Chemo-radiation therapy treatment gives head-and-neck cancer a 1-2 punch
... cells more vulnerable to radiation, and radiation boosts the overall success of the therapy. Immediately after treatment, cancerous tumors visibly completely disappeared in 80 percent of patients. Researchers followed the patients in the years after treatment, and after an average follow-up of 3.9 years, t...Mayo collaboration: Discovery blocks breast cancer growth, stimulates immunity
...nse of white blood cells. Instead, blocking T-regs boosts natural immunity. Dr. Knutson emphasized that further studies must validate these findings before they can be applied to human breast cancer patients. Even so, he says this is a welcome research advance because breast cancer is the most commonly...Brain's own marijuana-like chemicals play key role with stress-induced pain relief
...ers have developed a novel inhibitor molecule that boosts theanalgesic effect of the specific cannabinoid compound most directlyrelated to pain relief. Study results appear in the June 23 issue of the journal Nature. "This study shows for the first time that natural marijuana-likechemicals in the brain hav...NMR method rapidly solves 8 target genomic structures
...e a new ultra-sensitive cryogenic NMR probe, which boosts the instrument's sensitivity....Broccoli sprouts, cabbage, ginkgo biloba and garlic: A grocery list for cancer prevention
...." Previous research has shown that sulforaphane boosts protective and detoxifying reactions in cells, inactivating carcinogens and reactive oxygen intermediates that contribute to the disease by damaging DNA. As in other studies involving the anti-cancer potential of sulforaphane, Dinkova-Kostova's group...Some foods and beverages could hold clues for future diabetes treatment
...argest scientific society. Tea fights cataracts, boosts insulin activity -- New research in animals suggests that tea may be a simple, inexpensive means of preventing diabetes and its ensuing complications, including cataracts. Researchers fed green and black tea to diabetic rats for three months and the...Trust-building hormone short-circuits fear in humans
...thers, Meyer-Lindenberg hypothesized that oxytocin boosts trust by suppressing the amygdala and its fear-processing networks. To test this idea, he asked 15 healthy men to sniff oxytocin or a placebo prior to undergoing a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan, which reveals what parts of the br...New studies identify advances in treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia
...In patients who responded to treatment, additional boosts of vaccine were provided every four to six months....on regimen, eight of whom received four additional boosts of vaccine. After six vaccinations, six patients with persisting, progressing disease reached a com...Comedy films boost blood flow to the heart
Watching comedy films boosts blood flow to the heart, finds a small study in the journal Heart. Researchers asked 20 healthy young adults to watch 15 to 30 minute segments of sad and humorous films, a minimum of 48 hours apart. Examples of sad films included the opening scene o...Fitness counteracts cognitive decline from hormone-replacement therapy
... "It may be that a combination of HRT and exercise boosts both cognition and brain structure of older women." Participants ranged in age from 58 to 80, with a mean age of 70. Hormone status and duration of use were assessed based on their self-reports, and aerobic fitness was measured by monitoring respirat...Medicines are key to preventing poor health
...therapy, screening, monitoring and education. Each boosts the effect of the other." "Research is increasingly showing how their timely use can prevent people from becoming far sicker than they otherwise would become. "For example, five-year survival rates have increased by 25 percent since the 1970s, with t...Directly observed therapy does not help fight tuberculosis
...d that attention is focussed on interventions that boosts patient motivation and provide incentives or support....Gene variations linked to brain aneurysms
...r variation of the Il-6 gene (-572G>C ), which boosts production of the chemical, was around 14 times more common among the patients with aneurysm than among the comparison group. Similarly, another variation (-174G>C), which suppresses the production of Il-6, was around 2.5 times as common among t...Gossip creates friendships, it does not break them
...ause it establishes in-group/out-group boundaries, boosts self-esteem, and conveys highly informative information about the attitude holder. "We certainly do not deny that gossip behavior has it drawbacks," the authors state. "Still, if there is a positive side of gossip, we believe it is that shared, mil...Metabolic syndrome significantly boosts risk of heart failure in middle age
Metabolic syndrome significantly boosts the chances of heart failure in middle age, suggests research published ahead of print in Heart. Metabolic syndrome refers to a cluster of conditions, including obesity, high blood pressure, unfavourable blood fat levels, and diabetes. The researche...Children of diabetics show signs of atherosclerosis
... dilated after treatment with nitroglycerin, which boosts nitric oxide levels in the blood. While physicians already are told to aggressively combat heart disease risk factors in patients with diabetes, the results of this study suggest even apparently healthy people may have blood vessel problems, if they ...JCI table of contents: July 3, 2006
...hp?id=29148 CARDIOLOGY Cardiac stem cell therapy boosts blood vessel growth and injury repair Data has suggested that injection or mobilization of bone marrow stem cells into injured heart muscle during or after myocardial infarction would be able to regenerate heart muscle lost due to injury. However, ...High humidity is a risk factor for heart attack deaths among the elderly
High humidity, even in a relatively mild climate, boosts the risk of a heart attack among the elderly, reveals research published ahead of print in Heart. The researchers analysed all reported deaths in Athens for the whole of 2001 and looked at daily weather reports from the National Meteorological Soci...Boosting key protein in brain could improve seizure treatment, Stanford study finds
...of Medicine discovered that the drug valproic acid boosts the amount of the protein neuropeptide Y in the brain by about 50 percent. What's more, they found that the drug increased the protein in only two parts of the brain - the thalamus and hippocampus, areas associated respectively with petit mal and tem...... white light increases alertness and significantly boosts the brain's responses to an experimental test that requires attention only to sound. In a parallel neuroimaging analysis, this boost in alertness was found to correlate with responses in various areas of the brain, including regions of the cortex kno...