News articles tagged with 'diagnosis'
Extreme weight gain raises risk for recurrence among breast cancer survivors
— 6 Apr 2011 17:52 | HealthBreast cancer survivors who experience extreme weight gain have an increased risk of death after breast cancer diagnosis. Moderate weight gain did not affect breast cancer outcomes.…
Pneumonia death rate lower among people who take statins
— 6 Apr 2011 16:52 | HealthTaking statins could help prevent people dying from pneumonia, according to a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine…
Prevalence of 'flattened head' in infants and young children appears to be increasing
— 6 Apr 2011 16:37 | HealthThe prevalence of plagiocephaly, a condition marked by an asymmetrical, flattening of the skull, appears to be increasing in infants and young children, according to a report posted…
MicroRNA variations associated with earlier prostate cancer diagnosis in African-American men
— 4 Apr 2011 18:33 | HealthProstate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among American men. Yet population-wide screening programs have not reduced the number of deaths from the disease.…
Tracking down the origin of leukaemia relapse
— 4 Apr 2011 18:30 | HealthThe cancer cells that reign during relapses of an aggressive human leukaemia are different from those that dominated the original disease, according to a paper published online on April…
Young women with breast cancer have little fertility knowledge: Survey
— 4 Apr 2011 17:58 | HealthFertility is a priority for many young women with breast cancer, yet new research has found many have little knowledge about fertility issues, leading to confusion and conflict around…
Regions with higher rate of diagnoses have lower fatality rate for chronic conditions
— 16 Mar 2011 13:22 | HealthAn examination of data for more than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries finds that hospital regions that have a greater frequency of diagnoses have a lower case-fatality rate for chronic…
Researchers link novel biomarkers to asthma and COPD
— 12 Mar 2011 14:26 | HealthFour novel biomarkers have been identified which may aid in the diagnosis and management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study conducted by…
Researchers identify new biomarker for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of mad cow disease
— 10 Mar 2011 18:46 | HealthNeena Singh, MD, PhD and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the first disease-specific biomarker for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease…
Drug use increasingly associated with microbial infections
— 10 Mar 2011 18:32 | HealthIllicit drug users are at increased risk of being exposed to microbial pathogens and are more susceptible to serious infections say physicians writing in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.…