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Ticagrelor halves risks of stents blocking with blood clots
Nov 21, 2014
Treating heart attack patients with ticagrelor reduces the risk of stents blocking with blood clots according to a ground breaking new study conducted by researchers from the University of Sheffield. Read More
Why we need to fund newer blood-thinning agents to prevent strokes
Nov 21, 2014
Care gaps are emerging due to disharmony between healthcare reimbursement policies and evidence-based clinical guideline recommendations, cautions a group of Canadian physicians. Read More
Patients with adverse heparin reaction before heart surgery benefit from combined strategies
Nov 21, 2014
New evidence suggests that therapeutic plasma exchange and appropriate blood testing could help patients who are in urgent need of heart surgery, but have a history of an adverse reaction to the... Read More
In a variant form of castration-resistant prostate cancer, galeterone shows activity
Nov 21, 2014
Results from a trial of the anti-cancer drug galeterone show that it is successful in lowering prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men with a form of prostate cancer that is resistant to... Read More
Three drugs may be better than one for certain patients with advanced colorectal cancer
Nov 21, 2014
Patients with a form of advanced colorectal cancer that is driven by a mutated version of the BRAF gene have limited treatment options available. Read More
Ferroptosis, a novel form of non-apoptotic cell death, holds great therapeutic potential
Nov 21, 2014
Ferroptosis is a newly discovered form of cell death believed to be involved in numerous pathological processes. Read More
A combination of 2 existing anti-cancer drugs for kidney cancer shows good patient response
Nov 21, 2014
Researchers have found that patients with an advanced form of kidney cancer, for which there is no standard treatment and a very poor prognosis, respond well to a combination of two existing... Read More
Designing medications like chemotherapy with fewer side effects, using new computational model
Nov 21, 2014
Medications, such as chemotherapy, are often limited by their tendency to be detrimental to healthy cells as an unintended side effect. Read More
The Great American Smokeout: a great day to quit smoking
Nov 20, 2014
Have you been thinking of giving up the habit? The Great American Smokeout is an annual event that encourages the nation to quit smoking, whether it is for 1 day or for good. Read More
Trial results show treatment-resistant advanced non-small cell lung cancer responds to new drug, rociletinib
Nov 20, 2014
A new drug that targets not only common cancer-causing genetic mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but also a form of the mutation that causes resistance to treatment... Read More
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