Unchecked DNA replication drives earliest steps toward cancer
Although not widely appreciated as a disease of the genes, cancer is always rooted in genetic errors or problems in gene regulation. Scientists have identified some of the first genetic triggers for cancer as mutations in specific oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. Full-blown tumors and metastatic cancers, however, often exhibit many genetic mutations, sometimes dozens in a given tumor. An impo...Patients With Alzheimer’s Need To Be Checked For Visual Clarit
People suffering from Alzheimer’s disease can have loss of vision and hence their eyes must be //checked periodically to test their visual clarity. Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain cells and slowly destroys them. The main symptoms of the disease are decreasing memory, ability to reason, creative abilities and learning powers. Patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease are often d...Credentials Of Specialists Need To Be Checked
New study suggests that people could be putting their health at risk by failing to check the credentials of physiotherapists, chiropodists, dieticians and other health professionals.// The survey of more than 2,100 adults in the UK conducted by the Health Professions Council (HPC), found that about 81% of people who had used the services of a health professional were oblivious to wheth...Unchecked Cellular Repair Pathway Causes Liver Cancer
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center and John Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that an uncontrolled cell signaling pathway that plays a vital role in the embryonic development and the liver's own response // to injury lead to the development of liver cancer. The cell-signalling pathway called Hedgehog is present only in immature, stem-like liver cells. This di...Unchecked Spread of HIV/AIDS May Impact Eco Growth: UN Report
India's achievements in various fields, particularly in terms of economic growth, could take a severe beating if HIV/AIDS continues its unchecked march in the country, a UN report said here today. // The study based on the computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis of the likely impact of the epidemic over a 14-year period between 2002-03 and 2015-16 showed that with the rapid spre...Asthma can Be Checked, Experts are Confident
Moses Maimonides the physician to the Islamic King Saladin in 1150AD said about Asthma – The basic principle on how to control this chronic disease which affects almost 300 million worldwide remains the same as was prophesied by Maimonides. Asthma is perhaps the most commonly dis...