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Found 27 result(s) FROM 1963 pages containing the term 'radiation'.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
Anti-Nausea Drug Eases Bone Marrow Transplants
Aprepitant, taken in combination with other anti-nausea drugs, can significantly ease the experience of a bone marrow transplant, which generally causes severe nausea and vomiting...
Wednesday Feb 10, 2010
FDA Wants to Reduce Radiation Exposure from Medical Scans
Widespread use of CT scans and fluoroscopy is exposing some patients to unnecessary amounts of radiation, and raising their risk of cancer...
Thursday Jul 09, 2009
Amgen's Denosumab Bests Zometa in Breast Cancer Patients
The first of three pivotal oncology trials comparing denosumab to Zometa in the advanced cancer setting meets primary and secondary endpoints...
Tuesday Jun 02, 2009
Imaging Overused for Low Back Pain in Elderly
X-rays or advanced imaging scans to detect the source of low back pain are overused for certain elderly patients, mainly those treated in large practices that offer patient satisfaction-based financial incentives...
Tuesday Mar 31, 2009
As CT Radiation Accumulates, Cancer Risk May Rise
Cumulative radiation exposure from CT scans can raise cancer risk by up to 12%...
Monday Feb 09, 2009
Scans for Back Pain Ineffective
Imaging scans are largely ineffective at locating the source of low back pain, and may do more harm than good…
Monday Nov 17, 2008
Vitamin D Levels Linked to OA Cartilage Loss, OA Pain, and SSc Disease Activity by ACR Researchers
Low vitamin D levels are associated with faster progression of joint damage, bone loss, and pain in OA and with higher levels of inflammatory markers and vascular complications in systemic sclerosis, suggesting that more attention to vitamin D supplements might be in order...
Friday Sep 12, 2008
Breaking News: FDA Warns About Fatal PML in RA Patient Taking Rituxan®
FDA issued a MedWatch warning reporting the first fatal PML case in a patient taking Rituxan for RA...
Wednesday Aug 20, 2008
Zoledronic Acid Prevents Chemo-Induced Bone Loss in Premenopausal Women With Breast Cancer
As the population of breast cancer survivors grows, the risks of life after cancer treatment are becoming a major concern. One risk is bone loss caused by chemotherapy, and phase III data show that a dose of zoledronic acid every 3 months during chemotherapy can prevent this problem in premenopausal women with breast cancer...
Thursday Jun 12, 2008
Increased Melanoma Risk Seen in RA Patients Taking MTX
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients taking methotrexate (MTX) may be at a 3-fold increased risk for developing potentially fatal melanoma…
Wednesday Apr 16, 2008
Lilly’s Forsteo® Receives Approval From European Commission for the Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
Eli Lilly and Co announced that the European Commission has approved a new indication for Forsteo® (teriparatide [rDNA origin] injection) for the treatment of sustained, systemic glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP) in adults at increased risk for fracture...
Thursday Feb 28, 2008
Adult Stem Cells Nearing Clinical Use for RA, SLE, Other Autoimmune Diseases
Adult stem cells offer a safer, less controversial approach than embryonic stem cells to treat various rheumatoid and autoimmune diseases, and are now entering randomized clinical trials...
Tuesday Jan 29, 2008
Adding Vitamin D Reduces Risk of Falls in High-Risk Elderly Women
Community-dwelling elderly women with a history of falling and vitamin D deficiency have a 19% reduction in falls when supplementary vitamin D is added to calcium, even if they live in sunny areas...
Thursday Jan 17, 2008
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Growing use of CT scans is causing concern about radiation exposure...
Thursday Aug 02, 2007
Stem Cell Transplants Offer Hope for Children With Severe, Refractory JIA
Intensive immunosuppression followed by T-cell-depleted autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation offers refractory JIA patients a chance for remission, but is it worth the risks?…Brinkman DMC, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56:2410-2421.
Tuesday Mar 06, 2007
Coxibs and Other NSAIDs Delay Fracture Healing If Used At Wrong Time
Use of COX-2 inhibitors to deaden pain in the 14 days after a fracture might also inhibit fracture healing, although use of the drugs prior to or more than 2 weeks after injury seems safe...
Monday Feb 26, 2007
Lupus Patients Clear UV-Damaged "Sunburn Cells" but May Have Unusual Inflammatory Reaction to Them
Sunlight can trigger new skin lesions and worsen disease activity in lupus; this might reflect an abnormal inflammatory response to UV-damaged cells, despite the ability to clear them normally from the epidermis...
Thursday Dec 07, 2006
High-Dose Immune Suppression With or Without Stem Cell Transplants For Systemic Sclerosis
Studies are evaluating stem cell transplantation as a potential treatment for autoimmune disease, however, researchers sharply disagree regarding myeloablative vs nonmyeloablative approaches and whether stem cells are really necessary...
Tuesday Nov 14, 2006
Non-Myeloablative Stem Cell Transplants Safe, Effective in Scleroderma
A pilot study of a non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation regimen for patients with severe scleroderma reports 90% overall survival and 70% progression-free survival at 2 years…Barr WG, et al. Presented at: ACR 2006 Meeting.
Monday Jun 05, 2006
New Treatment for Lupus Brought to (UVA-1) Light
Sunlight can trigger exacerbations of systemic lupus erythematosus, but the long-wave ultraviolet A-1 light can normalize some immune function in lupus patients, and should be considered for therapeutic use... Pavel S. Rheumatology. 2006;45:653-655.
Wednesday May 17, 2006
Lupus Worsens Atherosclerosis, Changes Plaques
Preclinical work in atherosclerosis-prone mice shows that adding a lupus-susceptible immune system greatly accelerates and worsens atherogenesis, which might help explain the accelerated atherosclerosis seen in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus... Stanic AK, et al. PNAS.
Tuesday Apr 04, 2006
New Research Suggests That the Psoriasis Susceptibility I (PSORS1) Gene Has Been Identified
Previous studies have narrowed the interval containing PSORS1 to a 300-kilobase (kb)region in the major histocompatibility locus (MHC), which includes HLA-C and at least 10 other genes. New evidence suggests that HLA-Cw6 is the PSORS1 allele that confers susceptibility to early-onset psoriasis... Nair RP, et al. Am J Hum Genetics. 2006;78:827-851.
Wednesday Mar 29, 2006
Synarc Granted Patent for Imaging Device to Increase the Accuracy of Cartilage Measurements by MRI and CT
Synarc, Inc, of San Francisco, California, announced the issuance of US patent No. 6,992,280 for a novel image calibration device...
Monday Oct 17, 2005
Infliximab Found Highly Effective for Skin and Nail Psoriasis
Infliximab (Remicade®) monotherapy shows rapid onset of action and sustained efficacy as both induction and maintenance therapy for patients with moderate-to-severe skin and nail psoriasis, according to the results of a new multicenter Phase III study ... Reich K, et al. Lancet 2005;366:1367-1374.
Sunday Aug 14, 2005
Cryolife's Orthopaedic Tissue to Have Sterility Claim on Label
Cryolife, Inc, of Atlanta, Georgia, a biomaterials and biosurgical device company, says its cryopreserved high-dose irradiated human orthopaedic tissues...
Tuesday Jun 07, 2005
CryoLife Pathogen Protectant for Cryopreserved Tissues
CryoLife, Inc, a biomaterials and biosurgical company based in Atlanta, Georgia, announced the first human implant of cryopreserved orthopaedic tissues utilizing the Clearant ProcessR, a gamma-irradiated radioprotectant designed to inactivate pathogens while maintaining tissue integrity.
Wednesday Dec 22, 2004
UVA-1 Light Useful as Adjuvant Therapy for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
A new study by Dutch researchers has found that UVA-1 cold light therapy significantly decreases validated disease activity indices in patients with moderately active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) without causing significant adverse effects... Polderman MCA, et al. Rheumatology. 2004;43:1402-1404.
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