Family Medicine Doctors in Girdwood, AK Accepting Medicare
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 Erin L Lester, MD Family Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 131 Lindblad Ave., Girdwood, AK 99587 Phone: 907-783-1355 |
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Patterns of DNA anomalies can predict outcomes in women with ovarian cancer
Nearly anyone touched by ovarian cancer will tell you: it's devastating. It's bad enough that cancer in almost 80 percent of patients reaches advanced stages before diagnosis, and that most patients are expected to die within five years. But just as painfully, roughly one quarter of women diagnosed have no warning that they are resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy, the main line of defense, nor that they will likely have 18 months to live.
Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with increased risk of developing diabetes
A new study presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), held online this year, shows that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a 23% increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), and may indicate that both diseases are linked to the body's inflammatory response.
New article outlines identical symptoms linked to hip and spine pain
Many patients live with low back pain that radiates to the buttock, groin, thigh, and even knees. The challenge for patients, and often their doctors, is determining the origin of the pain - the hip, the spine, or both.
Promising results from Cell Therapeutics' phase II OPAXIO study for advanced esophageal cancer
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that, in a study from Brown University to be presented by Howard Safran, M.D., head of the Brown University Oncology Group, in the proffered oral session at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology (ISGIO) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania patients with cancer of the lower esophagus demonstrated a high rate of complete remission (CR) when given OPAXIO(TM) (paclitaxel poliglumex), a biologically enhanced paclitaxel, when administered in combination with standard cisplatin and concurrent radiation.
Rare gene variant increases zoonotic H7N9 virus susceptibility in humans
Rare, single-nucleotide variants in the MX1 gene increase human susceptibility to zoonotic H7N9 avian influenza infection, according to a new study.
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