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Study Links Rise in Mastectomies to M.R.I. Detection
New techniques for detecting breast cancer may be leading more women to have their entire breast removed.
Researchers Pinpoint How Smoking Causes Cancer
Researchers have pinpointed the protein that can lead to genetic changes that cause lung cancer. They discovered the production of a protein, FANCD2, is slowed when lung cells are exposed...
Molecular Response Of Cartilage To Injury Discovered
It's an unfortunate fact backed by studies of former professional football and soccer players: injury to joint cartilage escalates the risk of developing of osteoarthritis (OA). However, why this occurs...
Major Shift In HIV Prevention Priorities Needed, Analysts Urge
According to a new policy analysis the most common HIV prevention strategies -- condom promotion, HIV testing, treatment of other sexually transmitted infections, vaccine and microbicide research, and abstinence --...
Novel Insight Into Cardiac Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death
A new study provides much-needed insight into the molecular mechanisms that cause arrythmia, or irregular heartbeat, and how it triggers sudden cardiac death, one of the nation's leading killers.
How Slow Growth As A Fetus Can Cause Diabetes As An Adult
Intrauterine growth retardation results in a baby having a low birth weight and has been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. It has been suggested that...
Birth Order Linked To Asthma Symptoms
Among four year-olds attending Head Start programs in New York City, those who had older siblings were more likely to experience respiratory symptoms including an episode of wheezing in the...
Improving Anxiety Treatment Through The Help Of Brain Imaging: A Potential Future Treatment Strategy
Wouldn't it be nice if our doctors could predict accurately whether we would respond to a particular medication? This question is important because research studies provide information about how groups...
Arthritis Is A Potential Barrier To Physical Activity For Adults With Diabetes
People with diagnosed diabetes are nearly twice as likely to have arthritis, and the inactivity caused by arthritis hinders the successful management of both diseases, according to a new Morbidity...
Previously Unseen Switch Regulates Breast Cancer Response To Estrogen
A tiny modification called methylation on estrogen receptors prolongs the life of these growth-driving molecules in breast cancer cells. Most breast cancers contain estrogen receptors, which enable them to grow...
Cane Use May Reduce Risk Of Knee Osteoarthritis Progression
A common, incurable joint disease, osteoarthritis is the leading cause of disability in elderly people. While nearly any joint can be affected, OA most often strikes the knee, particularly the...
New Link To Schizophrenia Discovered
Neuroscientists have discovered that mice lacking an enzyme that contributes to Alzheimer disease exhibit a number of schizophrenia-like behaviors. The finding raises the possibility that this enzyme may participate in...
6-month Follow-up Diagnostic Mammograms Recommended For Women With Probably Benign Lesions, Study Suggests
Radiologists can, with confidence, recommend a six-month follow-up diagnostic mammogram rather than an immediate biopsy for patients with "probably benign" breast lesions, a new study emphasizes.
Do Antidepressants Enhance Immune Function?
Infection with human immunodeficiency virus, which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is an epidemic of global concern. The functioning of natural killer (NK) cells, which are a major element of...
Skin Flaps Deliver Cancer-fighting Therapy, Study Reveals
Using gene therapy, plastic surgeons have delivered cancer fighting proteins through skin flaps placed on cancerous tumors on rats with a 79 percent reduction in tumor volume, according to a...
When Statins Aren't Enough: New Trial Drug Points To Better Management Of Coronary Heart Disease
Despite widespread use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, a significant number of cardiac patients continue to suffer heart attacks and stroke. Researchers theorize that high levels of an enzyme found in coronary...
New research on baby survival rates stokes abortion limit row
No improvement in chances of life before 24 weeks, despite medical advances
Legislation Introduced to Spur Treatments for Brain Ailments [News]
Lawmakers yesterday introduced legislation designed to speed the development of new, safer therapies for brain and nervous system disorders and injuries, which affect an estimated 100 million Americans and costs...
China battles deadly EV-71 virus
More than 15,000 have been infected, and 28 children have died. ...
Nursing professor leads the way for 'telepsychiatry' by nurses to treat postpartum depression
Women suffering with postpartum depression may in future be able to receive psychotherapy from a specially trained nurse over the phone, eliminating barriers to treatment such as distance, time, or...
Get Your Motor Running: Rowan U, Virginia Tech Team with NJDOT, MVC on Motorcycle Safety Research
Motorcycle fatalities are up in New Jersey, and two universities are teaming with government organizations to find out why . . . and to decrease the death rate.
Medical know-how raises suicide risk for doctors
CHICAGO (AP) -- There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated...
Science Diplomacy Initiative - US-Libya
Science diplomacy can be critical first step for strengthening political and economic relationships among countries. As an example, strengthening ties between scientists in the United States and Libya is the...
New rule would limit insurers contact with elderly, disabled
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Agents selling private health insurance plans to the elderly and disabled would be barred from cold-calling, door-to-door solicitations and pitching their products outside hospital waiting rooms or...
Platypus venom could relieve pain
The dangerous venom found in male platypus spurs could potentially be valuable in pain relief and antibiotic medication, according to research.
Hormone used to treat reperfusion injury
MANHASSET, N.Y., May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've used the hormone Ghrelin to block organ injury after intestinal ischemia-reperfusion, a common surgical problem.
Mechanism of cell death uncovered
Researchers have revealed how proteins are able to puncture a cell's power supply, the mitochnodria, triggering cell death that can prevent tumour growth.
Sonja Van Tichelen on why animal testing is becoming obsolete
Healthcare and cosmetic products no longer need to be tested on animals, says Sonja Van Tichelen, and European law needs updating