A new phase 3 study in some of the most difficult-to-treat patients, women with endocrine-resistant…
Month: May 2015
Targeted drug can ‘diminish the suffering’ of myelofibrosis
Use of the targeted agent pacritinib significantly reduced the symptoms and burden of advanced myelofibrosis…
Removing more tissue during breast cancer surgery reduces by half the need for second procedure
Removing more tissue during a partial mastectomy could spare thousands of breast cancer patients a…
Doctors’ checklist could help decrease length of COPD patients’ hospital stay
Patients with worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease spend less time in hospital when their doctors…
Insect mating behavior has lessons for drones
Male moths locate females by navigating along the latter’s pheromone (odor) plume. Two strategies are…
Smokers and those exposed to passive smoke require more anesthetic and painkiller during operations
New research shows that both smokers and those exposed to passive smoke require more anesthetic…
Before an operation, low blood pressure rather than high is a risk factor for death
New research suggests that, before an operation, low blood pressure rather than high blood pressure…
Hypothermia occurs during surgery in around half of patients
A study shows that hypothermia occurs in around half of patients undergoing surgery, despite national…
Blood pressure medications can lead to increased risk of stroke
The importance of preventing hypertension is reinforced by a study showing anti-hypertension medicines can increase…
A patient’s budding cortex — in a dish? Networking neurons thrive in 3-D human ‘organoid’
Scientists have perfected mini cultured 3-D structures that grow and function much like the outer…