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Hundreds Of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools Deployed In First Animal Biopsies
Apr 25, 2013
By using swarms of untethered grippers, each as small as a speck of dust, Johns Hopkins engineers and physicians say they have devised a new way to perform biopsies that could provide a more effective way to access narrow conduits in the body as well as find early signs of cancer or other diseases... Read More
Mango's Potential Health-Affirming Properties Explored
Apr 25, 2013
Two of the most serious health conditions facing Americans today - obesity and cancer - are the subject of new mango nutrition research presented this week at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) in Boston... Read More
Home Health-Care Visits Increase Hepatitis B Screening Rates For Hmong Americans
Apr 25, 2013
In the first study of its kind, lay health workers increased screening rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and knowledge about the disease among a group of Asian Americans, known as the Hmong, UC Davis researchers have found. The study appears online in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention... Read More
New Pathway Identified That Enhances Tamoxifen To Tame Aggressive Breast Cancer
Apr 25, 2013
Tamoxifen is a time-honored breast cancer drug used to treat millions of women with early-stage and less-aggressive disease, and now a University of Rochester Medical Center team has shown how to exploit tamoxifen's secondary activities so that it might work on more aggressive breast cancer... Read More
Ovarian Cancer Study Results Could Translate Into A Minimally Invasive Early Detection Method
Apr 25, 2013
Pioneering biophotonics technology developed at Northwestern University is the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans by examining cells easily brushed from the neighboring cervix or uterus, not the ovaries themselves... Read More
Primary Care Provider Density Affects Lung Cancer Mortality Rates
Apr 25, 2013
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is tied as the third leading cause of death overall in industrialized countries. Within the United States, several groups identified by race, sex, and socioeconomic status have been linked to increased cancer mortality, suggesting a disparity because of these characteristics... Read More
Using Microbubbles To Improve Cancer Therapy
Apr 25, 2013
Microbubbles decrease the time and acoustic power of ultrasound required to heat and destroy an embedded target, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound. If these results can be replicated in the clinic, microbubbles could improve the efficiency of high intensity ultrasound treatment of solid tumors... Read More
Angiogenesis Inhibitors Originally Conceived For Cancer Could Hold Promise For Weight Loss
Apr 25, 2013
Researchers have long known that cancerous tumors grow collections of abnormal blood cells, the fuel that feeds this disease and keeps it growing. Now, new evidence in an animal model suggests that blood vessels in the fat tissue of obese individuals could provide the same purpose - and could provide the key to a new way for people to lose weight. When researchers Jian-Wei Gu, Kristina L... Read More
3D Breast Screenings Make Detection Easier & Decrease False Positives
Apr 25, 2013
3D mammograms could provide significant improvements in cancer detection and decreasing false positives when used in collaboration regular 2D mammograms, according to a new study by a team of Italian and Australian researchers... Read More
Risk Of Cancer Is 15% Higher In 9/11 Responders
Apr 24, 2013
The risk of cancer is 15% higher in 9/11 responders compared to the general population not exposed to Ground Zero, according to a new study. The research was conducted by Mount Sinai Hospital's World Trade Center Health Program and was published in Environmental Health Perspectives. Almost 21,000 rescue and recovery workers who worked at Ground Zero were analyzed in the report... Read More
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