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When breast cancer spreads to the brain

SABCS: Molecular Changes Occur When Breast CA Spreads to Brain

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Finding might lead to better treatment, researchers say
Measurements of healthy older adults' brain activity may help determine their future risk of falls

Prefrontal Brain Activity May Predict Risk of Falls in Elderly

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Imaging gives insight into neurological changes that make falls more likely, researchers say

American Society of Hematology, Dec. 3-6

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The 58th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting & Exposition The annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology was held from Dec....
Regularly drinking even small amounts of alcohol may increase the risk of atrial fibrillation

Even Moderate, Regular Alcohol Consumption Could Cause A-Fib

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Risk of atrial fibrillation up by 8 percent for each daily alcoholic drink
A vaccine made from patient-derived acute myeloid leukemia cells and dendritic cells can dramatically increase the chance of long-term survival against acute myeloid leukemia

Personalized Vaccine Effective Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Made by combining immune cells, cancer cells, it's kept some patients in remission for nearly five years
Orthostatic heart rate recovery predicts mortality in adults aged 50 and older

Heart Rate Recovery Could Predict Mortality in Older Adults

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In study, people with slower heart rate recovery had higher odds of dying within four years
Cardiac arrest patients who receive epinephrine within five minutes are more likely to survive than those who don't receive the drug within that time frame

Timely Epinephrine Increases Cardiac Arrest Survival

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Dose within five minutes of cardiac arrest increases chances by 20 percent
An experimental drug for infants with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 appears to be effective

Nusinersen Shows Promise in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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Study results are promising but do not represent a cure
A single dose of an experimental gene therapy may benefit patients with hemophilia B

ASH: Single Dose of Gene Therapy Effective in Hemophilia B

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Small, preliminary trial suggests it may free hemophilia B patients from transfusions
Osimertinib is more effective than platinum-pemetrexed therapy in patients with T790M-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed during first-line epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment

Osimertinib Bests Platinum-Pemetrexed in T790M+ NSCLC

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Significantly longer duration of progression-free survival with osimertinib vs platinum-pemetrexed