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New Bowel Cancer Risk Factor: High Intake Of Sugary Foods
Date: Jul-16-2013Sugary snacks increase the risk of bowel cancer, according to a new study published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention. It is the first study of its kind to find a positive link between bowel cancer and high sugar and fat diets. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland found that the consumption of sodas, cakes, biscuits, snacks and desserts is linked to an increased risk in colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)...
Older Male Cancer Survivors Experience Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Health Care
Date: Jul-16-2013Older African-American and Hispanic men who have survived cancer are less likely than their white counterparts to see a specialist or receive basic preventive care, such as vaccinations, according to new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Researchers examined racial/ethnic disparities in health care receipt among a nationally representative sample of male cancer survivors. They found that disparities are evident among older, but not younger, cancer survivors, despite their access to Medicare. Lead author Nynikka Palmer, Dr.P.H...
New Guidelines Issued For Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassaemia
Date: Jul-16-2013STOCKHOLM - The Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) has issued guidelines that aim to provide physicians with simple protocols intended to improve the detection and management of non-transfusion- dependent Thalassaemia (NTDT). The guidelines are "the first of a kind," as earlier published recommendations have addressed the management of Thalassaemia as one clinical entity even though it has long been known that Thalassaemia has a wide spectrum of severity...
Parental Co-Operation More Important Than Sexual Orientation When Raising Adopted Children
Date: Jul-16-2013A new study by psychology researchers suggests that whether parents are gay, lesbian or straight, how well they work together as a couple and support each other in parenting is linked to fewer behavior problems among their adopted children and is more important than their sexual orientation. Rachel H. Farr at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Charlotte J...
Immunity Proteins Linked To Cancer
Date: Jul-16-2013Researchers from a branch of the National Institute of Health (NIH) have found a set of proteins involved in immunity - supposed to defend the body - that have the bad effect of creating a large number of mutations in DNA. These genetic mutations may be just as powerful as other known causes of cancer in producing tumors in the human body, the researchers say. The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, focuses on a group of proteins called APOBEC (short for the tongue-tying chemical name, apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like cytidine deaminases)...
Risk Of Gallstones Increased By Higher BMI, Especially In Women
Date: Jul-16-2013New research reveals a causal association between elevated body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of gallstone disease. Results published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show women are at greater risk of developing gallstones. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) describe gallstones as pebble-like material, which can develop when there is excess cholesterol - accounting for 80% of all gallstones - bile salts or bilirubin in bile stored in the gallbladder...
Colorectal Cancer Survivors Face Increased Risk Of Developing Subsequent Cancers Of Different Types
Date: Jul-16-2013Colorectal cancer survivors face an increased risk of developing subsequent cancers, particularly second colorectal cancers and small intestinal cancers. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The findings may help in the development of screening guidelines for patients with a history of colorectal cancer. Studies have found that colorectal cancer survivors have a greater risk of developing another cancer compared with the general population...
"Eat More Nuts" To Cut Risk Of Cancer And Heart Disease
Date: Jul-16-2013Nut-eaters reduce their risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the journal Researchers, who conducted an analysis of a PREDIMED nutrition trial based in Spain, analyzed more than 7,000 people aged between 55 and 90 years. The researchers looked at the effect on the prevention of cardiovascular disease when the participants were put on a Mediterranean diet with extra nuts and virgin olive oil, compared with a control group following a low-fat diet...
Gender, Racial And Marital Differences In HIV/AIDS Mortality
Date: Jul-16-2013At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s men who were married were significantly less likely to die of HIV/AIDS than their divorced or otherwise single counterparts, according to a University of California, Riverside analysis of new mortality data for that era. For women, marital status had little impact on who was more likely to die of the disease. But race proved to be a significant risk factor, with African-American women nine times more likely to die of HIV/AIDS and Latinas seven times more likely to die of the disease than white women...
Unprecedented Levels Of Psychiatric Illness Found In Gang Members
Date: Jul-16-2013Young men who are gang members suffer unprecedented levels of psychiatric illness, placing a heavy burden on mental health services, according to new research led by Queen Mary, University of London. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Maurice & Jacqueline Bennett Charitable Trust funded study surveyed 4,664 men aged 18 to 34 in Britain. The survey covered measures of psychiatric illness, violence and gang membership. It is the first time research has looked into whether gang violence is associated with psychiatric illness, other than substance misuse...
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