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Targeted breast cancer therapy shows 'encouraging' results

Researchers have developed a targeted therapy that may significantly increase the survival of pre-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer

3 Jun 2019

Combination immunotherapy shows promise in pre-surgical setting for early-stage lung cancers

Neoadjuvant, or pre-surgical, treatment with nivolumab plus ipilimumab resulted in an overall major pathologic response rate of 33 percent of treated patients with early-stage, resectable non-small cell lung cancers, meaning these patients had less than or equal to 10 percent viable tumor remaining at surgery.

3 Jun 2019

Georgetown University Medical Center announces launch of clinical trial for Lewy body dementia

Georgetown University Medical Center announces the launch of the only known therapeutic (disease modifying) clinical trial for Lewy body dementia, a neurological disorder that affects a million people in the United States for which there are no approved medications that modify the disease.

3 Jun 2019

Robin Hood to rescue of rural hospitals? New math promised on Medicare payments

As rural hospital closures roil the country, some states are banking on a Trump administration proposal to change the way hospital payments are calculated to rescue them.

3 Jun 2019

People living with HIV have increased risk for heart diseases and face health challenges

Effective antiretroviral therapy has changed the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from a progressive, fatal disease to a chronic, manageable condition that is associated with higher rates of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, sudden cardiac deaths, and other diseases compared to people without HIV, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in the Association journal Circulation.

3 Jun 2019

Churches wipe out millions in medical debt for others

The leaders of Pathway Church on the outskirts of Wichita, Kan., had no clue that the $22,000 they already had on hand for Easter would have such impact.

3 Jun 2019

Countries' essential medicines lists differ from one another and WHO's model list, study finds

Countries' essential medicines lists vary from one another and from the World Health Organization's model list, pointing to a potential need for greater care in selecting medicines that best meet the health care priorities of a population, suggests a study led by Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital.

3 Jun 2019

International clinical study of new drug to treat advanced prostate cancers yields promising results

Today the New England Journal of Medicine published the first results of a phase III international clinical study called TITAN (National Clinical Trials Number 02489318), which evaluated the effectiveness and safety of a new drug, apalutamide, to treat advanced prostate cancers.

3 Jun 2019

Research groups investigate how to achieve healthier use of digital technologies

With its permanent accessibility, increasing flood of information and constantly changing technologies that humans have to familiarize themselves with, digitization is fundamentally changing society and individual lives.

3 Jun 2019

World No Tobacco Day 2019: Respiratory groups urge to strengthen WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

On World No Tobacco Day, the American Thoracic Society, alongside members of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, calls for renewed efforts to strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, in order to work towards achieving the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development to ensure a healthy life and promote well-being for all, at all ages.

3 Jun 2019

Research focuses on feeding difficulties for children born prematurely

Feeding difficulties are prevalent among many infants born prematurely.

3 Jun 2019

New statement highlights occupational burden of non-cancerous lung diseases

More than 1 in 10 people with a range of non-cancerous lung diseases may be sick as a result of inhaling vapors, gas, dust or fumes at work, according to a joint American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society statement published in the ATS’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

3 Jun 2019

Laundry packet exposures increase in older children and adults, despite safety standards

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Central Ohio Poison Center investigated trends in calls to poison control centers across the country for exposure to liquid laundry detergent packets.

3 Jun 2019

Flash fire in patient's chest cavity during emergency heart surgery

At this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology) in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June), doctors present the unique case of a man who suffered a flash fire in his chest cavity during emergency heart surgery caused by supplemental oxygen leaking from a ruptured lung.

3 Jun 2019

Mortality risk after heart bypass surgery four times higher in patients with high body fat mass

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June) shows that mortality in patients who had undergone heart bypass surgery was over 4 times higher in individuals with a high body fat mass, while body mass index (BMI) by itself was not associated with an increase in mortality.

3 Jun 2019

Receiving blood transfusion during liver cancer surgery has higher risk of recurrence and death

Receiving a blood transfusion during curative surgery for the most common type of liver cancer is associated with a much higher risk of cancer recurrence and dying prematurely, according to new research being presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria

3 Jun 2019

Scientists use facial recognition technology to develop tool for monitoring ICU patient's safety

A team of Japanese scientists has used facial recognition technology to develop an automated system that can predict when patients in the intensive care unit are at high risk of unsafe behavior such as accidentally removing their breathing tube, with moderate (75%) accuracy.

3 Jun 2019

Immunotherapy increases five-year survival rate of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

In a study led by UCLA investigators, treatment with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab helped more than 15% of people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer live for at least five years - and 25% of patients whose tumor cells had a specific protein lived at least that long.

3 Jun 2019

Coffee not as bad for our arteries as previously thought

Drinking coffee might keep us up at night, but new research has given us a reason to sleep easy knowing that the popular drink isn't as bad for our arteries as some previous studies would suggest.

3 Jun 2019

Study finds no increase in deaths from cardiac arrests at the weekend

People admitted to NHS hospitals with a cardiac arrest over the weekend do not face a higher risk of dying compared to those admitted during the week, according to new research presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester.

3 Jun 2019

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Targeted breast cancer therapy shows 'encouraging' results

Combination immunotherapy shows promise in pre-surgical setting for early-stage lung cancers

Georgetown University Medical Center announces launch of clinical trial for Lewy body dementia

Robin Hood to rescue of rural hospitals? New math promised on Medicare payments

People living with HIV have increased risk for heart diseases and face health challenges

Churches wipe out millions in medical debt for others

Countries' essential medicines lists differ from one another and WHO's model list, study finds

International clinical study of new drug to treat advanced prostate cancers yields promising results

Research groups investigate how to achieve healthier use of digital technologies

World No Tobacco Day 2019: Respiratory groups urge to strengthen WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Research focuses on feeding difficulties for children born prematurely

New statement highlights occupational burden of non-cancerous lung diseases

Laundry packet exposures increase in older children and adults, despite safety standards

Flash fire in patient's chest cavity during emergency heart surgery

Mortality risk after heart bypass surgery four times higher in patients with high body fat mass

Receiving blood transfusion during liver cancer surgery has higher risk of recurrence and death

Scientists use facial recognition technology to develop tool for monitoring ICU patient's safety

Immunotherapy increases five-year survival rate of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Coffee not as bad for our arteries as previously thought

Study finds no increase in deaths from cardiac arrests at the weekend

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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