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DECEMBER 23, 2020

The Phase 3 clinical trial showed that the drug, called CC-486, significantly improved survival in older patients, over the age of 55, with AML A landmark paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine describes the results from a global trial across 148 sites in 23 countries, showing a 30 per cent improvement […].

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Researchers recommend clinical trials to assess non-invasive ventilation for cancer, dementia patients near end of life More research is needed before a less invasive form of ventilation is used near the end of life for patients who have cancer and dementia, recommends the authors of a scientific paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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MAY 16, 2021

NIH-funded clinical trial improved frailty, depression and overall quality of life An innovative cardiac rehabilitation intervention started earlier and more custom-tailored to the individual improved physical function, frailty, quality-of-life, and depression in hospitalized heart failure patients, compared to traditional rehabilitation programs.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Final results of nine-year survival outcomes from NeoALTTO BIG-06 trial for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer Final analysis of results from a randomised clinical trial of lapatinib and trastuzumab given before surgery in patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer has found that women who had no signs of residual disease after treatment (..)

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MARCH 24, 2021

Clinical trial participants saw memory-enhancing benefits and disease modifying activities when taking Sargramostim A new study suggests that Sargramostim, a medication often used to boost white blood cells after cancer treatments, is also effective in treating and improving memory in people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

STEM trial allows for a better understanding into cSDH’s natural progression and the safety and efficacy of current treatment strategies Los Robles Health System is leading the way in neurovascular clinical trials enrolling the first patient in the nation in STEM, the Squid trial for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH).

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JANUARY 21, 2021

University of Chicago Medicine researchers find medicated drops may close small macular holes by decreasing inflammation and increasing fluid absorption in the retina. Medicated drops may help close small macular holes over a two- to eight-week period, allowing some people to avoid surgery to fix the vision problem, a new study suggests.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Credit: Breast Unit of the Champalimaud Clinical Centre in Lisbon, Portugal New results to be presented at the 12th European Breast Cancer Conference show that a test, which looks at the activity of 70 genes in breast cancer tissue, is possible to use in the clinic to identify patients with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) that […].

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

Breast cancers that are detected in the interval between national screening programme mammograms have a worse prognosis than those detected at the time of a screening, even if they have the same biology, according to research presented at the 12th European Breast Cancer Conference on Saturday.

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JULY 12, 2021

Results could help boost immunization rates during and beyond pandemic among key health care workers WASHINGTON, DC — Two new studies comparing ways to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates that were approved for nearly $11 million in new funding today by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) aim to reduce high rates of vaccine (..)

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Researchers have found that a class of commonly-used heart drugs may also improve patients’ responses to anti-cancer immunotherapies called PD(L)1 inhibitors, according to preliminary findings to be presented at the 32th EORTC-NCI-AACR [1] Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, which is taking place online.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The research took place within UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Credit: Photo by Mark Cornelison | UKphoto LEXINGTON, Ky. – Research looking at a possible new therapeutic approach for Alzheimer’s disease was recently published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

ARRS promises to deliver the same clinically relevant experience for which its Annual Meeting has long been heralded: world-class educational activities led by the field’s foremost experts that span every subspecialty of radiology Leesburg, VA, September 18, 2020–The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) will convene its 2021 Annual Meeting (..)

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