Under-Use Of Genetic Testing Puts Health Of Entire Families At Risk
6/11/2013
A new study of the use of genetic testing for cancer-causing mutations in affected families in France has found that its take-up is very low...
High-Risk Heart Attack Patients May Need Faster And More Potent Antithrombotic Drugs
6/11/2013
The Cardiovascular Research Laboratory of the IDIBELL led by the cardiologist of the Bellvitge University Hospital José Luis Ferreiro has conducted a study on the effect of antiplatelet drugs given to high risk patients suffering from acute myocardial infaction (heart attack) in the context of the Infarction Code...
Mucosal Melanoma Treatment Targets Found With DNA Sequencing
6/10/2013
Using DNA sequencing, researchers in the UK have discovered possible new treatment targets for a rare form of cancer known as mucosal melanoma. The more we know of the sub-types of melanoma, the more we can tailor treatment for patients and improve their prospects, says Cancer Research UK, a core sponsor of the center where the research took place...
Skin Cancer Likely To Increase As Spain Receives Ever More Solar Radiation
6/10/2013
Solar radiation in Spain has increased by 2.3% every decade since the 1980s, according to a study by researchers from the University of Girona and the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. This increase is linked to the decreased presence of clouds, which has increased the amount of direct radiation reaching us from the Sun...
While aspirin has been shown to be effective in preventing heart attacks in men, it also increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and possibly stroke, even at low doses. As such, national guidelines suggest that aspirin be used for prevention only in men at higher risk for cardiovascular events, so that the benefits of aspirin are greater than its adverse effects...
Immune Cells Deprived Of Sugar By Tumors
6/10/2013
Cancer cells' appetite for sugar may have serious consequences for immune cell function, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned. The scientists found that when they kept sugar away from critical immune cells called T cells, the cells no longer produced interferon gamma, an inflammatory compound important for fighting tumors and some kinds of infection...
Pomegranate, Green Tea, Turmeric And Broccoli May Help Fight Prostate Cancer
6/10/2013
British researchers have scientifically proven that broccoli, turmeric, green tea and pomegranate help fight the most common cancer in men in the United States and the United Kingdom - prostate cancer...
Women Can Be Screened Years Later Than Men With 'Virtual Colonoscopy'
6/10/2013
A new study has found that women can be screened for colorectal cancer at least five to 10 years later than men when undergoing an initial "virtual colonoscopy." Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may help establish guidelines for the use of this screening technique, which is less invasive than a traditional colonoscopy...
Stopping Tumor Survival In Low-Oxygen Environments
6/10/2013
As tumors grow, their centers are squeezed of oxygen. And so tumors must flip specific genetic switches to survive in these hypoxic environments. A series of studies funded to do only basic science and published in the journal Cell report the serendipitous discovery of a druggable target necessary for the survival of tumors in these low-oxygen environments...
Nine Hallmarks Of Aging
6/10/2013
For some species, living twice as long in good health depends on no more than a few genes. When this fact was revealed by studies on worms three decades ago, it ushered in a golden age of ageing studies that has delivered numerous results, but also sown some confusion...