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Blood Test Helps Docs Assess Breast Cancer Treatment05-16-2008

New tool could allow physicians to determine much sooner if therapy is working

Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble05-16-2008

Problems surface at younger age than in people who didn't have cancer as children, study finds

Clinical Trials Update: May 16, 200805-16-2008
  • Adenocarcinoma

  • Migraine and Cluster Headaches

  • Pancreatic Cancer

FDA Panel Considers Toll-Free Number for TV Drug Ads05-16-2008

Consumers could report side effects, but critics want agency to act, not wait years

Gene Signature May Predict Recurrence of Lung Cancer05-16-2008

Could help docs determine who would benefit most from chemo after surgery, study says

Health Highlights: May 16, 200805-16-2008
  • Post-Concussion Activity Levels Affect Recovery

  • FDA Repeats Warning About Transplant Drugs

  • Most U.S. Teen Girls Suffer Sexual Harassment: Study

  • Scientific Laboratories Inc. Banned From Making, Distributing Drugs

  • Texas Seafood Producer Ordered to Close, Recall Products

  • Drug Shows Promise in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Health Tip: Poison Ivy Rash05-16-2008

It can cause more than just irritated skin

Health Tip: Preparing Your Pet for Baby05-16-2008

Rex and Tabby need to know the new rules

Islet Cell Transplants Aid Type 1 Diabetics05-16-2008

Study participants lived insulin-free for at least a year or two

Low Levels of Vitamin D Spell Trouble for Breast Cancer Patients05-16-2008

Study found women with deficiency were more likely to suffer recurrence, die from disease

Low Vitamin D Tied to Depression in Older Adults05-16-2008

Poor levels also cause increase in serum parathyroid hormone readings, study says

Mastectomies on the Increase05-16-2008

Trend coincides with increased use of MRI before surgeries, researchers report

New Therapy Kills Human Leukemia Cells in Mice05-16-2008

Technique expands natural killer cells in cord blood more than 30-fold

Not All Colon Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy: Study05-16-2008

DNA mismatch in some early stage cases makes therapy of little benefit, shortens survival

Outcomes Similar for Laparoscopic, Open Colon Cancer Surgeries05-16-2008

Study finds mortality and survival rates equal for both procedures

Partnerships Effective Communicators of Cancer Advances05-16-2008

Treatment guidelines quickly disseminated to community physicians, audit finds

Study Details Look at Immune Cells in Type 1 Diabetes05-16-2008

Findings may help efforts to develop new ways to treat the disease

Vitamin D Use Linked to Lower Mortality in Kidney Patients05-16-2008

Study finds chronic disease sufferers gain benefit from calcitriol, an oral form

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