News tagged with cancer syndrome
Research casts doubt on theory of cause of chronic fatigue
A high-profile scientific paper that gave enormous hope to patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, and even prompted some to begin taking potent anti-HIV drugs, has been largely discredited by subsequent research.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2011 |
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The Medical Minute: Family tree one factor in colorectal cancer risk
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In 2010, according to the American Cancer Society, there were more than 142,000 new cases of colorectal cancer in the United States and over 51,000 people died from the ...
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Breastfeeding -- added protection for cancer survivors?
Women who have survived childhood cancer should be advised to breastfeed if they can, in order to offset some of the negative health effects of their earlier cancer treatment. According to Susan Ogg and colleagues ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Researchers discover way to halt lung inflammation in animal models
(PhysOrg.com) -- Acute inflammation of the lung is a poorly recognized human disease that develops in surprising and unexpected ways. The acute lung injury (ALI) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a vital new ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Simple fingertip test may identify breast cancer patients at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome
A gene target for drug resistance, a triple-drug cocktail for triple negative breast cancer, and patients' risk for carpal tunnel syndrome are among study highlights scheduled to be presented by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Wide genetic testing for Lynch Syndrome cost effective
Widespread genetic testing for Lynch Syndrome appears to be a cost-effective strategy for identifying those at risk for colorectal and endometrial cancer, according to a report in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the ...
Nov 19, 2010 |
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The Great American Smokeout
You already know smoking is bad, and that it contributes to heart disease, strokes, lung and other cancers and can lead to poor healing, chronic lung disease, wrinkled skin, erectile dysfunction, and it worsens asthma.
Nov 17, 2010 |
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DNA and the 'magic rings' trick
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from UC Davis shows how, like a conjuring trick with interlocking rings, two interlocked pieces of DNA are separated after DNA is copied or repaired. The finding was published online Oct. 10 in ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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No laps for warm laptops; skin damage is possible
(AP) -- Have you ever worked on your laptop computer with it sitting on your lap, heating up your legs? If so, you might want to rethink that habit.
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Down's Syndrome Chromosome Yields More Cancer-Blocking Genes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered cancer-blocking activity for genes carried on chromosome 21 - an extra copy of which is carried by people with Down’s syndrome.
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Male sex hormones in ovaries essential for female fertility
Male sex hormones, such as testosterone, have well defined roles in male reproduction and prostate cancer. What may surprise many is that they also play an important role in female fertility. A new study finds that the presence ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 26, 2010 |
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MDS, a blood cancer, strikes nearly five times more Americans than previously thought
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) - a group of serious blood cancers - are nearly five times more common in seniors than previously thought, according to a new study by researchers from the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Powerful HIV drugs inhibit retrovirus linked to prostate cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome
Certain drugs used to combat HIV also inhibit a retrovirus recently linked to prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a new study from University of Utah and Emory University/Veterans Affair Medical Center (VA) ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome not more likely to develop polyps, colon cancer
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies, according to new research published in the American Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 09, 2010 |
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High risk of colorectal, endometrial and Lynch syndrome cancers for MSH6 mutation carriers
People carrying the germ-line MSH6 mutation are at high risk by age 80 years for colorectal and endometrial cancers and any cancer associated with Lynch syndrome, according to a new study published online December 22 in the ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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