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10 Nov BRAF Inhibitor Dramatically Shrinks Rare Brain Tumor
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Priscilla Kaliopi Brastianos MD Instructor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School Assistant Physician in Medicine Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Craniopharyngiomas are rare brain tumors that can cause serious problems because of their location...10 Nov Combination Clopidogrel Plus Aspirin Better For Post ASD Repair Migraines
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Josep Rodés-Cabau, MD Director, Catheterization and Interventional Laboratories Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Rodés-Cabau: The occurrence of new-onset migraine attacks has been...05 Nov Cabozantinib Demonstrates Efficacy Against Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
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in Author Interviews, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, Cancer Research, Immunotherapy, NEJM
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Toni Choueiri, MD Clinical Director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology Director, Kidney Cancer Center Senior Physician Dana Farber Cancer Institute Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Choueiri: In the METEOR trial, we...
04 Nov Histone Biomarker May Guide Treatment of Pediatric Malignant Gliomas
MedicalResearch.com Interview with Timothy Humphrey DPhil. CRUK/MRC Oxford institute for Radiation Oncology University of Oxford, UK Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Multiple mutations resulting in loss of a particular histone mark (H3K36me3) are frequently found in a number of cancer...04 Nov Studies Evaluates Outcomes of Carotid Artery Stenting in Real World Settings
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in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Duke, Outcomes & Safety, Stroke, Surgical Research
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Soko Setoguchi-Iwata, M.D MPH Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Medicine Duke Clinical Research Institute Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Setoguchi: Medicare made a decision to cover Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) in 2005 after publication of SAPPHIRE, which demonstrated...
04 Nov Thrombectomy or tPA for Acute Ischemic Stroke?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Saleh A Almenawer, MD Neurosurgeon, Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton, ON Canada Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Dr. Almenawer: The current standard therapy for acute ischemic stroke is intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which improves survival and functional outcomes when administered as...04 Nov Evelo Therapeutics Seeks To Disrupt Cancer Enabling Effects of Microbiome
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Simba Gill Ph.D CEO, Evelo Therapeutics MedicalResearch: Evelo Therapeutics, a new company focuses on leveraging the power of the microbiome to develop novel therapies for cancer. Evelo is pioneering Oncobiotic™ therapeutics, a new modality in cancer therapy based on the cancer microbiome. Dr. Gill, CEO of Evelo...03 Nov Patients with Colon Cancer May Have Memory and Cognitive Impairments
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in Author Interviews, Cancer Research, Cognitive Issues, Journal Clinical Oncology, Memory
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Janette Vardy BMed (Hons), PhD, FRACP A.Prof of Cancer Medicine University of Sydney Medical Oncologist ,Concord Cancer Centre Concord Repatriation & General Hospital Concord, Australia Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Dr. Vardy: Many patients complain that their memory and concentration is not...
30 Oct Diabetes: Study Compares Gliptins vs Sulfonylureas as Add-Ons to Metformin
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Yung-Tai Chen MD Division of Nephrology Department of Medicine Taipei City Hospital Heping Fuyou Branch Taipei, Taiwan Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Chen: Recent studies concluded that dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors can provide glycemic control but...28 Oct FDA Approves Belbuca Opioid Delivery Film For Chronic Severe Pain
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Richard L. Rauck, M.D. Director of Carolinas Pain Institute Winston Salem, NC Medical Research: How large is the problem of chronic pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for whom alternative treatment options are inadequate? Dr. Rauck: Chronic pain affects more than 100 million...24 Oct Veterans with PTSD Require More Sedatives in Critical Care Units
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in Anesthesiology, Author Interviews, CHEST, Critical Care - Intensive Care - ICUs, PTSD, Pulmonary Disease
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jad Kebbe, MD Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Department of Medicine University of Buffalo Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Kebbe: This study proceeded after sensing that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was a major contributor to...
23 Oct Blacks Have Greater Complications & Costs Following Prostate Surgery
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in Author Interviews, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, JAMA, Prostate Cancer, Race/Ethnic Diversity, Surgical Research
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Quoc-Dien Trinh MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA 02115 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Trinh: Blacks who undergo radical prostatectomy, e.g. surgical removal of the prostate for cancer,...
22 Oct Study Suggests Long-Term, High Dose PPIs Should Be Avoided if Possible
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Andrew M Hinson, MD UAMS Postdoctoral Research Fellow Thyroid/Parathyroid Diseases & Surgery and Donald L. Bodenner, MD, PhD Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department of Geriatrics University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas. Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Response: Proton...22 Oct Microbiome Signature Can Predict Risk of C. difficile Treatment Failure
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in Author Interviews, C. difficile, Gastrointestinal Disease, Mayo Clinic, Microbiome, Transplantation
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Sahil Khanna MBBS Assistant Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: C. difficile infection patients are at a high risk of complications such as treatment failure. Gut microbiota signatures associated with CDI have been described...
21 Oct Men’s Supplements Never Tested Despite Marketed as “Clinically Proven”
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Nicholas G. Zaorsky MD Resident Physician, Radiation Oncology Fox Chase Cancer Center Medical Research: What was the motivation for your studies? Dr. Zaorsky: Men often walk down grocery store aisles and see bottles of pills labeled “men’s health” or “prostate health.” We call these pills “men’s health...19 Oct Low Back Pain Remains Frustrating Problem For Emergency Rooms and Patients
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Benjamin W. Friedman MD, MS Department of Emergency Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Friedman: Low back pain is responsible for 2.4% of visits to emergency...16 Oct Q Fever Added To List of Germs Causing Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Matthieu Million, MD, PhD Assistant of Professor RAOULT French National referral center for Q fever Service de Maladies Infectieuses du Professeur BROUQUI Chemin des Bourrely Marseille Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Million: Human lymphomas have been associated...14 Oct Reducing Stress Decreases Health Care Utilization
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: James E. Stahl, MD Senior Scientist Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School MGH Institute for Technology Assessment Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Stahl: Poor psychological and physical resilience in response to stress drives a great deal...14 Oct Primary Tumor Treatment Doesn’t Improve Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. R. A. Badwe, MS Director, Tata Memorial Centre E. Borges Marg, Parel Mumbai -India Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The available retrospective clinical data suggested an overall survival benefit for metastatic breast cancer patients treated with surgery, with...13 Oct Moderate Red Wine May Improve Cardiac Profile In Type 2 Diabetes
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Iris Shai MD PhD Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases Dep. of Public Health Faculty of Health Sciences Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Shai: Despite enormous contribution of observational studies, clinical recommendations for moderate alcohol consumption remain...11 Oct PD-1 Blocker Extends Lives in Lung Cancer Patients
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: David E. Gerber, MD Associate Professor Division of Hematology-Oncology Associate Director for Clinical Research Co-Leader, Experimental Therapeutics Program Co-Director, Lung Disease Oriented Team Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are...07 Oct Catching Breast Cancer Early Is Still Critical
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Madeleine M A Tilanus-Linthorst PhD Department of Surgery Erasmus University Medical Centre – Cancer Institute Rotterdam, Netherlands Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Medical Research: Why is this study important? Response: This prospective nationwide study investigates whether tumor stage (size and axillary nodal involvement) still has...07 Oct Chronic Statins Reduce Heart Attack Damage
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Giancarlo Marenzi, M.D. Centro Cardiologico Monzino Milan, Italy Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Marenzi: Pre-treatment with statins in patients with stable angina or non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing elective or urgent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been...06 Oct Biologics Slightly Increase Risk of Demyelinating Disease In Patients with IBD
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Nynne Nyboe Andersen, MD Department of Epidemiology Research Statens Serum Institut Denmark Medical Research: What is the background for this study? Response: The use of TNF-α inhibitors, including infliximab, adalimumab and certolizumab pegol to treat people with inflammatory bowel disease is increasing worldwide and has improved the medical treatment...05 Oct Multicenter Trial Fails To Show Benefit of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Prior To Heart Surgery
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Dr. med. Patrick Meybohm, MHBAConsultant for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Frankfurt Dept. Of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy Frankfurt Germany Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Prof. Meybohm: Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is reported...05 Oct Genome Wide Testing May Make Transplantation More Personalized
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in Author Interviews, Personalized Medicine, Transplantation, University of Pennsylvania
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Brendan J. Keating, DPhil Assistant professor of Transplant Surgery Penn Medicine Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Genetic studies in transplantation have been plagued by small samples and very complex phenotypes/outcomes of patients. Transplanted individuals are typically on...
05 Oct Young Black Colon Cancer Patients Have Greater Risk of Recurrence
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in Author Interviews, Cancer Research, Colon Cancer, Genetic Research, JNCI, Mayo Clinic, Race/Ethnic Diversity
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Harry H. Yoon, MD Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 55905 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Yoon: In the U.S., the survival of patients with colon cancer is known to differ by race, with individuals of black race having...