Potential treatment for autoimmune disease - marijuana
6/04/2014
A team of University of South Carolina researchers led by Mitzi Nagarkatti, Prakash Nagarkatti and Xiaoming Yang have discovered a novel pathway through which marijuana can suppress the body's immune...
Standardized postoperative prevention program led to an 84 percent drop in the rate of DVT
6/04/2014
Surgery patients are much less likely to get a blood clot in the lower extremities or lungs if they receive preventive treatment based on their individual clotting risk, in addition to walking soon...
In metastatic prostate cancer, drug combination extends survival by more than a year
6/04/2014
Men with newly diagnosed metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer lived more than a year longer when they received a chemotherapy drug as initial treatment instead of waiting for the disease to...
The reliability of melanoma diagnosis improved by Myriad myPath melanoma test
6/04/2014
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYGN) has presented results from a pivotal clinical validation study of the Myriad myPath™ Melanoma test at the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)...
Study suggests that expanded health coverage may improve cancer outcomes in young adults
6/04/2014
Young adults who lack health care insurance are more likely to be diagnosed in advanced stages of cancer and have a higher risk of death, according to a study from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's...
A chemotherapy regimen consisting of procarbazine, CCNU, and vincristine (PCV) administered following radiation therapy improved progression-free survival and overall survival in adults with...
Newly identified brain cancer mutation will aid drug development
6/04/2014
A collaborative effort between Duke Medicine researchers and neurosurgeons and scientists in China has produced new genetic insights into a rare and deadly form of childhood and young adult brain...
Success Of 'Quadrapeutics' shown in preclinical study of hard-to-treat tumors
6/04/2014
The first preclinical study of a new Rice University-developed anti-cancer technology found that a novel combination of existing clinical treatments can instantaneously detect and kill only cancer...
Hormone discovered that controls supply of iron in red blood cell production
6/04/2014
A UCLA research team has discovered a new hormone called erythroferrone, which regulates the iron supply needed for red blood-cell production.
Many breast cancer patients don't get treatment for heart problems
6/03/2014
Only a third of older breast cancer patients saw a cardiologist within 90 days of developing heart problems, in a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes...