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- New Hope for Non-Verbal Autistic Children
- Fresh Options to Buy Health Care Coverage
- Federal Register Releases Gift List of Barack Obama
- Belief in God Improves Psychiatric Treatment Outcomes
- Whipple's Disease
- Boy of 11 Undergoes Rare Open Heart Surgery
- Government Launches Pentavalent Vaccination in 8 States
- Mustard Oil Benefits
- Coffee may Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
- High Survival Rate Seen Among Young Thyroid Cancer Patients: Study
- Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy may Cause Autism in the Child
- Cheap Drugs Campaign Launched
- New Biomarker for Pregnancy-associated Heart Disease Identified
- 84 Million People Were Uninsured for a Time or Underinsured in 2012: Survey
- Smoking Ban to Save 200,000 Lives a Year, Says Russian Prime Minister
- Scientists Identify How Alcohol Might Affect Key Brain Proteins
- Clench Your Fists to Memorize Lists and Recall With Ease
- Cancer Awareness To Go Hand In Hand With Luxury Expo
- Study: Cutting Specific Pollutants Could Slow Sea Level Rise by 50 Percent
- In Nigeria Roadside Manicure Services Boom
- First H7N9 Bird Flu Case Outside China Confirmed By Taiwan
- As Crisis Hits Romans Cut Down on Bread
- Special Courses on Family Medicine Being Promoted By Health Ministry
- Circus Brings moments of joy to the dusty city of Afghanistan
- New Law Allows Duchess Kate's first child to Become the British monarch
- Lack Of Facilities Has Left French Dairy Farmers On The Sidelines Of A Boom
- World's Biggest Watch Fair Set to Open in Basel
- Study Evaluates Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly Service With General Medical Service
- In People Of African Ancestry, 3 Unique Genes Found to Influence Their Body Size
- Visible Signs of Lyme Disease Are Easily Missed
- Scientists Use Dead Zebras to Understand the Spread of Anthrax In Africa
- Mass-Vaccination Push to Combat Measles in England
- Handheld Scanner for Fake Malaria Drugs to be Tested in US
- Report Finds Diagnostic Errors More Common Than Treatment Mistakes
- Useful Stem Cells Separated from "Problem" Ones by Using New Method
- Understanding of Human Brown Adipose Tissue Advanced by Joslin Scientists
- Ovarian Cancer Detected Using Neighboring Cells
- In HIV-Infected Children, Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapies May Be Cardioprotective
- How CMA Stimulates the Immune System to Combat Virus
- Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease Demystified
- Promising New Therapeutic Approach to Treat Lazy Eye Disorder
- Promising Research Options Offered by Large Animal Models of Huntington's Disease
- Primary Care Provider Density Might Influence Lung Cancer Mortality Rates
- Protein That Promotes Cancer is also a Tumour-suppressor
- The Study of Evolution of Fish and Their Relationships
- Sustainability of Pet Ownership Questioned
- Nearly Half of Older Women Diagnosed With UTI Have No Evidence of Infection in Urine Culture
- Blood Vessel Function and Breathing Control Adversely Affected by Cutting Back on Sleep
- Despite Urgent Calls for Reducing Consumption, Rise Noted in Sodium Intake in US Over Last Decade
- Study Elaborates on Particular DNA Changes Linked With Prostate Cancer Development and Lethality
- Hope of New Tailor-Made Anti-Cancer Agents Triggered by New Discovery
- For High-Altitude Climbs, 2 Days of Staging as Effective as 4 Days
- Trojan Horse Strategy and Treatment of Breast Cancer
- Symptoms of Dry Mouth in Patients With Head and Neck Cancers Reduced by New Radiotherapy Approach
- Image-Guided Brachytherapy to Treat Cervical Cancer Successful in Two Studies
- Thumbs Up for a Novel Way to Enjoy Sex
- Rare Sleep Disorder Causes a Woman to Hog Food During Sleep
| New Hope for Non-Verbal Autistic Children Posted:  Around 24% of children suffering from autism were found to be minimally verbal or non-verbal and that these problems may persist into adulthood for such children. Professionals have long attempted to support the development of language in these children but with mixed outcomes. An estimated 600,000 people in the UK and 70 million worldwide have autism, a neuro-developmental condition which is life-long. Today, scientists at the University of Birmingham publish a ... |
| Fresh Options to Buy Health Care Coverage Posted:  Insured or not, you'll find new options for health care which will suit you and your budget. The health insurance marketplace can be accessed for affordable and comprehensive covers, a one stop place where you check plans available to you, the benefits, out of pocket costs and comparable plans. Workers will usually still be covered by employers and older people can avail Medicare but for people who have to independently buy health cover or have problems ... |
| Federal Register Releases Gift List of Barack Obama Posted:  The gift list of Barack Obama has been released by the Federal Register. The list includes presents that were given to Barack, First Lady Michelle and their two daughters by numerous foreign dignitaries in 2011. Among the strangest gifts are the items presented by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who gave the First Family an Hermes golf bag, Dior bathrobes, a beach towel, a reusable grocery bag, and ... |
| Belief in God Improves Psychiatric Treatment Outcomes Posted:  Having faith in God was found to improve the outcome of those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness, finds study. In the study, David H. Rosmarin, PhD, McLean Hospital clinician and instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, examined individuals at the Behavioral Health Partial Hospital program at McLean in an effort to investigate the relationship between patients' level of belief in God, expectations for treatment ... |
| Posted:  Whipple's disease is a bacterial infection that affects multiple systems like the digestive tract, brain and the joints. |
| Boy of 11 Undergoes Rare Open Heart Surgery Posted:  Boy of 11 from Africa who had sickle cell disease underwent a rare open heart surgery, say doctors at a hospital. Ayesha Sadiq was diagnosed with a disorder of the heart valve, which caused outflow of the blood from the right side to be obstructed. She also had sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder. Sickle cell disease is a condition in which the haemoglobin in the blood is of an abnormal kind, resulting in a high tendency for blood to clot ... |
| Government Launches Pentavalent Vaccination in 8 States Posted:  The government has started the pentavalent vaccination drive in eight states. The pentavalent vaccination drive for infants under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) has been started in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka and Puducherry, the government informed the Rajya Sabha. The vaccine is given at the age of 6 weeks, 10 weeks and 14 weeks of age to infants. Pentavalent vaccine protects against ... |
| Posted:  Mustard oil is extremely popular in northern India, Korea, Nepal and Bangladesh. This oil was once thought to be unsafe for human consumption in United States, Europe and Canada , in these countries it was only used for massage because it contains erucic acid. A study was conducted on rats and showed that erucic acid in mustard oil was harmful, but those studies have now believed to be flawed. 'American Chefs Discover Mustard Oil' was published ... |
| Coffee may Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Posted:  Coffee consumption could cut the risk of breast cancer recurring in patients taking the drug Tamoxifen, shows study. In the study, patients who took the pill, along with two or more cups of coffee daily, reported less than half the rate of cancer recurrence, compared with their non-coffee drinking, Tamoxifen-taking counterparts. The team followed over 600 breast cancer patients from southern Sweden for an average of five years. Approximately 300 ... |
| High Survival Rate Seen Among Young Thyroid Cancer Patients: Study Posted:  Many teenagers and children who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, says study published in iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology (and) Metabolism/i. Following the April 26, 1986 explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the former Soviet Union, the number of children and teenagers diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer spiked in Ukraine, Belarus and western areas of Russia. Most of the patients developed ... |
| Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy may Cause Autism in the Child Posted:  Use of antidepressant medications during pregnancy may increase the risk of autism in the child, suggests a recent study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Studies were performed to analyze the association between parental depression, use of antidepressants during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorders. Researchers identified 4429 cases of autism spectrum disorder among which 1828 were with intellectual disability, while 2601 were ... |
| Posted:  A country-wide campaign to make quality generic drugs available at affordable prices has been launched by the government. The 'Jan Aushadhi Campaign' has been initiated by the Department of Pharmaceuticals in collaboration with state governments by opening of 'Jan Aushadhi' generic drug stores in government hospitals, health ministry officials said Wednesday. A total of 154 'Jan Aushadhi' stores have been opened till March 31, 2013, in 12 states ... |
| New Biomarker for Pregnancy-associated Heart Disease Identified Posted:  University of Liege in Liege, Belgium have discovered miR-146a a new molecule that can serve as a potential biomarker for peripartum cardiomyopathy. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a deterioration in cardiac function that occurs in pregnant women during the last month or in the months following their pregnancy. Struman and colleagues found that expression of miR-146a was induced by the nursing hormone prolactin. MiR-146a expression promoted vascular damage ... |
| 84 Million People Were Uninsured for a Time or Underinsured in 2012: Survey Posted:  According to the Commonwealth Fund 2012 Biennial Health Insurance Survey eight-four million people, nearly half of all working age U.S. adults went without health insurance for a time last year. The survey also found that the proportion of young adults ages 19-25 who were uninsured during the year fell from 48 percent to 41 percent between 2010 and 2012, reversing a nearly decade-long trend of rising uninsured rates in that age group. This reversal is likely ... |
| Smoking Ban to Save 200,000 Lives a Year, Says Russian Prime Minister Posted:  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said banning smoking in public places could save up to 200,000 lives annually in the country. "I hope that it (anti-smoking law) will contribute to reducing this factor (smoking)," Medvedev said at the first session of the government's health protection committee. Russia has some of the highest rates of smoking in the world. President Vladimir Putin signed the ban into the law Feb 25. It envisages ... |
| Scientists Identify How Alcohol Might Affect Key Brain Proteins Posted:  The University of Texas at Austin and the Pasteur Institute researchers have discovered one of alcohol's key gateways to the brain. It's a major step on the road to eventually developing drugs that could disrupt the interaction between alcohol and the brain. "Now that we've identified this key brain protein and understand its structure, it's possible to imagine developing a drug that could block the binding site," said Adron Harris, professor ... |
| Clench Your Fists to Memorize Lists and Recall With Ease Posted:  Long winding shopping lists and things to do need not send your anxiety levels soaring, for you can now improve your ability to remember lists by a simple action of your hands. You may well call it magic! Research suggests that one can boost their memory by just balling up their fists. This movement is thought to stimulate the brain region in charge of memory. Researchers have found that, just balling up the right hand and squeezing it tightly could ... |
| Cancer Awareness To Go Hand In Hand With Luxury Expo Posted:  Creating awareness among people about cancer is in the lines for second edition of the Indian Luxury Expo who will showcase the best of the brands. The awareness will be created through its association with cricketer Yuvraj Singh's Cancer Prevention Foundation, YouWeCan. The three-day luxury event starts April 26 at the Grand Hyatt here. "YouWeCan is pushing hard for early detection (of cancer) and is working rigorously to make people more aware about ... |
| Study: Cutting Specific Pollutants Could Slow Sea Level Rise by 50 Percent Posted:  New research indicates that cutting emissions of certain pollutants can greatly slow down sea level rise this century, since coastal areas bracing for rising sea levels. The research team found that reductions in four pollutants that cycle comparatively quickly through the atmosphere could temporarily forestall the rate of sea level rise by roughly 25 to 50 percent. "To avoid potentially dangerous sea level rise, we could cut emissions of short-lived ... |
| In Nigeria Roadside Manicure Services Boom Posted:  In Nigeria's sprawling economic capital, the curb above a open sewer works just fine though a comfortable salon may be the ideal place to have a manicure-pedicure. The roadside 'mani-pedi' is something of a Lagos institution and one of many examples of how residents in the mega-city of 15 million people defy what could be considered personal grooming norms. Privately tailored suits delivered to your home or office are a luxury reserved for the wealthy ... |
| First H7N9 Bird Flu Case Outside China Confirmed By Taiwan Posted:  ... |
| As Crisis Hits Romans Cut Down on Bread Posted:  Traditional bakeries in Rome are shutting shop and some are resorting to selling old bread at half-price to draw hard-up customers as a devastating economic crisis hits ordinary Italians. "Crisis-Beating Offer: Bread left over is sold the next day at half price," read a sign at a bakery in the Trionfale market near the Vatican. "For a while our clients have been quietly asking us if we can sell them yesterday's bread to save money," said Cesara Chiappini, ... |
| Special Courses on Family Medicine Being Promoted By Health Ministry Posted:  An official said that in an effort to bridge the gap between the need and availability of doctors, the health ministry is promoting courses in family medicine for medical practitioners. "There is a gap between the need and availability of doctors," T. Sundaraman, executive director of the National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), told reporters at a two-day National Rural Health Mission-sponsored conference that began here Saturday. The conference ... |
| Circus Brings moments of joy to the dusty city of Afghanistan Posted:  The organisers of a children's circus try to provide a splash of colour and some moments of joy in a dusty city of grey concrete blast walls where there's not always much to smile about. The Kabul-based Mobile Mini-Circus for Children (MMCC) was founded in Afghanistan in 2002, months after the fall of the hardline Taliban Islamic regime which banned music and dance. Fewer than one million children -- and no girls -- attended school nationwide at the ... |
| New Law Allows Duchess Kate's first child to Become the British monarch Posted:  Duchess Kate's first born will become the British monarch, whether she gives birth to a daughter or a son, as the laws of succession that stated that only firstborn boys could inherit the throne are about to be replaced after 300 years. The Queen is set to give her Royal Assent to the Bill that will end the archaic principle of men taking precedence over women in line to the throne, Sky News reported. A Cabinet Office spokesman has told Sky News that ... |
| Lack Of Facilities Has Left French Dairy Farmers On The Sidelines Of A Boom Posted:  French dairy farmers have got too much of milk and thus were caught in a pricing squabble with supermarkets while missing out on the Chinese thirst for imported powdered milk. France is famous worldwide for its cheeses, but many dairy farmers complain they are getting squeezed and are threatening to hang up their wellies in a sector already expected to shed 1,000 jobs in the coming months. For weeks French dairy farmers have been locked in negotiations ... |
| World's Biggest Watch Fair Set to Open in Basel Posted:  In Basel, the world's biggest watch fair is set to open this week amid growing uncertainty over whether the industry can keep up its momentum and rake in another year of record sales in China. "The question at Baselworld will be to understand what is happening in mainland China," Kepler Capital Markets analyst Jon Cox told AFP ahead of the event, warning that the Chinese market prospects now seemed increasingly fragile. The Swiss watch industry has been ... |
| Study Evaluates Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly Service With General Medical Service Posted:  A matched cohort study by scientists examined the use of the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) service compared with general medical service (usual care). (Online First) The study was done by William W. Hung, M.D., M.P.H., of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and colleagues. Patients were recruited for the study if they were 75 years or older and were admitted because of an acute illness to either the MACE service, a novel model of ... |
| In People Of African Ancestry, 3 Unique Genes Found to Influence Their Body Size Posted:  Researchers have helped to discover three unique genetic variations that influence body size and obesity in men and women of African ancestry. The study took place at Dartmouth's Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) and the Center for Genomic Medicine. This study, a meta-analysis that examined 3.2 million genetic variants in over 30,000 people with African heritage for links to body-mass index or BMI-by professors Jason Moore, Christopher Amos and ... |
| Visible Signs of Lyme Disease Are Easily Missed Posted:  Quick diagnosis and treatment are essential to avoiding long term complications if a person contracts Lyme disease. But the diagnostic process may be delayed if a physician does not recognize a skin rash caused by Lyme disease because it does not have the bull's-eye appearance that is best known to physicians and the public. In a Research Letter just published in the journal iEmerging Infectious Diseases/i, a prominent research team led by Steven ... |
| Scientists Use Dead Zebras to Understand the Spread of Anthrax In Africa Posted:  According to findings from a small study conducted in Etosha National Park in northern Namibia, scavengers might not play as key a role in spreading anthrax through wildlife populations as previously assumed. Wildlife managers currently spend large amounts of money and time to control anthrax outbreaks by preventing scavengers from feeding on infected carcasses. The effort might be ill spent, according to results published in iApplied and Environmental ... |
| Mass-Vaccination Push to Combat Measles in England Posted:  Public health authorities have confirmed that England aims to inject a million youngsters with measles vaccine following a surge in cases of the potentially fatal disease. The rise in cases appears to be due to a period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when fears over a discredited link between the MMR vaccine and autism were at their height, Public Health England (PHE) said. The MMR vaccine immunises against measles, mumps and rubella. Figures ... |
| Handheld Scanner for Fake Malaria Drugs to be Tested in US Posted:  A handheld device that can scan drugs and report within seconds whether they are real or fake will be tested by US regulators in a bid to help the fight against malaria. Counterfeit and substandard malaria drugs are a key concern in many parts of the world where the mosquito-borne disease is a problem, and finding a low-cost way to test drugs in the field would be a boon to public health efforts, experts said. The Food and Drug Administration said the ... |
| Report Finds Diagnostic Errors More Common Than Treatment Mistakes Posted:  Diagnostic errors accounted for the largest fraction of claims, the most severe patient harm, and the highest total of penalty payouts, a review of 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts by Johns Hopkins researchers has found. Diagnosis-related payments amounted to (Dollar) 38.8 billion between 1986 and 2010, they found. "This is more evidence that diagnostic errors could easily be the biggest patient safety and medical malpractice problem in the United ... |
| Useful Stem Cells Separated from "Problem" Ones by Using New Method Posted:  It is well-known that pluripotent stem cells can turn, or differentiate, into any cell type in the body, such as nerve, muscle or bone. Because these remaining pluripotent stem cells can subsequently develop into unintended cell types - bone cells among blood, for instance - or form tumors known as teratomas, identifying and separating them from their differentiated progeny is of utmost importance in keeping stem cell-based therapeutics safe. Now, ... |
| Understanding of Human Brown Adipose Tissue Advanced by Joslin Scientists Posted:  Significant findings about the location, genetic expression and function of human brown adipose tissue (BAT) are being reported by Joslin scientists. These findings, which appear in the April 2013 issue of iNature Medicine/i, may contribute to further study of BAT's role in human metabolism and developing treatments that use BAT to promote weight loss. Two types of adipose (fat) tissue - brown and white -- are found in mammals. Unlike the more predominant ... |
| Ovarian Cancer Detected Using Neighboring Cells Posted:  The first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans by examining cells easily brushed from the neighboring cervix or uterus called pioneering biophotonics technology has been developed at Northwestern University. A research team from Northwestern and NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) conducted an ovarian cancer clinical study at NorthShore. Using partial wave spectroscopic (PWS) microscopy, they saw diagnostic changes ... |
| In HIV-Infected Children, Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapies May Be Cardioprotective Posted:  A new study has found that long-term use of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) does not appear to be associated with impaired heart function in children and adolescents. The study sought to determine the cardiac effects of prolonged exposure to HAART on children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a report published Online First by iJAMA Pediatrics/i, a JAMA Network publication. Prior to contemporary antiretroviral ... |
| How CMA Stimulates the Immune System to Combat Virus Posted:  Since the 1970s, a long-forgotten candidate for antiviral therapy is undergoing a renaissance. The small molecule CMA has been considered a potent agent against viral infections, yet it was never approved for clinical use. Scientists at the Bonn University Hospital have now deciphered how the molecule can actually stimulate the immune system to combat viruses. The results are now being presented in the journal "iEMBO/i" of the European Molecular Biology Organization. ... |
| Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease Demystified Posted:  Previous research has suggested that the disrupted metabolism of sugar, fat and calcium is part of the process that causes the death of neurons in Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now shown, for the first time, how important parts of the nerve cell that are involved in the cell's energy metabolism operate in the early stages of the disease. These somewhat surprising results shed new light on how neuronal metabolism relates ... |
| Promising New Therapeutic Approach to Treat Lazy Eye Disorder Posted:  A research team has used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye". The team was led by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). By distributing information between the two eyes in a complementary fashion, the video game trains both eyes to work together, which is counter to previous treatments for the ... |
| Promising Research Options Offered by Large Animal Models of Huntington's Disease Posted:  The availability of appropriate animal models that enable insights into the disease's genetics and/or pathophysiology influences the scientific progress in Huntington's disease (HD). Large animal models, such as domesticated farm animals, offer some distinct advantages over rodent models, including a larger brain that is amenable to imaging and intracerebral therapy, longer lifespan, and a more human-like neuro-architecture. Three articles in the latest issue of ... |
| Primary Care Provider Density Might Influence Lung Cancer Mortality Rates Posted:  It is common knowledge that lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. It is tied as the third leading cause of death overall in industrialized countries. Within the United States, several groups identified by race, sex, and socioeconomic status have been linked to increased cancer mortality, suggesting a disparity because of these characteristics. The relationships are complicated by the fact that many of these characteristics may also be associated ... |
| Protein That Promotes Cancer is also a Tumour-suppressor Posted:  Scientists have claimed that a protein involved in cancer-promoting cell signaling is also a tumour-suppressor. Shc pronounced "schick," plays a key role in activating signals which lead to cell proliferation (and cancer) when cells are stimulated, however, also keeps a key component of the signaling pathway tied down and inactive, keeping Erk under wraps when a cell is less active, senior author John Ladbury, Ph.D., professor in MD Anderson's Department of Biochemistry ... |
| The Study of Evolution of Fish and Their Relationships Posted:  Our knowledge about relationships among the various types of fishes is still unknown, though fishes account for over half of vertebrate species. A team of scientists led by Richard Broughton, associate professor of biology at the University of Oklahoma, published two studies that dramatically increase understanding of fish evolution and their relationships. They integrated extensive genetic and physical information about specimens to create a new "tree ... |
| Sustainability of Pet Ownership Questioned Posted:  A number of important questions on the sustainability of pet ownership have been raised by University of Illinois animal sciences researcher Kelly Swanson, in cooperation with scientists at natural pet food maker The Nutro Company. Sustainability is defined as meeting the needs of the present while not compromising the future. Swanson said that although the carbon footprint aspect of sustainability receives the most attention, nutritional aspects are also important. ... |
| Nearly Half of Older Women Diagnosed With UTI Have No Evidence of Infection in Urine Culture Posted:  Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the leading causes for ED visits among older adults. In fact, UTIs, which can progress to serious health concerns, are the fourth most common diagnosis in women over age 65. But a new study at Rhode Island Hospital has found that many such women receive treatment for a UTI, but have no firm evidence of such an infection, resulting in the prescribing of unnecessary antibiotics. The study is published online in advance of ... |
| Blood Vessel Function and Breathing Control Adversely Affected by Cutting Back on Sleep Posted:  In modern times, sleep is often forsaken as we chase the perfect work-life balance. A bevy of research has shown a link between sleep deprivation and cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, and obesity. However, it's been unclear why sleep loss might lead to these effects. Several studies have tested the effects of total sleep deprivation, but this model isn't a good fit for the way most people lose sleep, with a few hours here and there. In a new study by ... |
| Despite Urgent Calls for Reducing Consumption, Rise Noted in Sodium Intake in US Over Last Decade Posted:  Public health authorities agree that excess sodium intake on a regular basis can increase blood pressure and the risk of heart attack and stroke. However, despite recommendations to lower sodium consumption over the last decade, actual intake continues to rise. Research supported by Tate (and) Lyle was presented today at the American Society for Nutrition Experimental Biology (3) conference in Boston which indicates that in the United States, sodium intake has been ... |
| Study Elaborates on Particular DNA Changes Linked With Prostate Cancer Development and Lethality Posted:  Loss or amplification of particular DNA regions contributes to the development of prostate cancer, a new study has found. The study also suggested that patients with two of these DNA changes have a high likelihood of dying from the disease. Published early online in iCANCER/i, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on the genetics of prostate cancer and offers insights into which patients should be treated ... |
| Hope of New Tailor-Made Anti-Cancer Agents Triggered by New Discovery Posted:  A new chemical compound that blocks a protein that has been linked to poor responses to treatment in cancer patients has been customized by scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and their collaborators. The development of the compound, called WEHI-539, is an important step towards the design of a potential new anti-cancer agent.WEHI-539 has been designed to bind and block the function of a protein called BCL-XL that normally prevents cells from dying. ... |
| For High-Altitude Climbs, 2 Days of Staging as Effective as 4 Days Posted:  The geography of Afghanistan is dominated by a collection of craggy peaks. Here the highest peak is a mountain known as Noshaq, which has been measured to 7,492 meters. Consequently, the soldiers on duty in this mountainous terrain must often ascend to great heights as part of their duty. However, quick climbs without adapting to altitude can lead to a condition called acute mountain sickness (AMS), marked by headache, fatigue, gastrointestinal distress, nausea, ... |
| Trojan Horse Strategy and Treatment of Breast Cancer Posted:  Breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain may be conquered by a surgeon from Indiana University School of Medicine by using glass, gold, nanotechnology and Greek mythology. Susan E. Clare, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of surgery at the IU School of Medicine, is the initiating principal investigator for a 573,000-dollar Department of Defense grant that will allow her to explore a new approach to delivering therapy to brain metastases from primary breast ... |
| Symptoms of Dry Mouth in Patients With Head and Neck Cancers Reduced by New Radiotherapy Approach Posted:  It is possible to reduce the distressing symptoms of dry mouth in patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancers if the radiation dose to a salivary gland on the opposite side to the tumour is kept to the minimum, researchers have indicated. The largest study yet to show a correlation between radiation doses to the submandibular glands and their output of saliva was presented today (Saturday) at the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy ... |
| Image-Guided Brachytherapy to Treat Cervical Cancer Successful in Two Studies Posted:  It is possible to treat cervical cancer effectively with high doses of brachytherapy specifically adapted to each tumor, two landmark studies have shown. The studies have also demonstrated that it is possible to do this with fewer serious side-effects to the surrounding normal organs. In two presentations, researchers will tell the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) that image-guided brachytherapy is able to deliver very high ... |
| Thumbs Up for a Novel Way to Enjoy Sex Posted:  A man who is paralyzed waist down has discovered a new way to enjoy sex - through his thumb. 43-year-old Rafe Biggs fell from a roof and this left him with a broken neck. He was also paralyzed below his waist and thus felt no sensation. Obviously, this meant that his penis had no sensation and it seemed like the end of his sex life. To his surprise, when his girlfriend began to suck and caress his thumb, he began to feel aroused and experienced the same ... |
| Rare Sleep Disorder Causes a Woman to Hog Food During Sleep Posted:  A fifty-five-year old woman is in the grips of a rare sleep disorder which causes her to eat food during deep sleep with no memory of it the next day. Lesley Cusack is a mother of three children and is divorced. She now lives alone. Lesley makes sure she eats only salad during the day as she is in a position to control her diet in the waking hours. What happens during her sleep is beyond her control. When she wakes up the next day she is rather embarrassed ... |
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