Diagnostic Method For Multiple MyelomaA researcher at the University of Navarra, Borja Sáez Ochoa, has proposed a new genetic diagnostic method for multiple myeloma (MM), a type of bone marrow cancer, which permits the detection of this disease in earlier stages.
The dissertation of this biologist, produced in the Department of Genetics of the School of Sciences of the University of Navarra, and in the Institute of Human Genetics of the University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein,........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/11/2006 10:07:18 PM)
Ulcerative Colitis Responds To Arthritis DrugIn good news for patients with stubborn cases of ulcerative colitis, a serious intestinal disorder, a new research review suggests that the drug infliximab can be a useful alternative if other treatments don't work.
The drug is currently used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease.
"For people with active ulcerative colitis who do not respond to corticosteroids or immunosuppressive agents, infliximab is effective in inducing........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/11/2006 8:46:28 PM)
Unusual Combo For CancerAn experimental anti-cancer regimen combined a diuretic, a Parkinson's disease medicine and a drug ordinarily used to reverse the effect of sedatives. In research conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the unusual mixture inhibited the growth of aggressive prostate tumors in laboratory mice.
Although their drug choices may seem capricious, the researchers weren't randomly pulling drugs from their shelves. They........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/9/2006 9:15:38 AM)
Olive Oil To Cut Prostate Cancer RiskA trial at Columbia University in the US revealed the herbal supplement can reduce the rate at which prostate cancer cells grow and spread by nearly 80 per cent.
The results, reported in the medical journal Nutrition And Cancer, appear to confirm anecdotal evidence that the herbal mixture has powerful anti-cancer properties.
Called Zyflamend, the supplement is based on olive oil and ten different herbs.
by PAT HAGAN, Daily Mail........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/9/2006 7:00:15 AM)
Selecting Embryos With Low Cancer RiskProspective parents have been using the procedure, known as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, for more than a decade to screen for genes certain to cause childhood diseases that are severe and largely untreatable.
Now a growing number of couples like the Kingsburys are crossing a new threshold for parental intervention in the genetic makeup of their offspring: They are using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to detect a predisposition to........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/9/2006 6:42:14 AM)
The Creation of PINCMy name is Elizabeth Dill-Isgro. I am 35 years old and a three year breast cancer survivor.
On January 18, 2002, while taking a leisurely bath, I found a lump the size of a golf ball under my right breast.
No one in my family has had cancer, let alone breast cancer, so I thought maybe it was just a cyst. To be safe, I called my doctor and got an appointment that day. And then began the roller coaster ride.
First came the mammogram,........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/9/2006 6:06:55 AM)
What Is Health?Health is the functional and/or metabolic efficiency of an organism, at any moment in time, at both the cellular and global levels. In any organism, health is the ability to efficiently respond to challenges (stressors) and effectively restore and sustain a "state of balance," known as homeostasis. Sickness is merely the absence of health. All organisms, from the simplest to the most complex, reside on a spectrum between 100% health and 0%........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/7/2006 6:05:32 PM)
More Than 340 Immunotherapy DrugsResearch and Markets has announced the addition of Immunotherapy in Oncology: Drug Pipeline Update 2006 to their offering.
The immunotherapy field in cancer has never been more potent than it is right now, including block buster drugs like Avastin, Erbitux, and Rituxan. Antibodies are making the headlines but cancer vaccines are not far away. The recent approval of Gardasil, a cervical cancer vaccine, will certainly become a strong........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/6/2006 8:26:04 PM)
Boxing gloves help cancer patientsWelcome to My Knockout! We offer unique gifts to encourage those "fighting" a daily battle whether physical or emotional. Cancer, AIDS, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, depression, alcoholism, heart disease, or even weight loss are just a few examples of people that need encouragement.
Give them a daily reminder to "keep fighting" and "never give up". Flowers are beautiful but wilt after a few days. Cards are wonderful but get misplaced. My........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/6/2006 8:07:46 PM)
What is Cancer Happens?What is Cancer Happens? Rebecca Gifford was a young adult, fresh out of college and eager to begin an exciting new job when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. During the next two years, Rebecca endured chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, the loss of her independence and the near-collapse of both her career and her social life. With a little humor and lot of frankness, Rebecca tells it like it was -- hair loss, confinement,........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/6/2006 8:03:08 PM)
Alcohol During PregnancyIndividuals whose mothers drink three or more glasses of alcohol at any one occasion in early pregnancy have an increased risk of developing alcohol disorders by 21 years of age, according to a report in the recent issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Exposure to maternal drinking during early childhood has been associated with difficulties in thinking, learning and memory, as well as mental and........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/5/2006 5:03:39 AM)
Soldiers' wives are toughSeptember sees the deployment of more British troops to Afghanistan, but what is the impact on the wives and families left behind? Research from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) discovers that the wives of British soldiers on active duty are more resilient then their husbands might imagine.
These women may have their dissatisfactions, but the work-life tensions of military life are outweighed by the financial security provided........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/3/2006 8:21:16 AM)
Muscle Fibers Can Become CancerousMature muscle fibers, rather than their less-developed neighbors, are the tissues that turn malignant in a soft-tissue cancer that strikes children and teens, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas have found.
The research, performed in fruit flies, not only provides a clue to how the cancer arises, but also means that scientists can use the flies to search for other genes involved in the cancer.
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Combined Treatment For Brain TumorOne therapy for treating brain tumors alerts the immune system to the presence of foreign material. A second therapy enhances the first and prolongs the immune system's response. Now, in an animal study conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, researchers have combined the two in a form that appears effective when injected directly into a malignant brain tumor.
The result, extended length of survival,........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/3/2006 7:38:47 AM)
More Research Needed To Combat Killer DiseasesMore research is needed to combat the major killer diseases. A recent report suggests that drug development for killer diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, Chagas and Sleeping Sickness has increased in recent years. This is despite the fact that these diseases mainly affect the poor in developing countries and development of therapys is inhibitive due to lack of economic demand. Scientists argue that the rate of development of drugs (and of........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/3/2006 6:51:37 AM)
Stem Cell Growth In The BrainResearchers at Harvard University have identified key compounds that stimulate stem cell growth in the brain, which may one day lead to restored function for people affected by Parkinson's disease, strokes, multiple sclerosis, and a wide range of neurological disorders. These findings, which appear in the September 2006 issue of The FASEB Journal, provide important clues as to which compounds may be responsible for causing key brain cells,........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/1/2006 4:53:41 AM)
Memory MoleculeResearchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center have discovered a molecular mechanism that maintains memories in the brain. In an article in Science magazine, they demonstrate that by inhibiting the molecule they can erase long-term memories, much as you might erase a computer disc.
Furthermore, erasing the memory from the brain does not prevent the ability to re-learn the memory, much as a cleaned computer disc may be re-used. This finding may........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 8/31/2006 5:26:12 AM)
HIV Drug To Prevent Cervical CancerResearchers at the University of Manchester are developing a topical treatment against the human papilloma virus (HPV) which is responsible for pre-cancerous and cancerous disease of the cervix as well as other genital malignancies.
In the UK many thousands of women undergo surgery to remove precancerous lesions of every year. Instead they may be able to apply a simple cream or pessary to the affected area. The discovery may be even more........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 8/24/2006 10:13:19 PM)
New Cancer Drugs Out ThereTykerb also known as Lapatinib is a new breast cancer drug currently undergoing for breast cancer patients who have over expression of HER2 gene. A recent clinical study has demonstrated that Lapatinib is effective in treating patients with breast cancer who have HER2 amplification and are no longer responding to Herceptin, which is the most common drug used in that setting.........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 8/24/2006 6:57:15 PM)
Targeting Protein S14 In Breast Cancer TreatmentWilliam Kinlaw, an associate professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, has been working on a protein called S14 since 1990. Over the past few months, however, the news about S14 has picked up. Through a series of recently published academic studies, Kinlaw and colleagues are ready to pronounce S14 a potential drug target in treating breast cancer.
"Over the past three years, we've learned about S14 and its role in communicating........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 8/23/2006 5:12:35 AM)
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Vitamin D Cuts Pancreatic Cancer RiskConsumption of Vitamin D tablets was found to cut the risk of pancreatic cancer nearly in half, according to a study led by researchers at Northwestern and Harvard universities.
The findings point to Vitamin D's potential to prevent the disease, and is one of the first known studies to use a large-scale epidemiological survey to examine the relationship between the nutrient and cancer of the pancreas. The study, led by Halcyon Skinner,........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/12/2006 4:55:06 AM)
Towards Rejection-free Limb TransplantationYears ago, the idea of attaching a donor limb onto a patient's body would have been the stuff of science fiction. But to date about two-dozen people around the world have received hand transplants. Thomas Tung, M.D., conducts research within this relatively unorthodox realm of surgery, investigating therapies that could potentially allow the body to accept donor tissue without the use of immunosuppressive medication.
A Washington University........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/9/2006 9:31:00 AM)
Breaking Down The BarriersAlthough breast cancer is more common among white women, African-American women are far more likely to die of the disease.
What accounts for this fundamental racial imbalance? Dione Farria, M.D., knows all too well: African-American women are less likely to get mammograms that can detect breast cancer early when it is more easily treated.
Socioeconomic influences such as limited access to health care, mistrust of the health-care system........Go to the Cancer-articles (Added on 9/9/2006 8:57:11 AM)
David Welch: Fight With Brain CancerRead the touching story of David Welch.
Diagnosed at age 38 with a lemon-sized brain tumor, David Welch has documented his journey since then -- from a Patient's Perspective. 38 Lemon is not a medical website. Rather, this is one patient's entire experience in dealing with brain cancer, from December 2004 to today.
Read a sample.
01 September 2006.
Solid progress is being made using Temodar chemotherapy in the therapy of my........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/9/2006 6:49:13 AM)
Cancer Rates Continue to DeclineDeath rates from cancer continue to decline as per a new report by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, the American Cancer Society, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Death rates fell for eleven of the fifteen most common cancers in men and for ten of the fifteen most common cancers in women. This might come as a surprise to a number of activists alleging a current "cancer epidemic." You would........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/9/2006 6:29:33 AM)
How Gene Is Linked To Skin Problems, CancerScientists from Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered a pathway through which a gene's over-expression causes skin stem cells to switch from creating hair follicles to creating sebaceous glands.
The discovery by the laboratory of Xiao-Jing Wang, M.D., Ph.D., professor of otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, OHSU School of Medicine, and member of the OHSU Cancer Institute, points to a new pathway that could some day be used as a........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/9/2006 5:38:13 AM)
Breakthrough in Liver Diagnosis techniqueThat is exciting news from Mayo Clinic. Researchers based in Mayo Clinic have recently devised a new technique for safely performing biopsy of the liver. This new technology uses a painless and safe technique instead of the conventional needle biopsy of the liver. These findings are published in the current issue of general of radiology.
"This is potentially an important diagnostic advance, since conventional imaging techniques, such as........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/7/2006 8:15:40 PM)
Mouse Lacking InflammationWhat about a mouse which has no inflammation gene? In a paper published yesterday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), researchers from Boston University School of Dental Medicine generated a mouse model exhibiting reduced inflammation.
The Boston University researchers found that the transcription factor LITAF (Lipopolysaccharide [LPS]-Induced TNF-Alpha Factor) controls inflammation through a completely different........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/7/2006 4:56:05 AM)
Cancer Survivors Reach Kilimanjaro SummitAdelaide adventurer Duncan Chessell has led a team of Australian cancer survivors to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa.
Chessell and one of his guides managed to get six of the 10 climbers in his group to the summit of the 5,986 metre peak in Tanzania just before 1pm (CST) on Tuesday.
The four others were forced to return to the expedition's base camp after finding the going too tough.
Chessell's wife Jo Arnold said conditions had........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/6/2006 8:13:15 PM)
The 5 Carcinogens Living in Your HouseThat can kill me? Cancer wears many different disguises. Sometimes it looks like a cigarette, other times sunburn. And then there are the times when you're face-to-face with it and don't even know it. In order to unmask the monster, we asked Bill Jameson, Ph.D., a researcher with the National Toxicology Program, to help us create this list of hidden carcinogens. As Jameson points out, "knowing what you might be exposed to can be your best........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/6/2006 8:00:23 PM)
Older Fathers And Autistic ChildrenChildren of men age 40 and older have a significantly increased risk of having autism spectrum disorders compared with those whose fathers are younger than 30 years, as per an article in the recent issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Typically typically typically autism is characterized by social and language abnormalities and repetitive patterns of behavior, as per background information in the........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/5/2006 5:07:35 AM)
Nutritional Value Of Rabbit Food"Rabbit food" is nutritious for people, too. Go ahead and indulge at the salad bar.
A new UCLA/Louisiana State University study of dietary data on more than 17,500 men and women finds consumption of salad and raw vegetables correlates with higher concentrations of folic acid, vitamins C and E, lycopene and alpha and beta carotene in the bloodstream.
Reported in the September edition of the peer-evaluated Journal of the American Dietetic........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/3/2006 8:17:21 AM)
Drazner To Lead Heart Failure ProgramDr. Mark Drazner, a nationally recognized heart failure expert, has been named medical director of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Drazner, associate professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern, has been a key member of the heart transplant team for nine years, specializing in treating patients with congestive heart failure and caring for patients before and after........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/3/2006 8:11:01 AM)
Vaccine For Malaria In MakingPlasmodium falciparium, the most severe form of malaria hits pregnant women and children the hardest. A joint study between Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Makerere University in Uganda has now produced some important findings on how the malaria parasite conceals itself in the placenta.
Plasmodium falciparium is the name of by far the most virulent of the four malaria parasites that infect man. It is particularly dangerous in that it........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/3/2006 7:30:28 AM)
MRI To Detect Breast Cancer SpreadMRI is better than MDCT for determining if and how far breast cancer has spread into the breast ducts and should be used before patients receive breast conserving treatment, a new study shows.
"Patients have a lower survival rate if their surgical margins are positive for tumor cells. A positive surgical margin is commonly the result of inadequate resection of the cancer's intraductal component," said Akiko Shimauchi, MD, at Tohoku........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 9/2/2006 10:11:18 PM)
Reducing contrast material can lower costsThe dose of contrast material can be effectively reduced by at least 10% for elderly patients undergoing a multi-detector CT examination of the pancreas and biliary region a new study finds. When the dose is reduced, the cost of the examination and the risk of complications is reduced. This study was conducted by the Department of Technical Radiology at Nagoya University School of Health Science in Nagoya, Japan.
"When interpreting CT images........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 9/2/2006 10:07:04 PM)
Tumor Necrosis Factor Blockers May Not Cause CancerPatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune, inflammatory disease marked by progressive joint and organ damage, face a high risk of developing cancer. Their vulnerability, especially to lymphoma and leukemia, may be due to the nature of RA. Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) including tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) antagonists, a type of biologic DMARD have also been implicated. TNF blockers, which work by........Go to the The-cancer-blog (Added on 8/31/2006 5:11:01 AM)
Mechanism Of LearningFinally confirming a fact that remained unproven for more than 30 years, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory report in the Aug. 25 issue of Science that certain key connections among neurons get stronger when we learn.
"We show what everyone has always believed: LTP (long-term potentiation) is indeed induced in the hippocampus when learning occurs," said Mark F. Bear, Picower Professor of Neuroscience. "This is a........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 8/24/2006 9:15:00 PM)
Eating Habits Of Rain Forest InsectsA study initiated by University of Minnesota plant biologist George Weiblen has confirmed what biologists since Darwin have suspected - that the vast number of tree species in rain forests accounts for the equally vast number of plant-eating species of insects.
"This is a big step forward in the quest to understand why there is so much biodiversity in the tropics," said Weiblen, principal investigator and senior author for the National........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 8/24/2006 5:06:07 AM)
Is Canada too clean?Canada has among the highest incidences of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease cases per capita in the world, a new study shows.
About one in 350 Canadians suffer from ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, otherwise known collectively as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), the study shows. The study was published recently in the American Journal of Gasteroenterology.
IBD is a wearing away of the lining of the intestinal tract until it........Go to the What-media-blog (Added on 8/24/2006 4:44:15 AM)
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