|
| MED | Embargoed Story
Keywords: CANCER, PROSTATE CANCER, PREVENTION, FINASTERIDEA reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo expires on 18-May-2008 at 13:00 ET. | 16-May-2008
17:05 ET |
|
|
| | —American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | |
| MED | New Method Proposed for Determining Which Patients Should Get Treatment for Colorectal Cancer
A new study being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago (Abstract #4020), may change treatment practice in about 25 percent of patients with colon cancer and is the basis for proposed changes to the way colorectal cancers will be staged.
American Society of Clinical Oncology | 16-May-2008
17:00 ET |
|
|
| | —Mayo Clinic | View Article |
| MED | Scientist Unravels Deadly Pathogens
A scientist in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia Health System has deciphered the metabolic properties of two dangerous pathogens—discovering how they thrive and which genes, when knocked out, cause them to weaken.
J. of Bacteriology
Nature | 16-May-2008
16:40 ET |
|
|
| | —University of Virginia Health System | View Article |
| MED | Fibroids Common, but Women Have Options
Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus (submucosal) are more likely to move to the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization (UAE) but usually don’t cause major complications, according to a new study.
Am. J. of Roentgenology, May-2008 | 16-May-2008
16:05 ET |
|
|
| | —American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) | View Article |
| MED | Embargoed Story
Keywords: ASTHMA, COPD, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, PERSONALIZED MEDICINEA reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo expires on 18-May-2008 at 13:00 ET. | 16-May-2008
14:40 ET |
|
|
| | —Washington University in St. Louis | |
| MED | New Treatment Implications for Ovarian Cancer Unveiled
New research findings indicate the potential for more targeted treatment of ovarian cancer through the use of the mineral selenium in combination with the standard treatment for the disease.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | 16-May-2008
14:40 ET |
|
|
| | —Cancer Institute of New Jersey | View Article |
| MED | Association of Pre-Term Birth with Long-Term Survival, Reproduction, and Next Generation Pre-Term Birth
Pre-term birth (birth <37 weeks) is a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality as well as diminished reproductive capacity in adulthood.
Journal of the American Medical Association | 16-May-2008
14:30 ET |
|
|
| | —UroToday | View Article |
| MED | Embargoed Story
Keywords: KIDNEY, PANCREAS, TRANSPLANT, DIABETES, RENAL, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, ASN, ESRDA reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo expires on 21-May-2008 at 12:00 ET. | 16-May-2008
14:00 ET |
|
|
| | —American Society of Nephrology (ASN) | |
| MED | Only About 1 in 10 Adult Americans Are Health Literate
Just 12 percent of America’s 228 million adults have the skills to manage their own health care well. These skills, known collectively as health literacy, describe a person’s ability to obtain and use health information to make appropriate health care decisions. | 16-May-2008
13:05 ET |
|
|
| | —Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | View Article |
| MED | Disabling Mouse Enzyme Increases Fertility
Changing the sugars attached to a hormone produced in the pituitary gland increased fertility levels in mice nearly 50 percent. The change appears to alter a reproductive "thermostat," unveiling part of an intricate regulatory system that may one day be used to enhance human fertility.
J. of Clinical Investigation, 21-Apr-2008 | 16-May-2008
13:00 ET |
|
|
| | —Washington University in St. Louis | View Article |
The query took 0.087 seconds.
