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"Difficult-to-treat asthma" may be due to difficult-to-treat patients
18 November 2009Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern Ireland. - more
Brain cancer patients' behavioural problems take heavy toll
18 November 2009One in five people with brain cancer show physical aggression and one in four exhibit verbal aggression, according to research presented at a major cancer conference. - more
Exercise is good medicine for lymphoma patients
17 November 2009A healthy dose of exercise is good medicine, even for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, University of Alberta researchers have found. - more
Nicotine patch plus lozenge appears best for smoking cessation
17 November 2009In a comparison of five different smoking cessation medications, a nicotine patch plus a nicotine lozenge appears most effective at helping smokers quit, according to a report in the November issue ... - more
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Teen girls' weight and sexual behaviour linked
17 November 2009A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behaviour among adolescent girls. The results suggest that a girl's ethnicity and her actual ... - more
Musical therapy for the dying
16 November 2009A near-death experience in a Libyan hospital when he was five has helped shape the career of palliative care nurse Konrad Craig. - more
Immune system quirk could lead to effective tularaemia vaccine
16 November 2009Immunologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have found a unique quirk in the way the immune system fends off bacteria called ... - more
Avoiding paediatric sports injuries
16 November 2009Thirty million American children and adolescents play organised sports and 10 percent of them suffer injuries each year. About 75 percent of children who come to the Childrenís Hospital Boston ... - more
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Regeneration can be achieved after chronic spinal cord injury
15 November 2009Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats even when treatment is delayed more than a ... - more
More breast cancer cases, but early detection and improved treatment lead to fewer deaths
15 November 2009More women are being diagnosed with breast cancer than ever before, but death rates continue to fall, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and ... - more
