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2006
Researchers from the University of Arkansas have reported that the addition of Thalomid (thalidomide) to autologous stem cell transplantation does not improve survival for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. The details of this study appeared in an article recently published in the March 9, 2006 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Request for Information on the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
[Federal Register: December 1, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 231)]
[Proposed Rules]
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The Food and Drug Administration "lacks a clear and effective process" for managing postmarket drug safety issues
The Food and Drug Administration "lacks a clear and effective process" for managing postmarket drug safety issues, says a Government Accountability Office report out Monday.
The report was requested in late 2004 by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Shafer argues that state-licensed, state-mandated, and state-standardized medical practices are at war with the concept of self-ownership, putting your body and your health under the control of state interests
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If you're still on the fence about moving away from drugs and medical procedures tailored to empty your pocketbooks at the expense of your health, you might want to review this transcript from a recent talk by author and law professor Butler Shafer.
Shafer argues that state-licensed, state-mandated, and state-standardized medical practices are at war with the concept of self-ownership, putting your body and your health under the control of state interests.
Frances Hornback rushed her husband to the emergency room in June after he began coughing up blood
Frances Hornback rushed her husband to the emergency room in June after he began coughing up blood. It was only then, 18 months after her husband first began having respiratory problems, that he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
About a week later, the couple was back in the ER. But this time, it was Frances who was ill.
When doctors diagnosed Andrew Colletti with leukemia at age 41, they gave him a 1-in-10 chance of survival
When doctors diagnosed Andrew Colletti with leukemia at age 41, they gave him a 1-in-10 chance of survival. Saving his life would require multiple rounds of chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant — and the full-time attention of his wife.
Prices soar for cancer drugs
When Tom Reek was diagnosed with a rare leukemia at age 65, doctors said he might live only another three years. Today, Reek is thriving at age 72, thanks to a drug called Gleevec.
"I used to kid around and say that I feel like Clark Kent," says Reek, who lives on Long Island, N.Y., and volunteers as a peer counselor with other patients, including youngsters. "It's like a gift from God to be able to work with these children."
Doctors in doubt about a patient's ailment could use Google to help them reach a diagnosis
Doctors in doubt about a patient's ailment could use Google to help them reach a diagnosis, researchers said today.
Two Australian doctors have found that entering the symptoms of a tricky case into the internet search engine often results in accurately diagnosing the illness.
A new study directed by Mount Sinai School of Medicine has found that moderate red wine consumption in a form of Cabernet Sauvignon may help reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease
Newswise — A new study directed by Mount Sinai School of Medicine has found that moderate red wine consumption in a form of Cabernet Sauvignon may help reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The study entitled “Moderate Consumption of Cabernet Sauvignon Attenuates ?-amyloid Neuropathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease” is in press, and will be published in the November 2006 issue of The FASEB Journal. The breakthrough study will also be presented at the "Society for Neuroscience Meeting” held in Atlanta, Georgia, October 14-18, 2006.
Research indicates that exercise may encourage brains to work at optimum capacity
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 Research indicates that exercise may encourage brains to work at optimum capacity, by causing nerve cells to multiply, strengthening their interconnections and protecting them from damage.
Recollection and familiarity are both elements of recognition memory and both, new research suggests, are functions of the brain’s hippocampus
Newswise — Anyone who has recognized a person but then struggled with the particulars – “I know I know her, but how…?” – can also appreciate the distinction between “familiarity” and “recollection.”
Recollection, as defined by memory specialists, is the ability to call up specific details about an encounter, while familiarity is simply knowing that someone or something has been encountered before. Both are elements of recognition memory and both, new research suggests, are functions of the brain’s hippocampus.
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, led by Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Neurobiology Department, has come up with new findings that may have implications in delaying and slowing down cognitive deterioration in old age.
Newswise — A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, led by Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Neurobiology Department, has come up with new findings that may have implications in delaying and slowing down cognitive deterioration in old age. The basis for these developments is Schwartz's team's observations, published today in the February issue of Nature Neuroscience, that immune cells contribute to maintaining the brain’s ability to maintain cognitive ability and cell renewal throughout life.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, in cooperation with industry partners, have, for the first time, identified tumor specific alterations in the cellular pathway by which the multiple myeloma drug bortezomib (Velcade) works
Newswise — Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, in cooperation with industry partners, have, for the first time, identified tumor specific alterations in the cellular pathway by which the multiple myeloma drug bortezomib (Velcade) works, and they have identified nine new genetic mutations in cancer cells that should increase a patient’s chance of responding to the agent.
The FDA committee points out that genotyping by DNA testing can help to reduce potentially fatal and serious adverse reactions to the drug.
A blue-ribbon advisory committee to the FDA has recommended genotyping patients at the beginning of Coumadin (generic name warfarin) therapy to allow patients to be more quickly stabilized at safe and effective dosage levels. The FDA committee points out that genotyping by DNA testing can help to reduce potentially fatal and serious adverse reactions to the drug.
Exercise not only helps patients recover and feel better, it also increases the chances of survival, according to research at Edith Cowan
Exercise not only helps patients recover and feel better, it also increases the chances of survival, according to research at Edith Cowan
Anti-cancer drugs such as anthracylines are known to damage the heart - but Dutch researchers have shown that damage gets worse over the years.
Anti-cancer drugs such as anthracylines are known to damage the heart - but Dutch researchers have shown that damage gets worse over the years.
They followed up 22 children and young adults treated with the drug doxorubicin for bone tumours.
The University of Groningen researchers say people who take the drugs should be given life-long cardiac monitoring. The study appears in Annals of Oncology.
New research suggests caring for patients with cancer is as stressful as looking after someone with Alzheimer's.
Frances Hornback rushed her husband to the emergency room in June after he began coughing up blood. It was only then, 18 months after her husband first began having respiratory problems, that he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
About a week later, the couple was back in the ER. But this time, it was Frances who was ill.
New research suggests caring for patients with cancer is as stressful as looking after someone with Alzheimer's.
Frances Hornback rushed her husband to the emergency room in June after he began coughing up blood. It was only then, 18 months after her husband first began having respiratory problems, that he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
About a week later, the couple was back in the ER. But this time, it was Frances who was ill.
Many cancer patients were confused about prescriptions.
When doctors diagnosed Andrew Colletti with leukemia at age 41, they gave him a 1-in-10 chance of survival. Saving his life would require multiple rounds of chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant — and the full-time attention of his wife.
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