CDC Reports HIV Infection Rates Steady

The number of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections nationwide has continued to remain stable, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV is still a serious issue, with an estimated 47,500 new infections in the United States in 2010...

HPV Infections May Return In Older Women

HPV (human papillomavirus) infection in women during or after menopause may actually be an infection that was acquired when they were younger. The finding came from new research, published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, which suggests that after one or two years, HPV may exist below limits of detection...

The Role Of Epigenetics In Homosexuality

Epigenetics - how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches, called epi-marks - appears to be a critical and overlooked factor contributing to the long-standing puzzle of why homosexuality occurs...

Addition Of Everolimus To Exemestine Provides Sustained Survival Edge In Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

SAN ANTONIO - The survival benefit seen with everolimus plus exemestane over exemestane alone at 7.5 months and 12.5 months in women with advanced breast cancer is maintained at 18- month follow-up, investigators announced at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)...



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Image-Guided Biopsy May Improve Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles have found a new and better way of diagnosing prostate cancer using magnetic resonance ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy. Prostate cancer is the sixth leading male cancer killer, and the most common cancer among American men. It develops very slowly over time and symptoms don't usually show until it has reached an advanced stage...



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Protein Controlling Glucose Metabolism Also A Tumor Suppressor

A protein known to regulate how cells process glucose also appears to be a tumor suppressor, adding to the potential that therapies directed at cellular metabolism may help suppress tumor growth. In their report in the Dec...



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Findings Suggest Doctors Could One Day Block Protein Tied To Cancer-Drug Resistance And Boost The Ability Of Drugs To Kill Tumors

Blocking a specific protein renders tumors more vulnerable to treatment in mice, suggesting new therapies could eventually achieve the same in humans, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center, presented at the 2012 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium...



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Outcomes In Head And Neck Cancer And Relationship To The Treating Institution

Patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiation treatment at an academic center have a higher survival rate than those receiving treatment at a community center, according to a study in the December 2012 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery...



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Study Identifies Targeted Molecular Therapy For Untreatable NF1 Tumors

Researchers conducting a preclinical study in mice successfully used targeted molecular therapy to block mostly untreatable nerve tumors that develop in people with the genetic disorder Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1). Scientists from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report their findings online Dec. 10 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation...



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Cocktail Boosts Immune Cells In Fighting Cancer

Fighting cancer using the body's own defense system is a promising treatment approach. Immune therapies have even become clinical routine in treating a few cancers such as malignant melanoma and prostate cancer. Natural killer cells (or NK cells) are considered to be particularly suitable weapons against cancer...



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A Relationship Between Cancer Genes And The Reprogramming Gene SOX2 Discovered

A team of researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Manuel Serrano, from the Tumour Suppression Group, together with scientists from London and Santiago de Compostela, has discovered that the cellular reprogramming gene SOX2, which is involved in several types of cancers, such as lung cancer and pituitary cancer, is directly regulated by the ...



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Immune System Kill Switch Could Be Target For Chemotherapy And Infection Recovery

Researchers have discovered an immune system 'kill switch' that destroys blood stem cells when the body is under severe stress, such as that induced by chemotherapy and systemic infections. The discovery could have implications for protecting the blood system during chemotherapy or in diseases associated with overwhelming infection, such as sepsis...



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Researchers Identify Proteins That Indicate Which Kidney Tumors Are Most Likely To Spread

Researchers at St. Michael's hospital have identified 29 proteins that are likely to be involved in the spread of kidney cancer. The discovery will help physicians recognize which tumours are going to behave more aggressively and provide those patients with more intensive treatment and closer followup...



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Clinical Trial Tests Rice Bran To Prevent Cancer

A recent University of Colorado Cancer Center review in the journal Advances in Nutrition shows that rice bran offers promising cancer prevention properties. Meanwhile, an ongoing clinical trial is testing the effectiveness of rice bran in preventing the recurrence of colon cancer...



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Researchers Find A Fungus That Could Fight Cancer

Arthrobotrys oligospora, a fungus that feeds on roundworm, may be able to fight against cancer, according to research in Advanced Functional Materials. The study was conducted by a team led by Mingjun Zhang, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The researchers discovered that nanoparticles made by A...



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Chemical In Red Wine May Prevent Cancer

A chemical found in red wine is now thought to help prevent cancer. Scientists from the University of Leicester have been studying the effects of a compound found in red grapes, called resveratrol, which has many potential health benefits for humans...



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Breath Test Could Possibly Diagnose Colorectal Cancer

A new study published in BJS has demonstrated for the first time that a simple breath analysis could be used for colorectal cancer screening. The study is part of the "Improving Outcomes in Gastrointestinal Cancer" supplement. Cancer tissue has different metabolism compared to normal healthy cells and produces some substances which can be detected in the breath of these patients...



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Risk Of Diabetes May Be Reduced By Up To 25 Percent By Moderate Coffee Consumption

Drinking three to four cups of coffee per day may help to prevent type 2 diabetes according to research highlighted in a session report published by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC), a not-for-profit organisation devoted to the study and disclosure of science related to coffee and health...



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Determining The Fertility Window Of Women Who Have Suffered From Childhood Cancer

Researchers from Inserm, the French public hospital organization (AP-HP), the Institut Gustave Roussy and the Universite Paris-Sud studied the age at menopause of a cohort of 706 women who had suffered from childhood cancer...



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Roundworm-Eating Fungus Could Also Be A Cancer Fighter

Arthrobotrys oligospora doesn't live a charmed life; it survives on a diet of roundworm. But a discovery by a team led by Mingjun Zhang, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, could give the fungus's life more purpose - as a cancer fighter. Zhang and his team have discovered that nanoparticles produced by A...



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Unique Combination Of Diet And Radiation Therapy Successfully Destroys Brain Tumor Cells

A team of brain cancer researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has effectively treated brain tumor cells using a unique combination of diet and radiation therapy. The study, "The Ketogenic Diet Is an Effective Adjuvant to Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Malignant Glioma," was published in PLOS ONE. Led by Adrienne C...



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Vaginal Microbicide Gel May Offer A Promising Strategy For Prevention And Protection Against HIV Transmission

A new study shows that a microbicide gel is highly effective in block infection by the AIDS virus in a non-human primate model...

Brain Tumors Respond To Diet And Radiation Therapy

Brain cancer researchers have successfully treated mice with malignant gliomas, a type of aggressive and deadly brain tumor, with a unique combination of radiation therapy and ketogenic diet, a high fat, low carbohydrate and minimal protein regime that forces the body to use fat instead of sugar for energy...



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Tamoxifen More Effective When Taken For Longer

Taking tamoxifen for ten years following breast cancer surgery rather than five is more effective and better at reducing the risk of recurrence and death, according to a recent trial led by Oxford University's Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU), called ATLAS...



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Pig That Models Human Diseases Such As Obesity, Diabetes, And Cardiovascular Disease Gets International Attention

A detailed annotation of the genome of T.J. Tabasco, a pig from the University of Illinois South Farms, is the outcome of over 10 years of work by an international consortium. It is expected to speed progress in both biomedical and agricultural research. U of I Vice President for Research Lawrence Schook said that the College of ACES played a crucial role in getting the work started...



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Treatment For Gastrointestinal Conditions May Be Improved By Targeting Neurotransmitter

Selective targeting of the neurotransmitter that differentially affects brain cells that control the two distinct functions of the pancreas may allow for new medication therapies for conditions like diabetes, dyspepsia and gastro-esophageal reflux, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers...



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Bone Metastasis In Prostate Cancer Responds To Cabozantinib

A new drug demonstrated dramatic and rapid effects on prostate cancer that had spread to the bone, according to a study reported by University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers. About two-thirds of patients treated with cabozantinib had improvements on their bone scans, with 12 percent seeing complete resolution of uptake on bone scan...



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Immune System Response Detrimental To Novel Brain Cancer Therapy

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the response of natural killer (NK) cells is detrimental to glioblastoma virotherapy, a novel way of treating malignant brain cancer by injecting a virus into the tumor. A number of clinical trials are currently underway to test whether glioblastoma virotherapy will facilitate antitumor efficacy, but research led by E...



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Rapid Evaluation For Swallowing And Voice Problems Recommended After Brain Surgery

Johns Hopkins experts are recommending early post-surgical assessment -- preferably within 24 hours -- for trouble chewing and swallowing food, or speaking normally, among patients who have had benign tumors removed from the base of the brain. Such early assessments, they say, may minimize complications associated with the sometimes hazelnut-sized tumors, called vestibular schwannomas...



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Improving The Outcome For Patients With Diseases Whose Treatment Requires Ex Vivo Cell Processing

Researchers at Rice University have found a way to kill some diseased cells and treat others in the same sample at the same time. The process activated by a pulse of laser light leaves neighboring healthy cells untouched...



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Hospice Enrollment In Patients Requiring High-Cost Care May Be Restricted By Prohibitive Reimbursement

In the first national survey of enrollment policies at hospices, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Yale University have found that the vast majority of hospices in the United States have at least one enrollment policy that could restrict access for terminally ill Medicare patients with high-cost medical needs...



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Treating Diabetics With Stroke - New Therapy

A new possible therapy for treating brain damage among type 2 diabetics who have suffered from a stroke has been proposed by researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The suggested therapy, published in the scientific journal Diabetes, involves using an approved type 2 diabetes drug called linagliptin...



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International Conference Will Show How Resveratrol Can Prevent Cancer, Heart Disease And Diabetes

University of Leicester scientists will present groundbreaking new evidence about how a chemical found in red wine can help prevent cancer on Wednesday, December 5. Experts from around the world are set to attend Resveratrol 2012, a major conference at the University which will assess the latest advances in the study of resveratrol - a compound found in the skins of red grapes...



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International Conference Will Show How Resveratrol Can Prevent Cancer, Heart Disease And Diabetes

University of Leicester scientists will present groundbreaking new evidence about how a chemical found in red wine can help prevent cancer on Wednesday, December 5. Experts from around the world are set to attend Resveratrol 2012, a major conference at the University which will assess the latest advances in the study of resveratrol - a compound found in the skins of red grapes...



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Undiagnosed Diabetes, Hypertension, Greater In Mexican Immigrants To The US

Immigrants who come to the United States from Mexico arrive with a significant amount of undiagnosed disease, tempering previous findings that immigrants are generally healthier than native-born residents, according to a new study...



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Linagliptin For Diabetes May Reduce Brain Damage After Stroke

In a study in mice, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug is already approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes...



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Researchers Develop Novel Antibodies For Combating Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Disease

Antibodies developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are unusually effective at preventing the formation of toxic protein particles linked to Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, as well as Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study...



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For Patients With Gliomas, Radiopharmaceuticals Used To More Accurately Manage Treatment, Predict Survival

In the management of gliomas - or tumors that originate in the brain - precise assessment of tumor grade and the proliferative activity of cells plays a major role in determining the most appropriate treatment and predicting overall survival...



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In The Diabetes Puzzle, New Findings On Glucagon Synthesis Could Provide An Important Piece

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have shown that the cells that produce glucagon are stimulated by the hormone itself. A previous study by the same group demonstrated that this principle also applies to insulin. This means that a feedback system is at work in the body, whereby hormone secreting cells receive an immediate signal to produce more of the hormone...



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Genes Link Growth In The Womb With Adult Metabolism And Disease

Researchers have identified four new genetic regions that influence birth weight, providing further evidence that genes as well as maternal nutrition are important for growth in the womb. Three of the regions are also linked to adult metabolism, helping to explain why smaller babies have higher rates of chronic diseases later in life...



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Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome On Combined Pill At Double The Risk For Blood Clots

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who are taking combined oral contraceptives have a 2-fold risk of blood clots compared with women without the disorder who take contraceptives, states a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...

Making Shift Work Safer

An international team of sleep researchers has developed the world's first screening tool to help reduce workplace accidents and illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and cancer, caused by shift work. Published in the journal Sleep, the new tool will enable health professionals and industry to better understand individual vulnerability to the health and safety impacts of shift work...



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Fruit Flies Reveal Steps In Cancer Cell Development

Using fruit flies as a model, researchers in Spain believe they have uncovered the individual steps that normal cells go through when they become cancerous and spread...



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2 Gene Mutations Identified In Neuroblastoma

Using powerful gene-analysis tools, researchers have discovered mutations in two related genes, ARID1A and ARID1B, that are involved in the most aggressive form of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma...



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How 2 Proteins Help Keep Cells Healthy Has Implications For Cancer Drug Development

The study, published online ahead of print by the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, focuses on the structure and function of the two proteins, ATG12 and ATG5. These proteins need to bond correctly to form an organelle called the autophagosome, which acts like a trash bag that removes toxic materials and provides the cell with nutrition through recycling...



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Neuroblastoma Patients With ARID1A And ARID1B Mutations Have More Aggressive Disease

In a genome sequencing study of 74 neuroblastoma tumors in children, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that patients with changes in two genes, ARID1A and ARID1B, survive only a quarter as long as patients without the changes...



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Scientists Reveal Cell Surface Transporters Exploited For Cancer Drug Delivery

Whitehead Institute scientists report that certain molecules present in high concentrations on the surfaces of many cancer cells could be exploited to funnel lethal toxic molecules into the malignant cells. In such an approach, the overexpression of specific transporters could be exploited to deliver toxic substances into cancer cells...



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Large International Study Uncovers Genes Linked To Low Birth Weight, Adult Shortness And Later Diabetes Risk

An international team of genetics researchers has discovered four new gene regions that contribute to low birth weight. Three of those regions influence adult metabolism, and appear to affect longer-term outcomes such as adult height, risk of type 2 diabetes and adult blood pressure...



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Scientists Use Tiny Zebrafish To Screen For Drugs To Help Control Obesity, Diabetes, Other Conditions

A tiny, translucent zebrafish that glows green when its liver makes glucose has helped an international team of researchers identify a compound that regulates whole-body metabolism and appears to protect obese mice from signs of metabolic disorders...



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Contraception And Protection Against HIV Offered By Electrically Spun Fabric

The only way to protect against HIV and unintended pregnancy today is the condom. It's an effective technology, but not appropriate or popular in all situations. A University of Washington team has developed a versatile platform to simultaneously offer contraception and prevent HIV...

Diabetes Drug Could Also Help Treat Ovarian Cancer

Patients with diabetes who also have ovarian cancer and take the drug metformin for the treatment of their diabetes, have a greater survival rate than patients who do not take it, a new study published in the journal Cancer suggests. These new findings could potentially guide researchers as they continue to explore the use of existing medications to treat new or different diseases...



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Identification Of Gene Involved In Lung Tumor Growth

Lung cancer researchers at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., in collaboration with researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute and other institutions, have identified a gene that plays a role in the growth and spread of non-small cell lung cancer tumors, opening the door for potential new treatment options...



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Activating ALC1: With A Little Help From Friends

Chromatin remodeling - the packaging and unpackaging of genomic DNA and its associated proteins - regulates a host of fundamental cellular processes including gene transcription, DNA repair, programmed cell death as well as cell fate...



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Cancer Insight From Proteins That Work At The End Of DNA

New insights into a protein complex that regulates the very tips of chromosomes could improve methods of screening anti-cancer drugs. Led by bioengineering professor Sua Myong, the research group's findings are published in the journal Structure...



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Cancer Patients With Diabetes Ignore Blood Sugar At Their Peril

When people with Type 2 diabetes are diagnosed with cancer -- a disease for which they are at higher risk -- they ignore their diabetes care to focus on cancer treatment, according to new Northwestern Medicine® research. But uncontrolled high blood sugar is more likely to kill them and impairs their immune system's ability to fight cancer...



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Mistletoe Found To Be Effective At Treating Colon Cancer

New research reveals that mistletoe could act as possible therapy for those with colon cancer. Scientists from the University of Adelaide have found that the Christmas plant has properties that can be effective at killing the cancer cells and could potentially become a possible alternative to chemotherapy...



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Cancer Patients With Diabetes Ignore Blood Sugar At Their Peril

When people with Type 2 diabetes are diagnosed with cancer -- a disease for which they are at higher risk -- they ignore their diabetes care to focus on cancer treatment, according to new Northwestern Medicine® research. But uncontrolled high blood sugar is more likely to kill them and impairs their immune system's ability to fight cancer...



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Metformin May Treat Ovarian Cancer

Diabetic patients with ovarian cancer who took the drug metformin for their diabetes had a better survival rate than patients who did not take it, a study headed by Mayo Clinic shows. The findings, published early online in the journal Cancer, may play an important role for researchers as they study the use of existing medications to treat different or new diseases...



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Drosophila Model Created To Study How A Normal Cell Turns Cancerous

The wing of a fruit fly may hold the key to unraveling the genetic and molecular events that transform a normal cell into a cancerous one. The study, conducted on Drosophila melanogaster by scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and led by ICREA researcher Marco Milan, has reproduced each of the steps known to take place when a healthy cell turns cancerous...



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The Debate About Cancer Metastasis: Study Helps Resolve The Dilemma

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has shown for the first time how cancer cells control the ON/OFF switch of a program used by developing embryos to effectively metastasize in vivo, breaking free and spreading to other parts of the body, where they can proliferate and grow into secondary tumors...



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Scientists Create Roadmap To Metabolic Reprogramming For Aging

In efforts to understand what influences life span, cancer and aging, scientists are building roadmaps to navigate and learn about cells at the molecular level...



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JQ1 Can Reactivate Latent HIV And Potently Suppress Inflammation, Making It Effective Against HIV And Other Inflammatory Conditions

Breakthrough drugs have made it possible for people to live with HIV longer than ever before, but more work must be done to actually cure the disease. One of the challenges researchers face involves fully eradicating the virus when it is latent in the body...



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Scientists Create Roadmap To Metabolic Reprogramming For Aging

In efforts to understand what influences life span, cancer and aging, scientists are building roadmaps to navigate and learn about cells at the molecular level...



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Kidney Disease Progresses Faster In African Americans Than Other Races

Among individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), African Americans experience faster progression of the disease during later stages compared with other races, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Also, screening of African Americans with CKD can help improve care and is cost-effective...



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High Fructose Corn Syrup Fuelling Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic

A new study suggests countries that use large amounts of high fructose corn syrup in their food may be helping to fuel the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes...



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Aspirin Tied To Lower Risk For Liver Cancer And Death From Liver Disease

A new study from the US finds that use of aspirin is tied to a reduced risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of primary liver cancer, and also to a reduced risk of death from chronic liver disease. Vikrant V...



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Topical Simvastatin Shown To Accelerate Wound Healing In Diabetes

Results of New Study Published in The American Journal of Pathology Delayed wound healing is a major complication of diabetes because the physiological changes in tissues and cells impair the wound healing process. This can result in additional disease outcomes such as diabetic foot ulcer, a significant cause of morbidity in the growing population of diabetic patients...



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KRAS and BRAF Mutation Screening In Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Costly In Relation To Benefits

Researchers report that screening for KRAS and BRAF mutations can reduce the cost of anti-EGFR treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer but with a very small reduction in overall survival according to a new study published on November 28 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...



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Cometriq (Cabozantinib) For Medullary Thyroid Cancer Approved By FDA

Cometriq (cabozantinib) has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of progressive medullary thyroid cancer that has metastasized - spread to other parts of the body. Medullary thyroid cancer, a rare form of thyroid cancer, starts off in the cells that make calcitonin, a hormone which regulates calcium levels in the blood and bones...



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Increased Understanding Of Genetic Risk Factor For Type 1 Diabetes

As part of their ongoing research on the role of genes in the development of type 1 diabetes, Joslin Diabetes Center scientists, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Würzburg, have demonstrated how a genetic variant associated with type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases influences susceptibility to autoimmunity. The findings appear in the upcoming issue of Diabetes...



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Link Found Between High Fructose Corn Syrup And Increased Global Prevalence Of Diabetes

International analysis finds that countries using high fructose corn syrup in their food supply have a 20 percent higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes A new study by University of Southern California (USC) and University of Oxford researchers indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found in national food supplies across the world may be one explanation ...



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A Critical Role In Reducing And Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Could Be Played By Health-Care Providers

In a perspective article to appear in the Nov. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health (BUSM and BUSPH) report that health-care providers can play a critical role in helping to reduce and prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) by screening and referring patients to appropriate resources. The U.S...

Scientists Uncover A Novel Cooperative Effort To Halt Cancer Metastatis

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered a group of what have been considered relatively minor regulators in the body that band together to suppress the spread of cancer from its primary site...



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Unsafe Levels Of Flame Retardants In House Dust; Link To Cancer, Learning Problems, Hormone Disruption

A peer-reviewed study of the largest number of flame retardants ever tested in homes found that most houses had levels of at least one flame retardant that exceeded a federal health guideline. The journal Environmental Science & Technology published the study online...



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Cancer Screening Via Blood Test And Gene Sequencing

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have combined the ability to detect cancer DNA in the blood with genome sequencing technology in a test that could be used to screen for cancers, monitor cancer patients for recurrence and find residual cancer left after surgery...



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Link Between NSAID Use And Reduced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk, Mortality Due To Chronic Liver Disease

Researchers found that aspirin use is associated with a decreased risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma and death from chronic liver disease (CLD), according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer, occurs mainly among patients with CLD...



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Health Care Intervention Will Likely Benefit Adult Entertainment Workers

It probably won't come as a surprise to hear that most adult entertainment club workers - exotic dancers and other female club employees such as bartenders, waitresses and hostesses - don't have great medical benefits. The nature of their work makes them easy prey for repeated unwanted sexual advances and behavior...

Gastric Bypass Surgery Helps Diabetes But Does Not Cure It

Gastric bypass surgery for patients with type two diabetes, in most cases, is either remitted or relapses within five years, researchers from the Group Health Research Institute reported in the journal Obesity Surgery. The authors explained that after gastric bypass surgery, diabetes symptoms may disappear for some patients - in many cases before they lose a lot of weight...



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SFU kinesiology professor Stephen Robinovitch is one of the lead authors of a new study that uses video for the first time to analyze how and why the elderly fall. Researchers collected digital video footage of elderly residents falling at two care homes in Metro Vancouver and cross-referenced the incidents with reports filed by staff. More : http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media-releases/2012/video-analysis-reveals-how-and-why-elderly-fall.html





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