Most Adults And Teens Not Exercising And At High Risk Of Disease
7/17/2012
Not complying with physical activity recommendations is leaving around a third of adults (approx.1.5 billion people) and 4 out of 5 adolescents at a 20-30% greater risk of diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer, Brazilian researchers have found. The first paper in The Lancet Series on physical activity has calculated the first global estimate of physical activity levels...
Physical Inactivity Causes As Many Deaths As Smoking
7/17/2012
People failing to be physically active, not spending at least 150 minutes a week doing moderate exercise (walking for 30 minutes 5 times a week), is causing from approximately 6% to 10% of deaths in four serious non-communicable diseases: coronary heart disease (CHD), type 2 diabetes, and colon and breast cancer worldwide. In 2008, this lack of exercise was responsible for the deaths of 5...
Dendritic Cells Key To Activating Human Immune Responses
7/17/2012
Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), in collaboration with Newcastle University, UK, the Singapore Institute of Clinical Sciences and clinicians from multiple hospitals in Singapore, have identified a new subset of dendritic cells (DCs) in human peripheral tissue which have a critical role in activating our immune response against harmful pathogens...
Prostate Tumors Reduced By 80 Percent Using Gold Nanoparticles
7/17/2012
Currently, large doses of chemotherapy are required when treating certain forms of cancer, resulting in toxic side effects. The chemicals enter the body and work to destroy or shrink the tumor, but also harm vital organs and drastically affect bodily functions...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: July 16, 2012
7/17/2012
ONCOLOGY A new target in acute myeloid leukemia Acute myeloid leukemia, a common leukemia in adults, is characterized by aberrant proliferation of cancerous bone marrow cells. Activating mutations in a protein receptor known as FLT3 receptor are among the most prevalent mutations observed in acute myeloid leukemias...
New Method For Identifying Lung Nodules
7/17/2012
Pulmonary nodules are common, but few studies of lung nodule identification and clinical evaluation have been performed in community settings. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Southern California identified 7,112 patients who had one or more nodules by using existing information within the electronic medical record...
Racial Disparities In Voice Box Preserving Cancer Treatment
7/17/2012
A new epidemiological study led by UC Davis researchers reveals significant racial disparities in the use of non-surgical larynx-preservation therapy for locally advanced laryngeal cancer...
Matching Cancer Drugs With Gene Targets
7/17/2012
A new study details how a suite of web-based tools provides the research community with greatly improved capacity to compare data derived from large collections of genomic information against thousands of drugs. By comparing drugs and genetic targets, researchers can more easily identify pharmaceuticals that could be effective against different forms of cancer...
Newest Blood-Thinning Drug Recommended For Unstable Angina In Updated AHA/ACCF Guidelines
7/17/2012
Ticagrelor, a blood-thinning drug approved by the FDA in 2011, should be considered along with older blood thinners clopidogrel and prasugrel for treating patients who are experiencing chest pain or some heart attacks, according to joint updated guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the American College of Cardiology (ACCF) Foundation...
Obesity May Affect Response To Breast Cancer Treatment
7/17/2012
Experts have been questioning if hormone-suppressing drugs is the best treatment for obese women because they still have higher levels of estrogen than normal weight women even after treatment...