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Foam rollers help patients to recover from injuries

Foam rollers have become more prevalent in gyms, exercise classes and therapy clinics over the last 10 years.

7 Jun 2018

Study finds high insurance denial rates for life-saving hepatitis C drugs in the U.S.

The number of insurance denials for life-saving hepatitis C drugs among patients with both private and public insurers remains high across the United States, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reported in a new study published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

7 Jun 2018

Study finds factors that help or hinder patient involvement in clinical trials of mitochondrial disease

As clinical trials gear up with the aim of attaining the first FDA-approved treatments for mitochondrial disease, a new study reports for the first time what patients and families say would motivate them for or against participating in such research trials.

7 Jun 2018

Study finds clear predictors of rising A1c levels in young people with type 1 diabetes

Managing type 1diabetes during the first two decades of life is challenging. Insulin requirements change along with the stages of life --- childhood, puberty, young adulthood, and beyond.

7 Jun 2018

Colorado researchers suggest new combination therapy for advanced head and neck cancer

The five-year survival rate for locally-advanced head and neck cancer is only 46 percent, even with treatments including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and/or genetically targeted treatments such as cetuximab.

7 Jun 2018

New nuclear medicine method appears to effectively detect neuroendocrine tumors

Researchers have shown that a new nuclear medicine procedure could safely and more effectively detect cancerous gastrointestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors than current methods.

7 Jun 2018

New approach to kill specific bacteria could be alternative to antibiotics

A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria may provide a new way to treat the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the United States, according to researchers.

7 Jun 2018

Understanding cancer heterogeneity may help avoid harmful effects of chemotherapy

"Understanding cancer heterogeneity could further reduce chemo use," says cancer research expert Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD, Director of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at Temple University. "Further study of cases that can successfully be treated with hormone- and immunotherapy, and how to identify them, will unlock this potential."

7 Jun 2018

NCI selects Arizona State University to lead new cancer research

Arizona State University has been awarded more than $8.5 million over five years from the National Cancer Institute to establish the Arizona Cancer and Evolution Center.

6 Jun 2018

Overload of zinc in muscles leads to cachexia in cancer patients

It's estimated that nearly one-third of all cancer deaths are caused not by the cancer itself but by cachexia - a debilitating muscle-wasting syndrome that affects an estimated 80 percent of advanced cancer patients. Cachexia is linked to reduced tolerance for cancer therapy, poor quality of life, and accelerated death, but there are no effective treatments and its cause is still largely unknown.

6 Jun 2018

New program to help people struggling with food addiction

Food Addiction is a prominent issue in society with over 10% of the general population deeply addicted to food or overeating.

6 Jun 2018

Gas embolotherapy holds great potential for treating cancer

Embolization -- the use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth -- has gained traction over the past few decades to treat cancerous tumors.

6 Jun 2018

Zebrafish may hold answers to how tumors develop in childhood muscle cancer

A popular aquarium fish may hold answers to how tumors form in a childhood cancer.

6 Jun 2018

Hitachi awarded contract to supply 6 ultrasound systems for innovative RAPID program in the UK

Hitachi Medical Systems Europe wins the contract to supply 6 ultrasound systems in the UK helping to improve prostate cancer diagnosis as part of the innovative RAPID program at three major hospitals across South West London.

6 Jun 2018

World’s most advanced video camera to develop cures for lethal forms of cancer

The Rosalind Franklin Institute today launched an ambitious new project to build the world’s most advanced real-time high-speed video camera, the key to understanding new techniques that use light and sound to treat some of the most lethal forms of cancer.

6 Jun 2018

Rush receives $45 million WWP grant to improve mental health care for veterans and their families

Wounded Warrior Project will provide $45 million to Rush University Medical Center to substantially grow its Road Home Program, allowing an expected 5,000 military veterans or their family members to receive mental health care services without cost to them over the next five years.

6 Jun 2018

Study finds combination therapy to be safe, effective for treatment of male infertility

Two drugs that are commonly used off-label in the treatment of male infertility are clomiphene citrate (CC) and anastrozole (AZ); however, data are lacking on the use of combination CC+AZ therapy.

6 Jun 2018

Study demonstrates that HIV infection in the brain can be established, maintained by T cells

A new study by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers has found that T cells, a type of white blood cell and an essential part of the immune system, are sufficient by themselves to establish and maintain an HIV infection in the brain.

6 Jun 2018

Researchers explore targeted second-line treatment for colorectal cancer

Targeted therapy with anti-VEGF and anti-EGFR antibodies both improve outcomes when added to chemotherapy in the treatment of colorectal cancer. However, some previous studies suggested the combination of the two antibodies may have a negative interaction.

5 Jun 2018

New project aims to encourage people to quit smoking

SmokeFreeBrain brings together experts in toxicology, pulmonary medicine, neuroscience, and behavioral therapy, as well as health economics and health informatics.

5 Jun 2018

Therapy News and Research

Foam rollers help patients to recover from injuries

Study finds high insurance denial rates for life-saving hepatitis C drugs in the U.S.

Study finds factors that help or hinder patient involvement in clinical trials of mitochondrial disease

Study finds clear predictors of rising A1c levels in young people with type 1 diabetes

Colorado researchers suggest new combination therapy for advanced head and neck cancer

New nuclear medicine method appears to effectively detect neuroendocrine tumors

New approach to kill specific bacteria could be alternative to antibiotics

Understanding cancer heterogeneity may help avoid harmful effects of chemotherapy

NCI selects Arizona State University to lead new cancer research

Overload of zinc in muscles leads to cachexia in cancer patients

New program to help people struggling with food addiction

Gas embolotherapy holds great potential for treating cancer

Zebrafish may hold answers to how tumors develop in childhood muscle cancer

Hitachi awarded contract to supply 6 ultrasound systems for innovative RAPID program in the UK

World’s most advanced video camera to develop cures for lethal forms of cancer

Rush receives $45 million WWP grant to improve mental health care for veterans and their families

Study finds combination therapy to be safe, effective for treatment of male infertility

Study demonstrates that HIV infection in the brain can be established, maintained by T cells

Researchers explore targeted second-line treatment for colorectal cancer

New project aims to encourage people to quit smoking

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