Topic: Leiden University Medical Center
A less-invasive method to determine the stage of non-small-cell lung cancer is effective, often sparing the patient the need for general anesthesia and a surgical procedure, according to a new study.. ''These data clearly indicate you should start with the endosonography," he ...
3/1/2010 Print E-mail There appears to be a back-and-forth link between depression and obesity, say researchers who reviewed the findings of 15 studies that included nearly 59,000 people.. "We found bidirectional associations between depression and obesity: obese persons had ...
People who are obese are at increased risk of developing depression and, conversely, depressed people are at increased risk of developing obesity, according to a meta-analysis published in the March issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.. Floriana S. Luppino, M.D ...
In patients with high-intermediate-risk endometrial cancer, vaginal brachytherapy is just as effective as pelvic external beam radiotherapy for prevention of vaginal recurrence, has fewer toxic effects and leads to improved quality of life, according to a study in the March 6 issue ...
Decreased handgrip strength in the elderly is associated with increased risk of death, researchers say.. In a new study, handgrip strength was measured at age 85 and again at age 89 in a group of 555 participants in the Netherlands. The reasons ...
2/4/2010 Print E-mail Waiting for natural birth is as effective as inducing labor in pregnant women with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), a new study shows.. IUGR, which affects about 10 percent of pregnant women, means that the fetus is much ...
During treatment of presumed osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, obtaining bone biopsies may lead to the discovery of unsuspected malignancies, according to a study published in the Oct. 15 issue of Spine.. Sander Paul Jan Muijs, M.D., of Leiden University Medical Center ...
A higher risk of cardiovascular-related death isn't the reason why kidney failure patients starting dialysis are at increased risk of death, according to new research that challenges previous thinking.. Using data from between January 1994 and January 2007, the researchers compared ...
An Internet-based asthma management program is more effective than usual care in controlling asthma and increasing the number of symptom-free days, according to a study in the July 21 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.. Victor van der Meer, M.D ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Injecting bone marrow stem cells into the heart helped some patients with a chronic form of heart disease, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.The infusions helped blood flow, reduced pain and helped patients exercise more, the researchers reported in the ...
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