U-M study finds lymphoma drug effective over long term
...Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the nation's sixth leading cause of cancer death, is a cancer of the lymph system, ...hree weeks over a span of up to six months and can cause many unpleasant side effects, including nausea, hair loss and infections. Bexxar, whose chemical n...Strengthening exercises may slow progression of ALS
...dies suggesting that overworking the muscles could cause the disease to progress faster. For the study, researchers randomly divided 27 people with early stage ALS into two groups. All participants were assigned a daily stretching routine, standard for people with ALS. In addition, therapists assigned 13...Benefits of school-based fitness programs fade after summer
...reciate that obesity seems to be the public health cause du jour and that there may be greater attention given to, and willingness to act on, this problem by policymakers in the near future than in the long run, there are also risks associated with rushing to implement unproven interventions. These risks i...Dating violence and sexual assault associated with suicide attempts among urban teens
.../Archives journals. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents, according to background information in the article. In 2003, 6.5 per 100,000 U.S. teenagers aged 14 to 19 years committed suicide. In 2005, more than 8 percent of high school students reported one or more suicide attempts in ...Study examines characteristics of female high school students who report steroid use
...use. Anabolic steroids are body-shaping agents and cause a loss in body fat and an increase in lean tissue; therefore, their association with unhealthy weight loss practices was not surprising, the authors write. The findings highlight important associations among girls who use steroids, the authors conc...Blocking stress protein decreases Alzheimer's peptide in mice
...bility. Brain plaques are believed to be a primary cause of the memory loss and other mental damage inflict...ent in the Holtzman lab, utilized a quicker way to cause stress: temporarily restrain mice from moving. Three hours of restraint led to a 30 percent increase...African-American men understimate risk of prostate cancer
...n are even more likely to do so. Such beliefs may cause these men at highest risk for prostate cancer to delay the pursuit of a diagnosis," says Dale. "With this data, we can't say why the estimates are so low. We want to conduct more research to better understand the reasons for the overly low estima...Tony Hunter receives Robert. J. and Claire Pasarow Award for Cancer Research
...aling mechanism, which proved to be the underlying cause of many types of human cancer, revolutionized cancer research and, ultimately, led to the development of several innovative cancer therapies (e.g., Gleevec(r), Iressa(r) and Tarceva(r)), as researchers found ways to inhibit the special proteins calle...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
...d anesthesia medications. Although it is a leading cause of death from the overdose of some classes of abus...sedative drugs, nor did administration of the drug cause noticeable arousal in the animals. Greer concluded, in a study published in the September 20, 200...May/June Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ally competing demands (patient concerns) that can cause physicians not to act. As the number of patient concerns increased, the likelihood of a change in medication decreased, independent of the length of the encounter. The authors suggest that while the comprehensiveness of care provided by primary car...Brain-boosting pill alleviates post-chemotherapy fogginess
.... Scientists have not yet discovered the precise cause of chemo-brain. A separate research group at the University of Rochester is investigating the toxicity of cancer-killing drugs on healthy brain cells. In 2006 they showed that chemotherapy disrupts cell division in the hippocampus, the brain region e...MUHC-led international team identifies gene responsible for blindness in infants and children
... Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), the most common cause of congenital blindness in infants and small child...the CEP290 gene last year, the most common genetic cause of LCA (American Journal of Human Genetics September, 2006). By using the protein structure of CEP2...Nonhormonal drug reduces hot flashes in men treated for prostate cancer
...in testosterone with prostate cancer treatment can cause hot flashes. The moderate ability of gabapentin to reduce hot flashes is less than hormonal therapies provide, he adds. But many prostate cancer patients dont use hormonal treatments because of fear that their hormone-sensitive cancer will recur,...Genetic mutations identified for type of gastric cancer
... article, gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death worldwide. There are two major variants of this cancer: an intestinal type and a diffuse type. "A decline in the overall incidence of gastric cancer can be attributed primarily to a decrease of the intestinal variant of gastric cancer...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...xth most common cancer and the seventh most common cause of death from cancer in women.5 The majority of patients with ovarian cancer will have advanced disease at the time of initial diagnosis. Typically, these patients are managed with surgery followed by combination chemotherapy. Although the majority...OHSU Cancer Institute, VA researchers find way to identify which men need a second biopsy
...opsies and overdiagnosis. Prostate biopsies can cause patient anxiety, pain, bleeding and infection, and can lead to a significant increase in medical and non-medical costs to health care systems and patients. This study is particularly meaningful because of the large sample size of patient cases, an...Mouse model points to possible new strategy for treating rare muscle disease, kidney disorders
...e known as M712T. Numerous other GNE mutations can cause HIBM and occur in populations worldwide. At this time, there is no treatment available for any type of HIBM. In their search for potential HIBM treatments, the researchers drew upon previous evidence that impairment of the enzymes that promote sial...World first medical treatment announced by researchers
...ic pulmonary haemosiderosis is a rare disease, the cause of which is unknown. Affected patients have episodes of bleeding in the lungs, which often need hospital admissions, and in some cases it can be life threatening. This is normally combated by the use of continuous oral steroids (which can have majo...Journal Sleep: Advanced cancer patients have less quality sleep
... initial sign of a symptom may hint the underlying cause of that symptom and, thus, indicating the need of a more effective symptom management," said Mystakidou. "Poor sleep quality must be taken into account when treating cancer patients. Clinicians must appreciate the often multifactorial nature of sle......ver the genes and environmental exposures that may cause type 1 diabetes through a newborn screening program. Babies found to be at a high risk of developing the disease may enroll in TEDDY II and will be tracked over time to examine environmental risk factors....