News articles tagged with 'survival' (Page 2)
Researchers find new CPR method increases survival rate by 50 percent
— 2 Mar 2011 12:22 | HealthA five-year clinical trial led by University of Minnesota Medical School researchers has led to a new method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that improves long-term survival…
High-cost hospitals do not appear to have better survival rates for sepsis patients
— 1 Mar 2011 19:12 | HealthIncreased hospital spending at high-cost hospitals does not appear to be associated with better short-term survival rates for patients with sepsis, according to a report in the February…
'Stupid strategies' could be best for the genes
— 28 Feb 2011 16:26 | HealthBlindly copying what your parents did - no matter how stupid it may seem - could be the best strategy for the long-term success of your genes, according to research by the Universities…
Everolimus improves progression-free survival for patients with rare pancreatic cancer
— 10 Feb 2011 19:04 | HealthHouston - In an international Phase III randomised study, everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shown to dramatically improve progression-free survival…
Limited lymph node removal for certain breast cancer does not appear to result in poorer survival
— 9 Feb 2011 17:35 | HealthAmong patients with early-stage breast cancer that had spread to a nearby lymph node and who received treatment that included lumpectomy and radiation therapy, women who just had the…
Dutasteride not a cost-effective way to prevent prostate cancer in some men
— 9 Feb 2011 16:41 | HealthThe popular drug dutasteride may not be a cost-effective way to prevent prostate cancer in men who are at elevated risk of developing the disease, according to findings by a UT Southwestern…
New test to study proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases
— 1 Feb 2011 19:42 | HealthResearchers from the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine and the UAB Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have developed and patented a method using Saccharomyces…
Shockable cardiac arrests are more common in public than home
— 27 Jan 2011 18:53 | HealthCardiac arrests that can be treated by electric stimulation, also known as shockable arrests, were found at a higher frequency in public settings than in the home, according to a National…
New CPR technique for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest increases survival by 53 percent
— 19 Jan 2011 17:44 | HealthA study led by Dr Tom P. Aufderheide, professor of emergency medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin, shows an alternative method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation increases long-term…
New insight into neuronal survival after brain injury
— 13 Jan 2011 16:54 | HealthA new study identifies a molecule that is a critical regulator of neurone survival after ischaemic brain injury. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 13 issue of the…