Archive: 26/02/2015
Ireland passes EU's first tobacco plain packaging law
Ireland on Thursday became the first European Union member state to pass a law introducing mandatory plain packaging for tobacco products, prompting the tobacco industry to threaten legal action.
Feb 26, 2015
Suits filed against scope maker in superbug infection
(AP)—Two lawsuits target the maker of a medical scope linked to the outbreak of a superbug at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Feb 26, 2015
Ultrasound lags behind MRI for supplemental breast cancer screening
Cancer screening of women with dense breast tissue is a subject of great interest to both the medical community and the press. Dense parenchyma reduces the sensitivity of mammography to half that of fatty breasts. Approximately ...
Feb 26, 2015
Blood samples as surrogates for tumor biopsies in patients with lung cancer
A study examined the feasibility of using circulating free DNA (cfDNA) from blood samples of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer as a surrogate for tumor biopsies to determine tumor-causing epidermal growth ...
Feb 26, 2015
Reasons for ibrutinib therapy discontinuation in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
About 10 percent of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) discontinued therapy with the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor drug ibrutinib because of disease progression during clinical trials, according to ...
Feb 26, 2015
Chemo before breast cancer operation increases likelihood of breast-preserving procedure
Patients with largEr malignant tumors of the breast who undergo chemotherapy before a breast cancer operation are more likely to opt for a breast-preserving procedure and forgo a mastectomy (surgical removal of the breast), ...
Feb 26, 2015
Researchers find link between persistent insomnia and increased mortality risk
A connection between persistent insomnia and increased inflammation and mortality has been identified by a group of researchers from the University of Arizona. Their study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, found ...
Feb 26, 2015
Patient perceptions of physician compassion measured
Cancer patients perceived a higher level of compassion and preferred physicians when they provided a more optimistic message in a clinical trial that used videos with doctors portrayed by actors, according to a study published ...
Feb 26, 2015