Scientists Identify More Breast Cancer Genes
Identification of the genes that promote breast cancer growth is a very slow process and only one gene per year is found. Researchers from Canada say they have identified 153 more genes that promote breast cancer growth. They used data from the Human Genome Project to engineer a microchip that has...
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New HIV Therapy Clears Out Hidden Virus
In the new treatment researchers were trying to eliminate reservoirs of the virus that escapes current treatment by hiding in some cells. Although the results are preliminary and tests were done on only 4 people, they are hoping to have found a way to clear the body of all HIV infections. HIV...
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Dog tick found worldwide can spread fatal fever
Two types of ticks are already known to transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever which can develop into a fatal illness. But these two ticks are carried mostly by rodents and dogs that live in the wild. Scientists have discovered anew tick that causes this disease, a tick that plaques house pets....
Critics urge FDA to hold off on silicone implants
Silicone gel breast implants were banned because of health concerns 13 years ago and now they are trying to get back into the picture. The opponents of the gel implants are in the picture as well. With momentum building for final approval of the implants, the critics called on the FDA to hold off...
Milder skin cancers becoming more common among young
The scientist did a study only on basal and squamous cell carcinomas, cancers that are almost always curable and that together afflict 1 million Americans a year. The cancers, caused largely by overexposure to ultraviolet light from the sun, usually develop in older people who have spent many years...
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New Healthy Weight Program Makes Healthy Eating Interesting
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have published a new healthy book that gives more choice in eating heath food and suggests maintaining a healthy regimen rather than going into weight loss diets that restrict choices in food. Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is a long and hard procedure...
Mark
Hyaluronic Acid - A Boon To The Problem Of Premature Infants
The complexity of the brain has always been a puzzle to mankind. In their effort of solving the puzzle scientist came across some factors that could give an answer to what prevents brain damage repair in premature babies and therefore treat prematurity. Besides this, they have found key factors that...
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Nighttime dying linked to sleep apnea from brain cell loss
A new UCLA study suggests that some people die in their sleep because they stop breathing due to a cumulative loss of cells in the brain's breathing command-post. The scientists wanted to reveal what leads to central sleep apnea. They studied a role of the preBötC neurons in generating breathing...
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Two boys dead after being infected by a rare parasite
Tulsa reporters from Oklahoma said that two children, ages 7 and 9, died after being infected by the rare parasite called Naegleria. Naegleria is an amoeba who swims in the stagnant water and enters the body through the nose and causes deadly inflammation of the brain. Both boys came to doctors with...
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Vitamins 'do not stop infections'
A new research done by the Aberdeen University showed that regular vitamin intake did not help in preventing older people from getting an infection. Those who took vitamins and mineral tablets showed no better results than those who took placebo. A group of 900 elderly people living at their homes...
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