Why are so many people dying on Everest?
...mbing Everest might have become an altogether less deadly activity. However, this year the unofficial body count on Mount Everest has reached 15, the most since the disaster of 1996 when 16 people died, eight in one night following an unexpected storm. The death rate on Mount Everest has not changed ove...Decrease in progression of prostate cancer
...effective in slowing or halting the spread of this deadly cancer. The study, published in the September issue of Integrative Cancer Therapies, focused on the change in the levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), an indicator of the cancer, in response to a plant-based diet and stress reduction. Patient...Ph.D. students get clinical training, focus on translational research
...elop anti-cancer drugs to target cells of the most deadly type of brain tumor....Antioxidants may protect against tick-borne illness
... example might play in preventing or treating the deadly rickettsia bacteria. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded the University of Rochester Medical Center $2 million for a five-year study of the antioxidant theory. The grant caps ...Alzheimer's medication shows promise in treating nerve agent and pesticide poisoning
... to counteract the lethal effects of even the most deadly organophosphorus compounds. "The only medicati...tary personnel under the threat of exposure to the deadly nerve agents and, as importantly, for the general population. "The basic finding of our study is tha...Deadly latex evading lax food labelling laws
...sensitive individuals being exposed to potentially deadly levels of the allergen, experts told C&I. A recent UK study revealed that one third of food packaging tested was contaminated with latex. The latex was transferred to food in some cases. In one unnamed chocolate biscuit, the amount of latex found was...Synthetic version of scorpion venom delivers radioactive iodine to malignant brain tumors
...de version of scorpion venom as a carrier targets deadly brain tumors called gliomas without affecting neig...netic and immunologic mechanisms that enable these deadly cancer cells to evade or defy our treatments, and we are developing innovative approaches, such as t...Baylor Institute for Immunology research receives $3 million grant to create cancer vaccines
...tute (NCI) to develop vaccines against melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. The multi-project grant, entitled "Improving the Efficacy of Dendritic Cell Vaccines" is led by Jacques Banchereau, Ph.D., director of BIIR. The research funded by this grant will consist of three projects that center on a rand...A stitch in time saves lives: High survival seen for patients with condition that killed John Ritter
... set of his sitcom, the victim of a rare but often deadly condition called aortic dissection -- a tear in the largest blood vessel in the body. His death brought international attention to the catastrophic condition, which strikes 10,000 Americans a year and is often linked to high blood pressure and geneti...Prion disease infectivity causes heart damage in mouse study
... to pursue new theories about the effects of these deadly brain wasting diseases," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. "The implications of this research could be vital to our efforts to slow or stop these diseases." "Although much work remains to be done, the diseased hearts seen in this mouse stu...Taking the wrinkles out of motoneuronal disease
...mpetition between venomous species has resulted in deadly neurotoxins capable of blocking neuronal communication. I am using our knowledge of the mode of action of these neurotoxins to design a selective motoneuron delivery system that could change our way of treating motoneuronal diseases." Dr Meunier's ...Mayo researchers discover immune system blocker at work in kidney cancer
... Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a new and deadly player in the most common form of kidney cancer. T..., they could cut off the tumor's lifeline. As a deadly collaborator -- With other members of the B7 family, notably B7-H1, B7-H4 combines forces to block t...Perth researchers to trial bird flu vaccine
...f a new vaccine to protect against the potentially deadly bird flu. The Vaccine Trials Group at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children is recruiting 150 adult volunteers to participate in the study. Study leader, Dr Peter Richmond, said the Australian...Increased nighttime blood pressure may be linked to higher risk for congestive heart failure
... is one of the most common, costly, disabling, and deadly diseases. Once diagnosed as having CHF, patients have a 1 in 3 chance of dying within 1 year and a 2 in 3 chance of dying within 5 years, according to background information in the article. The death rate associated with CHF exceeds that of most canc...New test predicts spread of kidney tumours
...al site to elsewhere in the body, is almost always deadly news for cancer patients, whereas a patient with a tumour that does not develop metastasis will be more likely to have a good lifespan after the removal of the original tumour", explains Jiang. "Early detection and treatment of these patients with a ...Risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia cut significantly
...on greatly decreased their daily risk of acquiring deadly hospital-related ventilator-associated pneumonia. ...n, "zero tolerance" is an achievable goal for this deadly problem....UT Southwestern researchers identify roles of gene mutations causing lupus in mice
...th Ly108 in triggering the mechanisms leading to a deadly form of lupus in mice by causing another component of the immune system to malfunction. The research team led by Dr. Edward Wakeland, professor of immunology and director of UT Southwestern's Center for Immunology, explained that mice that died of lu...Experimental vaccine protects lab animals against several strains of H5N1
... was made, but also two other strains, including a deadly strain labeled A/Vietnam/1203/04. Cross-strain protection is exactly what one would need, as it would protect against newly emerging variants until a strain-specific vaccine can be developed. The reverse genetics method used by the St. Jude investiga...Launch of Nation-wide study for early detection of ovarian cancer
...ng women with cancer. "The only way to defeat this deadly disease is if primary, secondary and tertiary care services work as real partners', he emphasizes. Epidemiologists, Dr.Marie-Elise Parent of Institut Armand-Frappier, University of Quebec, and Dr. James Hanley of McGill University will be instrumen...Drug attacks prostate cancer in mouse model by destroying its blood supply
...the "seed and soil" hypothesis in metastasis - the deadly spreading of a cancer from its organ of origin to other organs, a process that kills 90 percent of all patients who die from their disease. In landmark findings, Fidler and colleagues demonstrated that the vast majority of cancer cells that depart a ...