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LOS ANGELES -- Magnetic resonance angiography is highly effective in identifying stenotic supra-aortic arteries, according to researchers here.

SAN DIEGO -- Academic medical centers, despite the training responsibilities that frighten many patients away, have lung cancer surgery outcomes that equal or exceed those of non-academic hospitals, researchers said here.

SAN DIEGO -- Real-world revascularization outcomes pan out better with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) than with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), even when drug-eluting stents are used, investigators reported here.

DALLAS -- Serious symptoms of sickle cell disease in childhood don't imply a greater risk of premature stroke or death for patients as they grow up, according to researchers here.

ORLANDO -- Adding Eloxatin (oxaliplatin) to the neoadjuvant chemotherapy mix for rectal cancer did not affect radiation dosing nor limit the ability to perform surgery, researchers here reported.

ORLANDO -- Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFR) vary in their efficacy in gastrointestinal cancers, researchers here reported.

ORLANDO -- Gemzar (gemcitabine) plus Eloxatin (oxaliplatin) adjuvant chemotherapy, followed by chemoradiation ,can improve one-year post-resection recurrence-free survival in pancreatic cancer, suggests a small French study.

CAMBRIDGE, England -- In families with two or members who have multiple sclerosis, the age of onset is likely to be similar, although the disease severity may differ, an international research team has found.

MADRID -- Starting artificial nutrition early but at a limited energy requirement may protect against liver dysfunction for intensive care patients with sepsis, according to a large cohort study here.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 29 -- Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) offers no advantage for cognitive function over on-pump surgery, researchers said here.

ORLANDO -- For predicting survival after pancreatic cancer surgery, the ratio of metastatic to examined nodes might be more accurate than the absolute number metastatic nodes sampled, researchers reported here.

LIVERPOOL, England -- Low-dose glucocorticoid agents given along with standard disease-modifying drugs reduced the progression of early rheumatoid arthritis for up to two years, Cochrane reviewers reported.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Folic acid supplements during pregnancy apparently reduce the risk of a cleft lip in addition to neural tube defects, according to a study in Norway.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Offering hospitals a relatively small financial incentive improved their quality of care for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, researchers here reported.

GRAFTON, New Zealand -- An ounce of reassurance may be worth a pound of cure for some chest pain patients undergoing diagnostic tests, researchers here report.

AARHUS, Denmark -- Pregnant women can drink coffee without the fear it will lead to a premature birth or a low-birth-weight baby, according to researchers here.

LOS ANGELES -- The impulse to smoke cigarettes may be one of the conscious urges that are intimately involved with the insula, a cortical region of the brain, according to researchers here. A damaged insula, they discovered, makes smokers forget to smoke.

ORLANDO -- Treatment of gastrointestinal cancers can be improved with a more thorough understanding of tumor biology, researchers here reported.