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Controlling Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients
According to cancer experts, about 75% of people treated for cancer experience nausea and vomiting. These side effects of cancer treatment can drastically affect a person's quality of life. Nausea and vomiting can lead to dehydration, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, slow wound healing, loss of appetite, as well as distress and disruption in daily activities which may cause patients to consider stopping further cancer treatment. Yet, with newer and more effective treatments to control and even prevent nausea and vomiting, these experts say people do not have to suffer. more
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Seroquel Performs Well As Adjunctive Treatment For Adolescent Mania
Scientists presented data at the Fourth International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, held in Pittsburgh, 14-16 June 2001, regarding Seroquel(quetiapine fumarate) Tablets as an adjunctive therapy to divalproex* in treating manic, depressive and psychotic symptoms in adolescents with bipolar disorder. Seroquel , a product of AstraZeneca, is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. more
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Prescribing Information: Seroquel (Quetiapine Fumarate)
Label precautions for Seroquel include orthostatic hypotension (dizziness) and tachycardia (fast heartbeat). Also included is a precaution for seizures. As with other antipsychotics, Seroquel should be used cautiously in patients with a history of seizures or with conditions that can potentially lower the seizure threshold. more
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HPV Testing Is More Effective Than Traditional Pap Smear In Primary Cervical Cancer Screening
Digene Corporation today announced that new findings from the largest study of its kind in Europe to date, show that HPV testing, using the Digene Hybrid Capture(R) 2 (hc2) HPV Test is more effective than the traditional Pap Smear in the primary screening of cervical cancer. The study was published in the June 2001 issue of the British Journal of Cancer. more
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Bone Mineral Density A Powerful Predictor Of Breast Cancer
Investigators from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health have found that older women with high bone mineral density (BMD) are nearly three times as likely to develop breast cancer as are older women with low BMD, and that their tumors tend to be at an advanced stage at diagnosis. Results of the study are published in the 20 June 2001 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This study confirms a smaller University of Pittsburgh study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1996. more
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