While on trail of dioxin, scientists pinpoint cancer target of green tea
...cking the trail of dioxin's harmful effects on the body that his group made the green tea findings. His group has shown how dioxin and other substances like cigarette smoke manipulate a major cancer-causing molecule, the aryl hydrocarbon (AH) receptor, which frequently plays a role in turning on genes tha...New preoperative chemotherapy and radiation regimen yields encouraging results for sarcoma
...rger than 5 centimeters located in an extremity or body wall site. They were newly diagnosed with no metastases and had not received chemotherapy, radiation or biotherapy prior to participating in the clinical trial. Twenty-two patients have completed treatment through surgery. With a median follow-up ...Vitamin D, taxotere combination promising for advanced prostate cancer
...alcitriol (1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol) than the body can produce from dietary vitamin D or vitamin D supplements. In high doses, 1,25 dihydroxycholecalciferol enhances many commonly used chemotherapeutic agents, producing anti-tumor activity in laboratory and animal models. Beer and W. David Henn...Study finds ADHD improves with sensory intervention
...oprioceptive system regulates the awareness of the body in space. Therapy is tailored to each child's needs and can involve such techniques as lightly or deeply brushing the skin, moving on swings or working with an exercise ball. "We found significant improvement in sensory avoiding behaviors, tactile ...High levels of estrogen during pregnancy associated with improvement in psoriasis
...d changes over the course of one year in psoriatic body surface area in women with psoriasis in a group of...rceived psoriatic severity and the extent of their body surface affected by psoriasis five times over the course of the year: pregnant women at 10, 20 and 3...Obesity linked to colorectal and esophageal cancers
...ons of carrying excess weight on the body. A high body mass index is now associated with cancers of the d...d a two-fold study to evaluate the effects of high body mass index (BMI) on the risk of colorectal adenoma and if weight reduction reduces the prevalence of...New methods offer alternatives for patients undergoing obesity surgery
...ure, as well as its effect on reducing a patient's body mass index (BMI) and co-morbidities. Ten overweight patients were clinically examined and their baseline BMI and comorbidities were recorded. All 10 patients underwent a vertical gastroplasty (in which an endoscope is inserted through the mouth in...Significant non-coronary findings found during heart CT scans
...ings were unsuspected and occurred in parts of the body not targeted by for the scan, it is important for radiologists, who are trained in all aspects of diagnostic radiology, to read the scans. "Physicians in other disciplines do not undergo the rigorous training and testing in diagnostic radiology that...Yoga takes a bite out of eating disorders
...exercise, such as yoga, is associated with greater body satisfaction and fewer symptoms of eating disorder...es that tell them that only a thin and 'beautiful' body will lead to happiness and success," the author explains....Over-feeding in infancy might set the stage for childhood obesity
...thers fed their babies an average of 19.7 kcal per body weight more than normal weight mothers. The childr...rs interact with their infants, depending on their body composition" write the authors, "it is possible that the differences detected among biological obese...Jefferson researcher's results show promise for metastatic eye melanoma
... Sato also found a response in other tumors in the body besides the liver a potentially important finding, he says. Patients in the study lived on average about twice as long compared to those who received chemoembolization in an earlier study he and his team conducted.Dr. Sato heads one of the few progr...Exercise reduces risk of recurrence and death in early stage colon cancer patients
... who already have the disease. "There is a growing body of evidence that there are things you can do in addition to chemotherapy for colon cancer survivors to reduce the likelihood that the disease will recur," says Meyerhardt. "Until now, when doctors were asked by their patients whether they should exer...Whole-body MRI takes less than 20 min to scan a patient's entire body for cancer spread to bone
...I can also detect metastases in other parts of the body besides the bones, such as in the brain, lung or liver," said Dr. Vilanova. Dr. Vilanova will present the full results of the study on May 16 during the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. In a separate study that compar...Genes may influence nutritional composition of breast milk
...al storage of DHA and other omega-3 fatty acids in body fat....Patients with suspicious axillary breast lymph nodes should undergo fine-needle aspiration
...eedle aspiration is the sampling of cells from the body using a very thin needle. The placement of the needle is generally guided by various imaging methods. In the case of axillary lymph nodes (the nodes found in the underarm area), the procedure is guided by ultrasound. "The procedure is fast, painless ...New method of administering anti-cancer drug may be more effective, safer
... a single busulfan test dose of 0.8 mg/kg adjusted body weight over two hours. Blood concentrations of the drug were measured every two hours for eight hours following that test dose. Then researchers administered busulfan by the novel method - patients received a continuous IV infusion for 90 hours. Blo...Penn researchers find relief for gastrointestinal illnesses
...tion such as Crohn's disease -- which prevents the body from absorbing enough nutrients from the small intestines; and pouchitis, an inflammation of an internal pouch created in patients who have had a section of colon removed. Both conditions are commonly treated with antibiotics. However, use is ofte...Infants with rare genetic disease saved by cord blood stem cells
... damage. Moreover, the findings add to the growing body of evidence showing that cord blood can save children with other fatal "lysosomal storage diseases," each of which stems from a specific enzyme deficiency. These disorders include more than 45 rare diseases, such as Krabbe Disease, Hurler Syndrome, A...Umbilical cord-blood transplants save lives of babies with rare genetic disorder
...tion, Kurtzberg added, the study adds to a growing body of evidence that cord blood can save children with...myelin, nerves in the brain and other parts of the body cannot function properly. Previous studies have shown that individuals with late onset Krabbe's dise...Group-based education improves diabetes self-management, studies find
...ation programs may reduce their blood pressure and body weight and increase self-empowerment, quality of life, self-management skills and treatment satisfaction. Patient management programs, however, are not routinely used to treat people with diabetes. Trudi Deakin, Ph.D, of Burnley, Pendle and Rossendla...