Medical News
Baby's first cold can last longer depending on nose-dwelling bacteria
EurekAlert! - 2 Dec 2018 09:00
(European Lung Foundation) New research on the types of bacteria living in babies' noses could offer clues as to why some recover quickly from their first cough or cold, while others suffer for longer. The study suggests...
Cleveland Clinic's Aziz Nazha, M.D., develops personalized prediction model for patients with MDS
EurekAlert! - 2 Dec 2018 09:00
(Cleveland Clinic) At the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, Cleveland Clinic medical hematologist and oncologist Aziz Nazha, M.D., will present results of a personalized prediction model that surpassed...
Dana-Farber researchers report clinical trial results in treatment of leukemia & lymphoma
EurekAlert! - 2 Dec 2018 09:00
(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) New results from clinical trials of immunotherapy and experimental targeted agents for patients with leukemia and lymphoma are being presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers at...
More than half of patients alive two years after receiving CAR-T therapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in ZUMA-1 trial
EurekAlert! - 2 Dec 2018 09:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) A follow-up analysis of patients enrolled in a Phase I/II multi-center trial for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) reported 51 percent of patients receiving an anti-...
New two-year data show 39 percent of NHL patients treated with CAR T remain in remission
EurekAlert! - 2 Dec 2018 09:00
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) A new article published today in The Lancet Oncology shows 39 percent of large B cell lymphoma patients treated with the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T...
Women reveal the reasons they reject a preventive drug for breast cancer
EurekAlert! - 2 Dec 2018 09:00
(Cancer Research UK) Only around a fifth of women at higher risk of developing breast cancer think they need to take a drug proven to help prevent the disease, according to new research funded by Cancer Research UK and p...