More than a dozen faculty members from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry will direct programs, conduct research and provide treatment at the new Veterans Administration Center of Excellence in Canandaigua.
Blood cell donations could be used to treat transplant patients with a particular form of cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK study reported in the journal Blood1 today (Wednesday).
Christmas may come just once a year, but if you are looking for gift ideas that will make an impact long after the decorations have come down, why not give one of Cancer Research UK’s alternative gifts, and help beat cancer at the same time.
A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has discovered a new, more accurate diagnostic test to detect infection of prosthetic joints, potentially leading to better treatment options and patient outcomes.
Health Canada is currently requesting and reviewing new safety information regarding serious liver adverse events in patients using Prexige (lumiracoxib), a Cox-2 inhibitor non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Prexige is used in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) in adults.
The Australian Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, announced at the 2007 Field of Women Live Event at Telstra Stadium that a new information resource would be made available for women to assist them combat secondary breast cancer.
High blood pressure (hypertension) is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, and the frequent use of drugs known as NSAIDs, for example to treat individuals with rheumatoid arthritis, can cause hypertension.
One in three people exposed to whiplash trauma is at risk of developing delayed TMJ symptoms that may require treatment, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.
Individuals with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are treated first with a drug known as imatinib (Gleevec), which targets the protein known to cause the cancer (BCR-ABL).
Prescribing ambulatory oxygen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improves exercise performance, but not the quality of their daily life unless they have resting hypoxemia, according to researchers in Toronto.