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Iron deficiency increases stroke risk by making blood sticky
Feb 20, 2014
More than 15 million people worldwide suffer a stroke every year, resulting in almost 6 million deaths. Now, new research from Imperial College London in the UK finds that iron deficiency could increase a person's risk of stroke by making the blood sticky.This is according to a study recently published in the journal PLOS One.The research team, including Dr. Read More
Video intervention may increase skin cancer diagnosis in older men
Feb 19, 2014
Showing men a video on skin self-examination and skin awareness may help to increase the number of patients who receive whole-body clinical skin examinations (CSEs) from their physicians, which could increase skin cancer diagnosis in older men, according to a study by Monika Janda, Ph.D., of the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues. Read More
Video intervention may increase skin cancer diagnosis in older men
Feb 19, 2014
Showing men a video on skin self-examination and skin awareness may help to increase the number of patients who receive whole-body clinical skin examinations (CSEs) from their physicians, which could increase skin cancer diagnosis in older men, according to a study by Monika Janda, Ph.D., of the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues. Read More
New paradigm in cancer immunotherapy
Feb 19, 2014
Tumor metastasis is the primary cause of mortality in cancer patients and remains the major challenge for cancer therapy. Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) in Vienna have now revealed a novel mechanism by which immune cells can spontaneously reject metastatic tumors. Read More
Assisted suicide more common in women and wealthier individuals
Feb 19, 2014
Though euthanasia is prohibited in Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal, so long as "no selfish interests are involved." But opponents fear vulnerable people could be forced to end their life this way, so researchers from the University of Bern investigated socioeconomic factors linked to assisted suicide. Read More
New radiation-free imaging method 'effectively diagnoses cancer'
Feb 19, 2014
Standard imaging techniques, such as PET and CT scans, are used to assess the development of cancer in children. However, these imaging methods can expose children to radiation that increases their risk of secondary cancers later in life. Now, new research has detailed a new whole-body imaging technique that could eliminate this risk. Read More
Starving melanoma cells may slow tumor growth
Feb 19, 2014
New research suggests melanoma skin cancer may be controllable by starving its cells. Building on previous success with prostate cancer cells, scientists in Australia showed they could stop cell growth by blocking the pumps that melanoma cells use to acquire an essential cell nutrient.It is still very early days, as the method has only been tested in lab-grown cells. Read More
Starving melanoma cells may slow tumor growth
Feb 19, 2014
New research suggests melanoma skin cancer may be controllable by starving its cells. Building on previous success with prostate cancer cells, scientists in Australia showed they could stop cell growth by blocking the pumps that melanoma cells use to acquire an essential cell nutrient.It is still very early days, as the method has only been tested in lab-grown cells. Read More
HIV drug used to reverse effects of virus that causes cervical cancer
Feb 19, 2014
A commonly-used HIV drug has been shown to kill-off the human papilloma virus (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer in a world-first clinical trial led by The University of Manchester with Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi. Read More
New treatment proposed to prevent devastating intestinal inflammation in cancer patients
Feb 19, 2014
Experimental work pointing to a therapy for alleviating mucositis - a common, severe side effect of chemotherapy and irradiation of cancer patients or patients prepared for bone marrow transplantation - has been achieved by an international team of researchers from the US and Israel headed by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Read More
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