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Penn effort to expand trials of olaparib leads to new treatment options for patients with advanced BRCA-related breast cancer
Credit: Penn Medicine CHICAGO -- Six years ago an international team of physician scientists known as BRCA-TAC led a charge...
Nothing to fear for ‘good Samaritan’ doctors who assist medical emergencies
Experts at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will look at what can happen when doctors are called...
Cardiac arrest on plane journeys: New guidelines proposed
New guidelines to deal with the in-flight emergency of cardiac arrest in a passenger or crew member are being proposed...
Pregnancy after breast cancer does not increase chance of recurrence
ASCO Perspective "These data provide reassurance to breast cancer survivors that having a baby after a breast cancer diagnosis may...
Emergency medicine in space: Normal rules don’t apply
Experts at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva (3-5 June) will discuss the unusual and challenging problem of how to...
Global study sets new risk-based standard to personalize chemotherapy for colon cancer
ASCO Perspective "In this case, less is more. We're now able to spare many patients with colon cancer unnecessary side...
Vapor from novel tobacco hybrid device minimally impacts human cells
New laboratory data reveal that vapour from a novel hybrid tobacco heating product (THP) iFuse and two standard THPs produced...
Development of a novel vaccine for Zika
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 - Research presented by Farshad Guirakhoo, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, GeoVax, Inc., at...
Zika virus successfully diagnosed from semen
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 -Research presented at ASM Microbe 2017 by experts at the Fertility and Cryogenics...
Increasing susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in the United States
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 - Findings from a study that looked at susceptibility trends of Staphylococcus aureus...
Two combination therapies shrink melanoma brain metastases in more than half of patients
CHICAGO - High response rates to a pair of combination therapies point to potentially new options for a group of...
New disposable, wearable patch found to effectively detect sleep apnea
Credit: Somnarus, Inc. Results of a definitive clinical trial show that a new, disposable diagnostic patch effectively detects obstructive sleep...
Steady decrease in severe health problems for childhood cancer survivors
ASCO Perspective "Perhaps no other area of oncology has seen such dramatic progress in treatment over the past decades as...
Babies born to mothers with sleep apnea have higher risk of adverse neonatal outcomes
A new study is the first to demonstrate a higher risk of congenital anomalies and resuscitation at birth in newborns...
Routine genomic testing is feasible, but only a subset of patients benefit
ASCO Perspective "This study gives more validation for the use of genomics in clinical practice and shows it could very...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ready-to-eat foods
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 -Research presented at the ASM Microbe 2017 meeting by Bryan Sanchez of California...
Bed partners may unintentionally contribute to the perpetuation of insomnia
Preliminary results from a new study show that partners of people who have insomnia may try to be supportive by...
Cancer patients who systematically reported their symptoms lived longer
Credit: Brian Strickland/UNC Lineberger CHICAGO-Cancer patients who reported their symptoms to their cancer care providers using a web-based survey lived...
Electronic patient-reported symptom monitoring associated with increased survival among patients
The integration of electronic patient-reported outcomes into the routine care of patients with metastatic cancer was associated with increased survival...
New technology dives deep into the cancer genome
ASCO Perspective "We continue to see promising reports about possible uses of circulating tumor DNA analysis. While this approach has...
