A cluster randomized controlled trial shows that educating patients with ESRD to avoid food additives containing phosphorus results in modest improvements in hyperphosphatemia. Medscape Medical News
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Quadramet (153 Samarium-lexidronam) is a radioactive medication that targets the bone, specifically bone cancer, and is used to treat pain caused by cancer that has metastasized or spread to the bone.
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A novel blood test could bring a breakthrough in the battle against the dangerous hepatitis-C virus.
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To prevent the rejection of newly transplanted organs and cells, patients must take medicines that weaken their entire immune systems.
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A newly published study in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that in premenopausal women with early breast cancer administering Zometa(R) (zoledronic acid) along with post-surgery hormone therapy provided a reduction in risk of recurrence or death that was 36% beyond that achieved with hormone therapy alone(1).
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An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer.
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Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a panel of small molecules, or metabolites, that appear to indicate aggressive prostate cancer.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a new biological marker present in the urine of patients with prostate cancer that indicates whether the cancer is progressing and spreading.
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Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a novel way to stimulate the innate immune system of mice with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) - leading to reduced amyloid deposits and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease related pathology - without causing toxic side effects.
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Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a much-needed way to monitor and find treatments for a mysterious and devastating group of metabolic diseases that arise from mutations in cells’ fuel-burning mechanism.
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