Oncology & Cancer
Marriage may be a cancer fighter
(HealthDay)—A wedding band may be powerful medicine against cancer, a new study suggests.
Apr 11, 2016
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News tagged with survival advantage
Sleep disorders
Pulmonary rehabilitation and improvement in exercise capacity improve survival in COPD
Pulmonary rehabilitation and improvement in exercise capacity significantly improve survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study from the UK.
May 21, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Research identifies how cancer cells cheat death
Research led by David Litchfield of The University of Western Ontario has identified how biochemical pathways can be "rewired" in cancer cells to allow these cells to ignore signals that should normally trigger their death. ...
Jun 8, 2011
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Health
Olympians live longer than general population... But cyclists no survival advantage over golfers
Olympic medallists live longer than the general population, regardless of country of origin, medal won, or type of sport played, finds a study in the Christmas issue published on BMJ today.
Dec 13, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia treated with leukotriene inhibitors are more likely to survive
University at Buffalo biomedical informatics researchers have found that patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia had a 13.5% survival advantage when treated with a combination of leukotriene inhibitors (LTIs) and the ...
May 25, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
How CD44s gives brain cancer a survival advantage
Understanding the mechanisms that give cancer cells the ability to survive and grow opens the possibility of developing improved treatments to control or cure the disease. In the case of glioblastoma multiforme, the deadliest ...
Jul 19, 2017
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Genetics
G-quadruplex regulates breast cancer-associated gene
For breast cancer, carrying protein CD44s, instead of CD44v, has a survival advantage. Researchers have now discovered a mechanism by which cells can regulate switching between the two proteins, opening options for the development ...
Dec 21, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
A drug combination extends survival in refractory lung cancer patients
Scientists have identified a drug combination, when used in advanced lung cancer patients, shows a survival advantage in patients who no longer respond to existing therapies. They found that bexarotene and erlotinib can each ...
Jun 2, 2011
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Pediatrics
Boys have higher death rates from many causes, study shows
(HealthDay)—Males may be the more vulnerable sex when it comes dying young—not just from accidents, but from a range of causes, a new study finds.
Sep 2, 2013
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Surgery
Jury still out on what confers survival advantage in female trauma patients
Female hormones, particularly estrogen, do not seem to explain why women tend to have higher survival rates than men following severe trauma, an 11-year study using data from 815,843 Swedish patients suggests. The findings ...
Mar 14, 2019
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