Reducing Anemia And Iron Deficiency In Infants In Low-Income Countries Using Micronutrient Powders
9/08/2011
Adding a powder that contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, zinc and vitamin A, to the semi-solid foods taken by infants and children between six months and two years of age, can reduce their risk of anaemia and iron deficiency. This is the conclusion of a new Cochrane Systematic Review...
2.8 Million Global Cancers Annually Linked To Diet, Body Weight And Physical Activity
9/08/2011
If some lifestyle factors could be improved, such as diet, physical activity and body weight, there would be 2.8 million fewer new cases of cancer each year worldwide, according to the charity World Cancer Research Fund. The UN Summit on NCD (Non-Communicable Diseases) has been described by the charity as a "once-in-a-generation" chance to prevent a public health disaster...
Advances In Identification Of HPV And Cervical Cancer Risk
9/07/2011
According to a study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, research indicates that including specific discrepancies in cost-effectiveness analysis would allow policy makers to set strategies that would reduce overall cancer risk, reduce disparities between racial ethnic subgroups, and be cost-effective...
HPV Screening And Its Importance
9/07/2011
A study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that women who test positive for HPV (Human Papillomavirus) aged thirty years or over should have a re-examination two years after their initial test as part of cervical cancer screening...
Advances In Identification Of HPV And Cervical Cancer Risk
9/07/2011
According to a study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, research indicates that including specific discrepancies in cost-effectiveness analysis would allow policy makers to set strategies that would reduce overall cancer risk, reduce disparities between racial ethnic subgroups, and be cost-effective...
HPV Screening And Its Importance
9/07/2011
A study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that women who test positive for HPV (Human Papillomavirus) aged thirty years or over should have a re-examination two years after their initial test as part of cervical cancer screening...
Physicians and patient groups welcome the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) decision to reverse the draft guidance and approve the use of use of Mepact® in their latest appraisal, announced Takeda UK. Mepact® is designed to treat high-grade non-metastatic osteosarcoma in children, adolescents and young adults aged between 2 and 30...
Researchers Find New Hope For Oral Cancer, Stroke In Discarded Data
9/07/2011
Scientists on the cutting edge of biomedical research know that research is a process a combination of successes and failures that inform the next step forward. However, for some researchers at The Ohio State University progress means taking a step back...
Metabolic State Of Brain Cancer Stem Cells Significantly Different Than The Cancer Cells They Create
9/07/2011
The metabolic state of glioma stem cells, which give rise to deadly glioblastomas, is significantly different from that of the brain cancer cells to which they give birth, a factor which helps those stem cells avoid treatment and cause recurrence later...
BRCA1 Gene Mutation Associated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
9/07/2011
Nearly half of breast cancer patients carrying the BRCA1 gene mutation experience a complete pathological response (pCR) the disappearance of all evidence of disease from the breast tissue and lymph nodes regardless of disease stage after standard neoadjuvent chemotherapy, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center...