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Reseach reveals genomic similarities between breast cancer, ovarian cancers

One subtype of breast cancer shares many genetic features with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, a cancer that is very difficult to treat, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of ...

Cancer created Sep 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop world's first real-time, electronic tool to enhance diagnosis of pneumonia

Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City have developed and implemented the first real-time electronic screening tool to identify patients with pneumonia to speed up diagnosis and treatment and improve ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

People with schizophrenia more likely to die of heart attack, study finds

The risk of death resulting from heart attack is higher in people with schizophrenia than in the general public, according to scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Institute for Clinical ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineering a better hip implant

University of Iowa researchers have determined that thigh size in obese people is a reason their hip implants are more likely to fail.

Medical research created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Midlife fitness staves off chronic disease at end of life: study

Being physically fit during your 30s, 40s, and 50s not only helps extend lifespan, but it also increases the chances of aging healthily, free from chronic illness, investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center and The Cooper ...

Health created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Long-term exposure to air pollution increases risk of hospitalization for lung, heart disease

Older adults may be at increased risk of being hospitalized for lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes following long-term exposure to fine-particle air pollution, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard ...

Health created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA repair pathway score for predicting chemotherapy response in ovarian cancer patients

A DNA repair pathway-focused score has the potential to help determine if first-line platinum based chemotherapy can benefit advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients, according to a study published April 13 in the Journal of ...

Cancer created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aspirin to prevent and treat cancer: The evidence continues to build

A collection of three papers (two published in The Lancet and one in The Lancet Oncology) add to the growing evidence base suggesting that daily aspirin can be used to help prevent and possibly treat cancer. All three pap ...

Cancer created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

CT radiation risk less than risk of examination indicator

(HealthDay)—For young adults needing either a chest or abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT), the short-term risk of death from underlying morbidity is greater than the long-term risk of radiation-induced ...

Cancer created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of death, hospital readmission prolonged after heart attack, heart failure

Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Scientific ...

Cardiology created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene signature can predict who will survive chemotherapy

An eight gene 'signature' can predict length of relapse-free survival after chemotherapy, finds new research in Biomed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine.

Cancer created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Certified stroke centers more likely to give clot-busting drugs

Stroke patients are three times more likely to receive clot-busting medication if treated at a certified stroke center, according to a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family history of bowel cancer increases odds of survival

A new study that combines genetic information on bowel cancer with NHS patient outcome data has found a link between family history of the disease and a better chance of survival, published in the British Jo ...

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Researchers find wide variation in cesarean delivery rates among US hospitals

Cesarean delivery is the most common surgery in the United States, performed on 1.67 million American women annually. Yet hospital cesarean rates vary widely according to new research from the University of Minnesota's School ...

Health created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frequency of surveillance scans for small aneurysms can be reduced for most patients

In contrast to the commonly adopted surveillance intervals in current abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programs, surveillance intervals of several years may be clinically acceptable for the majority of patients with ...

Cardiology created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0