Sunday, July 28, 2013

Medical News

Medical News


Central BP thresholds proposed

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Central blood pressure edges closer to clinical use with the establishment of a threshold predictive for cardiovascular mortality.

Sleep dysfunction increased in Asian GERD patients

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Sleep dysfunction is common in Korean patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, researchers have found.

Central BP thresholds proposed

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Central blood pressure edges closer to clinical use with the establishment of a threshold predictive for cardiovascular mortality.

Pneumococcal serotypes linked to respiratory failure risk

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

A large observational study shows that pneumococcal serotype is a major determinant of respiratory failure in patients with invasive pneumococcal pneumonia.

Pemetrexed–bevacizumab effective maintenance therapy for NSCLC

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Pemetrexed in combination with bevacizumab is superior to bevacizumab alone when given as continuation maintenance therapy in patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer, results of the AVAPERL trial show.

<i>ROS1</i> rearrangement ‘specific for lung cancer in never-smokers’

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Lung adenocarcinomas harboring genetic rearrangements of the receptor tyrosine kinase proto-oncogene ROS1 are more frequent in people who have never smoked than in smokers, a study by South Korean researchers shows.

Pemetrexed–bevacizumab effective maintenance therapy for NSCLC

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Pemetrexed in combination with bevacizumab is superior to bevacizumab alone when given as continuation maintenance therapy in patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer, results of the AVAPERL trial show.

<i>ROS1</i> rearrangement ‘specific for lung cancer in never-smokers’

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Lung adenocarcinomas harboring genetic rearrangements of the receptor tyrosine kinase proto-oncogene ROS1 are more frequent in people who have never smoked than in smokers, a study by South Korean researchers shows.

Cytoreductive nephrectomy for small RCC tumors questioned

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have found that cytoreductive radiofrequency ablation plus sunitinib offers limited benefits over sunitinib alone in the treatment of small tumors in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Data support 2011 GOLD classifications

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have found support for the multifactorial approach advocated by the 2011 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines using over airflow limitation alone to classify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

IC/BPS work loss ‘needs attention’

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers say that more attention is needed to the detrimental impact of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome on women's ability to work.

Cytoreductive nephrectomy for small RCC tumors questioned

Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have found that cytoreductive radiofrequency ablation plus sunitinib offers limited benefits over sunitinib alone in the treatment of small tumors in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

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