Ovarian cancer detected in blood samples
...d 23,000 U.S. women and cause approximately 14,000 deaths this year. It ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women. Generally, ovarian cancer is "silent" until the cancer has spread. Women should consul...Study of menopausal women finds no benefit from hormone therapy and antioxidant vitamins
...otential for harm. Although the actual numbers of deaths in the study were small, participants taking both ...ements might not be helpful, the trend toward more deaths found in WAVE was unexpected.," said David Waters, M.D., WAVE principal investigator, chief of cardi...Life expectancy following diagnosis of Alzheimers disease depends on age at diagnosis
...agnosed using several neuropsychological tests and deaths were recorded through September 1999. The statistical analysis found that the median survival times ranged from 8.3 years for people diagnosed at age 65 to 3.4 years for people diagnosed at age 90. Persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at age 65...Zinc supplementation reduces diarrhea and death in Bangladeshi children
... of diarrhea was significantly less and non-injury deaths were 50% less in children residing in areas random...on are still responsible for about 2 million child deaths every year. Most cases occur in developing, resource-poor countries, where children suffer from maln...UCSF celebrates opening of new vascular research laboratory
...merica, accounting for more than 40 percent of all deaths each year, according to the American Heart Association. Arteriosclerosis, aneurysms, and other blood vessel disorders claim a disproportionate number of lives among the elderly, a trend that will only amplify as the population continues to age, said ...Fosrenol (TM) reduces damaging high levels of phosphate in end-stage kidney disease patients
...eart disease accounts for nearly 50 percent of all deaths in dialysis patients. Hyperphosphatemia also can lead to renal osteodystrophy, the painful, thinning and malformation of bone that increases the likelihood of fractures. Some 90 percent of ESRD patients develop this bone disease. Even with a low-...NHLBI study finds improved heart failure survival
... year. Heart failure contributes to about 287,000 deaths a year. In the new study, researchers, led by FHS Director Dr. Daniel Levy, analyzed data on 10,317 FHS participants drawn from the original enrollees and the offspring generation, including their spouses. The study had equal numbers of men and wome...Getting more mileage out of cord blood
...t-versus-host disease that is responsible for many deaths after bone marrow transplantation). One obstacle to using cord blood more routinely as a source of stem cells in transplantation patients is the amount of blood required. Clinical trials have established that higher numbers of blood cells per kilogr...Use of genetic testing for colorectal cancer may increase screening rates
...occurring after age 50. Many of the new cases and deaths from colorectal cancer are preventable by improvements in nutrition and physical activity, and by timely use of existing colorectal cancer screening tests....Alzheimer's, nutrition, smallpox, and other 'Human Health Frontiers' addressed by AAAS speakers
... Its challengenow is to prepare the public for the deaths that could result from widespreadvaccination, an estimated 1.1 per million, according to Anthony Fauci, director ofthe National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "We need to understand the toxicity of vaccinating so that people canunders...Use of vitamin A cream may prevent skin cancer
...sed in United States and an estimated 9,600 cancer deaths (7,400 from melanoma, 2,200 from other forms of skin cancer) will occur in 2002, according the American Cancer Society. The rate of melanoma mortality in men has recently increased, but has been stable for women, and the incidence of skin cancer is ...Report offers action plan for curbing diseases that kill millions
... eyes and muscles that lead to countless premature deaths in the developing world. The global burden--the sum total of the incidence, severity, and duration of these illnesses--is addressed in "Resolving the Global Burden of Gastrointestinal Illness: A Call to Action." The new report from the American Aca...University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute discovers proteins linked to colon cancer
...t of all cancers with 147,300 new cases and 56,000 deaths estimated in 2002. For patients with advanced disease, five-year survival rates are 10-20 percent, however, when colon cancer is diagnosed at an early, localized stage, the five-year survival rate is 90 percent....Researchers create new strategy for removing arsenic from soil
...er, and an estimated 200,000-270,000 cancer caused deaths in Bangladesh will be due to high levels of arsenic in drinking water. The scientists say the plants genetically engineered to remove arsenic could be used now, but they expect dramatic improvements in the amount of arsenic they can extract as this c...Scientists decode mosquito/malaria parasite genomes
...the world's population and causes over one million deaths per year. Scientists will be able to capitalize on an unprecedented amount of information now available about many thousands of mosquito and parasite genes. Sequencing the mosquito genome was accomplished by a cooperation involving the US company Cel...Nurse intervention helps cardiac patients manage cholesterol
...killer of Americans, accounting for 40 percent of deaths annually. Even though high cholesterol clearly increases the risk of heart disease, under-treatment of the condition is common," says Allen. "When heart disease patients discharged from the hospital after surgery aren't able to lower their cholestero...Sequenced malaria genome exposes novel drug targets
...mated 300-500 million cases and at least 1 million deaths from malaria each year. Recent studies suggest that the number of malaria cases may double in 20 years if new methods of control are not devised and implemented....Parasite, mosquito genomes complete malaria picture
..., where 90 percent of the up to 2.7 million annual deaths worldwide from the disease occur. Most victims are children less than 5 years old; on average, a child succumbs to malaria every 30 seconds. Malaria causes cycles of fever and chills that accompany cyclical destruction of parasite-infected red blood ...UCR scientists contribute to study that will help formulate new ways to combat malaria
...500 million cases of illness and up to 2.7 million deaths annually, more than 90% of which occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is again on the rise in Africa, the continent hardest hit by the disease. Blood meals of Anopheles gambiae come almost exclusively from humans, its larvae develop in temporary ...Researchers discover genes that control regulatory functions in malaria mosquitoes
...th. Malaria is responsible for as many as half the deaths of African children under the age of five. The disease kills more than one million children--2,800 per day--each year in Africa alone. In regions of intense transmission, 40 percent of toddlers may die of acute malaria. Anopheles, the African ma...