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Lack Of Certain Gene Expression Sets Stage For Breast Cancer
Scientists have identified key steps in breast-tissue cell division that go awry when CHFR's action is low or absent. The gene's expression is missing in more than a third of...
Battle of the bulge: Low leptin levels undermine successful weight loss
Individuals who are obese are at increased risk of many diseases, including type 2 diabetes and heart disease. As 75%-95% of previously obese individuals regain their lost weight, many researchers...
The Montreal Heart Institute presents findings on congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation
Simpler approach to atrial fibrillation treatment in heart failure patients eliminates need for repeated cardioversions and reduces hospitalization rates The results of a major international clinical trial coordinated by...
Conventional wisdom wrong about Arab journalists' anti-Americanism
Research published in International Journal of Press/Politics Since September 11, U.S. politicians have repeatedly reminded us that the journalists in the Arab world are biased against America and the...
Experimental Anti-cancer Synthetic Molecule Targets Tumor Cell Growth And Angiogenesis
A recent study describes a new candidate anti-cancer drug, HB-19. In contrast to conventional anti-cancer drugs, HB-19 has a dual mechanism of action by independently targeting tumor cell growth and...
Allergy Expert Has Advice For Flood Victims
As if the emotional and financial impact of flood damage isn't bad enough, floodwaters can also bring health problems. Scientists say after the water recedes, damp homes and businesses are...
Yale researchers discover Legionnaire microbe's tricks
Yale University researchers have shed new light how bacteria like the ones that cause Legionnaires' disease and Q-fever raise such havoc in human patients.
Woods' woes shouldn't preclude more wins, docs say
CHICAGO (AP) -- Doctors who treat the kinds of knee and leg injuries that ended Tiger Woods' victorious season have one word for his U.S. Open victory - remarkable....
System constraints forcing Canadian physicians to become medical brokers in prioritizing
Hip/knee replacement candidates Health-care system constraints combined with a lack of a uniform referral process are leaving Ontario physicians brokering which patients are in greatest need of hip...
Potential New Way To Block Inflammation In Autoimmune Disease Discovered
Researchers have identified a promising new target for autoimmune disease treatment -- a cell-surface receptor called DR3. Their research in mice, published in Immunity, suggests that blocking this receptor could...
Weight-loss Surgery Can Cut Cancer Risk, Study Shows
Bariatric surgery for morbidly obese decreases the risk of developing cancer by up to 80 percent, according to new research. Obesity affects the body in multiple ways, so a single...
Same Drug, Different Results: Researchers On The Path To Personalized Medicine
Medicine has moved a closer to the era of treatments based on the genetic profiles of individual patients. A new study shows how minor genetic differences between individuals alter the...
Salmonella's Tricky Attack Plan Revealed
As salmonella wreaks havoc across the United States, one group of researchers have figured out some of the bacteria's tricks.
Memory Loss Linked To Poor Diet, Study Suggests
Loss of memory with advanced age is a significant problem within most societies, and appears particularly severe in advanced industrialized nations. A less visible and often ignored problem comes from...
Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 5–18 June
Governments told to invest in power transmission, toothpaste a 'neglected preventative medicine', HIV-2 rates stabilise in Guinea-Bissau, and more.
Perspective: Policies must keep pace with genetic progress
Enactment of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 is a boon to individual patients and for genetic research, write Kathy Hudson, M.K. Holohan, and Francis Collins in the...
First steps towards a new approach to epilepsy treatment
The most prestigious funding body in the world for epilepsy has financially backed Australian research into new approaches to treat the condition.
Lifestyle Can Alter Gene Activity, Lead To Insulin Resistance
A Finnish study of identical twins has found that physical inactivity and acquired obesity can impair expression of the genes which help the cells produce energy. The findings suggest that...
Evalve MitraClip: Clinical Trial Of Nonsurgical Repair For Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation
The Everest II Clinical Trial is a study comparing nonsurgical repair for severe mitral valve regurgitation with conventional surgery. The MitraClip procedure is performed in a cardiac catheterization laboratory with...
Could exposure to low doses of radiation cure our ills?
For decades, we have been told that exposure to radiation is dangerous. In high doses it is certainly lethal and chronic exposure is linked to the development of cancer. But,...
NIH Funds Highway Pollution & Health Study in Boston, Somerville
Tufts University researchers and five Boston-area community groups received a 5-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the health effects of pollution exposure in...
Australians more obese than Americans, study finds
Australia has a higher proportion of obese people than the United States, with the health system facing a "fat bomb" unless action is taken, a study warned Thursday.
Patient's own infection-fighting T cells put late-stage melanoma into long-term remission
Case is first to show safety and effectiveness of using cloned cells alone to kill tumors Researchers describe the first successful use of a human patient's cloned infection-fighting T...
Risk factors for sudden death for adult muscular dystrophy identified
The largest assessment of people with adult muscular dystrophy has identified risk factors that can lead to sudden death for individuals with the most common form of this disease. The...
Bapineuzumab shows Alzheimer's promise
MADISON, N.J., June 19 (UPI) -- Elan Corp. and Wyeth said a U.S. clinical trial of the drug bapineuzumab suggest the drug can help patients with Alzheimer's disease.
PET Scans Reveal Hormone Replacement Therapy May Be Beneficial For Postmenopausal Women
Postmenopausal women are at an increased risk of developing coronary artery disease, yet recent research studies have sometimes resulted in conflicting data regarding how best to treat or minimize the...
Cloned immune cells cleared patient's cancer
Patient's tumours vanished within two months after being injected with his own immune cells
Earlier Alzheimer's diagnosis possible
A new method can diagnose Alzheimer's disease up to a year and a half earlier than previous methods, allowing treatment before clear symptoms appear.