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Many colonoscopy patients do not accurately recall important exam details as time lapses
10/09/2015
New study results show that patients' recollections of last exam date or presence of polyps are variableAs time lapses, many colonoscopy patients become less and less likely to recall when and...
If you have diabetes, or cancer or even heart problems, maybe you should blame it on your dad's behaviour or environment. Or even your grandfather's.
Dying at home leads to more peace and less grief, but requires wider support
10/09/2015
Dying at home could be beneficial for terminally ill cancer patients and their relatives, according to research published in the open-access journal BMC MedicineThe study shows that, according to...
Proteins with ALS, cancer role do not assume a regular shape
10/09/2015
Gene expression, DNA repair, and protein making are intricate and vital processes, so it's a bit of a surprise in a new Brown University study that those processes depend significantly upon proteins...
Many colonoscopy patients do not accurately recall important exam details as time lapses
10/09/2015
New study results show that patients' recollections of last exam date or presence of polyps are variableAs time lapses, many colonoscopy patients become less and less likely to recall when and...
Surgical resection prolongs survival for patients whose melanoma has spread to the abdomen
10/09/2015
A new study shows that in an era of systemic medical therapy for metastatic melanoma, surgical treatment in selected patients provides a better survival rate than medical treatment aloneSurgical...
Diet supplement keeps circadian clock from slowing down in aging mice
10/09/2015
Falling levels of polyamines, compounds present in all living cells, cause circadian rhythms to slow down in older mice, reports a study published October 8 in Cell Metabolism.
Scientists discover essential amino acid sensor in key growth-regulating metabolic pathway
10/09/2015
Whitehead Institute scientists have at last answered the long-standing question of how the growth-regulating pathway known as mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) detects the presence...
Findings do not support routine use of minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer
10/08/2015
Compared to open resection (surgical removal) for rectal cancer, minimally invasive laparoscopic-assisted resection did not provide better cancer outcomes, according to two studies in JAMA.
A multilaminar model explains the structure of chromosomal aberrations in cancer cells
10/08/2015
During cell division, each metaphase chromosome contains a single enormously long DNA molecule that is associated with histone proteins and forms a long chromatin filament with many nucleosomes.