'Plague and Fire' a tale of public health, imperialism, race relations, catastrophe
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...ary tumors in their lung, liver and bones. "It has always been a puzzle as to why, when HER2-positive cancer cells circulate throughout the body looking for a new home, they preferentially travel to these organs," says the study's lead author, Mien-Chie Hung, Ph.D., a professor and chair of the Department o...Can cabbage help prevent cervical cancer?
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... hydrophobia and difficulty swallowing. That's not always the case anymore." He plans to continue to investigate the bat rabies virus's ability to invade the nervous system, and "relevant mechanisms behind the pathogenesis of the virus."...IgG treatment during pregnancy reduces severity of rare, recurring liver condition in newborns
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... impressions of adolescents' substance use are not always accurate," Wilson noted. "The routine use of a structured screening tool would likely improve identification of adolescents with substance-related pathology and should be considered for use with all adolescent patients." One such tool is the CRAFFT ...Family therapy reduces stress symptoms in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer
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...nistered to single-arm spirals, the waves were not always halted. Instead, they broke up into a new pattern called multiarm spirals, exhibiting complex wave dynamics and an accelerated rhythm. The researchers hypothesize that what they witnessed in the lab may mirror what happens when an implanted device in...Antipsychotic drugs linked to insulin resistance in children
...introduced in the 1990s, he notes. "Treatments are always a matter of risk and benefit balance. Clearly these drugs are an important treatment option. But diabetes and heart disease are serious health issues, so it's important to further investigate this apparent relationship between atypical antipsychotics...Bacteria-killing vs. bacteria-inhibiting drugs in treating infections
...g or a combination of the two. The solution is not always obvious, particularly since a drug that is bacteri... author of the study. "The misperception that it's always better to use a bactericidal drug is incorrect," said Dr. Finberg. "It's probably important to us...Posssible link between diabetes and liver cancer found
...ancer mortality rates. "As an epidemiologist, I'm always reluctant to make any definitive pronouncements about causality. However, our results strongly suggest a link between diabetes and liver cancer," said Rousseau, who is working in her third and final year as a postdoctoral fellow, a position funded by...Study in male smokers continues to provide clues into the causes and prevention of multiple cancers
... several cancers. However, these results have not always been consistent. In this study, researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute and National Public Health Institute of Finland assessed the association between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of stomach cancer in approximatel...