Bird Flu :: Indonesia bird flu ? 16 year old female died
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza.
Hospital
Healthcare :: Extra pay does not improve hospital performance
Paying hospitals extra money does not appear to significantly improve the way they treat heart attack patients or how well those patients do. But giving hospitals the information that they need to improve heart attack care does help.
Lung Cancer :: New algorithms classify outcomes of nonsmall cell lung cancer patients
Two research teams have developed models for classifying the clinical outcomes of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer using mass spectrometry techniques. The studies are published in the June 6 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Eye :: UK scientists set their sights on cure for AMD
A groundbreaking surgical therapy capable of stabilising and restoring vision in the vast majority of patients who currently suffer blindness through Age-Related Macular Degeneration is to be taken to clinical trial by scientists and clinicians at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the University of Sheffield.
Liver :: Postoperative complications of living right liver donors
More than 78 percent of living right liver donors experienced post-operative complications, according to a new study that uses a replicable complication classification system.
Obesity :: Pancreatic surgery riskier for obese patients
Obesity may contribute to a greater likelihood of post-operative complications for patients having pancreatic surgery, a surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has found.
Depression :: Genetic variations may predispose some men to suicidal thoughts during treatment for depression
Genetic variations may help explain why some men with depression develop suicidal thoughts and behaviors after they begin taking antidepressant medications, while most do not, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Multiple Myeloma :: New multiple myeloma treatment induced total remission in 33 percent of patients
A study, lead by Dr. Laura Rosi?ol, researcher of the Haematooncology Group of Hospital Cl?nic-IDIBAPS (Barcelona) in collaboration with Dr Joan Blade, researcher in the same group, administered alternately two drugs (Bortezomid and Dexamethasone) before conducting autologous bone marrow transplantations.
Myeloma :: Transplantation does not benefit patients with refractory myeloma
A study, led by Dr. Joan Blad?, researcher of the Haematooncology Group of Hospital Cl?nic-IDIBAPS (Barcelona), in collaboration with Dr. Laura Rosi?ol, researcher of the same group, assessed the efficiency in terms of response and survival of autologous bone marrow transplantation in patients suffering from refractory myeloma previously having undergone high-dose chemotherapy (HDT).
Liver Cancer :: New treatment increases life time expectancy of patients suffering from advanced liver cancer
A clinical trial led and coordinated by Hospital Cl?nic-IDIBAPS, using a drug named Sorafenib, revolutionizes the reality of patients suffering from advanced liver cancer. The results increase overall survival of treated patients by 44 percent in comparison to the control group. The results have been hand selected to be included on the “Best of ASCO” program.