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Early Warning System For Breast Cancer

...cializes in breast cancer. “While more research is needed before clinical testing can begin, we hope it will help identify early-stage cancer that could be vulnerable to aggressive treatment, perhaps with drugs that target Rho protein....

Gene variation simulates cholesterol response to oestrogen

...omen who don't respond so well. More research is needed before genetic testing for oestrogen receptor alpha can be recommended for women considering HRT. But this study promises a way of detecting those women who can most benefit from hormone replacement....

Obese women likey for Cesarean

...esearchers also found that the number of women who needed a C-section increased as BMI of a person increased. Among women with a BMI of 20 or less ( which indicates a low amount of body fat),had a normal delivery. Whereas if BMI ranged from 21-30 ( which indicates a range of body fat from healthy to a fatt...

New drug helps allergies

... get Clarinex approved by the FDA, Schering-Plough needed only to prove the drug works better than a placebo, or sugar pill....

Stem Cell Transplants May Be Effective For MS Patients

...f MS disease activity. Only 2 of the patients have needed to take MS disease-modifying drugs since the trans... to confirm its effectiveness and studies are also needed to determine its long-term effec....

Tamoxifen does not adversely affect the brain

... on the brain. They added that further research is needed to determine the effects of oestrogen and tamoxifen on cognition....

New methods to prevent injury of patients

...tors at the Hopkins University suggest that what's needed is an approach which concentrates on the context of injury and improving technology, rather than assigning blame to medical personnel. In road safety, automobile technology improvements have brought benefits - rather than blaming the driver. Resear...

Measles Suppresses AIDS Virus

... viral levels went back up. More research will be needed with a larger study group to fully understand how measles suppresses HIV and activates the immune system. The only other infection that has been found to suppress HIV is scrub typhus, caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium....

Lyme disease is a persistent problem

...ts. The findings suggest that more research is now needed to improve the outlook for those with Lyme disease....

Drug trafficking via Internet a growing threat

...reater vigilance and international cooperation are needed “to prevent the Internet from turning into a worldwide web of drug trafficking,” said Hamid Ghodse, the INCB’s president. In the United States, Internet swapping of techniques for manufacturing amphetamine sin underground laboratories has become so ...

Leptin linked to Blood Clots

... that were genetically engineered to lack the gene needed to produce leptin. He found they took an average of 70 minutes to clot, almost twice as long as normal mice who clotted at 40 minutes. Blood clotting capabilities were tested on another group of mice missing the gene for the leptin receptor, which a...

Elevating Manganese Levels hold back HIV

...esistance to drugs, however, so new treatments are needed to keep it in check. Drugs that target PRM1 and increase manganese levels may help prevent the development of resistance, Boeke said. HIV may still develop resistance but "a new class of agents would still be really useful because what has really be...

A new drug for bladder cancer

...arger trials of the new drug, which may offer much needed hope to those who have bladder cancer....

A way to slow the progression of Type 1 Diabetes

...ith anti-CD3 mAb produced more natural insulin and needed less injected insulin one year after treatment they untreated patients. Researchers believe the drug works on the immune system's destructive T-cells, and effectively suppresses the immune cells involved in the development of diabetes. They believe i...

Anorexia in boys is common too

...-up measurements, boys who only regain part of the needed weight experienced a continued decrease in bone mineral density. However, boys who regained their normal weight experienced a rapid increase in bone mineral density--at twice the rate seen in non-anorexic boys--allowing them to catch up with their pe...

Family planning with folate

...an reduce this ill effect says, Judith. Folate is needed for healthy cell growth and development of men, women and children and folate is recommended in their daily diet. However it is also very important for women before and during the early stage of pregnancy to take folate as it is necessary for the h...

Fructose cause digestive problems

...markers for fructose intolerance. More research is needed to confirm the link between fructose and gastrointestinal problem - but, in the meantime, a low fructose diet may provide relief for patients with IBS-type symptoms....

Increase in renal problems

...nd Alzheimer’s disease. “However, more studies are needed to determine if this could be useful in humans,” he said. The researchers are hopeful that antioxidants might be used in the future to treat, or even to prevent, cognitive dysfunction. An estimated 100,000 people in the UK suffer from some form of k...

Ultrasound test may detect heart condition early

...mutations are involved. Therefore, another way was needed to determine if the disorder is present. According to Solomon, Doppler tissue imaging "allows us to look at something we haven't really been able to evaluate before--the relaxing ability of the heart. They found that patients with HCM, regardless of...

High Levels of Protein Linked to Brain Shrinkage

...he Australian scientist said that more research is needed to prove that high homocysteine levels lead to brain atrophy. He pointed out that homocysteine levels did not predict how well participants performed on tests of mental ability. "If there was indeed increased brain atrophy, it was not severe enough ...

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