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| | But, surgery might even improve survival more, expert says | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 A combination of radiation and hormone therapy prolongs survival among men whose cancer has spread beyond the prostate, Canadian and U.K. researchers report. These men have what is called high-risk, or locally advanced, prostate cancer. Among men wi... » Read the full article |
| | It was a child from a wealthy family who died young, researchers report | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 Researchers using modern medical technology to examine an Egyptian mummy have so far determined that it was a child of a wealthy family from the Roman period in Egypt around 100 A.D. The mummy, owned by the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illi... » Read the full article |
| | But only the 5% of sufferers with a specific genetic variant respond to treatment, researchers noted | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 A new drug that targets a faulty protein that causes cystic fibrosis led to improved lung function and fewer symptoms in people with the lung disease, researchers report. The drug -- ivacaftor -- is the first to halt the underlying processes that ca... » Read the full article |
| | For some patients, using medicine to stave off, not just treat bleeds, could decrease joint damage | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 A compound currently used to stop bleeding episodes in a subset of hard-to-treat hemophilia patients also seems to be effective in preventing bleeds before they start. Although this study, published in the Nov. 3 edition of the New England Jour... » Read the full article |
| | Years later, devotees of Red Sox, Yankees recalled triumphs, not losses | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 You're more likely to remember the games that your favorite teams win rather than the ones they lose, a new study says. It included almost 1,600 baseball fans who followed or attended the 2003 and 2004 American League Championship baseball games bet... » Read the full article |
| | In people with smaller arteries | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 A device that helps repair abdominal aneurysms in people with small arteries has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An aneurysm is a bulge in a weak part of an artery. If the bulge bursts, the patient is at risk of dying from in... » Read the full article |
| | Survey data shows no difference in kids' use after Rhode Island made it legal in 2006 | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 The legalization of medical marijuana in some states has raised concerns that it will increase the availability and appeal of the drug among youth, but new research suggests no such link. For the study, Rhode Island Hospital researchers examined ado... » Read the full article |
| | A deadly form of skin cancer | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2 MelaFind -- a device that creates digital images of suspicious skin growths and compares them to a database of thousands of scans to analyze for signs of melanoma skin cancer -- has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The non-inv... » Read the full article |
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