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  • May 2008

    • Bypass Surgery Shows Promise as Diabetes Fix

      Washington Post  |  May 4, 08 10:09 AM CDT

      Bypass Surgery Shows Promise as Diabetes Fix

      (Newser) - Intestinal bypass surgery—a variation on the gastric surgery used to combat obesity—is showing surprising and promising results in treating diabetes, the Washington Post reports. Cutting out some of the intestine but sparing the stomach, the procedure is  producing full remission in a high percentage of cases, allowing patients to go off all medication. More »

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      health care  • surgery  • diabetes  • treatment  • blood sugar  • insulin

    • Software Brings Autism Therapy Into Homes

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  May 1, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Software Brings Autism Therapy Into Homes

      (Newser) - A Seattle software company is offering new hope to parents of autistic children who struggle to get, and afford, behavioral therapy, which can cost upward of $30,000 a year and isn't usually covered by insurance. Jigsaw Learning has created a game-like computer network, called TeachTown, that provides some aspects of the therapy, the Post-Intelligencer reports. More »

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      software  • autism  • startup  • treatment  • cognitive behavioral therapy

  • November 2007

    • Cheney Home After Heart Treatment

      Associated Press  |  Nov 26, 07 7:59 PM CST

      Cheney Home After Heart Treatment

      (Newser) - Dick Cheney returned home today after doctors shocked his heart back to a normal rhythm, the AP reports. He arrived at George Washington University Hospital at around 5 pm. and left 2 1/2 hours later. "The procedure went smoothly and without complication," a spokeswoman said. "The vice president will resume his normal schedule tomorrow at the White House." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Bush administration  • White House  • Dick Cheney  • heart  • treatment

  • September 2007

    • Two Docs' Heads Are Better Than 1

      CNN  |  Sep 7, 07 1:56 PM CDT

      Two Docs' Heads Are Better Than 1

      (Newser) - When diagnosis is difficult, the procedure is risky, or less-invasive alternatives are available, a second opinion is essential. CNN lists five diagnoses that should send up red flags: Heart-bypass surgery: Alternatives may be better for some patients. Hysterectomy: The uterus isn't always the problem, and when it is, less dramatic alternatives are available. More »

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      list  • health  • doctor  • surgery  • treatment  • diagnosis  • brain surgery

    • Tumors More Resistant to Drugs in Black Women

      Associated Press  |  Sep 6, 07 10:53 AM CDT

      Tumors More Resistant to Drugs in Black Women

      (Newser) - Doctors have long known that breast cancer is more deadly in black women; new research suggests why: They are more likely to suffer from treatment-resistant tumors, a major study at the University of Michigan concludes. Analysis of data from nearly 100,000 women with later-stage breast cancer shows that black patients have higher incidence of tumors that don't respond to hormone-blocking drugs that inhibit  growth. More »

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      women  • breast cancer  • women's health  • health study  • treatment  • tumor  • drug resistant  • black women

  • August 2007

    • Missing Link in Pneumonia Deaths Found

      Reuters  |  Aug 23, 07 4:04 PM CDT

      Missing Link in Pneumonia Deaths Found

      (Newser) - Many pneumonia patients die despite receiving treatment, and a new study finds that an infectious toxin unaffected by antibiotics can cause the deaths. One of the researchers involved in the study, published in the journal Immunity , tells Reuters that scientists are working to find a treatment for sometimes-fatal bleeding in the lungs that current drugs might in fact exacerbate. More »

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      health  • medical research  • medical breakthrough  • antibiotics  • treatment  • illness  • toxin  • pneumonia

    • Bone Hormone Could Help Treat Diabetes

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 13, 07 3:08 PM CDT

      Bone Hormone Could Help Treat Diabetes

      (Newser) - A substance produced by the skeleton may help to treat diabetes, a new study suggests. A hormone called osteocalcin regulates blood sugar; type 2 diabetics have a lower level of the hormone than other people. In the study, mice with lower levels of osteocalcin develop symptoms of diabetes, which go away when they are injected with the hormone. More »

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      health  • diabetes  • hormones  • treatment  • blood sugar  • skeleton  • bones  • osteocalcin

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Bloodthinner Can Help Frostbite Victims

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 19, 07 11:38 AM CDT

      Bloodthinner Can Help Frostbite Victims

      (Newser) - A clot-busting drug is remarkably effective in treating frostbite patients, according to new research from the University of Utah health center, reports the Los Angeles Times . Patients whose treatment included tissue plasmingoen activator (tPA) kept 90% of affected fingers and toes; patients treated before the drug was in use had 41% amputated. More »

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      health  • drugs  • medicine  • medical breakthrough  • treatment

    • China to Test Controversial Malaria Treatment

      International Herald Tribune  |  Jun 6, 07 7:24 AM CDT

      China to Test Controversial Malaria Treatment

      (Newser) - A Chinese researcher will test a radical new strategy designed to wipe out malaria on a small African island, the International Herald Tribune reports. Mass treatment with a highly effective antimalarial drug would virtually clear the parasite from patients' blood, but critics fear the plan could backfire, causing drug resistance to develop and and eliminating the best treatment option. More »

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      China  • health  • drugs  • Africa  • public health  • malaria  • treatment  • Indian Ocean  • Comoros  • artemisinin

    • New Drug Battles Liver Cancer

      New York Times  |  Jun 4, 07 7:37 AM CDT

      New Drug Battles Liver Cancer

      (Newser) - An impressive clinical trial has produced what could be the first effective drug treatment for liver cancer, the New York Times reports. Nexavar, which blocks both the blood supply to the tumor and proteins that spur tumor growth, extended the lives of patients in the trial by almost three months, or 44% More »

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      health  • cancer  • drugs  • medicine  • treatment  • cancer treatment  • tumor  • liver cancer

  • May 2007

    • TB Patient, Family Ties Revealed

      CNN  |  May 31, 07 4:04 PM CDT

      TB Patient, Family Ties Revealed

      (Newser) - The quarantined tuberculosis patient is an Atlanta lawyer who recently married the daughter of a CDC TB researcher, CNN reports. Andrew Speaker, 31, took a private plane to Denver today to be treated for extremely drug-resistant TB, or XDR TB. Microbiologist Robert Cooksey says he knew of his son-in-law's infection and offered "fatherly advice" but no official counsel. More »

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      infection  • treatment  • CDC  • Tuberculosis  • Andrew Speaker  • TB

    • Scientists Find Lead in Bird Flu Vaccine

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 29, 07 12:00 PM CDT

      Scientists Find Lead in Bird Flu Vaccine

      (Newser) - In the first break in the deadly bird flu epidemic, an international team of researchers using antibodies from survivors of the Vietnamese strain of the disease were able to prevent it from developing in mice, and to neutralize those already infected. More »

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      health  • medical research  • vaccine  • infection  • epidemic  • treatment  • bird flu  • antibodies

    • Scientists ID New Breast Cancer Genes

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 28, 07 7:11 AM CDT

      Scientists ID New Breast Cancer Genes

      (Newser) - Four newly discovered genes can increase a woman's chance of developing breast cancer by as much as 60%, say scientists who hail the isolation of the genes as the biggest advance in the field since 1994. The breakthrough raises hopes for more advanced treatment and even prevention of breast cancer and for better understanding of other cancers in the future. More »

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      health  • cancer  • medicine  • women  • breast cancer  • research  • cancer research  • women's health  • genes  • treatment

  • April 2007

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