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Addition of trastuzumab may potentially equalize disease-free survival outcomes among obese and normal-weight patients
SAN ANTONIO — A large, multicenter, randomized study has shown that obese patients with HER2-positive breast cancer have larger tumors, increased lymph node involvement and, when not treated with trastuzumab, poorer long-term outcomes than normal-we…
Most snakebite victims consult traditional healers
Fatal snakebites are a bigger-than-acknowledged global health problem that has been vastly under-reported, according to research presented today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s (ASTMH) annual meeting.
A …
Latest findings of Dartmouth HIV/AIDS study could turn treatment ‘on its head’
LEBANON, NH – A clinical study of anti-HIV/AIDS medicines in the developing world is on the verge of turning “the whole treatment world on its head,” according to Dartmouth pediatrician Paul Palumbo.
Palumbo, a professor of pediatric medicine at D…