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Resistant tumors could be treated with the discovery of a new molecule within cancer cells

...ncer Cell reported that scientists have discovered why some tumors respond less well to drug treatment as compared to others. Researchers have found that high levels of a specific molecule within cancer cells seem to block the effect of drugs such as Taxol, which are used to treat a number of cancers in ...

Melanoma caused by low DNA repair capacity

...at triggers cancer. However, it has not been clear why some people are more prone than others to melanoma. Researchers have now found out through a study involving a group of 312 people with melanoma that those with fair skin// have lowered DNA repair capacity and are more likely to develop skin cancer. ...

More information sought by patients on medical errors

...know if a mistake occurred during their treatment, why it happened, and how it might be prevented in the future. Also, unsuprisingly, they wanted to have an apology. Doctors, on the other hand revealed many barriers, which prevented them from giving full details of the errors. It was learnt during the i...

Likely reason which makes analgesics work against Alzheimer's

...y of California have found a possible reason as to why this might be so. These scientists had previously developed a marker molecule called FDDNP that was used to detect the presence of plaque. Plaque is a protein deposit in the brain that is the hallmark of the// Alzheimer's disease. The researchers hav...

Plastic surgery popular with men also!

...o found that personal reasons were the main reason why men would opt for cosmetic plastic surgery with 87% of men saying so. Relationship reasons and job reasons followed with 7% and 4% respectively. About 13% of patients, i.e., nearly one million men opted for cosmetic plastic surgery in 2001....

Answer on SARS 3 to 4 weeks away

...d through feces, urine, blood or a combination and why some sufferers have infected more than 20 people. China has been criticized for delaying information about SARS. Health matters are normally the responsibility of the provinces, and the government adopted a national reporting system for SARS only thr...

Boys demand more than girls, even before birth

...and American researchers have solved the puzzle of why baby boys are so much bigger at birth than girls, ....// The findings give us a better understanding of why that is the case. Researchers studied the diets of 200 women during their second trimester of pregna...

Scientists crack dengue fever puzzle

Experts may have solved the mystery of why dengue fever, unlike other infections, is usually more severe the second time around. Dengue is a debilitating, sometimes fatal illness endemic to much of the tropics. Caused by a virus, it is characterized by high fever, bone and muscle pain and -- ...

Gene study links endometriosis, infertility

... the researchers may have also pinpointed a reason why infertility is often an unfortunate consequence of the condition. Anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of women have endometriosis, a condition that occurs when the tissue //that lines the uterus, the endometrium, exists outside the uterus -- often in the ...

Study reveals how stress can make you sick

...ed during the survey. This really makes a link to why chronic stress can actually kill people. Researchers explained that people under stress tend to respond by doing things that can increase their levels of IL-6.For example, they may smoke or overeat; smoking raises IL-6 levels, and the chemical is sec...

Study reveals how stress can make you sick

...ied during the survey. This really makes a link to why chronic stress can actually kill people. Researchers explained that people under stress tend to respond by doing things that can increase their levels of IL-6. For example, they may smoke or overeat; smoking raises IL-6 levels, and the chemical is ...

AIDS vaccine falls short but shows some promise

...of the vaccine called AIDSVAX. "We're not sure yet why certain groups have a better immune response." If...developing a vaccine and will examine more closely why it worked better in blacks and Asians than whites and Hispanics, according to The Associated Press.R...

Lowering Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

...low estrogen and you're making it even lower. Now, why does that matter? Well, breast cancer cells that are hormone-sensitive can sense even those very small amounts of estrogen." Patients are still being enrolled in the trial. Researchers across the country will enroll 3,000 postmenopausal women who ha...

Painkillers may raise miscarriage risk

...y on the central nervous system, which may explain why it has no effect on pregnancy, the researchers said....

Why We Lean to the Left

...ment, the Purdue scientists looked for the reasons why all 20 of the amino acids that comprise living things exhibit what is called "left-handed chirality." That refers to the basic direction that amino acids -- basic biological molecules -- twist. Amino acids -- which possess the same chemical properti...

Mutant sperm beat out healthy brethren in study

...hers said. The research team was trying to explain why a rare genetic disease called Apert syndrome is more common in children born to older fathers. Apert syndrome is marked by webbed fingers and early fusion of the skull bones, which must be surgically corrected. Researchers were looking for two mutat...

Alzheimer’s Continues to Ris

...ancial burden on the health care system and that’s why the authors of this study say it is important to have an accurate picture of what lies ahead. They write, "Estimates of its occurrence and projections of future occurrence are essential for public health plannin."...

Dental Procedure Reduces Preterm Births

...s more research needs to be conducted to determine why this increase occurred....

Sage Improves Memory

... is no cure.More studies are needed to investigate why sage is so effective as a memory aid, but researchers think it could be a combination of chemicals in the oil which give it antioxidant, estrogenic and anti-inflammatory properties -- all considered useful in Alzheimer's therapy....

Extra hormone found to cut appetite by a third

...ural levels of PYY in the obese, which may explain why they are hungrier and overeat. However researcher...If it's a consequence of obesity, it would explain why once people become overweight, it is very difficult for them to reverse it. They don't feel as feel ...

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