Women Who Smoke at Increased Risk of Lung Disease
Here?s another reason not to smoke, especially for women: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This disabling breathing disorder is increasingly becoming a problem for women, according to the January issue of Mayo Clinic Women?s HealthSource. The most important risk factor for COPD is long-term cigarette smoking. More »
Possible Parkinson's trigger identified (Reuters)
Reuters - A glitch in the way cells clear damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers said in a finding that could lead to new treatments for the incurable condition. More »
Breast Cancer Gene Might Extend Ovarian Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Ashkenazi Jewish women with ovarian cancer live significantly longer if they carry specific mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes known to raise risks for breast cancer. More »
Cocaine Vaccine Could Help Some Addicts
A new treatment could cause bodies to attack cocaine so users don't get any buzz from it. More »
Diet, Exercise Can Boost Fertility
Small changes to a woman's diet may help her ovulate, giving her a better chance of getting pregnant. More »
Does Testosterone Fight Aging?
As men get older, hormone levels drop, making them feel slower and weaker. Can replacing testosterone help? More »
Finger Length Points To Arthritis Risk
Researchers say the difference between some fingers may be related to joint problems. More »
Take Two Placebos, Call Me, Docs Say
About 45 percent of doctors say they'll give patients medicine with no specific result in mind. More »
Thursdays Mesothelioma Daily News (3rd January 2008)
Laboratory Tests Conclude Children in Danger of Asbestos Exposure - MAACenter Issues Mesothelioma Awareness Warning (PRWeb) A Consumer Interest Group Finds Cancer Causing Asbestos in Toys, Other Products (PRWeb Jan 3, 2008) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3VtbS1Mb3ZlLUVtcHQtQ291cC1Mb3ZlLVplcm8= Laboratory Tests Conclude Children in Danger of Asbestos Exposure - MAACenter Issues Mesothelioma Awareness Warning (PRWeb ... More »
Combo Therapy Cuts Prostate Cancer Death Rates (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that a common but controversial treatment for prostate cancer reduces long-term death rates without greatly boosting patients' risk of heart problems, as some specialists had feared. More »
Israel reports new bird flu outbreak in poultry (AFP)
AFP - Israel announced on Thursday that it had detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans in poultry near a kindergarten in a northern town on the Mediterranean coast. More »
Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 3, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: More »
Ouch! Cervical cancer shots painful (AP)
AP - The groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer in girls is gaining a reputation as the most painful of childhood shots, health experts say. As Austin Powers would say; "Ouch, baby. Very ouch." More »
Body Abnormalities, Childhood Cancer May Share Genes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Dutch scientists have discovered that children who have cancer also have more body anomalies, such as asymmetric limbs and curvature of the spine. More »
Marathon Runners Beware of Drinking Too Much Water
Many runners know it?s important to drink plenty of water during a marathon to keep their bodies hydrated. However, drinking too much water during the course of a 26-mile race can actually kill them. ?This condition, hyponatremia, occurs when you have low sodium in your body,? said Dr. James Muntz, internal medicine service chief with The Methodist Hospital in Houston. ?When sodium levels drop in the fluids outside the cells, water will get in there and attempt to balance the concentration of salt outside the cells.? More »
Bird flu discovered in northern Israel (AP)
AP - Israeli authorities ordered fowl destroyed in an area of northern Israel Thursday after chickens kept at a kindergarten were diagnosed with a deadly strain of bird flu. More »
China reports bird flu outbreak in far west (Reuters)
Reuters - China has reported an outbreak in poultry of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in its far west Xinjiang region, Xinhua news agency said on Friday. More »
Short-term hormone therapy slows prostate cancer (Reuters)
Reuters - New research suggests that two months of "androgen deprivation" therapy, which reduces levels of the androgen, a male hormone, can help slow the growth of locally advanced prostate cancer when given before and during radiotherapy. Plus, the short course of androgen deprivation therapy does not increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, which had been a concern. More »
Body Abnormalities, Childhood Cancer May Share Genes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Dutch scientists have discovered that children who have cancer also have more body anomalies, such as asymmetric limbs and curvature of the spine. More »
Combo Therapy Cuts Prostate Cancer Death Rates (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that a common but controversial treatment for prostate cancer reduces long-term death rates without greatly boosting patients' risk of heart problems, as some specialists had feared. More »
Breast Cancer Gene Might Extend Ovarian Cancer Survival (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Ashkenazi Jewish women with ovarian cancer live significantly longer if they carry specific mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes known to raise risks for breast cancer. More »
Cancer risk from Hodgkin's radiotherapy reduced (Reuters)
Reuters - The radiation therapy that is currently used to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma is expected to reduce the rate of second cancers substantially, although the risk will vary considerably among individual patients, according to a new report in the medical journal Cancer. More »
"Psychoeducation" doesn't increase melanoma survival (Reuters)
Reuters - Contrary to earlier findings, a psychoeducational intervention provides no survival benefit and doesn't increase the time between treatment and recurrence in patients with malignant melanoma of the skin, Danish researchers report. More »
Deformities common among kids with cancer (Reuters)
Reuters - Children with cancer are more likely than other children to have a variety of deformities, such as droopy eyelids and legs of different lengths, new research shows. This suggests that there are genetic defects or early prenatal environmental factors that influence the occurrence of both problems. More »
Localized Breast Cancer Cells Have Potential to Spread (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Early breast cancer tumors that have not yet spread contain cells with a predisposition to migrate to new tissue, a new study finds. More »