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Vitamin B12 can help in detecting cancers

...etect." This is especially important in women with dense breasts whose cancer isn't always visible in a mammogram, "because we can't see through the breast with mammograms as well as in women with fatty replaced breasts," says Dr. Collins. Dr. Collins says the B12 test has only been used on a small group o...

Digital mammography proves effective

...aphy might be able to detect cancers in women with dense breast tissue, because it offers higher contrast. The digital method may also reduce the call-back rate by giving a clearer result for women with suspicious lesions. But before switching women to the digital method, a large scale trial comparing th...

Combined scan gives exact cancer diagnosis

...rian and cervical tumours,// because the tissue is dense and so it's not always possible to detect the border between malignant and normal areas. Doctors at the University of Texas now say that combining positron emission tomography (PET) with the more conventional computed tomography (CT) scan gives a mor...

Camera gives hope for detection of breast cancer

...era is that it cannot pick up small tumours within dense breast tissue. The Hopkins team has designed a new, breast specific, camera that overcomes these limitations. In a study of 40 women, with a total of 60 tumours, the new system proved to be able to detect more malignancies than the standard gamma c...

Grape seed extract helps wound healing

...very aggressively and that newly formed tissue was dense with a strong structure. This was connected to increased levels of a protein called tenascin, which helps build new connective tissue. The human skin cell experiments revealed how the extract increased levels of a growth factor for new blood vessel...

Survival rates in breast cancer patients improved with "Dose Dense Chemotherapy"

...reased dose density. Researchers tested both dose dense and conventional chemotherapy regimens in 1,973 wo...intervals, with filgrastim (dose dense) The dose dense regimen was made tolerable to patients with the drug filgrastim, which helps prevent neutropenia, a ...

Hormone Therapy Could Increase Ones Risk For Breast Cancer

...n, presumably because their breast tissue was less dense to begin with. Researchers say these findings are...the cancer more difficult to diagnose because both dense tissue and cancer appear white on a mammography. In conclusion researchers say their results sugges...

Obese children may have abnormalities of lipoproteins

...r blood. A lipid profile with high number of small dense LDL, a condition called LDL pattern B, was found in 45% of white and 19% of black obese children. Obese white children also showed higher tendencies of having dyslipidemia than black children o the same category....

MRI screenings may be better to identify breast cancer

...ately by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans as dense breast tissues reduce effects of mammography at this age. Researchers had studied 649 women in the age group of 35 to 49 years with a family history of breast cancer. They were tested for probability of incidence of BRCA1, BRCA2, or TP53 mutations t...

Slowing Down The Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...loid peptide Abeta (1-40) in vitro, dissolving the dense fibres that form in the brain over time. Researchers believe that this data provides the molecular basis for explaining the beneficial effect of Colostrinin in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at ReGen say that their c...

Digital Mammogram For Detection Of Breast Cancer In Women With Dense Breasts

...mmography in detection of disease in women who has dense breasts, in women younger than 50 years of age and...ed the use of conventional mammogram in women with dense breast and this new digital mammogram will be useful in these patients. The film mammograms were dev...

The many facets of milk and its health potential

It is well known how nutritional dense milk is so there is study in Australia to explore and to develop valuable new products with nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and agrochemical potential.// This has been initiated in The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IM...

The Slow And Steady Race To Eradicate Polio Offers Hope

...pinal cord spreads at a rapid pace in areas with a dense population and poor sanitation. Egypt was one of the countries with a high incidence of Polio. Initiation of the polio vaccination program using an improved vaccine to combat the dominant strain of the polio virus has been responsible for elimination...

Breast Cancer More Serious For Younger Patients

...ecause the breast tissue in younger people is more dense thereby making the detection of a lump much more difficult. Also due to the lack of awareness in younger women, ignoring the lump thinking it to be harmless, or that they are too young for breast cancer. But Dr Vinh-hung feels that based on the stu...

Terahertz Imaging Promises To Revolutionize Breast Cancer Treatments

...two cases of pure ductal carcinoma in situ and one dense radial scar. In breast cancer excision surgery, the aim is to remove the entire tumor with an adequate margin of normal tissue, while minimizing the amount of healthy tissue being removed. If a histopathologist analyzes the tissue and finds tumor at...

Smoking Increases Osteoporosis Risk

...cific type of bone called cortical bone. This very dense bone forms a layer, similar to the enamel on teeth, around softer, spongy bone. Lorentzon and colleagues found that smoking reduces the thickness of cortical bone. The findings indicate that smoking may significantly affect bone strength. ‘If you thi...

Overweight Children More Prone to Fractures

...ms. People of above normal weight generally have dense bones and thereforehave a lower risk of fracture. 'The vast majority of overweight children need to be exercising moreto help them tackle their weight, as well as eating healthily,' saidIan Campbell, from the organisation Weight Concern. (Source:...

New Technique For Science Experiments

...the polymer along the length of the substrate. The dense polymer brush provides a controlled interaction surface at the top while effectively masking the underlying substrate. The heart of the NIST technique is a combined microfluidic mixer and reaction chamber. The two components are injected into the m...

Hydrogenated Fat Pts Weight around the Abdomen

...bubbling hydrogen through them. This makes the oil dense and waxy thereby it facilitates the binding of the food and prolongs shelf life. Many studies point out to the fact that hydrogenated vegetable fats can contribute to heart disease, narrowing of blood vessels and diabetes. Potbelly increases the pr...

Intelligent Eating: Benefits of low-calorie high-nutrition

...e with sugar, fat, fast foods, and chips which are dense in calories. It is certainly a healthy choice to include more vegetable, salads, and fruits in the diet which is loaded with nutrition and deficient in calories....

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