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Intervention program helps outpatient cardiology practices improve heart failure care
A UCLA-led study has found that a new performance-intervention program significantly improved adherence to national guideline–recommended therapies for heart failure patients in outpatient settings. Heart failure is a chronic, progressive disease that impacts millions and...
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Irradiating brains stem cell niche doubles survival time for patients with brain cancers
Patients with deadly glioblastomas who received high doses of radiation that hit a portion of the brain which harbors neural stem cells had double the progression-free survival time as patients who had lower doses or no radiation targeting...
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Study finds structural brain alterations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
A large academic study has demonstrated structural changes in specific brain regions in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes pain and discomfort in the abdomen, along with diarrhea, constipation or both. ...
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UCLA surgeons find new way to shield vision during radiation for eye cancer
Eye cancer patients face an unenviable dilemma. They must enter treatment knowing that their surgeon's strategy to kill the deadly tumor with radiation may also sacrifice their eyesight. Now, UCLA researchers have discovered that a...
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Researchers create tumor-fighting immune cells, watch in real time as they kill cancer
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center created a large, well-armed battalion of tumor-seeking immune system cells and used positron emission tomography (PET) to watch in real time as these special forces traveled throughout the body to locate...
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Researchers use nanoparticles to shrink tumors in mice
The application of nanotechnology in the field of drug delivery has attracted much attention in recent years. In cancer research, nanotechnology holds great promise for the development of targeted, localized delivery of anticancer drugs, in which only cancer cells...
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MRI study could prove useful in early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists at the University of Kentucky's College of Medicine have identified changes in the brains of normal individuals at high risk for Alzheimer's disease that could prove important for early detection of the disease. The research,...
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