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New approach to breast reconstruction surgery reduces opioid painkiller use, hospital stays
Mar 05, 2014
A new approach to breast reconstruction surgery aimed at helping patients' bodies get back to normal more quickly cut their postoperative opioid painkiller use in half and meant a day less in the hospital on average, a Mayo Clinic study found. Read More
Understanding PP1, the ubiquitous enzyme
Mar 05, 2014
The enzyme PP1 has a key role in many of the body's healthy functions and diseases. It's so generally important that drug developers dare not target it. In a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Brown University scientists report a big leap in understanding how PP1 interacts with other proteins to behave specifically in distinct situations. Read More
Understanding PP1, the ubiquitous enzyme
Mar 05, 2014
The enzyme PP1 has a key role in many of the body's healthy functions and diseases. It's so generally important that drug developers dare not target it. In a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Brown University scientists report a big leap in understanding how PP1 interacts with other proteins to behave specifically in distinct situations. Read More
Dietary supplement may treat pancreatic cancer
Mar 05, 2014
The bark of the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) has traveled a centuries-long road with the healing arts. Now it is being put through its paces by science in the fight against pancreatic cancer, with the potential to make inroads against several more.UT Health Science Center researcher A. Read More
Exposure to BPA is widespread and linked to prostate cancer
Mar 05, 2014
Findings by Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers show that levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in men's urine could be a marker of prostate cancer and that low levels of BPA exposure can cause cellular changes in both non-malignant and malignant prostate cells. Read More
Palliative chemotherapy: harms and benefits weighed in new study
Mar 05, 2014
Palliative chemotherapy is treatment designed for terminal cancer patients to prolong survival and ease symptoms but not cure disease. Now, researchers have found that the therapy comes with certain harms, which they say need to be addressed. Read More
HPV vaccination 'provides significant cervical protection,' review finds
Mar 05, 2014
After analyzing data from the first human papillomavirus vaccination program in Australia, researchers have found that the vaccine offers significant protection against cervical abnormalities. This is according to a study published in the BMJ. Read More
Carbohydrates serve as identifiers for cancer cells
Mar 05, 2014
Researchers at New York University and the University of Texas at Austin have discovered that carbohydrates serve as identifiers for cancer cells. Read More
Dietary supplement may treat pancreatic cancer
Mar 05, 2014
The bark of the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) has traveled a centuries-long road with the healing arts. Now it is being put through its paces by science in the fight against pancreatic cancer, with the potential to make inroads against several more.UT Health Science Center researcher A. Read More
Exposure to BPA is widespread and linked to prostate cancer
Mar 05, 2014
Findings by Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers show that levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in men's urine could be a marker of prostate cancer and that low levels of BPA exposure can cause cellular changes in both non-malignant and malignant prostate cells. Read More
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