Archive: 14/03/2016

Need your thyroid removed? Seek a surgeon with 25+ cases a year

A new study from Duke Health suggests that patients who need to have their thyroid gland removed should seek surgeons who perform 25 or more thyroidectomies a year for the least risk of complications.

Mar 14, 2016

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New study finds no increased risk in providing flu vaccine to surgical patients

Surgical patients who received the flu vaccine during their hospital stay did not have an increased risk of emergency department visits or subsequent hospitalizations in the week following discharge, compared with surgical ...

Mar 14, 2016

Stopping smoking abruptly is a better strategy than cutting down before quit day, study shows

Smokers who try to cut down the amount they smoke before stopping are less likely to quit than those who choose to quit all in one go, Oxford University researchers have found. Their study is published in journal Annals of ...

Mar 14, 2016

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Anticancer drug restores hearing in some patients with neurofibromatosis

In a small clinical study with an anticancer drug that halts blood vessel growth, a handful of people with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and hearing loss had restoration of hearing.

Mar 14, 2016

Team work shines light on how to improve cancer immunotherapy

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers today report on a strategy to make a major advance in cancer treatment even better, and a means to test and refine this new type of immunotherapy.

Mar 14, 2016

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Leukemia study reveals role of RNA binding protein in driving cancer

A study of gene expression in leukemia cells has identified an RNA binding protein that plays an important role in driving the development of cancer. The protein is normally active in fetal tissue and switched off in adults, ...

Mar 14, 2016

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Genetically inherited high cholesterol twice as common as believed

Genetically inherited high levels of cholesterol are twice as common in the United States as previously believed, affecting 1 in 250 adults, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

Mar 14, 2016