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The Benefits Of Novel PSA Velocity Risk Count Testing For Prostate Cancer
Feb 06, 2012
A new study by NYU Langone Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows novel PSA velocity (PSAV) risk count testing may provide a more effective way for physicians to screen men for clinically significant prostate cancer... Read More
High-Risk Prostate Cancer Can Be Predicted By Investigational Urine Test In Men Who Chose 'Watchful Waiting'
Feb 06, 2012
Initial results of a multicenter study coordinated by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that two investigational urine-based biomarkers are associated with prostate cancers that are likely to be aggressive and potentially life-threatening among men who take a "watchful waiting," or active-surveillance approach to manage their disease... Read More
New Hope For Patients With Deadly Brain Tumor
Feb 06, 2012
Jim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by GBM. Now, a novel investigational device - available only at clinical trial sites - is offering new hope to these patients... Read More
Scientists Prove Multiple DNA Repair Defect In Monocytes
Feb 06, 2012
Scientists working with Professor Bernd Kaina of the Institute of Toxicology at the Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have demonstrated for the first time that certain cells circulating in human blood - so-called monocytes - are extremely sensitive to reactive oxygen species (ROS)... Read More
Patients With Anemia May Be At More Than Triple The Risk Of Dying After A Stroke
Feb 06, 2012
Being anemic could more than triple your risk of dying within a year after having a stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. "Among stroke patients, severe anemia is a potent predictor of dying throughout the first year after a stroke," said Jason Sico, M.D... Read More
Racial Disparities Likely Reduced By Sickle Cell Anemia Stroke Prevention Efforts
Feb 06, 2012
The disparity in stroke-related deaths among black and white children dramatically narrowed after prevention strategies changed to include ultrasound screening and chronic blood transfusions for children with sickle cell anemia, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012... Read More
The Benefits Of Novel PSA Velocity Risk Count Testing For Prostate Cancer
Feb 06, 2012
A new study by NYU Langone Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows novel PSA velocity (PSAV) risk count testing may provide a more effective way for physicians to screen men for clinically significant prostate cancer... Read More
High-Risk Prostate Cancer Can Be Predicted By Investigational Urine Test In Men Who Chose 'Watchful Waiting'
Feb 06, 2012
Initial results of a multicenter study coordinated by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that two investigational urine-based biomarkers are associated with prostate cancers that are likely to be aggressive and potentially life-threatening among men who take a "watchful waiting," or active-surveillance approach to manage their disease... Read More
Has Komen Shot Itself In The Foot?
Feb 05, 2012
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women's lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage. By announcing a few days ago that it would stop awarding funds to Planned Parenthood, a sexual health organization; it found itself in the middle of an enormous public outcry... Read More
Probable Mechanism Underlying Resveratrol Activity Revealed By NIH Study
Feb 05, 2012
National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present evidence that resveratrol does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging... Read More
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