News tagged with invasive disease
Klebsiella pneumoniae 'superbug' is being studied
University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 17, 2012 |
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New discovery in fight against deadly meningococcal disease
Professor Michael Jennings, Deputy Director of the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University, was part of an international team that discovered the previously unknown pathway of how the bacterium colonizes people.
Medical research
May 23, 2013 |
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Angioplasty with stents may be safe in long-term for low-risk heart patients
Heart bypass surgery is considered the gold standard for most patients with left main coronary artery disease, one of the most serious types of heart disease and one that affects thousands.
Cardiology
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Heart tests are overprescribed, study finds
In cardiac care, the mantra is fast becoming circumstance, circumstance, circumstance.
Medical research
Aug 02, 2011 |
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The next stage of heart function testing
A new non-invasive technique for measuring how well the heart and blood vessels function in patients already suffering from coronary artery disease could, in a single test, identify which abnormally narrowed blood vessels ...
Cardiology
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Gene linked to pancreatic cancer growth, study finds
A mutant protein found in nearly all pancreatic cancers plays a role not only in the cancer's development but in its continued growth, according to a new study from University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...
Cancer
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Dangerous form of MRSA, endemic in many US hospitals, increasing in UK
Prevalence of a particularly dangerous form of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) jumped three-fold in just two years, in hospitals in the United Kingdom, according to a paper in the October 2012 Journal of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 23, 2012 |
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MRI can screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal lobar degeneration
When trying to determine the root cause of a person's dementia, using an MRI can effectively and non-invasively screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), according to a new study ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Dec 26, 2012 |
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Experimental molecular therapy crosses blood-brain barrier to treat neurological disease
Researchers have overcome a major challenge to treating brain diseases by engineering an experimental molecular therapy that crosses the blood-brain barrier to reverse neurological lysosomal storage disease in mice.
Medical research
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Researchers use new molecular inhibitors to successfully hit difficult cancer target
Early laboratory tests are the first to successfully use an experimental molecular therapy to block a hard-to-target part of a protein complex linked to several types of invasive cancer.
Cancer
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Scientists find potential therapeutic target for Cushing's disease
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a protein that drives the formation of pituitary tumors in Cushing's disease, a development that may give clinicians a therapeutic target to treat this ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 07, 2013 |
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Genetic alterations linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, progression, and patient survival
A new analysis has found that genetic alterations in a particular cellular pathway are linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, disease progression, and patient survival. Published early online in Cancer, a peer- review ...
Cancer
Mar 25, 2013 |
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'Triple-threat' approach reduces life-threatening central line infections in children with cancer
Hospitals can dramatically reduce the number of life-threatening central line infections in pediatric cancer patients by following a set of basic precautions, by encouraging families to speak up when they observe noncompliance ...
Pediatrics
Sep 03, 2012 |
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Targeted micro-bubbles detect artery inflammation, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Heart disease is a leading cause of death throughout the world. Doctors say that it is important to detect heart disease early before it becomes too serious. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri ...
Cardiology
Dec 12, 2012 |
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Complications following two-level axial lumbar interbody fusion
Surgeons from the Instituto de Patologia da Coluna in Sao Paulo, Brazil have found that an innovative minimally invasive surgical procedure performed to achieve two-level axial lumbar interbody fusion produced immediate successful ...
Surgery
Jul 20, 2012 |
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