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Examination Of Sinus Cavity Tumor Provides Potential Roadmap For Rare Cancer Treatments
Date: Oct-02-2012Knowing how tumors evolve can lead to new treatments that could help prevent cancer from recurring, according to a study published by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare. TGen researchers tracked several years of tumor evolution in a 47-year-old male patient with maxillary sinus carcinoma (MSC), a rare cancer of the sinus cavities beneath the cheeks that often requires surgical removal that is disfiguring. Fewer than half of MSC patients live more than 5 years after diagnosis...
A Molecule Found That Puts The Brakes On Inflammation
Date: Oct-02-2012We couldn't live without our immune systems, always tuned to detect and eradicate invading pathogens and particles. But sometimes the immune response goes overboard, triggering autoimmune diseases like lupus, asthma or inflammatory bowel disease. A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers has now identified a crucial signaling molecule involved in counterbalancing the immune system attack. "The immune response is like driving a car," said Christopher Hunter, professor and chair in the Department of Pathobiology in Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine...
You're Far Less In Control Of Your Brain Than You Think, Study Finds
Date: Oct-02-2012You've probably never given much thought to the fact that picking up your cup of morning coffee presents your brain with a set of complex decisions. You need to decide how to aim your hand, grasp the handle and raise the cup to your mouth, all without spilling the contents on your lap. A new Northwestern University study shows that, not only does your brain handle such complex decisions for you, it also hides information from you about how those decisions are made...
New European Statistics Released On Heart Disease And Stroke Show Significant Drop In Mortality, But The Problem Is Huge And Will Increase
Date: Oct-02-2012The statistics show that efforts to reduce heart disease deaths are successful, with mortality now falling in most of the continent. At the same time, the report shows the huge burden CVD presents to Europe's health, and suggests that underlying factors may cause CVD to increase in the near future. The figures show some progress. Since the 2008 report there has been a substantial drop in the number of deaths attributed to heart disease. CVD is now responsible for four million European deaths annually, down from 4...
Wide Discrepancy In Surveillance For Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Found Among ICUs
Date: Oct-02-2012Screening practices for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)...
Immune System Protein Can Fight Obesity
Date: Oct-02-2012A kind of anti-tumor immune cell that can help fight obesity and the metabolic syndrome that causes diabetes has been discovered by researchers at Trinity College in Dublin. According to the report published in Immunity, by Marie Curie Fellow and Lydia Lynch from Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, along with experts from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and St Vincent's University Hospital, invariant natural killer T-cells (iNKT), immune cells that fight malignancy, disappear when humans become overweight, but can be restored after losing weight...
Everyday Chemicals Raising Breast Cancer Rates
Date: Oct-01-2012Ever since we have routinely added synthetic chemicals to everyday household and personal care products, the breast cancer rate among women in the UK has risen dramatically, says Breast Cancer UK, a British charity. According to the UK office for National Statistics, in 1971 out of 100,000 women, only 66 got breast cancer, in 2010 the figure jumped to 126 per 100,000 - an increase of nearly 100%. However, since screening was introduced in 1987, the number of women dying from the disease has been falling steadily...
New Discovery Leads Way For High Cholesterol Treatment
Date: Oct-01-2012Researchers have found that high cholesterol is due to a predecessor that inhibits inflammatory response genes. This new precursor molecule could provide a new objective for drugs aimed at treating atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a condition characterized by the hardening of the arteries and is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and death. This condition has long been believed to be the result of a complex interaction between excess cholesterol and swelling in the heart and blood vessels. It kills tens of thousands of Americans annually...
Experts Fight To Eliminate Invasive Cervical Cancer
Date: Oct-01-2012A critical overview that highlights ways to prevent invasive cervical cancer was recently published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., director of Moffitt's Center for Infection Research in Cancer and senior member of the Cancer Epidemiology Department, explained: "The good news is that over the past several decades, the incidence of invasive cervical cancer has declined dramatically...
One Year On Herceptin For Breast Cancer Ideal
Date: Oct-01-2012Patients in early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer should remain on Herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment for one year, and not two years or six months, according to a final analysis of the Phase III HERA trial, pharmaceutical company Roche and the Breast International Group announced today. Experts say that had the trial found six months of Herceptin was better than one year, Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Roche would have lost approximately $1.5 billion in revenue from this medication. Herceptin is a breast cancer blockbuster medication with sales last year of $5.5 billion...
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