Archive: 18/02/2016

Study links health insurance status and head and neck cancer diagnoses, outcomes

Compared to patients with non-Medicaid insurance, uninsured patients and patients with Medicaid are more likely to present with advanced stages of head and neck cancer and have higher overall and cancer-specific mortality ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Post-stroke caregiving at home tops $11,000 a year: study

(HealthDay)— The time spent caring for an older stroke survivor in the home totals about 22 hours a week, or more than $11,000 a year, a new study finds.

Feb 18, 2016

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No survival advantage of induction chemo over CRT for locally advanced head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer patients who receive induction chemotherapy (IC; chemotherapy administered prior to radiation therapy) rather than the standard treatment of concurrent chemoradiation (CRT) do not benefit from increased ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Clot-busting drug reduces death risk in hemorrhagic stroke patients

Reporting on the results of a phase III international clinical trial, Johns Hopkins Medicine physicians say use of a cardiac clot-busting drug to treat strokes that cause brain bleeding safely decreased the death rate in ...

Feb 18, 2016

Stroke's aftermath often worse for women, minorities: study

(HealthDay)—Anyone can be laid low by stroke, but a new study finds that the road back to health may be tougher for female and minority patients.

Feb 18, 2016

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Chile reports 10 news cases of dengue on Easter Island

Chile's health ministry is reporting 10 new cases of dengue on Easter Island.

Feb 18, 2016

Report: Hawaii leads nation in getting too little sleep

Tired of hearing that more than a third of U.S. adults don't get enough sleep? Here's something new: a government report about which states get the most sack time.

Feb 18, 2016

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Study maps molecular signatures of HPV-positive throat cancer patients by smoking status

Throat cancer patients exposed to both human papillomavirus (HPV) and tobacco smoke demonstrate a pattern of mutations along several key cancer genes, according to research presented today at the 2016 Multidisciplinary Head ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Zika outbreak spreads in Panama

The mosquito-borne Zika virus has spread in Panama beyond a remote coastal area it was previously confined to, with a new case detected in the capital, the health ministry said Thursday.

Feb 18, 2016

Study unveils new therapeutic target for spinal muscular atrophy

Neuroscientists have discovered a specific enzyme that plays a critical role in spinal muscular atrophy, and that suppressing this enzyme's activity, could markedly reduce the disease's severity and improve patients' lifestyles.

Feb 18, 2016

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Archive: 18/02/2016

Study links health insurance status and head and neck cancer diagnoses, outcomes

Post-stroke caregiving at home tops $11,000 a year: study

No survival advantage of induction chemo over CRT for locally advanced head and neck cancer

Clot-busting drug reduces death risk in hemorrhagic stroke patients

Stroke's aftermath often worse for women, minorities: study

Chile reports 10 news cases of dengue on Easter Island

Report: Hawaii leads nation in getting too little sleep

Study maps molecular signatures of HPV-positive throat cancer patients by smoking status

Zika outbreak spreads in Panama

Study unveils new therapeutic target for spinal muscular atrophy

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