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06 Apr Physical Therapy May Equal Surgery For Spinal Stenosis, But Many Patients Don’t Complete Treatments
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in Annals Internal Medicine, Author Interviews, Surgical Research, University of Pittsburgh
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Anthony Delitto, PT, Ph.D, FAPTA Professor and Chair Department of Physical Therapy Associate Dean for Research, SHRS School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Pittsburgh Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Delitto: I work with a team,...
03 Apr Signal Pathway Allows Lung Cancer Cells To Resist Chemotherapy
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Trever G. Bivona MD PhD Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology UCSF Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Bivona: Resistance to targeted cancer therapy remains a problem in the treatment of cancer patients. These targeted drugs are often effective...28 Mar Genetic Fingerprint May Lead To Blood Test For Colon Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Professor Massimiliano Mazzone and Professor Hans Prenen Lab of Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis VIB Vesalius Research Center University of Leuven Leuven Belgium Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Monocytes are circulating cells with patrolling behaviour. In case of...22 Mar Acne: Potassium Monitoring May Not Be Necessary For Spironolactone Therapy
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Arash Mostaghimi, MD, MPA Director of Dermatology Inpatient Service Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Mostaghimi: Spironolactone, a generic drug that’s been used in the clinic since 1959, is...15 Mar TAVR Bests Standard Therapy For Sick, Elderly Patients With Severe AS
Prof Samir R Kapadia MD Director, Sones Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH For patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) who are not candidates for surgical valve replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) offers superior benefit to standard therapy, as measured by all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, repeat hospital...08 Mar Gene Signature May Predict Risk of Metastases and Death From Melanoma
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Pedram Gerami MD Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pathology Northwestern University MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Gerami: The outcomes for patients with cutaneous melanoma are highly variable and there are limitations to the conventional staging system for melanoma....04 Mar Protein Delivered By Gene Vector May Protect Against HIV-Like Viruses
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Michael Farzan PhD Vice Chairman Department of Immunology and Microbial Science Florida Campus The Scripps Research Institute Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Dr. Farzan: The key points are that HIV-1 needs two receptors – CD4 and CCR5 – to infect cells. CD4’s...28 Feb Epigenetics: More Than 30 Genes Affect Allergies and Asthma
Dr. Liming Liang PhD Assistant Professor of Statistical Genetics Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts Allergies affect 30% of the population and 10% of children suffer from asthma. Researchers in the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden and Canada report in Nature that...19 Feb Improved Survival with Combination Therapy for HER2- Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Sandra M Swain, MD, FACP, FASCO Medical Director, Washington Cancer Institute MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington DC 20010 MedicalResearch: What take-home message would you like the general public to understand about this new analysis from the Cleopatra study? Potential Key Message Options: Updated results from the...15 Feb ISC 2015: Analysis of MR CLEAN Trial for Endovascular Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. May Nour MD PhD Neurology Fellow UCLA Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Nour: In October of 2014, results from the MR CLEAN trial were the first to demonstrate better functional outcomes in stroke patients as a...29 Jan Two Gene Mutations Linked To Deadly Ovarian Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Terry Magnuson PhD Vice Dean for Research Department of Genetics, School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Ovarian clear-cell carcinoma is a lethal...29 Jan Genetic Basis For Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Drug Toxicity Identified
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jun J. Yang Ph.D. Assistant Member Dept. of Pharm. Sci. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, TN 38105 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Yang: Mercaptopurine is highly effective in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and essential for the...