X-Chromosome Related MicroRNA May Impact Immunity And Cancer
9/29/2011
As anyone familiar with the phrase 'man-flu' will know women consider themselves to be the more robust side of the species when it comes to health and illness. Now new research, published in BioEssays, seems to support the idea. The research focuses on the role of MicroRNAs encoded on the X chromosome to explain why women have stronger immune systems to men and are less likely to develop cancer...
Widespread Ignorance About Key Messages Concerning Diet And Cancer
9/29/2011
New research on public perceptions about cancer reveals that 50-year-old ideas still hold sway while many current lifestyle messages are not getting through. On the positive side, however, the vast majority of people now believe cancer is curable...
Fatalistic Attitudes Lead To Lower Rates Of Cancer Screening
9/29/2011
Even if health care is free, colorectal cancer screening rates among those without financial means are still low, and results of a new study suggest that may be due to an idea psychologists call cancer fatalism. Anne Miles, Ph.D...
89 Percent Of Women Said Mammograms Vital To Their Health According To New National Poll
9/29/2011
According to a recent poll of 1,000 American voters conducted for the American College of Radiology, nearly 9-in-10 women reported that having a regular mammogram gave them a feeling of control over their own health care. Nearly 90 percent of women who had a mammogram considered mammograms important to their health and well-being. The poll, conducted Aug. 31 - Sept...
October Breast Cancer Awareness Hits The White House
9/28/2011
Every week the White House features a 'Champion of Change' and with October Breast Cancer Awareness Month fast approaching The White House has chosen Anne Marie Murphy, Ph.D. who was named the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force in April 2010 and has more than twenty years experience in healthcare reform. Dr...
Risk Of Rare Lung Cancer Could Be Increased By Goats
9/28/2011
According to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam, French researchers discovered that exposure to goats could increase the risk of a certain type of lung cancer, known as pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinoma (P-ADC), which has a weak link to tobacco smoking when compared with other types of the disease...
Saw Palmetto Worse Than Placebo For Urinary Symptoms Linked To Enlarged Prostate
9/28/2011
A male with an enlarged prostate that causes urinary symptoms does not appear to benefit from higher dosages of saw palmetto, a fruit extract said to help in such cases, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)...
Risk Of Rare Lung Cancer Could Be Increased By Goats
9/28/2011
According to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam, French researchers discovered that exposure to goats could increase the risk of a certain type of lung cancer, known as pneumonic-type lung adenocarcinoma (P-ADC), which has a weak link to tobacco smoking when compared with other types of the disease...
According to the prospective investigation published in the October issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the prevalence of liver-related complications and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is lower among individuals who suffer with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis, compared to those...
Colon Cancer Initial Screening For Men Should Be Earlier Than For Women, Study
9/28/2011
New research from Austria finds men have a higher rate of advanced colon cancer tumors than women of the same age and suggests male sex is a risk factor for the disease...