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Researchers help find new therapeutic target for treating traumatic brain injury

(Medical Xpress)—A research team including members of the Department of Bioengineering in the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has discovered that drug intervention to reduce intercellular ...

Neuroscience created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adding cetuximab to chemotherapy enables patients with advanced colorectal cancer, liver metastasis to undergo surgery

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 ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Roadmap to 25 percent reduction in premature deaths From RHD in the under 25s by 2025 published

The World Heart Federation has published a new position statement outlining the five key strategic targets required to meet its strategic goal for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) – a 25% reduction in premature deaths from ...

Cardiology created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biomarkers discovered that may help predict response to drugs targeting KRAS-mutated NSCLC

Scientists have identified biomarkers that may help predict whether patients with KRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will respond to concurrent treatment with an MEK inhibitor and a PI3 kinase inhibitor, a drug ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals how melanoma evades chemotherapy

Nitric oxide (NO), a gas with many biological functions in healthy cells, can also help some cancer cells survive chemotherapy. A new study from MIT reveals one way in which this resistance may arise, and ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Huge disparities in hypertension seen across US counties

One in five Americans are completely unaware that they are at risk for the second leading cause of premature death: high blood pressure. In the first ever analysis of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension for ...

Health created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

China begins poultry cull after bird flu found

Authorities in Shanghai began the mass slaughter of poultry at a market after the H7N9 bird flu virus, which has killed five people in China, was detected there, state media said Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China reports fifth H7N9 bird flu death (Update 2)

A new strain of bird flu has claimed two more lives in China's business capital of Shanghai, taking the total number of human deaths attributed to the H7N9 virus to five, state media said Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop new system to study trigger of cell death in nervous system

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new model system to study a receptor protein that controls cell death in both humans and fruit flies, a discovery that could lead to a better understanding ...

Medical research created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Belgium study tracks trends in end-of-life decision making

(HealthDay)—In Belgium, between 1998 and 2007, euthanasia was legalized and palliative care was intensified, which led to an increase in end-of-life decisions (ELDs) and fewer life-ending acts without the ...

Health created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WHO urges more effort to beat high blood pressure

Individuals and governments need to step up their efforts to battle high blood pressure, which is estimated to affect more than one in three adults aged over 25, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday.

Health created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study puts average economic cost of each quad bike death at $2.3m

The average cost to the Australian economy of each quad bike related fatality is $AUD2.3 million, according to fresh research that tallied up the cost of lost earnings, emergency services, accident investiga ...

Health created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Post-ER care for chest pain reduces risk of heart attack, death

Seeing a doctor within a month of an emergency room visit for chest pain significantly reduced the risk of heart attack or death among high risk patients, according to research published the American Heart Association journal ...

Cardiology created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

African Americans experience longer delay between prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment

African American men on average wait a week longer than their Caucasian counterparts between the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer and treatment, according to University of North Carolina researchers.

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Deaths tied to painkillers rising in the US

Despite efforts by law enforcement and public health officials to curb prescription drug abuse, drug-related deaths in the United States have continued to rise, the latest data show.

Medications created Mar 31, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0