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Study identifies possible new acute leukemia marker, treatment target

A study has identified microRNA-155 as a new independent prognostic marker and treatment target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia that has normal-looking chromosomes under the microscope (that is, cytogenetically normal ...

Cancer created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gastric bypass findings could lead to diabetes treatment

A Lund University research team has shed new light on why gastric bypass often sends diabetes into remission rapidly, opening the door to developing treatment with the same effect.

Diabetes created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Endoscopic treatment for Zenker's diverticulum is safe long-term

A new study reports that flexible endoscopic treatment of Zenker's diverticulum by using a diverticuloscope offers a treatment modality with a very low complication rate. Zenker's diverticulum is an abnormal pouch in the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chernobyl follow-up study finds high survival rate among young thyroid cancer patients

More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a recent study accepted for ...

Cancer created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ECT can restore quality of life for some severely depressed patients

Patients whose severe depression goes into remission for six months following electroconvulsive therapy report a quality of life similar to that of healthy individuals, researchers say.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight loss surgery not only shrinks waists but also affects genes

Gastric bypass surgery can drastically reduce the body weight of obese individuals in a short timeframe. For reasons that are not entirely clear, the surgery also leads to early remission of type 2 diabetes in the vast majority ...

Medical research created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immunotherapy showed promising antileukemia activity in pediatric patients

Researchers using patients' own immune cells in an immunotherapy approach called "anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy," achieved responses in children whose acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) had returned ...

Cancer created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diet shown to be critical factor in improving type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery

Patients with type 2 diabetes who consume a diet identical to the strict regimen followed after bariatric surgery are just as likely to see a reduction in blood glucose levels as those who undergo surgery, ...

Diabetes created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Progesterone may be why pregnant women are more vulnerable to certain infections

Women who are pregnant or using synthetic progesterone birth control injections have a conspicuous vulnerability to certain infections including malaria, Listeria, HIV, and herpes simplex virus. A new research report appearing ...

Medical research created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Paired CT scans catch chemo-killing of liver tumors in real time

Using two successive pairs of specialized CT scans, a team of Johns Hopkins and Dutch radiologists has produced real-time images of liver tumors dying from direct injection of anticancer drugs into the tumors and their surrounding ...

Cancer created Jan 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intensive weight-loss intervention linked with increased chance of partial remission from diabetes

Among overweight adults, participation in an intensive lifestyle intervention (that included counseling sessions and targets to reduce caloric intake and increase physical activity) was associated with a greater likelihood ...

Diabetes created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgery not an easy fix for diabetes

(Medical Xpress)—Over the past few years, weight loss surgery has become an increasingly popular option to treat Type 2 diabetes, but Dr. Vivian Fonseca, professor of medicine at the Tulane University School of Medicine, ...

Diabetes created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gastric bypass surgery helps diabetes but doesn't cure it

After gastric bypass surgery, diabetes goes away for some people—often even before they lose much weight. So does that mean gastric surgery "cures" diabetes? Not necessarily, according to the largest community-based study ...

Overweight and Obesity created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Do clinicians and patients have same definition of remission from depression?

Rhode Island Hospital researcher Mark Zimmerman, M.D., director of outpatient psychiatry, has found that patients suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) define remission from depression differently than clinicians. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better prognosis for early blast clearance in leukemia

(HealthDay)—Patients with acute myeloid leukemia whose peripheral blood blasts clear in six days or less after chemotherapy have significantly better survival than patients whose peripheral blasts clear ...

Cancer created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0