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Leptin is "new breast cancer indicator"

...f a woman’s accumulation of fat over the years and offer an alternative means of testing for breast cancer ...asuring current body weight and fat intake doesn’t offer that kind of perspective, says Dr Hajek. The research team looked at 38 postmenopausal Hispanic wom...

Hope for First New Melanoma Treatment in Decades

...reatments available for this dangerous disease and offer the first hope for a new melanoma treatment target in decades. Study proves a role for an important gene called PTEN and suggests that PTEN dysfunction may be responsible in 30 percent to 60 percent of melanomas. // The process leading to the formati...

Admission to Russian varsities is looking up

...t is only the leading universities in Russia which offer a medical degree in English . Another aspect that should be noted is that all foreign students will have to undergo one year preparatory course in Russian language....

New Weapon Against Germs

...s and bacteria.The study also says that Trif could offer a potential target for certain diseases in which the innate immune system plays a role, such as sepsis....

Pizza could cut cancer risk

...research,// said, "We knew that tomato sauce could offer protection against certain tumors, but we did not expect pizza as a complete meal also to offer such protective powers." The secret could be lycopene, an antioxidant chemical in tomatoes, which i...

Bone Strength After Menopause

... researchers believe the increase in bone size can offer more protection. They say bone density alone should no longer be the only predictor of fracture. It should be considered along with size to determine the true strengt....

Study to look at early surgery to treat epilepsy

...ational Institutes of Health, the trial study will offer half of the 200 participants brain surgery, while the remaining 100 will continue on medications. Both groups then will be monitored for two years to determine which treatment is more effective at eliminating seizures and improving quality of life. ...

Angioplasty Should be the Standard

...ven if the hospital they initially //go to doesn't offer angioplasty services and they have to be transferred to another facility for treatment. Research has shown heart attack patients fare better when they are treated with angioplasty to open up the clogged blood vessel that caused the attack than when ...

Better Drug for Heart Transplant

...dose. However, they say the findings of this study offer some optimism that everolimus is a promising agent for the management of rejection and vasculopathy after heart transplantation....

Music soothes labour pain

Music seems to offer a note of pain relief for women during childbirth. A study done at two hospitals in Thailand found music can reduce the sensation of labour pain and delay the emotional distress that may accompany childbirth.// The study included two groups of wome...

Genetic differences found between Male and Female brains

...ization between male and female brains.Researchers offer evidence in their report that sexual identity is hard-wired and is determined before a person is even born. These findings negate long-held beliefs that testosterone and estrogen were responsible for sexually organizing the brain. It was thought that...

Leech Therapy for Osteoarthritis

...he University of Maryland, suggests these findings offer hope to patients for whom no other treatment relieves the pain of osteoarthritis -- especially if researchers can identify the active ingredient in leech therapy that leads to the effectiveness of the treatment. "While future studies might demonstra...

Partial-Breast Irradiation an Unproven Therapy

...r study of this experimental therapy this fall, to offer women sound guidance based on years of observation. Dr. Gary Freedman is a radiation oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia who is urging a cautious approach. He says some studies looking at the benefits of partial-breast irradiation...

Life after Bypass not so Promising for Women.

...r ability to work and exercise. Thus researchers offer two possible explanations. They say since women have smaller arteries, the surgery may not be as effective in them as it is in men, or women may be more influenced by environment or personality after the operation than men, leading to less positive r...

Predicting The Risk Of Preeclampsia During Pregnancy

... predict the development of preeclampsia, we could offer treatment before it becomes a serious problem.”...

New Treatment For Headache

...y or after brain surgery, there has been little to offer these patients, until now. The answer to Eric’s pain and headaches came from a pain specialist at RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago. To relieve the pain, electrodes were connected to nerves that exit the brain. An implanted battery then sen...

A Solution For Patients Suffering From Shingles

...ry out day-to-day tasks, tai chi was also found to offer protection against other viruses....

The Effects Of Estrogen Therapy

...rtest possible time. Since estrogen-alone seems to offer no overall health benefits, the researchers say it should not be used for these purposes....

Stroke Prevention

...ying the reaction of blood vessels in the eyes may offer insight into stroke prevention by revealing how blood vessels in // the brain react to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for stroke . A new study finds the drug candesartan cilexetil, also known as Atacand, improves blood flow in the eye, wh...

Reducing Depression In Seniors

Two recent studies found to offer good news for older adults .The first study examined whether home-based programs can reduce depression // in the elderly. Researchers studied nearly 140 adults over age 60. About half of the participants suffered from major depression, while the othe...

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