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Research on TENS for chronic low-back pain has produced conflicting results.

It looks like 2010 is starting off with some changes in healthcare on the horizon – from a number of angles.

Researchers recently conducted a study in which they found that activation of the inflammatory mediator NK-(chi)B results in diarrhea in patients with IBD.

This study will be evaluating the efficacy of subcutaneous homoharringtonine (CGX-635) in the treatment of patients with CML who have failed or are intolerant to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy.

The goal of this study is to determine whether the addition of the drug pegylated interferon-a2a in combination with imatinib mesylate will allow the imatinib to target and kill the leukemic stem cells, hopefully putting the leukemia in remission without the need for continuous treatment.

This clinical trial will assess the safety of dasatinib and whether this drug can help control CML in chronic phase. The study is split into two arms, with patients starting on a dosage of either 100 mg once daily or 50 mg twice daily of dasatinib.

This Webcast activity concerns the various aspects of managing therapy for patients with CML.

This website includes the definition of CML, a list of alternative names, causes, symptoms, and information on various tests and treatments for CML.

On the CML Advocates, patients may find a directory of organizations belonging to the CML Advocates Network, which are located worldwide.

This study will assess whether giving a chemotherapy treatment of carboplatin and paclitaxel after surgery is more effective with or without cisplatin and radiation therapy in treating patients with endometrial cancer.

Letrozole is a drug that blocks estrogen production, which causes endometrial cancer to grow in some cases. This study will examine whether the investigators may be able to predict which patients might benefit from Letrozole treatment by studying the different forms of the estrogen-receptor molecule that exist within the cancer tissues.

This clinical trial is studying whether pelvic radiation therapy is more effective than vaginal implant radiation therapy, paclitaxel, and carboplatin in treating patients with endometrial cancer.

This CME activity consists of reading an article and completing the test and evaluation that follow. The article describes the findings of a study that suggests that ovary-preserving surgery in premenopausal women may have no negative impact on survival rates.

This online CME program is based on a study that appeared online December 11, 2009 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and is designed for primary care clinicians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, and other specialists who care for obese children.

This program focuses on uterine papillary serous carcinoma, a less common but aggressive type of endometrial cancer. The activity reviews the disease's epidemiology and histology, as well as treatment options that will optimize survival and lower the risk of recurrence and metastasis.

The endometrial cancer article on Familydoctor.org is written in an easy-to-understand and personable manner, addressing topics such as what endometrial cancer is, what signs to watch for, potential risk factors, how it is diagnosed, and common methods of treatment.

In the current Revisions to the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes, the section on Diagnosis of Diabetes has been revised to include the use of A1C to diagnose diabetes, with a cut-point of 6.5 percent or greater.

Several recent studies have demonstrated that text messaging can produce measurable clinical benefits such as improved glucose test rates and a decrease in acute liver rejection episodes.

Newly published study results show that use of the herbal supplement for several years in patients age 72-96 did not result in a slower rate of cognitive decline than placebo.

Researchers have found that so-called "good cholesterol" (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL), has less heart-protective and blood vessel-protective effects in people with type 2 diabetes.

RNA and DNA analyses of blood samples taken from patients undergoing treatment in the cardiac catheterization lab at the University of North Carolina identified the existence of variations in glucose metabolizing genes that might lead to health-related differences in these racially distinct patient groups.

The year 2009 will be remembered as a year of many firsts for lupus, including the launch of a public awareness campaign, a report on the barriers to lupus drug development, and the first successful phase III clinical trial of a potential new treatment for lupus.

Using a mouse model of atrial fibrillation, researchers at Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, have discovered that mast cells contribute to atrial fibrosis and atrial fibrillation.

Cardiologists at the Montreal Heart Institute www.icm-mhi.org recently successfully implanted in several patients a new type of cardiac pacemaker, the Accent RF, which uses wireless technology to allow patients to be remotely monitored.

This list of resources from Oncology Net Guide will help oncologists find information for themselves and their patients on metastatic colorectal cancer. It includes links to active clinical trials, recent full-text articles, and online CME opportunities.

The ABPAT is a standardized assessment "designed to characterize various clinically relevant elements of breakthrough pain" and support "improved research on the tolerability, safety and efficacy of novel breakthrough analgesic interventions."

This interview with Dr. Carol Campbell of Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates, explores how patients suffering from chronic pain who discuss their pain often and freely can frustrate and alienate family and friends.

The Facial Pain Association's Learning Center provides numerous patient-focused guides, one of which aid individuals fighting insurance coverage denials and another that helps neuropathic facial pain sufferers better understand their rights as disabled individuals under various state and federal laws.

South Dakota State University has demonstrated that a culturally based nutrition intervention can promote small, but beneficial, changes in weight among Native Americans.

Because the thyroid cancer rate is rising rapidly, especially among women, the American Thyroid Association's members are working to educate more people about thyroid cancer as well as treat and cure it.