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Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...hat more than 200 genes were expressed differently between normal and cancer tissue. Of these, some are already known to be involved in cancer, while others were completely new. Of particular interest were two genes - hepsin and pim-1. The highest levels of hepsin were found in pre-cancerous tissue just be...

Genetics and cholesterol levels

... study of twins to show something of the interplay between diet and genetics in cholesterol levels. They studied 200 pairs of same-sex twins, some identical and some non-identical. The participants kept a food diary at the same time got their cholesterol measured. In identical twins, who have the same gene...

Sleep, snoring....stroke

...merican data confirmed what they knew of the links between snoring and stroke.The results from the Western New York Stroke Screening Study, presented at the American Stroke Association's 26th International Stroke Conference showed that those who regularly slept more than eight hours a night had a 9% higher r...

Blood clots likely in long travel

... busiest international airport, Charles de Gaulle, between November 1993 and December 2000. There were 56 cases of confirmed pulmonary embolism out of more than 130 million passengers from 145 countries.Among people travelling less than 5000km, this gave a rate of 0.01 cases of embolism per million. The rat...

Drugs disrupt formation of blood vessels

...All four drugs were effective, impairing growth by between 60% and 88%. Dr Hanahan said: "Our findings are encouraging about the potential value of angiogenesis inhibitors for treating cancer; we believe we can do even better."...

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...rain. "These findings show a direct relationship between changes in brain chemistry in methamphetamine abusers and functional changes in behavior," says Dr. Alan I. Leshner, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). "The results underscore the serious nature of methamphetamine abuse and emph...

Long travel increase pulmonary embolism

...ers arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris between 1993 and 2000. During this time, over 130 million passengers entered the airport from 141 different countries and there were 50 cases of PE confirmed on arrival.// The incidence of PE was much greater at 1.4 cases per million among those travelling m...

Antidepressants increase gastric bleeding

...5 and over who had been prescribed antidepressants between 1992 and 1998 were monitored to see if they'd been admitted to hospital with bleeding from the stomach or any other part of the gastrointestinal system.There were 974 bleeds in the study and they were more common with SSRI's than with other antidepre...

Aspirin reduces deaths

...atients referred to the Clinic with heart problems between 1990 and 1998. Of these, 37 per cent were prescribed aspirin. Over the following years, taking aspirin reduced the risk of death from all causes by at least 30 per cent. The greatest risk reduction was seen in older people, those who had a reduced ca...

Complementary and Alternative medicine

...1960s to the 1970s. Seven out of ten of those born between 1965 and 1979 had used CAM, compared to five out of ten of those born between 1945 and 1964. And only three out of 10 of those born pre-1945 had ever used CAM. But when people ...

Drink milk right now

...ctive against breast cancer among those women aged between 34 and 39, rather than those aged between 40 and 48// Women who drank more than three glasses of milk per day were about half as likely to d...

Alternative therapies popular with Parkinson's patients

...t use five or more different ones. There's no link between severity of disease and use of CAM, so turning to alternatives is not a last resort.// The use of CAM was most widespread among higher income, younger and better-educated patients. What's of concern is that only half of those using CAM told their d...

The new born nightmare

...ions –the investigators studied 13,576 babies born between January 1995 and December 2000.// They found tha...conjunctivitis, did not have much risk. “The link between erythromycin and pyloric stenosis is an important finding which will make a difference to the health...

Therapy for stopping the spread of cancer cells

... of carbohydrates on the cells affects the balance between hanging on to neighbouring cells and letting go.// Researchers at the University of Georgia have found that an enzyme that affects cell surface carbohydrates is more highly expressed in cancer cells. The enzyme makes it easier for cells to let go of...

Heart disease correlation to periodontal disease

...d with cardiovascular disease, but a definite link between the two has not been established. A research team...aid, “As researchers continue to sort out the link between periodontal disease and heart disease, my advice to my patients remains the same – do not take your ...

New Drug ALT-711 decreases blood vessel stiffness

... 56 days, arterial pulse pressure - the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressures - was significantly reduced among those taking the drug compared to the placebo group....

FDA Approves Contraceptive Ring

...ld by Organon, Inc., effectively blocks conception between 98 percent and 99 percent of the time -- meaning that for every 100 women who use it for a year, only one or two will become pregnant, the FDA says. That rate is similar to both the birth control pill and the yet-unapproved contraceptive patch, which...

Hepatitis G May Boost HIV Survival

...d. Several earlier studies had demonstrated a link between hepatitis G and prolonged survival with HIV, so Stapleton and his colleagues conducted a study to confirm the connection....

The mouth-heart connection

...ene for heart disease. A new study uncovers a link between the mouth and the heart - C - reactive protein (CRP). Researchers at the University of Buffalo find that people with gum disease have higher than normal CRP levels. // It may be that oral bacteria enter the circulation via the gums, and then trigge...

Heat therapy relieves back pain

...ering heat through a treatment wire into the space between the disks in the backbone. It works on a specific ...tion is caused by shrinkage of the 'buffer' tissue between the disks, which usually happens increasingly with age. It leads to the growth of new tissue full of...

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