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Microbleeds, diminished cerebral blood flow in cognitively normal older patients
7/14/2015
A small imaging study suggests cortical cerebral microbleeds in the brain, which are the remnant of red blood cell leakage from small vessels, were associated with reduced brain blood flow in a...
'More support needed' for cancer survivors wanting to adopt
7/14/2015
A study has revealed cancer survivors may face additional challenges when trying to adopt. Further family planning support for patients is required, suggest the authors.
Maternal cancer could be detected during prenatal testing
7/14/2015
Researchers have discovered that the findings of noninvasive prenatal screening could detect maternal cancer as well as chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses.
Lung cancer patients who stop smoking live longer
7/14/2015
Tobacco cessation provided significant survival benefit for lung cancer patients who quit smoking shortly before or after diagnosis, despite the severity of the disease.
Important step in breast cancer research at the University of Twente
7/14/2015
Scientists at the research Institute MIRA at the University of Twente have been working for some time on a new technique to detect breast cancer.
Cancers caught during screening colonoscopy are more survivable
7/14/2015
Patients whose colorectal cancer (CRC) is detected during a screening colonoscopy are likely to survive longer than those who wait until they have symptoms before having the test, according to a...
Online registry improves clinical research study participation
7/14/2015
Research for Her™, Cedars-Sinai's groundbreaking online registry that matches women with research studies and clinical trials, enrolled study participants more quickly when compared with...
Study links leisure time sitting to higher risk of specific cancers
7/14/2015
Spending more leisure time sitting was associated with a higher risk of total cancer risk in women, and specifically with multiple myeloma, breast, and ovarian cancers, according a new study.
Report on treatment of patients with hemophilia published
7/14/2015
In severe hemophilia A, prophylactic treatment is superior to on-demand treatment for some outcomesNumerous long-term randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been conducted to investigate the...
New cell division mechanism discovered
7/14/2015
Canadian and British researchers have discovered that chromosomes play an active role in animal cell division.