http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Most Chinese patients with confirmed avian influenza A (H7N9) are critically ill and 21 percent have died, according to a preliminary report published online April 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-h7n9-avian-flu-critically-ill.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:10:01 EST news286121557 New results from a clinical trial conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that adding cetuximab (Erbitux) to standard chemotherapy enables some patients with otherwise inoperable liver metastases due to colorectal cancer have their metastases surgically removed. Such surgery can be curative, and is generally critical to long-term survival. While this combination regimen is a standard treatment option for many patients with advanced colorectal cancer, this is the first randomized study to explore its impact on inoperable liver metastases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-adding-cetuximab-chemotherapy-enables-patients.html Cancer Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:32:25 EST news284657518 Adding a second drug to aspirin therapy reduced the risk of a second stroke in the weeks after Chinese patients had a minor ischemic (due to a clot) stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-adding-clopidogrel-aspirin-therapy.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:20:02 EST news279786934 (HealthDay)—The glycemic response to gastric bypass surgery can be predicted in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes by three preoperative factors, according to a study published online Oct. 1 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pre-op-factors-post-gastric-op-glycemic.html Diabetes Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:56:43 EST news268930594 (HealthDay) -- Contiguous, multilevel disc degeneration (CMDD) is associated with increased likelihood of low back pain (LBP) and pain severity compared with skipped level disc degeneration (SLDD), according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-pattern-disc-degeneration-impacts-pain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:30:02 EST news253423141