Posted on January 16th, 2009 by Health News
(University of California - Davis - Health System) Researchers at UC Davis have launched an innovative study to determine whether closer examination of magnetic resonance imaging scans can detect the onset of Alzheimer’s disease even before patients begin to show the symptoms of cognitive decline that are the hallmarks of the condition.
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(Thomas Jefferson University) With a pre-emptive, prophylactic skin regimen, patients who receive panitumumab for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer may be able to avoid some of the skin-associated toxicities according to data presented at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
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(Thomas Jefferson University) African-American patients with colorectal were more likely to present with worse pathological features at diagnosis and to have a worse five-year survival rate compared to Caucasian patients, according to a study conducted by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.
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(Northwestern University) Endometriosis is a poorly understood chronic disease characterized by infertility and chronic pelvic pain during intercourse. It affects between 5 to 10 million women in the US. A Northwestern researcher who has studied it for 15 years describes the progress his lab has made in identifying the causes of and medical treatment for [...]
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(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) A human protein called Bax-beta (Baxβ), which can potentially cause the death of cancer cells and lead to new approaches in cancer treatment, has been identified and characterized. The research is reported in the Jan. 16 issue of Molecular Cell.
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(New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College) Weill Cornell Science Briefs is an electronic newsletter published by the Office of Public Affairs that focuses on innovative medical research and patient care at Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
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(University of Toronto) A heart-to-heart chat with a peer has proven an effective way to prevent postnatal depression in high risk women, cutting the risk of depression by 50 percent, according to a University of Toronto nursing study published in BMJ Online today.
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(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Researchers found that nutrient deprivation of neurons produced sex-dependent effects. Male neurons more readily withered up and died, while female neurons did their best to conserve energy and stay alive.
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(American Society for Nutrition) Decreasing one’s sodium intake can improve blood vessel health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, along with many other health benefits.
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(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation have found a specific mutation that leads to the development of severe autoimmune kidney disease in mice. The research sheds light on the basic biology of the immune system, as well as on the effectiveness of drugs [...]
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