by Bruce Sylvester: In a Phase III trial comparing standard docetaxel chemotherapy with immunotherapy nivolumab, researchers reported that subjects with squamous-non-small cell lung cancer treated with nivolumab lived… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: A retrospective study of US military health system (Tricare) beneficiary medical records suggests that subjects using statin drugs to control cholesterol are at an increased… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: A short course of oral steroids brought only slight improvement in function and no significant improvement in pain among patients with acute sciatica caused by… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers reported on May 20, at American Thoracic Society/ATS 2015 annual meeting in Denver that the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, is an… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an increased risk of no-warning heart attack, researchers reported on May 4, 2015 at ICNC 12 (International Conference on Nuclear… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Lung cancer patients whose tumors carry specific mutations in the BRAF gene appear to benefit from drugs used to treat melanoma, researchers from the retrospective… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Phenytoin, a drug used to prevent seizures in epilepsy, appears to help protect the eyesight of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers reported this finding… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that a combination morphine and nortriptyline successfully relieves chronic neuropathic pain in 87 per cent of patients, and the efficacy of the combination… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers from a phase 3, randomized trial of brentuximab vedotin report that adults with hard-to-treat Hodgkin lymphoma treated with brentuximab vedotin immediately after stem cell… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Paracetamol is not effective for treating neck and lower back pain, and it provides only slight relief for osteoarthritis, researchers reported on March 31, 2015… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: A blood test administered between weeks 10 and 14 weeks of pregnancy appears to be a more accurate diagnostic tool for Down syndrome and two… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Diabetes and advanced stage breast cancer appear to be linked and diabetic women need better screening, Canadian researchers reported online on March 24, 2015 in… read more.
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