Combo Therapy Knocks Out Melanoma Tumors
SUNDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Chemotherapy may be more
effective on melanoma tumors if a protein frequently found in the
growth can first be disabled, a new study reports.
Drug May Cut Tremors Associated With
Parkinson's
MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug may help people
with Parkinson's disease combat the tics, spasms and tremors they
experience when their main medications wear off, a new study
suggests.
Health Tip: Keep a Meal Schedule
(HealthDay News) -- Not only do many diabetics need to monitor
what they eat, they need to pay attention to what time they eat
it.
3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Outcomes
MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A combination therapy of
gemcitabine, capecitabine and bevacizumab improves outcomes in
patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, according to a
multi-center study led by researchers at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.
Public Lacks Confidence to Help in Cardiac
Emergencies
MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- While 89 percent of Americans
say they're willing and able to help if they witness a medical
emergency, only 21 percent are confident they could perform
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and only 15 percent believe
they can use an automated external defibrillator.
U.S. Childhood Cancers Vary by Sex, Region
MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A sweeping government study
of childhood cancers has found numerous differences in cancer types
depending on a child's age, sex, race and where he or she lives in
the United States.
Breast-Feeding More Protective for Girls Than
Boys
MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Breast milk's protection
against respiratory infections is stronger in girls than in boys,
says a U.S. study that challenges the long-held belief that immune
system chemicals passed from mothers to newborns during
breast-feeding offer babies equal protection from disease.
Erbitux Plus Chemo Improves Lung Cancer
Outcomes
SATURDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) -- The long-awaited results of
a trial of the biologic drug Erbitux on patients with advanced
non-small cell lung cancer show it prolonged survival by about five
weeks when combined with chemotherapy.
New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers
SATURDAY, May 31 (HealthDay News) -- Patients diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer -- which historically carries a grim prognosis --
nearly doubled their overall survival when the cancer drug Gemzar
was used after surgery, new research shows.
Anemia Drugs May Speed Tumor Growth in Some Cancer
Patients
SUNDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Drugs used widely to treat
anemia in cancer patients may actually speed progression of the
cancer in certain individuals, but researchers report they may
found a way to determine who those individuals are.
