News tagged with chinese patients


Could patients' own kidney cells cure kidney disease?

Approximately 60 million people across the globe have chronic kidney disease, and many will need dialysis or a transplant. Breakthrough research published in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN) indicates that p ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ovarian cancer risk reduced by prolonged lactation

Curtin University researchers have found that women who breastfeed their babies have significantly reduced rates of ovarian cancer in a study that extends what was known about the beneficial effects of breastfeeding on mothers.

Cancer created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most with confirmed H7N9 avian flu are critically ill

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adding clopidogrel to aspirin therapy reduces risk of second stroke

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 ...

Cardiology created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New cancer study finds benefit in old therapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 5000-year-old combination of gentle exercise and meditation could help treat cancer patients, new University of Sydney research has found.

Cancer created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pattern of disc degeneration impacts low back pain

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0