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Ultrasound tracks icatibant effects in osteoarthritis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 7 - For the most part, contrast-enhanced ultrasound performs as well as contrast-enhanced MRI in monitoring the action of the bradykinin receptor 2 antagonist icatibant in patients with painful knee osteoarthritis, German researchers report.
January 6, 2009
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MRIs may damage cochlear implants
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 30 - Tests show that certain MRI machines may demagnetize magnets used in cochlear implants to couple external and implanted components, according to a report in the December issue of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery.
December 29, 2008
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Screening for thyroid cancer worthwhile in some childhood cancer survivors
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 29 - While ultrasound screening for thyroid cancer in the general population is not cost-effective and may lead to unnecessary surgery, it is worthwhile in childhood cancer survivors who received radiotherapy involving the head, neck, or upper thorax, according to Italian researchers.
December 28, 2008
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Stem cells preserve cardiac structure and function in porcine model of acute MI
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 24 - Intramyocardial transfer of cord blood-derived stem cells improves left ventricular function and prevents scar formation in a porcine model of acute MI, German investigators report in the January issue of Heart.
December 23, 2008
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Desmoteplase fails to improve outcome after ischemic stroke
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 24 - After encouraging early trials of desmoteplase for stroke thrombolysis three to nine hours after symptom onset, the lack of benefit in the phase III trial came as a major disappointment.
December 23, 2008
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Branson slams Britain's 'horrific' MRSA problem
LONDON (Reuters), Dec 24 - Britain faces a "horrific" problem with hospital superbugs, entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Tuesday, accusing politicians and hospital bosses of tinkering with the problem but not doing enough to solve it.
December 23, 2008
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Mobile teleconsulting can evaluate stroke patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mobile teleconsulting is a feasible way to evaluate remotely located patients who have just had a stroke, according to a report in the current issue of the journal Stroke. Although researchers found that hospital-based, land-line systems still provide better quality communication.
December 22, 2008
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Chemoradiotherapy feasible for elderly patients with esophageal cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 18 - Definitive chemoradiotherapy is an effective treatment that can be dispensed with no significant toxicity in elderly patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer, according to a 13-year study conducted at Rouen University Hospital in France.
December 17, 2008
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Adding radiotherapy to hormone treatment cuts prostate cancer mortality
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 16 - Adding local radiotherapy to endocrine treatment can markedly reduce 10-year prostate cancer-specific mortality in men with locally advanced or high-risk local disease, according to a report in the December 16 online issue of The Lancet.
December 15, 2008
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Lymphadenectomy and radiotherapy not useful for early endometrial cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 15 - Pelvic lymphadenectomy and adjuvant external-beam radiotherapy do not improve survival in women with early endometrial cancer, according to two reports appearing in the December 13 online issue of the Lancet.
December 14, 2008
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