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World-first high blood pressure treatment trialled in Melbourne
A world-first breakthrough to treat high blood pressure has been successfully trialled in Melbourne. view more (2009-04-03)
Use of pulmonary artery catheterization does not show benefit for severe heart failure patients
Hospitalized patients with severe congestive heart failure did not experience a benefit from use of pulmonary artery catheterization, but had more adverse events, according to a study in the October 5 issue of JAMA. view more (2005-10-05)
Still puzzling: Best care for the frail and elderly with coronary artery disease
A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial hospitalization. view more (2008-07-21)
Researchers testing virus-gene therapy combination against melanoma
Researchers at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center are injecting a modified herpes virus into melanoma tumors, hoping to kill the cancer cells while also bolstering the body's immune defenses against the disease. view more (2009-07-02)
Cottonseed-Based Drug Shows Promise Treating Severe Brain Cancer, Say UAB Researchers
An experimental drug derived from cottonseeds shows promise in treating the recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme, widely considered the most lethal brain cancer. view more (2009-05-29)
Green tea may affect prostate cancer progression
According to results of a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, men with prostate cancer who consumed the active compounds in green tea demonstrated a significant reduction in serum markers predictive of prostate cancer progression. view more (2009-06-19)
International study supports new standard of treatment for women with advanced ovarian cancer
Results of a phase III, international randomized clinical trial demonstrate a new standard of care for treating advanced ovarian cancer that significantly reduces side-effects and post-operative deaths compared to the previously established treatment course. view more (2008-12-04)
UVa Participates in Landmark Breast Cancer Screening Trial
Digital mammography that uses computers to detect breast cancer found significantly (up to 28%) more cancers than screen film mammography in women 50 and younger, premenopausal and perimenopausal women, and women with dense breasts, according to results from one of the largest breast cancer screening studies ever performed. view more (2005-09-21)
MIT radar technology fights breast cancer
Treating breast cancer with a type of heat therapy derived from MIT radar research can significantly increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to results from the fourth clinical trial of the technique reported online Nov. 25 in the journal Cancer Therapy. view more (2007-11-28)
New chemotherapy regimen prolongs survival in difficult-to-treat childhood brainstem gliomas
Childhood brainstem gliomas (BSGs) are rare but can be very difficult to treat successfully and they tend to have poor survival rates. view more (2007-09-26)
Study shows prostate cancer vaccine linked to longer survival
A University of California, San Francisco study has found that men with advanced, often untreatable prostate cancer who received a therapeutic cancer vaccine went on to survive longer than those receiving a placebo. view more (2006-06-30)
Trial Findings Mark "Significant Advance" In Angina Treatment
Results from the INITIATIVE study(1), the largest phase III trial ever carried out for the treatment of stable angina, herald what has been described as a "significant advance" in the management of the condition, which afflicts 4% of adults in the UK and costs the NHS some £700 million per year(2). Findings from the 4-month, multi-centre... view more... (2003-09-05)
First heart patients implanted with next-generation mechanical heart pump
Three patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center were among the first in the United States to be implanted with a next-generation artificial heart pump called the DuraHeart™ Left-Ventricular Assist System. view more (2009-06-03)
Magnesium Sulphate Halves Risk Of Eclampsia And Can Save Lives Of Pregnant Women
Giving magnesium sulphate injections to pregnant women with pre-eclampsia halves the risk of eclampsia developing and can save their lives. This is the conclusion of a major international clinical trial funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and published in this week's The Lancet. The three-year £2.5 million study, the 'Magpie'*... view more... (2002-05-30)
New drug helps hepatitis C patients start antiviral therapy
A new drug that stimulates the production of blood platelets can enable patients infected with hepatitis C virus to take other antiviral medications they previously could not take to fight the disease, according to the results of a clinical trial led by a Duke University Medical Center researcher. view more (2006-10-31)
New Study on Effects of Disclosing Financial Interests on Participation in Medical Research
Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients' willingness to take part in clinical trials. However, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study more participants are troubled when they are told that the investigator could profit or lose money depending on the results. view more (2008-10-06)
Duke To Test Bird Flu Vaccine Dosing
A clinical trial to test different strengths of a vaccine designed to fight avian influenza will begin this month at Duke University Medical Center. view more (2006-03-31)
Most ongoing diabetes trials do not include outcomes important to patients
An analysis of ongoing randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in diabetes finds that only about 20 percent have as primary outcomes results that patients consider important, such as illness, pain, effect on function and death, according to a study in the June 4 issue of JAMA. view more (2008-06-04)
M. D. Anderson examines use of toad venom in cancer treatment
Huachansu, a Chinese medicine that comes from the dried venom secreted by the skin glands of toads, has tolerable toxicity levels, even at doses eight times those normally administered, and may slow disease progression in some cancer patients, say researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. view more (2009-09-25)
Depression care improved
German researchers from the Institutes for General Practice in Frankfurt / Main and Jena have achieved positive results from a sustainable intervention in the primary care practice (Annals of Internal Medicine, volume 151, number 6, Sep. 15, 2009). The view more (2009-09-17)
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