Lower colorectal cancer mortality after removal of low-risk adenomas
1. Removal of low-risk adenomas was associated with lower mortality from colorectal cancer. 2. Removal of high-risk adenomas was associated...
Oral RSV entry inhibitor effective at reducing viral load and clinical symptoms
1. Adults treated with the drug GS-5806 had lower respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) viral loads after 12 days when compared...
PALB2 mutations shown to be important risk factor for breast cancer
1. Women with PALB2 mutations were 4 to 9 times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer when compared...
Predictors of successful transplantation for severe combined immunodeficiency
1. Factors that predict survival after stem cell transplant for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) include: age less than 3.5 months,...
Letrozole (Femara) boosts fertility of women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
1. Letrozole, an aromatase inhibitor, is more effective than clomiphene for treatment of infertility in women with PCOS. 2. There...
Delayed HIV treatment may be beneficial in cryptococcal meningitis [COAT Trial]
1. For patients with cryptococcal meningitis and AIDS not previously treated with antiretrovirals, survival was better in the group starting...
Oral cholera vaccine effective for outbreak control
Image: PD 1. The Shanchol oral cholera vaccine was effective at preventing cholera in the setting of an outbreak in...
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New drug for Chagas disease shows antitrypanosomal activity [CHAGASAZOL trial]
Image: PD 1. Posaconazole showed anti-trypanosomal activity, but there was a high rate of treatment failure 10 months after treatment. ...
New RNA expression-based diagnostic test highly sensitive for childhood TB
Image: PD 1. An RNA expression signature for active TB in children had higher sensitivity than the PCR-based Xpert MTB/RIF...
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Fibrinolysis for pulmonary embolism may prevent hemodynamic collapse [PEITHO trial]
Image: CC/Heilman 1. Fibrinolysis in addition to standard anticoagulation reduced hemodynamic decompensation, but did not affect overall mortality, in patients...