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Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight loss reduces obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men, with the greatest effect seen in patients with severe disease, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal today.


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

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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 ...


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.


Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both treatments help patients ...


Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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.


Antiepileptic drugs not linked to suicide among those with bipolar disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Despite government warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and actions while taking antiepileptic drugs, these medications do not appear to be associated with increased risk of suicide attempts in individuals ...


Study finds significantly worse outcomes in cancer patients with cognitive impairment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

A new study published by researchers from the University of Georgia and the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., has found that cancer patients with dementia have a dramatically lower survival rate than patients with cancer ...


Depressed women can lose weight as successfully as others do

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

Women with major depression were no less likely than were women without it to have successful results with a weight loss program, according to an article in the Winter 2009 Behavioral Medicine. Group Health Research Instit ...


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, ...


Further spread of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda likely due to livestock movements

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The northwards spread of human Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda is likely due to the movement of infected livestock, according to new findings from an interdisciplinary research group including members from the Centre ...



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