Chemo makes brain 'work' harder
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Chemotherapy produces long-term changes in the part of the brain dealing with memory, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Some types of chemotherapy are  known to be potentially damaging to the heart, but for most  women with breast cancer the benefits appear to outweigh the  risks, French researchers report.
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but a longer life is not one of them, researchers reported yesterday. Writing in The Journal of Clinical Oncology
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The case of a woman in a vegetative   state who appeared to play tennis in her head highlights one of   the key frustrations of doctors who treat such patients --   trying to figure out what is going on in someone else's brain.
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For nearly two years Jane Bissell struggled to get out of bed in the morning. Gripped by terrible headaches and fatigue, the Whangaparaoa woman thought it was the after-effects of chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.
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Adults with mental disorders are at higher risk of brain tumors and lung cancer and developing these cancers at younger ages than individuals without mental illness, according to a study in the new issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - HER-2-positive, hormone receptor-negative breast cancer patients have a high risk of treatment failure after chemotherapy -- and the most common site of cancer recurrence after treatment failure is the brain, Mayo Clinic researchers reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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Traditional drugs have done little to help 39-year-old Angel Raich. Beset by ailments that include tumors in her brain, seizures, spasms and nausea, she has been able to find comfort only in the marijuana that is recommended by her doctor.
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Kids undergoing chemotherapy for the most common form of childhood leukemia have significant reductions in their antioxidant and micronutrient levels, which could lead to bad side effects from the treatment.
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NEW YORK  - People who suffer from chronic pain may find their memory taxed by everyday "multitasking," a new study suggests.
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Cancer patients can often feel baffled when offered a choice of treatments, a study has suggested.
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New research finds that almost half of U.S. women diagnosed with a specific form of breast cancer need not undergo the discomfort of chemotherapy.
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Chemotherapy treatments for children with brain tumours reduces long-term damage, say researchers.
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Arthritis drugs like Celebrex and the recently withdrawn Vioxx may boost the immune system's ability to attack brain tumors, and possibly other types of cancer, researchers said on Friday.
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Many cancer survivors gobble down vitamins, but research shows that sometimes supplements can do more harm than good.
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A drug that helps the immune system attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time.
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Researchers studied the immune cells of women under extreme mental stress. They&#39;ve found that those cells age more rapidly in stressed-out women than in women living more normal lives.