 2009 |
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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
Jul 14, 2009 |
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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
Jul 13, 2009 |
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A protein found in cells has been shown to play a pivotal role in determining whether a cell lives or dies.
Bypass surgery has long-term benefits for children with Kawasaki disease
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Coronary artery bypass surgery provides long-term benefits for children whose hearts and blood vessels are damaged by Kawasaki disease, Japanese researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Donor stem cell transplantation associated with survival benefit for patients with leukemia
Jun 10, 2009 |
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An analysis of previous studies indicates that allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) (stem cells from a compatible donor) is associated with significant overall and relapse-free survival benefit among adult patients ...
Wage gap linked to customer bias
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Researchers have helped solve the mystery of why white men continue to earn 25 percent more than equally well-performing women and minorities. Managers and business owners must pay a premium for white male employees because ...
Likelihood of survival may be improving for extremely preterm infants
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Infants born extremely preterm are surviving at a high rate, with about 70 percent of infants born alive between 22 and 26 weeks of gestation in Sweden surviving at least one year, with high rates of interventions being used ...
Survival rates for cancer rise across Ireland
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Survival rates for cancer are continuing to rise even though the number of cases being diagnosed is increasing, an all-Ireland report launched today reveals.
Human lung tumors destroy anti-cancer hormone vitamin D
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Human lung tumors have the ability to eliminate Vitamin D, a hormone with anti-cancer activity, a new study from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) suggests. Results of the study are being presented at the ...
Why do blacks with advanced kidney disease live longer than whites?
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Blacks in the United States are more likely to require dialysis and develop end stage renal disease (ESRD) than whites, but they also live longer than whites once they reach later stages of kidney disease. A study of this ...
