Category: Hitchcock Medical Center

Adding tools against breast tumors

October 27, 2009

At the end of a 10-year, coast-to-coast study of women with an unusual form of breast cancer, Richard J.

Palliative care intervention for patients with advanced cancer provides quality of life benefits

August 18, 2009

CHICAGO -- Patients with advanced cancer who received a palliative care intervention focused on addressing physical and psychosocial issues and care coordination that was provided at the same time as cancer treatment reported improved quality of life and mood but did not experience a significant change in the number of days in the hospital or the severity of their symptoms compared to patients

Both good/bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same

July 1, 2009

HANOVER, NH -- Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is titled "Adolescent Smoking: Who Matters More, Good Guys or Bad Guys?"

Accelerated fertility treatment leads to shortened time to pregnancy and cost savings

June 29, 2009

LEBANON, N.H. -- A major new trial recently published in the journal Fertility and Sterility shows that for couples beginning infertility treatments, an accelerated path to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) can offer a shorter time to pregnancy, cost savings of nearly $10,000, and a lowered risk of multiple births.

Back to normal: Surgery improves outcomes for spine patients

June 1, 2009

ROSEMONT, Ill.? People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis* -- who choose surgical treatment -- experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to those who do not have surgery, according to a study published in the June 2009 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).

Death of a child in the neonatal intensive care unit

April 1, 2009

Cincinnati, OH, April 2, 2009--Little is known about the long-term effects of the death of a child in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on survivor siblings. These siblings may encounter unforeseen emotional difficulties and developmental consequences that can occur whether the siblings are born before or after the infant's death.