By Allison Gandey
Prescribers trying to determine who will abuse pain medications are wrong about half the time, a new study shows.
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By Roxanne Nelson
A new report has confirmed that red and processed meat increases the risk for colorectal cancer, and the evidence that foods containing fiber offer protection against the disease has become stronger.
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By Fran Lowry
Luca Gianni, MD, a researcher who has helped define new treatments for breast cancer, will receive the 2011 Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award and Lecture from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
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By Brian Hoyle
Analysis of data from more than 5 million patients treated at more than 3 dozen hospitals throughout the United States has revealed a common prevalence of adverse medical-device events. This information could spur efforts to improve the safety
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By Brian Hoyle
A new study has documented the presence of a polymorphism in the gene encoding methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) — essential for the metabolism of vitamin B9 (folate) — which almost doubles the chance o
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By Megan Brooks
The lower dose of dabigatran (Pradaxa; Boehringer Ingelheim), tested but not approved in the United States for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, may be best after all for patients older than 75 years, a new analysis sugg
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By Brian Hoyle
A study involving more than 6400 youth has linked exposure to environmental tobacco smoke — popularly dubbed secondhand smoke — to increased blood pressure in boys. The increase was not evident in girls, adding to the evidence of a sex-
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By Megan Brooks
The prognosis of natalizumab (Tysabri; Biogen Idec)–associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) appears to be better than for PML associated with other diseases, results of a new
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By Alice Goodman
Tofacitinib, an oral Janus-associated kinase (JAK) inhibitor, was highly effective in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who failed to respond to treatment with other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), according
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By Jill Stein
Older high-risk patients rarely undergo HIV testing when they present for the first time at an outpatient primary care clinic, investigators reported here at the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting.
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By Emma Hitt, PhD
During the second and third trimester of pregnancy, sulfonamides and nitrofurantoins may be used as first-line agents for urinary tract and other infections, but in the first trimester, these agents may be used when no alternatives are available, ac
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By Eric Kelsey
An E. coli outbreak that has killed 14 people and made more than 300 seriously ill in Germany has spread to other north European countries and is expected to worsen in the coming week.
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By Zosia Chustecka
A huge research project focused on medulloblastoma has taken more than 20 years to collect a sufficient number of tumor samples, but now the analyses are complete and the results are out. They show that this tumor has 4 distinct molecular variants,
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By Emma Hitt, PhD
Antibiotics may be overprescribed for children with asthma, according to the findings of 2 new studies.
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By Megan Brooks
A postmortem analysis of autistic and normal brain tissue found common gene expression changes that differentiated autistic brain from healthy brain. The study is the first to reveal how the disorder makes its mark at a molecular level.
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By Megan Brooks
Bad memories aren't necessarily forever. Canadian researchers have shown that using metyrapone to lower cortisol levels before recalling a negative memory can lessen the emotional strength of that memory, with lasting effects, while leaving neutral
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By Alice Goodman
A novel noninvasive scanning device that uses spectroscopic technology promises to improve the detection of cervical dysplasia in patients with abnormal Pap tests.
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By Emma Hitt, PhD
A new scale used in the assessment of coma allows the detection of more consciousness in patients with severe brain damage, which may lead to more appropriate resuscitative care in these patients.
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By Emma Hitt, PhD
Ocrelizumab reduces relapse rates in multiple sclerosis (MS) with a manageable adverse event profile until at least 72 weeks of treatment, according to new phase 2 trial findings.
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By Will Boggs MD
In patients with celiac disease, liver enzyme elevations are unusual, often subclinical, and likely to respond to a gluten-free diet, researchers from Finland say.
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