Peggy Peck

January 29, 2007

ORLANDO -- For predicting survival after pancreatic cancer surgery, the ratio of metastatic to examined nodes might be more accurate than the absolute number metastatic nodes sampled, researchers reported here.

January 26, 2007

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Offering hospitals a relatively small financial incentive improved their quality of care for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, researchers here reported.

January 25, 2007

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- An FDA advisory panel has recommended that the agency expand post-marketing surveillance of oral contraceptives and require that their manufacturers study safety and efficacy in wide-ranging populations.

January 19, 2007

ORLANDO -- A genetic signature related to telomerase has been strongly associated with an increased risk of death in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), researchers reported here.

January 17, 2007

PHILADELPHIA -- The FDA has approved a once-daily formulation of Lialda (mesalamine) for active mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis, Shire PLC announced.

January 17, 2007

ATLANTA -- For the second year in a row, the absolute number of cancer deaths edged downward in the United States, the American Cancer Society said today.

January 15, 2007

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Despite the sturm and drang over the thrombosis threats posed by the two first generation drug-eluting coronary stents, there is unflagging enthusiasm for new and improved devices.

January 12, 2007

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Although the problem of stent thrombosis has been acknowledged, it is not at all certain what the circumstances are that trigger formation of a thrombus.

January 11, 2007

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- The issues surrounding drug-eluting coronary stents remain white hot. The core question is whether they will emerge, in the end, as a great boon to coronary patients or as a lethal insult of major magnitude.

January 08, 2007

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Cells harvested from amniotic fluid express embryonic and adult stem cell markers, researchers here reported.