In a large, international, randomized trial, initial radiotherapy was compared to temozolomide chemotherapy. A statistically significant difference between the two treatment strategies was not observed for progression-free survival, although radiotherapy was numerically favored. However...
When Butler and VCU left smaller conferences in favor of the Atlantic 10 this past season, they both validated that decision by cracking the top four in the league standings and making the NCAA tournament.
Such success is also possible for the Atlantic 10's newest potential addition, but...
Targeting CPR education in high-risk neighborhoods could increase the number of bystanders giving CPR and decrease deaths from cardiac arrest, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in its journal Circulation. Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac...
An anti-copper drug compound that disables the ability of bone marrow cells from setting up a "home" in organs to receive and nurture migrating cancer tumor cells has shown surprising benefit in one of the most difficult-to-treat forms of cancer -- high-risk triple-negative breast cancer. The...
Research on promising new therapies and data on the relative benefits of established treatments for genitourinary cancers were released, in advance of the fourth annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, being held February 14-16, 2013, at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL...
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Older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk for carotid artery plaque formation and for the presence of vulnerable plaques with a lipid core, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. "We know that COPD is a risk factor for ischemic...
Two common viruses known to be associated with human cancers are both present - and may even be collaborating with each other - in most male prostate cancers, a new study suggests. The research involved examination of 100 specimens of normal, malignant and benign prostate samples from Australian...
A surgical patient safety program that combines three components - accurate outcome measurement, support of hospital leadership, and engaged frontline providers - reduces surgical site infections (SSIs) by 33 percent in patients who undergo colorectal procedures, according to a new study...
Specialists in Stony Brook University School of Medicine's Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery took part in a nationwide National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored clinical trial, the results of which showed that patients at high risk for a second stroke had a lower risk of...
A follow-up program for patients at high risk of developing skin cancer appears to be associated with the detection of melanomas at early stages and with good prognosis, according to a report posted online that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the...
The White House on Thursday announced interim final regulations for the new high-risk insurance pools that do not include abortion on the list of services that will be covered, underscoring President Obama's stance that abortion services will not be paid for with federal funds, except in cases...
In a letter sent on Wednesday, 13 Republican senators asked HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for assurances that the new high-risk insurance pools will not provide coverage for abortion services, CQ HealthBeat reports. The insurance pools set up under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148)...
West Virginia last week announced that it would not administer its own high-risk insurance pool because GOP members of the state's House of Delegates said the program might fund abortion care, the Charleston Gazette reports (Knezevich, Charleston Gazette, 7/22). The pools -- created under the...
As the Obama administration attempts to address concerns about abortion coverage in the high-risk insurance pools created under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), antiabortion-rights lawmakers and candidates say they will continue to use the issue to rally support for the midterm...
Abortion-rights advocates are criticizing an Obama administration decision to prohibit most abortion coverage in the state-run, high-risk insurance pools set up under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), the AP/Miami Herald reports. The pools will provide insurance to individuals who are...
Some abortion-rights groups are criticizing HHS' recent announcement that state high-risk insurance pools generally will not include coverage for elective abortions, CQ HealthBeat reports. The insurance pools -- created under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) -- are intended to provide...
HHS announced that state high-risk insurance pools intended to provide coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions generally will not include coverage of elective abortions, USA Today reports. The pools -- established under the national health reform law (PL 111-148) -- will only...
In his latest Kaiser Health News column, Harold Pollack writes: "This month a key program created by the new health overhaul law, the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, becomes operational in many states. Over the next 40 months, this high-risk insurance pool will provide $5 billion to...
People who have been unable to obtain health insurance in the commercial market because of pre-existing conditions can apply for a new, federally funded high-risk insurance pool beginning Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reports. "The program is the first major plank of the health overhaul...
Utah Republican Gov. Gary R. Herbert has announced that the state "will join 29 other states and the District of Columbia" to run their own high-risk health insurance pools, while "[o]ther states let the federal government handle the program, concerned they would have to pay for it if they...