The Role Of Fat In Assessing Breast Cancer Risk
10/27/2011
It is known that a high proportion of dense breast tissue, as seen with a mammogram, is associated with a high risk of breast cancer. But the role of non-dense fat tissue in the breast is less clear...
Blood Test Could Identify Smokers At Higher Risk For Heart Disease, UT Southwestern Researchers Find
10/27/2011
A simple blood test could someday quantify a smoker's lung toxicity and danger of heart disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. Nearly one in five adults in the U.S. smoke, and smoking-related medical expenses and loss of productivity exceeds $167 billion annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
British Breed Super Brocolli Beneforté
10/27/2011
British experts on plant biology, nutrition and health have developed a super brocolli called Beneforté that contains higher levels of glucoraphanin, a natural nutrient that has been linked to lower rates of heart disease and some cancers and also boosts the body's supply of antioxidant enzymes...
You Are What You Eat: Low Fat Diet With Fish Oil Slowed Growth Of Human Prostate Cancer Cells
10/27/2011
A low-fat diet with fish oil supplements eaten for four to six weeks prior to prostate removal slowed down the growth of prostate cancer cells -- the number of rapidly dividing cells -- in human prostate cancer tissue compared to a traditional, high-fat Western diet...
Dormant Malaria Parasites In Red Blood Cells May Contribute To Treatment Failure
10/27/2011
Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) College of Public College Health have shown for the first time in a rodent model that the earliest form of malaria parasites can lay dormant in red blood cells and "wake up," or recover, following treatment with the antimalarial drug artesunate...
Blood Proteins Predict Survival In Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pitt-Led Team Says
10/27/2011
A panel of blood proteins can predict which patients with the progressive lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are likely to live at least five years or to die within two years, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Centocor R&D...
Study Finds That Annual Screening With Chest X-Ray Does Not Reduce Rate Of Lung Cancer Deaths
10/27/2011
In a trial that included more than 150,000 participants, those who underwent annual chest radiographic screening for up to 4 years did not have a significantly lower rate of death from lung cancer compared to participants who were not screened, according to a study in the November 2 issue of JAMA...
Clinical Trial Shows First Evidence That Anal Cancer Is Preventable
10/27/2011
A large, international clinical trial led by doctors at the University of California, San Francisco indicates that a vaccine to prevent anal cancer is safe and effective, according to a study reported in the October 27, 2011 issue of New England Journal of Medicine...
Through-The-Nipple Breast Cancer Therapy Shows Promise In Early Tests
10/27/2011
Delivering anticancer drugs into breast ducts via the nipple is highly effective in animal models of early breast cancer, and has no major side effects in human patients, according to a report by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers in Science Translational Medicine on October 26...
The Role Of Fat In Assessing Breast Cancer Risk
10/27/2011
It is known that a high proportion of dense breast tissue, as seen with a mammogram, is associated with a high risk of breast cancer. But the role of non-dense fat tissue in the breast is less clear...