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Breast Cancer: NHS Should Offer Women With Family History Preventive Drugs
Jun 25, 2013
Nearly half a million women in England and Wales with a family history of breast cancer should be offered drugs via the NHS to help lower their risk of developing the disease, according to updated guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released on Tuesday... Read More
Some Older Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes Benefit From Stem Cell Transplants
Jun 25, 2013
A new study by an international team led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists provides the first statistically-based guidelines for determining whether a stem cell transplant is appropriate for older patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) - the most common blood disorders in people over 60 years of age, and frequently a precursor for leukemia... Read More
Understanding Of Complex Diseases Likely To Improve Following Unexpected Discovery Of The Ways Cells Move
Jun 25, 2013
A new discovery about how cells move inside the body may provide scientists with crucial information about disease mechanisms such as the spread of cancer or the constriction of airways caused by asthma... Read More
Evaluating Drugs Aimed At Treating Sickle Cell Crisis Via Computer Models
Jun 25, 2013
Using powerful computer models, researchers from Brown University have shown for the first time how different types of red blood cells interact to cause sickle cell crisis, a dangerous blockage of blood flow in capillaries that causes searing pain and tissue damage in people with sickle cell disease... Read More
Performance Assessment Improves Quality Of Colonoscopy Procedures
Jun 25, 2013
A new study reports that the use of a quarterly report card is associated with improved colonoscopy quality indicators. Endoscopists at the Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis, Ind., who participated in the study showed an overall adjusted adenoma (precancerous polyp) detection rate increase from 44.7 percent to 53.9 percent, and a cecal intubation rate increase from 95... Read More
Targeting Antioxidant Enzymes With Novel Therapeutics May Selectively Kill Off Metastasizing Cancer Cells
Jun 25, 2013
A new study by a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame provides an important new insight into how cancer cells are able to avoid the cell death process. The findings may suggest a chemotherapeutic approach to prevent the spread of cancers... Read More
Men Who Can't Produce Sperm Face Increased Cancer Risk, Stanford-Led Study Finds
Jun 25, 2013
Men who are diagnosed as azoospermic - infertile because of an absence of sperm in their ejaculate - are more prone to developing cancer than the general population, a study led by a Stanford University School of Medicine urologist has found. And a diagnosis of azoospermia before age 30 carries an eight-fold cancer risk, the study says... Read More
700 Women With Urinary Cancers Missing Out On Prompt Diagnosis Every Year
Jun 25, 2013
Family doctors may be attributing bladder and kidney cancer symptoms to harmless causes Around 700 women in England with symptoms of kidney or bladder cancer are missing out on prompt diagnosis and treatment of their condition every year, reveals research in the online only journal BMJ Open... Read More
Iron Dosing Regimens Affect Dialysis Patients' Infection Risk
Jun 25, 2013
While intravenous iron is critical for maintaining the health of many dialysis patients, administering large doses over a short period of time increases patients' risk of developing serious infections, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Smaller doses given for a longer period of time appears to be much safer... Read More
40% Of People Get A Sunburn On Purpose To Deepen Tan
Jun 24, 2013
Two-fifths of people (40%) have reported they get a sunburn on purpose to "deepen" a tan, despite the fact that getting a painful sunburn just once every two years can increase the likelihood for skin cancer three-fold... Read More
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