Diseases and Conditions
Obesity, Insulin Level Impact Prostate Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Men who are overweight and who have high insulin levels when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer may be more likely to die from the disease, research shows. More »
New Test Detects Rare Leukemia More Quickly (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A new technique may help doctors diagnose a rare form of leukemia in a matter of hours instead of weeks, researchers say. More »
Genes may explain racial disparities in asthma (Reuters)
Reuters - Asthma patients who are black tend to have more severe disease than asthma patients who are white, leading to more asthma control problems, higher rates of emergency department visits, and overall worse quality of life. These findings point to genetic differences that lead to poor responses to drug therapy as the source of these racial disparities. More »
AIDS pioneers, cancer researcher win Nobel prize (Reuters)
Reuters - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday. More »
German and two Frenchmen win Nobel Medicine Prize (AFP)
AFP - Harald zur Hausen of Germany and France's Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier won the Nobel Medicine Prize Monday for separate discoveries of two viruses causing HIV and cervical cancer, the Nobel jury said. More »
Obesity, Insulin Level Impact Prostate Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Men who are overweight and who have high insulin levels when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer may be more likely to die from the disease, research shows. More »
Saliva Proteins May Help Spot Oral Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A simple test of saliva proteins may one day help doctors detect oral cancer, according to a new study in the Oct. 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research. More »
Urine Samples Could Reveal Breast Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could one day be an effective way to screen for breast cancer, a new study suggests. More »
Urine Samples Could Reveal Breast Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could one day be an effective way to screen for breast cancer, a new study suggests. More »
More U.S. than European kids take mental health meds (Reuters)
Reuters - US children are substantially more likely to be prescribed drugs for mental conditions than their peers in the Netherlands and Germany, new research shows. More »