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Researchers Discover How Cancer Evades the Immune System

...h patient's individual cancer. "I see it as the beginning stages of personalized medicine, where we develop ...immunotherapies that are becoming available or are beginning to emerge from research," Dr. Epstein said. He also said that the rtPCR technology allowed for a r...

Impaired Odour Identification Predicts Cognitive Decline for the Elderly

...also associated with lower cognitive scores at the beginning of the study, and with a more rapid decline in the memory of past experiences, memory of words and symbols, and perceptual speed. "Among older persons without manifest cognitive impairment, difficulty in identifying odours predicts subsequent devel...

Genetic Mutation That Makes Common Cancers Resistant to Drugs Identified

..., molecular features such as the AKT1 mutation are beginning to change drug development efforts. This discovery adds to the short but growing list of molecular features that may help guide both current and future cancer drug development," said Dr. John Carpten, Senior Investigator and Director of TGen's Integr...

A New Therapy to Protect Cancer Patients Against Infertility

...rtunity to talk with a fertility specialist before beginning treatment, and yet there are already several options for protecting the ovaries and even preserving eggs, embryos, or ovarian tissue. In addition to raising awareness among the medical profession, more support is needed for research in this import...

Watch 'Live Earth' Concerts Simultaneously on the Net

.... "You can actually watch every single show from beginning to end, up to eight shows broadcast simultaneously, and you can pick what's happening live," said Nina Guralnick, GM for Control Room, the digital entertainment distributor that also orchestrated Live 8. "It's more like being at the concert-or all...

Dengue Fever Cases Up 36 Percent in Thailand: Report

...n Thailand and affected more than 21,000 since the beginning of the year, the English-language Nation newspaper reported, quoting figures from the health ministry. It said that the number infected by the virus, which is especially dangerous in children and the elderly, had risen by 36 percent from the same p...

Prions Capacity can Be Aggrevated by Solid Particles

... across the landscape and that scientists are just beginning to tease out factors in soils that may contribute ...f prion transmission, and the role of soil is just beginning to be explored. "Soil is a very complex medium and we don't know what the agent is binding to" in na...

Hormone Replacement Therapy Liberation at a Cost

...used to treat the symptoms of menopause for years, beginning in the 1950s and 1960s. In the mid-1970s, medical studies found that postmenopausal women who used estrogen therapy alone had a significantly increased risk of uterine cancer. Then researchers found that adding progestin, a synthetic form of prog...

Americans Grow Shorter, Blame It on Weak Healthcare

...he Europeans they liberated. But for three decades beginning at the end of World War Two, Americans' average height stagnated while Europeans continued the growth-spurt that one would expect to see during a period of relative peace and rising incomes. Now, with an average height of 5'10", American men are no...

Size and Position of Floral Anther Plays a Vital Role in Pollination

...the plant and its animal partner. Scientists are beginning to understand just how intimate and important these interactions are, as both plants and pollinators are threatened by extinction due to habitat loss and pollution from human activities. The recent alarm over the collapse of honeybee colonies has u...

Study Links Breast Cancer to Western Diet in Chinese Women

...que look at a population of Chinese women who were beginning to adopt more western-style eating habits," said Marilyn Tseng of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which supported the study along with the Shanghai Cancer Institute, Harvard University, and Vanderbilt University. "We foun...

Sugary Diet can Be Helpful in Shedding Off Pounds

...ence and cholesterol levels) were collected at the beginning and end of the trial. The advice followed healthy eating guidelines and recommended: a reduced daily calorie intake, which was low in fat (35 percent of calorie intake) and high in carbohydrates (55 percent of calorie intake) that one tenth of thei...

A Spoonful of Sugar can Melt Away the Pounds

...ence and cholesterol levels) were collected at the beginning and end of the trial. The advice followed healthy eating guidelines and recommended: a reduced daily calorie intake, which was low in fat (35 percent of calorie intake) and high in carbohydrates (55 percent of calorie intake) that one tenth of thei...

Study Links Breast Cancer to Western Diet in Chinese Women

...que look at a population of Chinese women who were beginning to adopt more western-style eating habits," said Marilyn Tseng of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which supported the study along with the Shanghai Cancer Institute, Harvard University, and Vanderbilt University. "We foun...

Early Parkinsons Show Hallucination,sleepiness

...xole. No one reported having hallucinations at the beginning of the study. The study found nearly one-fifth de...ts about the risks of treatment, said Biglan. When beginning pramipexole, doctors should explain the risks and monitor patients closely for sleep issues and swel...

Male Wallflowers-Watch Your Heart

...ssification into four types-A, B, C and D. At the beginning of the study, all volunteers were asked to fill in psychological questionnaires. By the end of the study period, 60 percent of the original study subjects had died. The researchers then matched the death certificates of these men with the questionnai...

Jade Goody Believes Miscarriage was 'God's Punishment' for Wrong Deeds

...hough she has been coping with bad times since the beginning of this year, she thought she would never recover after losing the baby. "After the miscarriage I did ask: 'Why is all this happening?' I thought it was God's punishment for something I'd done," the Daily Mail quoted her, as telling Closer magazine...

Natural Selection in Butterflies

... population was initially 99 percent female at the beginning of 2006. By the end of the year, researchers found... population was initially 99 percent female at the beginning of 2006. By the end of the year, researchers found that males made up 39 percent of the 54 butterfli...

Cops Fine Doherty for Littering

...ds. The trip to the clinic is believed to be the beginning of the course that a judge had ordered him to undergo, after the rocker was convicted for possessing class A drugs....

Reason Behind Sleepy Feeling During Sickness Found

...pha induces changes in sleep patterns. This is the beginning of connecting it with genes involved in circadian rhythms, Johnson said....

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