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Genetic Testing Helping Cancer Survivors Fight For Their Loved Ones

...d Dr. John Sandbach of Texas Oncology, the world's largest group of medical professionals focused solely on cancer care. "More and more people are discovering this valuable tool and taking action." Approximately 10 percent of properly selected breast cancer patients carry either a BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 mutation...

Dietary Vitamin B6, B12 and Folate, may Decrease Pancreatic Cancer Risk Among Leans

...y significant finding from the study, which is the largest yet to look at these nutrients and pancreatic cancer risk. All we can say is that a person who has reason to be concerned about their risk of developing this cancer, which is relatively rare but quite deadly, should maintain a normal weight and eat...

Blood Test may Help Signal Tumor's Remission, Return in Throat Cancer Patients

... from the tonsils and base of the tongue. In the largest long-term study of its kind, NIH and University of...ents who had a history of smoking experiencing the largest spikes. (For this reason, estimates of relative risk of death were adjusted to exclude the compoundi...

Esophageal Cancer Patients' Positive Responses to Chemotherapy Accurately Identified by PET

....C. At the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals, German researchers stated that early metabolic imaging with positron emission tomography (PET), accurately identifies patients responding to chemotherapy for esophageal cancer. "Thi...

Brain Tumor Patients Survival Depends on Predicting Treatment Responses Earlier

...ted at the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals , declares that use of metabolic or molecular imaging to measure brain tumor patients' response to treatment is a powerful predictor of survival. "Our study opens the door to the poss...

World Environment Day (International Polar Year)

...ns to showcase the main celebrations in its eighth largest city, Tromsoe.The city, popularly known as "The Gateway to the Arctic" is situated north of the polar circle. In the context of the shrinking Arctic ice cap, it would appear that the place and theme are well matched indeed what better way to (celebr...

PET/CT: The Best Test for Women With Ovarian Cancer

...during the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine...e difficult to identify," he added. "This is the largest prospective study thus far undertaken with PET/CT," said Fulham, indicating that 90 women, from thre...

Bengal to Ban Low-grade Plastic Production

...that the southern part of Sunderbans - the world's largest estuarine delta - will go under water," the chief minister said. The fast climate change, caused due to the melting down of polar glaciers, will also affect the tropical countries with various diseases and unpredictable weather conditions, he said....

New Insights into Antimalarial Drug Resistance

...ucted over a two-year period is believed to be the largest synthetic one ever built, and it successfully produces large quantities of the encoded protein, whose function can now be easily studied. The researchers say that with the addition of the recreated gene, PfMDR1 and its protein, they have all the...

Largest Ever Study of Genetics Behind Common Diseases Published

The largest ever study of the genetics behind common diseasesl...me Trust Case Control Consortium is one of the UKs largest and most successful academic collaborations to date, which brought together 50 leading research grou...

National Cancer Database Reveals Disparities in Access to Thyroid Cancer Surgery

...edicine, Chicago, IL. In the second phase of the largest study of papillary thyroid cancer ever conducted, lead researcher Dr. Bilimoria and ACS colleagues found that not all papillary thyroid cancer patients (PTC) have equal access to optimal treatment. "We discovered significant patient factors associate...

Mental Illness Foremost Reason for Absenteeism

...orkers revealed that mental illness was the second largest cause for absenteeism only next to muscle related problems like bad back. The study showed that worker took up to 30 days off on account of depression and those suffering from stress took almost 21 days sick leave. Thus it has become a major cause...

Export of Herbal Products to Reach Rs.120 Billion by 2012: Study

...he study noted that India followed by China is the largest producer of medicinal plants, having more than 40 percent of global diversity. However, India's global market share is a paltry 2.5 percent against China's 13 percent. The leading producers of medicinal plants are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil...

Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Expected to End Deadly Scourge

...as an at-risk population of about 430 million. The largest epidemic wave ever recorded in history swept across the entire region in 19961997, causing over 250,000 cases and 25,000 deaths. Africa has been relatively spared in recent years, but last year's 41,526 reported cases and the 47,925 cases reported ...

Autism Society of America Gives Top Honor to Treatment Pioneer in Phoenix

...ts newest office in Phoenix, is one of the world's largest and most experienced organizations effectively treating children with autism and related disorders. "I am truly humbled and gratified to be recognized for the work that CARD does to help children and young adults with autism attain their highest po...

India Has a Million Less AIDS Cases Than Believed: Study

...vision shows that India probably no longer has the largest number of AIDS patients in the world, the New York Times said Friday. An official United Nations 2006 estimated that India has 5.7 million AIDS patients. However, an early analysis of the new survey by American epidemiologists who know the data and...

Hospitals in Older Cities Close Down, Blacks Worst Affected

...failure, diabetes and obstetrics. Detroit is the largest city in the state of Michigan in US Midwest, supposedly a prosperous region. But Riverview is all set to close down. The hospital last week said it was losing too much money and already stopped accepting inpatients, though the emergency room wi...

The Production and Marketing of IBS Drug Halted by the Chinese Government

...e medicine conducted by Novartis AG, Switzerland's largest drug maker, showed that a significant number had experienced cardiovascular problems. The company had complied with request from The American food and drug administration to with the Zelnorm drug from the market as it was linked with increased risk o...

New Developments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

...r autoimmune diseases. The Feinstein now holds the largest collection from rheumatoid arthritis patients in the world. Following the cellular pathway, it has been shown that PTPN22 influences the trigger point for activation of T-cells, immune cells that are normally called on to wage battle against infect...

Cider can Ward Off Cancer and Heart Disease

...the highest per capita consumption, as well as the largest cider producing companies in the world. Overall, it produces about 500 million litres of cider per year. The drink is also available in several part of India including Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Chandigarh, Gurgaon and Rajasthan. In India, cider starte...

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