Blood protein may indicate Alzheimer's disease risk
6/17/2015
A study in twins has discovered a single blood protein that could indicate in advance the development of mild cognitive impairment, a disorder associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Menorrhagia (Heavy Menstrual Bleeding): Causes and Treatments
6/17/2015
Menorrhagia is the medical term for abnormally heavy menstrual periods with prolonged bleeding. It can interfere with a woman's physical, emotional and social quality of life.
New method for investigating and classifying liver tumours
6/16/2015
Adenomas are rare liver tumours, a certain percentage of which can become malignant.
New UK charity Breast Cancer Now acts to eradicate deaths from breast cancer in the UK by 2050
6/16/2015
A new study analysing tissue from secondary breast cancer patients, collected just hours after they pass away, will open the door to understanding and ultimately stopping the spread of the disease...
Meeting global air quality guidelines could prevent 2.1 million deaths per year
6/16/2015
Large health benefits are possible from cleaning air throughout the world, not just in more-polluted locationsImproving air quality -- in clean and dirty places -- could reduce pollution-related...
Adoptive immunotherapy may help treat more types of cancer if new approaches are explored
6/16/2015
Experts review strategies to improve cancer treatments in special issue of ImmunotherapyIn a special issue of Immunotherapy, leading experts provide in-depth review of innovative strategies that...
Protein plays key role in spread of breast cancer
6/16/2015
For breast cancer to be fatal, the tumor has to send out metastases to other parts of the body.
Avocado compound holds promise for treating leukemia
6/16/2015
A compound found in avocados - called avocatin B - selectively targets and destroys leukemia stem cells, according to a new study by Canadian researchers.
Astellas Pharma Europe has announced that preliminary data from a Phase 1/2 triala on the safety, tolerability and efficacy of ASP2215, a selective inhibitor of FLT3/AXL, in patients with relapsed...
'Death-associated protein' promotes cancer growth in most aggressive breast cancers
6/16/2015
Although traditionally understood to induce death in cancer cells, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that the DAPK1 protein is actually essential for...