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The drug combination of lapatinib (Tykerb) and trastuzumab (Herceptin) induces tumor regression or disappearance in 25 percent of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive cancers in 11 days

Lapatinib + Trastuzumab May Rapidly Shrink Breast Tumors

Researchers say combo therapy works well for about one in four women with HER2+ breast cancer
For patients undergoing cataract surgery

Bevacizumab, Triamcinolone Up Outcome After Cataract Surgery

Both linked to improvements in visual acuity; only triamcinolone tied to sustained improvement in CMT
Vitamin D supplements don't appear to relieve pain or slow the progression of knee osteoarthritis in patients with low levels of the vitamin

Vitamin D Not Beneficial for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Supplements don't slow disease progression or ease pain, even in patients with low levels of the vitamin

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, March 4-7

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology The annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & and Immunology was held...
Retail clinic visits often represent new health care utilization and increased health care spending for low-acuity conditions

Retail Clinics Do Not Decrease Health Care Spending

More than half of retail clinic visits for 11 low-acuity conditions represent new utilization
In order to determine Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance

Large Number of Mutations Needed to ID TB Drug Resistance

Predicted resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid ID'd based on 238 mutations across 18 genetic loci
N-acetylcysteine appears to be effective as an augmentative agent for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

N-Acetylcysteine Augmentation Therapy May Be Effective for OCD

Studied as augmentative agent to fluvoxamine in moderate-to-severe obsessive-compulsive disorder
Most lung cancer-specific tweets relate to support or prevention

Most Lung Cancer-Specific Tweets Relate to Support, Prevention

<20 percent of tweets about clinical trials; only one tweet linked to a patient recruitment website
Children taking medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder may have lower bone density than their peers

AAOS: ADHD Meds Tied to Lower Bone Density in Children

One-quarter of children in study had lower-than-normal readings
Taking low-dose aspirin every day may lower the overall risk of cancer by 3 percent

Daily Low-Dose Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Some Cancers

Effect was seen most strongly with colon, gastrointestinal tumors