News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 14, 2015
Coxiella burnetii Image courtesy of NIAID The bacterium that causes Q fever may confer an increased risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) a...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 14, 2015
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Thousands of annual deaths among cancer patients in England and Wales may be caused by venous thromboembolism (VT...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 14, 2015
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to betrixaban as extended-duration venous thr...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 14, 2015
Research conducted in mice suggests that genomic screening might reveal cancer patients who are likely to develop treatment-related anemia.
The stu...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 13, 2015
New research suggests that cancer survivors in the US may need dietary interventions to improve their health.
The study showed that, overall, cance...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 12, 2015
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News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 11, 2015
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Results of 2 studies suggest eltrombopag can be safe and effective in children of all ages affected by chronic immune thrombo...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 10, 2015
High-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplant (HDM/SCT) may enable long-term survival in patients with light-chain (AL) amyloidosis, accordi...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 9, 2015
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A retrospective study suggests that, for patients with hematologic disorders, a haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell trans...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 9, 2015
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Researchers have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to model juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) and gai...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 9, 2015
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A new survey suggests that doctors and nurses in London are routinely using their own smartphones for patient care.
Investi...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 9, 2015
High-throughput sequencing (HTS) may enable earlier diagnosis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), according to a study published in Science Translati...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 8, 2015
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Patients with Sézary syndrome (SS) may have a more complex array of genetic mutations than we thought, according to a paper...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 8, 2015
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VIENNA—New research suggests that having a higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with a decreased need for bloo...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 8, 2015
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Results of a case study suggest a gamma-secretase inhibitor (GSI) can be e...
