General Practice Doctors in Sparta, GA Accepting Medicare
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 O Akhras, M.D. General Practice Medicare: May Accept Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 446 Spring St, Sparta, GA 31087 Phone: 706-444-6521 Fax: 706-444-6839 |
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Researchers identify gene mutations in Wolfram syndrome that affects insulin-secreting beta cells
The rare disorder Wolfram syndrome is caused by mutations in a single gene, but its effects on the body are far reaching. The disease leads to diabetes, hearing and vision loss, nerve cell damage that causes motor difficulties, and early death.
Patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with PCI decrease their risk of developing brain metastases
Patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with preventative brain radiation (called prophylactic cranial irradiation or PCI), significantly decrease their risk of developing brain metastases (cancer spread in the brain) by more than 50 percent (from 18 percent to 8 percent), compared to those who did not receive the treatment, according to a randomized study presented at the plenary session November 2, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
Glioblastoma multiforme patients treated with experimental vaccine show improved survival
Patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme treated with an experimental vaccine made from the patient's own resected tumor tissue showed an improved survival compared with historical patients who received the standard of care alone, according to an analysis of a phase 2 trial of this vaccine that was recently published in the journal Neuro-Oncology and accompanied by an editorial highlighting the importance of the trial.
AlphaDetail adds two new features to its suite of tracking services
AlphaDetail, an innovator in pharmaceutical marketing research, is pleased to introduce two new features to its suite of tracking services: AlphaLink and AlphaMonitor.
ASTRO announces launch of Advances in Radiation Oncology journal
The American Society for Radiation Oncology is pleased to announce the launch of its new open-access journal, Advances in Radiation Oncology, and the selection of its Founding Editor, Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA. Advances will begin accepting manuscripts by the end of the summer with studies to be published by late 2015.
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