Health
Comic books to help children understand chronic pain
Comic book superheroes are being used to help children understand more about older relatives suffering from chronic pain, in an innovative project.
Aug 28, 2013
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Page 13 - News tagged with biological therapy
Oncology & Cancer
Study suggests way to fight therapy resistant leukemia by blocking DNA repair
New research posted online by the Nature journal Leukemia suggests blocking part of a DNA repair complex that helps some types of leukemia resist treatment can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and enhance survival.
Aug 8, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Unexpected synergy between two cancer-linked proteins offers hope for personalised cancer therapy
A team of scientists from A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered a new biomarker which will help physicians predict how well cancer patients respond to cancer drugs. Having the means to identify ...
Aug 6, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Difference in breast cancer survival between black and white women has not changed substantially
In an analysis of 5-year survival rates among black and white women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1991 and 2005, black women continued to have a lower rate of survival, with most of the difference related to factors ...
Jul 23, 2013
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Medical research
Promise and caution shown in ongoing research into stem cell treatment of strokes
While stem-cell therapy offers great promise for the treatment of stroke, much research remains to be done to show its long-term effectiveness and to understand the potential for dangerous side effects.
Jul 9, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Using computer models to predict more effective therapies
Scientist at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have used a computer simulation for predicting the effectiveness of various combination therapies for colon tumors. The study has been published in the current issue of ...
Jun 28, 2013
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Diabetes
Insulin degludec lowers risk of recurrent low blood sugar or has similar risk to insulin glargine
Insulin degludec (Tresiba), a new ultra-long-acting insulin, has a similar or reduced risk of recurrent hypoglycemia— low blood sugar— compared with the commercially available insulin glargine, a new meta-analysis study ...
Jun 18, 2013
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Cheaper drugs produce same benefits for rheumatoid arthritis, study finds
James O'Dell, M.D., chief of the Veterans Administration Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System's Omaha medical center and the UNMC divisions of rheumatology and immunology, is the primary author of a study that has been ...
Jun 13, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: Genetic predictor of response to exposure therapy
There is growing evidence that a gene variant that reduces the plasticity of the nervous system also modulates responses to treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. In this case, patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, ...
Jun 11, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do antidepressants impair the ability to extinguish fear?
An interesting new report of animal research published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that common antidepressant medications may impair a form of learning that is important clinically.
Jun 10, 2013
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