What Is The Relationship Between Hepatocellular Carcinoma And Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus? Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Type 2 diabetes mellitus has been associated with HCC. However, the relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus and the underlying liver cirrhosis, and the effects of antidiabetic therapy on HCC risk have not yet been fully evaluated. A research team led by Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenate Will Vote On Tobacco Bill Today The Senate is to vote on an extensive tobacco control bill expected to gain approval today.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHouseholds Go Hungry As Financial Crisis Bites The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced the results of a ground-breaking five-country study on the effects the financial crisis is having on families, many of whom were already going hungry.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Algorithm For Ruptured Aneurysms Improves Mortality Rate Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle report that algorithms for the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) with a preference for endovascular repair (EVAR), serve as surrogates for an organized approach to managing the disease process and reducing overall mortality. These findings are from a study presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery®.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGovernment Targets Interfere With The Battle Against Superbugs, Says British Medical Association The war on healthcare associated infections (HCAIs), or so-called 'superbugs', will never be won unless long-term strategies are introduced to radically reduce their prevalence, says a BMA report launched recently.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Algorithm For Ruptured Aneurysms Improves Mortality Rate Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle report that algorithms for the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) with a preference for endovascular repair (EVAR), serve as surrogates for an organized approach to managing the disease process and reducing overall mortality.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOnly Half Of Brits Can Find Their Heart UK researchers who asked over 700 patients and members of the public to pick out a diagram that showed the correct location of the human heart found that less than half of them were able to do so. Less than one third placed the lungs correctly although 85 per cent of them were able correctly to place the intestines.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com1/4 Of Patients On Highest Investigational Doses Of CP-690,550 Achieve ACR70 At Week 12 A quarter of active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients receiving either 10mg (24.6%) or 15mg (28.1%) twice daily of the investigational oral JAK-3 (janus-associated kinase) inhibitor CP-690,550 (CP) achieved ACR70* after 12 weeks, according to the results of a new study presented at EULAR 2009, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Copenhagen, Denmark. The primary outcome for the study was ACR20*, with 75.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy suggests reducing number of Medicare Part D plans could save beneficiaries money The Medicare Part D
prescription drug benefit is too confusing for seniors, often leading beneficiaries to choose unnecessarily expensive plans, according to a new study. What’s more, seniors may not even realize they’re overpaying. Researchers at the University of Plymouth in the U.K. and at UCLA’s School of Public Health found that, regardless of age, [...]
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