Oncology & Cancer
Cancer relapse linked to body's own immune system
Cancer cells that survive after treatment may use the body's own immune system to wake themselves up and fuel their growth, a new study shows.
Oct 16, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reveals potential new treatment for postpartum smokers
Women who took replacement progesterone after giving birth had decreased cravings to smoke and were more likely to stay off cigarettes, according to a new Yale study that assessed the use of progesterone as a treatment for ...
Oct 12, 2017
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Neuroscience
Fatty diet may boost risk of relapse in kids with multiple sclerosis
A fatty diet may boost the risk of a relapse in kids with multiple sclerosis (MS) by as much as 56 per cent, with saturated fat associated with a tripling in risk, suggests research published online in the Journal of Neurology ...
Oct 9, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study explains why myasthenia patients relapse after treatment
A new Yale-led study helps explain why some myasthenia gravis (MG) patients relapse after initially responding to a drug called rituximab, commonly used to treat the incurable autoimmune disease marked by muscle weakness ...
Sep 8, 2017
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Neuroscience
One step closer in explaining multiple sclerosis relapse during upper respiratory infection
For most of us, the flu is just the flu. We suffer through it for several days, and eventually bounce back. But for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases, the flu can trigger a cascade of immune ...
Aug 8, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Testing for immune 'hotspots' can predict risk that breast cancer will return
Scientists have developed a new test that can pick out women at high risk of relapsing from breast cancer within 10 years of diagnosis.
Aug 4, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Stem-cell researchers solve mystery of relapse in acute myeloid leukemia
Leukemia researchers led by Dr. John Dick have traced the origins of relapse in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to rare therapy-resistant leukemia stem cells that are already present at diagnosis and before chemotherapy begins.
Jun 28, 2017
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
New relapse prediction tool reduces cost of rheumatoid arthritis treatment
The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 have shown that the combined use of two measurements to accurately predict the risk of relapse in patients with rheumatoid ...
Jun 16, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Many NHS patients experience relapse of depression and anxiety problems after discharge from mental
A new study reveals approximately 53 per cent of NHS patients had a clinically significant deterioration of depression and anxiety symptoms within a year after completing brief psychological treatments.
May 1, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers develop online support for people with bipolar disorder
An online relapse prevention tool for Bipolar Disorder offers a "cheap accessible option" for people seeking support following treatment, say researchers.
Apr 28, 2017
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