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New Guidelines For Red Blood Cell Transfusion
Mar 27, 2012
AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks) recommends a restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategy for stable adults and children, according to new guidelines being published in Annals of Internal Medicine... Read More
Stigma Linked To Depression Among Lung Cancer Patients
Mar 27, 2012
Studying the role of social stigma in depression for lung cancer patients, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found that depression can be heightened by a lung cancer patient's sense of social rejection, internalized shame and social isolation. These factors may contribute to depression at rates higher than experienced by patients with other kinds of cancer... Read More
Novel Pathway Identified For T-Cell Activation In Leprosy: Finding May Help Develop New Treatments For Infectious Diseases, Cancer
Mar 27, 2012
UCLA researchers pinpointed a new mechanism that potently activates T-cells, the group of white blood cells that play a major role in fighting infections. Published online in Nature Medicine, the team specifically studied how dendritic cells, immune cells located at the site of infection, become more specialized to fight the leprosy pathogen known as Mycobacterium leprae... Read More
Upon Implanting In Uterus, Embryonic Stem Cells Shift Metabolism In Cancer-Like Way
Mar 27, 2012
Shortly after a mouse embryo starts to form, some of its stem cells undergo a dramatic metabolic shift to enter the next stage of development, Seattle researchers report. These stem cells start using and producing energy like cancer cells. This discovery is published in EMBO, the European Molecular Biology Organization journal... Read More
New Tool For Imaging Biomolecules Will Assist In Fight Against Immunological And Other Disorders
Mar 27, 2012
At the heart of the immune system that protects our bodies from disease and foreign invaders is a vast and complex communications network involving millions of cells, sending and receiving chemical signals that can mean life or death. At the heart of this vast cellular signaling network are interactions between billions of proteins and other biomolecules... Read More
Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer Recurrence In Overweight And Obese Women
Mar 27, 2012
Women who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence or related death than are leaner women, according to a new study to be presented to the 8th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8)... Read More
Removing Breast Tumours Using Ultrasound-Guided Surgery Found To Be Preferred Method In Trial
Mar 27, 2012
The use of ultrasound-guided surgery to remove tumours from women who have palpable breast cancer is much more successful than standard surgery in excising all the cancerous tissue while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible, according to the results of a randomised controlled trial... Read More
Bone Heath Improved By Everolimus Plus Exemestane In Post-Menopausal Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
Mar 27, 2012
Results from a phase III clinical trial evaluating a new treatment for breast cancer in post-menopausal women show that the combination of two cancer drugs, everolimus and exemestane, significantly improves bone strength and reduces the chances of cancer spreading (metastasising) in the bone... Read More
Potential Breakthrough To Treat Men's Enlarged Prostate
Mar 26, 2012
Society of Interventional Radiology showcases minimally invasive option to surgery that relieves lower urinary tract symptoms, helps men get their lives back. A new interventional radiology treatment, prostatic artery embolization, may bring hope to men with debilitating symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate, say the group of researchers who pioneered its use... Read More
Risk, Best Treatment May Be Guided By Newly Identification Acute Myeloid Leukemia Gene Mutations
Mar 26, 2012
An international group of researchers, including those from Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine reviewing the results of a study that analyzed mutations in 18 genes of 398 patients who had acute myeloid leukemia (AML)... Read More
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