Many Preventive Services Not Available To Medicaid Beneficiaries
7/09/2013
Existing Medicaid beneficiaries have largely been left out of the health reform movement when it comes to preventive services that can ward off cancer, heart disease and other potentially deadly diseases, according to a new study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS)...
Physicians Slow To Implement HPV Vaccination And Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
7/09/2013
Recent breakthroughs in cervical cancer prevention have resulted in new vaccination and cervical cancer screening guidelines. Recommendations do not always translate into practice, however...
Deciphering The Cellular 'Roadmap' Of Disease-Related Proteins
7/09/2013
University of Toronto researchers are helping demystify an important class of proteins associated with disease, a discovery that could lead to better treatments for cancer, cystic fibrosis and many other conditions...
New Technique Makes Tumours Visible In High Resolution
7/09/2013
Scientists from ETH Zurich have developed a new substance that enables certain tumour types to be rendered visible in high resolution using positron emission tomography. The so-called tracer has successfully been tested in mice. Now the researchers are planning clinical trials in humans...
Targeting Errant Immune System Enzyme Kills Myelodysplastic Cells
7/08/2013
Scientists have successfully targeted a malfunctioning immune system enzyme to kill diseased cells from patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) - a blood disorder and precursor to leukemia...
Researchers Develop MRI Scan To Detect Cancer Using Sugar
7/08/2013
Researchers say they have developed a new way of detecting cancer by giving patients an injection of sugar before doing an MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging). Scientists from University College London (UCL) have developed a technique they call glucose chemical exchange saturation transfer (glucoCEST)...
Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer Denied Routine Access To Breakthrough Treatment, UK
7/08/2013
Novartis today expressed great disappointment that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a final decision not to recommend its innovative advanced breast cancer treatment, Afinitor® (everolimus), to be available to patients on the NHS...
African Americans With Blood Cancer Do Not Live As Long As Caucasians, Despite Equal Care
7/08/2013
A new analysis has found that among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, African Americans more commonly present with advanced disease, and they tend to have shorter survival times than Caucasians despite receiving the same care...
Improvements In Drug Development And Efficiency Likely Following Technological Breakthrough
7/08/2013
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed the first method for directly measuring the extent to which drugs reach their targets in the cell. The method, which is described in the scientific journal Science, could make a significant contribution to the development of new, improved drug substances...
Over 50% Of Tumors Are Associated With Mutations In P53
7/08/2013
Researchers of the Cancer Metabolism group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalan Oncology Institute (ICO) and the Division of Hematology-Oncology of the University of Cincinnati, led by George Thomas, have discovered a role for ribosomal 5S RNA in the formation of a complex that regulates the stability of p53...