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(Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital) A fundamental process in the transmission of genes from mother to child has been identified by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. The new study published in the December issue of the journal Nature Genetics identifies a mechanism that plays a key role in how mutations are transmitted [...]
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(Mayo Clinic) Two separate meta-analyses of clinical trials from around the world that tested tamoxifen against aromatase inhibitor drugs in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer have each reached the same conclusion: aromatase inhibitors are more effective in preventing breast cancer from coming back. Patients using aromatase inhibitors had more than a 3 percent lower [...]
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(Cornell University Communications) In a new tactic in the fight against cancer, Cornell University researcher Michael King has developed what he calls a lethal “lint brush” for the blood — a tiny, implantable device that captures and kills cancer cells in the bloodstream before they spread through the body.
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(American Heart Association) This week the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a division of the World Health Organization, released updated cancer death projections in a call to action, asking the government to help fund cancer prevention and research initiatives and international tobacco control policies.
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(Northwestern Memorial Hospital) Many individuals with Parkinson’s disease are able to recall losing their sense of smell well before the onset of more commonly recognized symptoms such as tremors, impaired dexterity, speech problems, memory loss and decreased cognitive ability. To determine if a fading sense of smell may signal Parkinson’s, researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital [...]
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(SAGE Publications) As a way to help both the sick and their medical care providers to make the best health care decisions possible, a special section of the current November/December 2008 issue of Medical Decision Making examines three current evidenced-based theories that can help to improve assessments, assist in prevention programs, and help with intervention [...]
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(University of Houston) In a move that demonstrates the commercial appeal of research coming out of University of Houston, a company created by six of its professors was sold to a global conglomerate in the disease-research and drug-discovery industries. VisiGen Biotechnologies, created by UH researchers working on a new process that will be used [...]
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(University of Southern California) Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have explained how certain key mutations occur in human lymphomas — a process that has, until now, remained a mystery.
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BETHESDA, Md. (MedPage Today) — No matter how it’s measured, the economic cost of cancer is in the hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and growing, researchers said.
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ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Falls and motor vehicle accidents are the leading causes of unintentional injury and death among U.S. children and teens, according to the CDC.
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