Archive: 30/03/2015

Publication bias and 'spin' raise questions about drugs for anxiety disorders

A new analysis reported in JAMA Psychiatry raises serious questions about the increasingly common use of second-generation antidepressant drugs to treat anxiety disorders.

Mar 30, 2015

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Blood-based biomarkers could enable simple, accurate TB tests for diagnosis and monitoring

Researchers have identified blood-based biomarkers in patients with active tuberculosis (ATB) that could lead to new blood-based diagnostics and tools for monitoring treatment response and cure.

Mar 30, 2015

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Identification of drug combinations that reverse HIV-1 latency

There are almost 40 million people throughout the world living with HIV-1/AIDs. While current antiretroviral therapies are able to reduce the amount of virus in the blood, HIV remains present in a latent state within T cells. ...

Mar 30, 2015

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Low vitamin D linked to worse prognosis in type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

A new study found that people with lower vitamin D levels prior to treatment for follicular lymphoma succumb to the disease or face relapse earlier than patients with sufficient vitamin D levels in their blood.

Mar 30, 2015

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Panel predicts whether rare leukemia will respond to treatment

Patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia have limited treatment options, and those that exist are effective only in fewer than half of patients. Now, a new study identifies a panel of genetic markers that predicted which ...

Mar 30, 2015

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Study shows short and long-term cost-savings associated with minimally invasive surgery

Adding to the clinical benefits and improved patient outcomes associated with minimally invasive surgery, Medtronic highlighted a study published in the March 25 online edition of JAMA Surgery. The new study demonstrated ...

Mar 30, 2015

New drug stalls estrogen receptor-positive cancer cell growth and shrinks tumors

An experimental drug rapidly shrinks most tumors in a mouse model of human breast cancer, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. When mice were treated with the experimental drug, BHPI, ...

Mar 30, 2015

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To statin or not to statin? Report offers physicians tips to help patients make the right call

Cholesterol-lowering statins have transformed the treatment of heart disease. But while the decision to use the drugs in patients with a history of heart attacks and strokes is mostly clear-cut, that choice can be a far trickier ...

Mar 30, 2015

Guinea shuts border with Sierra Leone in effort to end Ebola

Guinea closed its border with Sierra Leone on Monday as part of new efforts to stamp out Ebola, an official said.

Mar 30, 2015

Odds of reversing ICU patients' preferences to forgo life-sustaining care vary, study finds

Intensive care units across the United States vary widely in how they manage the care of patients who have set preexisting limits on life-sustaining therapies, such as authorizing do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders and prohibiting ...

Mar 30, 2015

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Archive: 30/03/2015

Publication bias and 'spin' raise questions about drugs for anxiety disorders

Blood-based biomarkers could enable simple, accurate TB tests for diagnosis and monitoring

Identification of drug combinations that reverse HIV-1 latency

Low vitamin D linked to worse prognosis in type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Panel predicts whether rare leukemia will respond to treatment

Study shows short and long-term cost-savings associated with minimally invasive surgery

New drug stalls estrogen receptor-positive cancer cell growth and shrinks tumors

To statin or not to statin? Report offers physicians tips to help patients make the right call

Guinea shuts border with Sierra Leone in effort to end Ebola

Odds of reversing ICU patients' preferences to forgo life-sustaining care vary, study finds

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