Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have a 48 percent increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence following surgery than their unexposed peers, and when the disease comes back, it seems more aggressive, researchers say.
Rachel Royce, PhD, MPH, from RTI International, will be presenting new data from the study, called ?Addressing Tuberculosis (TB) among African Americans in the Southeast: Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Treatment Adherence for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) and TB Disease.?
Researchers revealed that low glycemic load diet promotes more weight loss in obese and overweight individuals than low fat diets.
Researchers retrospectively analyzed the effect of taking peginterferon and ribavirin (PI+R, hepatitis C treatment options) and PI+R plus a statin to measure the sustained viral response (SVR, negative virus in blood six months after the end of treatment) rate in hepatitis C patients.
Sanofi-aventis (SNY) announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for the anticoagulant Lovenox(R) (enoxaparin sodium injection) for the treatment of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Research presented at Digestive Disease Week? 2007 (DDW?) demonstrates the potential of statins, important cholesterol management therapies, for improving the management of hepatitis C ? a disease that affects nearly four million Americans.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology applauds the introduction of legislation to address misleading advertising by non-physicians that can lead to patient confusion about their provider?s qualifications.
In men with PSA relapse following prostatectomy, androgen deprivation is commonly used to slow tumor progression.
The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way.
There are many questions surrounding watchful waiting/active surveillance as an initial treatment for prostate cancer and whether outcomes vary from patients who elect a more aggressive treatment sooner after diagnosis.