Treatment with the chemotherapy agent capecitabine increased disease-free survival for women with HER2-negative breast cancer that was not eliminated by presurgery chemotherapy, according to results from the phase III CREATE-X ...
Dec 9, 2015
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Approximately 20 million Americans will experience some type of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, in their lives. In some cases, patients suffer resulting heart burn or acid regurgitation so severe that they require ...
Sep 29, 2015
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Researchers from Imperial College London and Newcastle University believe they have found a potential new way to target cells of the brain affected by Parkinson's disease.
Sep 22, 2015
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According to results of the PLATFORM (Prospective LongitudinAl Trial of FFRCT: Outcome and Resource Impacts) trial, a test known as FFRCT can obviate the need for invasive tests in up to 61% of patients who have chest pain ...
Sep 1, 2015
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A more aggressive approach to treating degenerative mitral valve disease, using earlier surgical intervention and less invasive techniques, is more beneficial to the patient than "watchful waiting," according to an article ...
Jun 9, 2015
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Scientists in Manchester have identified a way to potentially predict which patients with an early form of breast cancer will experience disease progression.
Apr 15, 2015
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Infectious disease experts are this week calling New Zealand's pneumococcal vaccination schedule an unequivocal success.
Mar 19, 2015
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Minimally invasive surgery can prevent a fatal rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Mar 16, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who face amputation of a foot or leg can have their limb saved by minimally invasive surgery to improve blood flow, a new study suggests.
Feb 4, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Adults 65 and older need two vaccines to better protect them from bacterial infection in the blood (called sepsis), meningitis and pneumonia, according to a revised vaccination schedule from the 2015 Advisory ...
Feb 3, 2015
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