Public release date: 2-Feb-2012[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Garth Sundemgarth.sundem@ucdenver.eduUniversity of Colorado Denver Treatment strategies to maximze effectiveness and minimize side effects The drug oxaliplatin is a major reason the prognosis for metastatic colon cancer has gone from an expected survival of several months to a couple years. Unfortunately, the drug can also carry with it debilitating neurological side effects, which generally start as the sensation of pins and needles in fingers and toes and can leave patients unable to walk or dress independently.
However, “Many patients don’t receive the necessary dose to try to keep their…
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WASHINGTON — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Sunday that Republican governors deserve credit for the improving economy. “I’m glad the economy is starting to recover, but I think it’s because of what Republican governors are doing in their states, not because of the president,” McDonnell said on CNN’s “State of the Union with Candy Crowley.” McDonnell did not elaborate on what the governors have done. But he said Republican governors are in charge of more states with positive economic conditions. “Eleven out of the top 15 states in America that are ranked by CNBC as top places to do business…
MADRID (AP) ? The Spanish tennis federation said it plans to sue a French TV channel for using its logo in a video that poked fun at Rafael Nadal. In the video skit on the satirical program called The Puppets, a life-size cartoon figure of Nadal is shown urinating into a gas tank before racing off and being pulled over by police for speeding. A message of “Spanish athletes. They don’t win by chance” flashes across the screen, surrounded by the logos of the tennis federation and cycling and soccer federations. The video on Canal Plus France on Monday came…
NEW YORK ? Paula Deen, the Southern belle of butter and heavy cream, is making no apologies for waiting three years to disclose she has diabetes while continuing to dish up deep-fried cheesecake and other high-calorie, high-fat recipes on TV. She said she isn’t changing the comfort cooking that made her a star, though it isn’t clear how much of it she’ll continue to eat while she promotes health-conscious recipes along with a diabetes drug she’s endorsing for a Danish company. “I’ve always said, `Practice moderation, y’all.’ I’ll probably say that a little louder now,” Deen said Tuesday after revealing…