More than one third of patients with early prostate cancer receive "mismatched" treatments, and men who receive mismatched treatments have worse outcomes. Medscape Medical News
Eltrombopag enabled patients with hepatitis C to take antiviral drugs and also increased platelet counts in those with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Medscape Medical News
Computer-assisted detection computed tomography reveals abnormal thickening of bowel wall in areas of nonraised malignant lesions. Medscape Medical News
In patients with asthma, older age, asthma duration, and low body mass index (BMI) are important discriminators of fixed airway obstruction, investigators from the Republic of Korea report. Reuters Health Information
The angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor captopril may mitigate chronic renal failure caused by radiation-based hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), the results of a placebo-controlled trial involving 55 patients suggests. Reuters Health Information
Analysis of genealogy records linked to death certificates in Utah suggests that there is an inheritable contribution to asthma mortality, according to a report in the November issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Reuters Health Information
Smoking shows an association with increased retinal microvascular caliber, researchers from Australia and Singapore report in the December 1st issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Reuters Health Information
The antiepileptic drug levetiracetam safely and effectively reduces seizures in patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors, without the risk for adverse drug interactions that can diminish the efficacy of chemotherapy or antiseizure treatment. Medscape Medical News
