News tagged with persistent disease
Protein improves efficacy of tumor-killing enzyme
Scientists have devised a method for delivering tumor cell-killing enzymes in a way that protects the enzyme until it can do its work inside the cell. In their study in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Societ ...
Cancer
Apr 30, 2013 |
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Minimally invasive VATS-LCSD helps children with refractory ventricular arrhythmias
Inherited ventricular arrhythmias are an important cause of morbidity and sudden cardiac death in children who have structurally normal hearts. Despite conventional medical therapy, some of these children remain symptomatic ...
Cardiology
May 07, 2013 |
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Chronic pain is relieved by cell transplantation in lab study (Update)
(Medical Xpress) -- Chronic pain, by definition, is difficult to manage, but a new study by UCSF scientists shows how a cell therapy might one day be used not only to quell some common types of persistent ...
Neuroscience
May 23, 2012 |
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You can help reduce your colon cancer risk, expert says
(HealthDay)—Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but there are ways you can help prevent it, an expert says.
Cancer
Mar 08, 2013 |
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Bracelet-like device controls chronic acid reflux, study finds
A bracelet-like device with magnetic beads can control the chronic digestive disorder gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a study published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Potential therapy for HIV suggested: Blocking key protein boosts body's ability to clear chronic infection
UCLA scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. Published in the April 12 edition of Science, the findin ...
HIV & AIDS
Apr 11, 2013 |
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In treated MS, early disease activity predicts poor outcome
(HealthDay)—After 15 years of follow-up, patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) who display disease activity despite treatment with interferon (IFN)β-1a tend to have unfavorable long-term ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Disturbance during foetal period behind severe eye disease
(Medical Xpress) -- The congenital eye disease persistent foetal vasculature syndrome leads to bleeding, detached retina, and a cloudy lens. Now researchers at Uppsala University show in a model for the disease that it may ...
Ophthalmology
Aug 06, 2012 |
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Persistent ocular tremors appear to be associated with Parkinson's disease
Persistent ocular tremors that prevent eye stability during fixation appear to be common among patients with Parkinson disease (PD) suggesting that precise oculomotor testing could provide an early physiological biomarker ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Poor asthma control prevalent in the united states
(HealthDay) -- Many patients with asthma who do not use controller medications have persistent disease, and among those patients who do use controller medications, few have well-controlled disease, according ...
Immunology
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Majority of children affected by allergy-related diseases
(HealthDay) -- A majority of children have one or more allergy-related diseases, including eczema, asthma, and rhinitis, according to research published in the April issue of Allergy.
Inflammatory disorders
Mar 28, 2012 |
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New procedure helps patients with severe asthma breathe easier
Nearly 24 million people in this country suffer from asthma. For most of them, avoiding allergens and taking medications help keep their asthma under control. But for a small group with severe persistent asthma, frequent ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 30, 2012 |
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