LONDON (Reuters) – Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, scientists said on Monday.
The scientist in Dr. David Dosa was skeptical when first told that Oscar, an aloof cat kept by a nursing home, regularly predicted patients’ deaths by snuggling alongside them in their final hours.
An apparent cost dispute has halted flights of Haitian quake victims to the U.S., and a doctor warns that some patients face imminent death.
People who go for knee replacement surgery tend to gain weight after the operation, according to a University of Delaware study.
Authorities collected water samples for testing in this Himachal Pradesh capital Saturday after seven out of eight blood samples of jaundice patients tested positive for Hepatitis E.
Test could lead to tailored treatment for patients at highest riskMeasuring certain types of immune cells may predict the high risk of skin cancer after kidney transplantation, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the A…
Data Demonstrating a 35% Overall Response Rate with a Median Progression-Free Survival of 12.6 Months in Patients with Relapsed or Relapsed/Refractory Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia to be Published in the February 1, 2010 Issue of the Journal of Clini…
Data Demonstrating a 35% Overall Response Rate with a Median Progression-Free Survival of 12.6 Months in Patients with Relapsed or Relapsed/Refractory Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia to be Published in the February 1, 2010 Issue of the Journal of Clini…
Silent cerebral infarction (SCI)-small areas of brain damage caused by injury to small blood vessels- signals an increased risk of progressive kidney disease and kidney failure in patients with type 2 diabetes, researchers have said.
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss biotechnology group Basilea said it would resume recruitment of patients into a late-stage trial of an antifungal treatment in the first half of 2010 after a U.S. safety panel recommended the study’s continuation.