Sunday, October 6, 2013

Medical News

Medical News


Retirement a sticking point for antihypertensive adherence

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Patients' adherence to their antihypertensive medication may decline when they retire from work, a study shows.

Hyperglycemia heightens pneumonia risk in pediatric burns patients

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Research indicates that hyperglycemia puts pediatric burns patients at increased risk for pneumonia.

FENO and B-Eos complement each other as asthma biomarkers

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Research indicates that fraction of exhaled nitric oxide and blood eosinophil count values can independently predict asthma diagnosis and attacks.

PSA mass ratio shows prognostic power in localized prostate cancer

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Research shows that pathologic prostate-specific antigen mass ratio is a significant predictor for biochemical recurrence-free survival following radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer in patients with negative surgical resection margins.

Metastatic site impacts survival in targeted RCC treatment

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Bone and liver metastases may have the heaviest impact on the survival of patients receiving targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, suggest data from the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium.

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