Stanford research builds link between sleep, cancer progression
...or radiation, he said. "Doctors should not just be fighting the tumor but helping the people with the disease to live with it," he said. Stanford has a Cancer Supportive Care Program, directed by Spiegel, UC-San Francisco oncologist Ernest Rosenbaum, MD, and nurse Holly Gautier, that offers yoga, counseling,...Health experts and actress highlight major breakthrough in fight against cervical cancer
... of a new era in cervical cancer screening and in fighting all women's cancers," said Phyllis Greenberger, president and CEO of the Society for Women's Health Research. "However, the first step to ensuring that this opportunity is realized, and that more women's lives can be saved, is education. We must ed...$85 million awarded for research on human immunity and biodefense
...dedicated to supporting research that will help in fighting the war on terror," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. NIAID has named five Cooperative Centers for Translational Research on Human Immunology and Biodefense. Approximately $85 million over four-and-a-half years will support research at Baylo...Cranberries may help reduce stroke damage
... have shown that cranberries are also effective in fighting urinary tract infection and may help combat cancer and heart disease. These health effects have been linked to the rich supply of antioxidants found in the tart berries. In related studies using rats, researchers recently demonstrated that blueberrie...U.S. pedestrians, cyclists at greater danger than European counterparts
...ls and liposuction have all been total failures in fighting the current obesity epidemic. Why not try integrating walking and cycling into the daily travel routines of Americans?" Pucher says. The study was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation....UCSF study finds no harm to HIV+ patients with short-term medical cannabis
...4 and CD 8 T lymphocyte cell counts. Thesedisease- fighting white blood cells are essential for defending against infections and are targeted and destroyed by the HIV virus. The study investigated whether cannabinoids would alter the levels of the virus either by changing the levels of the protease inhibitor ...Fast-acting ebola vaccine protects monkeys
...boost strategy. Knowing that time is critical when fighting Ebola, the scientists decided to test whether the boost's fast response was strong enough on its own to protect against the disease. To perform this test, they collaborated with colleagues at USAMRIID, who had the necessary facilities and expertise ...New study sheds light on reasons behind teenage gun toting
... drugs. Selling drugs and fighting were the most common activities among teens that toted guns. The frequency of involvement in either activity, however, set apart occasional from regular carriers the latter group was mor...Secret documents reveal how tobacco industry targeted gay men
... boycott by agreeing to financially support groups fighting HIV/AIDS," said Naphtali Offen, B.S., a research associate in the UCSF School of Nursing department of social and behavioral sciences and lead author. Following the boycott, Philip Morris began advertising in the gay periodical Genre. However, when ...Emory gathers global experts to address business and legal challenges of HIV/AIDS fight
...dical, public health and development challenges of fighting the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Called the NEXUS Symposium, the event is an interdisciplinary forum on the impact of international patent and trade agreements in the global fight against HIV & AIDS. Keynote speaker for the symposium will be Stephen Lew...Anti-bacterial spice that kills food germs on agenda for ACS meeting in New Orleans
...omotive fluids, and an enzyme that offers clues to fighting plague are among the topics to be covered at the American Chemical Society's 225th national meeting in New Orleans, March 23-27. Press registration is now open for members of the news media interested in attending the meeting. To sign up go to news...New system created by Rensselaer group speeds the mapping of blood vessel networks in live tumors
...d supply (angiogenesis) is a promising approach to fighting cancer. The patent-pending RPI-Trace3D system was developed by a team led by Badri Roysam, director of the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSISS) at Rensselaer. Sophisticated microscopes connected to computers can now generate co...Positive mental attitude does not affect cancer survival
...e effect of psychological coping styles (including fighting spirit, helplessness/hopelessness, denial, and avoidance) and survival from or recurrence of cancer. They found little convincing evidence that coping styles play an important part in survival from or recurrence of cancer. Good evidence is also lacki...New hope for vaccine to fight rheumatoid arthritis, other autoimmune diseases
...e diseases, where one part of the immune system is fighting another, eliminating IP-10 will shift the balance, giving the edge to the part that is protecting the body." The next step is to move towards clinical tests of the vaccine in humans. Clinical tests are now planned for MS patients, and the group is ne...New drug may reverse bone loss without estrogens side effects, Science study says
...native to standard hormone replacement therapy for fighting the effects of menopause and aging in women and men, Manolagas said....New strategy may protect brain against stroke, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
... sudden damage from stroke, with the potential for fighting chronic neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. The drugs, called p53 inhibitors, attack a key protein involved in nerve cell death and represent a new strategy for preserving brain function following sudden injury or c...Family focus is hallmark of new South African grant
...ch in a family setting, a rarely tried approach to fighting the disease. "In areas such as Johannesburg's Soweto Township, where hardships of HIV/AIDS are profound and resources strained, this new CIPRA award will help develop practical, sustainable techniques of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment tailored to ...Tired medical professionals working long hours may put patients at risk
...professionals must change the way they think about fighting fatigue and resting on the job by making it part of their daily plan. "Clinicians could easily make more strategic use of caffeine and take brief naps during their most vulnerable periods -- say between the hours of 2 and 4 a.m. This is when the body...Antibody may be risk factor for stroke in young women
...holipid antibodies are autoantibodies rather than fighting a foreign infectious source they're directed against the body's own tissues. They increase the chances of blood clotting, a cause of ischemic stroke. "Our findings support a modest association between antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and stroke in......ucleoside analogs. Although they are effective in fighting the virus, the purine NRTIs have a major flaw: the chemical linkage between their two molecular parts, a sugar analog and a purine base, is unstable and therefore susceptible to being broken, both by the acid in a patient's stomach and by an enzyme, ...