Traditional risk-factor scoring misses one-third of women vulnerable to coronary heart disease
...isk Estimate (FRE) as the principal test for early detection of heart disease. The researchers wanted to determine why many of these women at risk for heart disease are not identified earlier. The FRE is a total estimate of how likely a person is to suffer a fatal or nonfatal heart attack within 10 years, a...White women with skin cancer history more likely to develop melanoma
...ow-up and patient assessment to facilitate earlier detection of melanoma," said Rosenberg. "This skin surveillance imperative may serve to be lifesaving in predisposed women," said Rosenberg. Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common -- yet largely undocumented -- form of cancer in the United States. Ac...Adults with lazy eye can improve
...0 percent. The researchers trained the subjects in detection of a small "gabor" (pronounced ga-BOR), a set of three contrasting dark and light ovals that neurophysiologists have identified as a basic unit of visual perception. Surprisingly, improvement in this abstract exercise generalized to a marked improvem...MSG-2 will advance long-term monitoring of Earth's energy balance
...lengths invisible to the human eye but capable of detection by sophisticated sensors. What GERB does is continuously measure the sunlight reflected or scattered back from the Earth plus the heat radiation radiating from it. First it measures the total radiation, next a filter is passed in front of its measur...Mayo Clinic finds kidney cancer patients are unlikely to respond to potential treatment drug
...ow researchers believe the misconception that mere detection of KIT predicts tumor responsiveness was born of the successful treatment of GISTs with imatinib. They say that it is not simply KIT expression, but rather cancerous KIT mutations that result in the GISTs success as well as the failures in other tum...UCSD researchers state vitamin D needed to cut cancer risk
... in eight American women in their lifetime. Early detection using mammography reduces mortality rates by approximately 20 percent. But use of vitamin D might prevent this cancer in the first place," said co-author Cedric F. Garland, a professor with UCSD's Moores Cancer Center and the Department of Family an...Identified: DNA that controls the malaria parasite's disguise mechanism
...ofessor Cowman and Dr Crabb reported that to avoid detection and destruction, the parasite controls expression of 60 key virulence genes, effectively disguising itself from the human host's immune system. The new discovery identifies the DNA sequence that is needed to switch these genes on and off. With this ...NCI issues clinical announcement for preferred method of treatment for advanced ovarian cancer
...op improved screening techniques, enabling earlier detection and treatment of the disease. An estimated 22,220 women in the United States were diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2005. It causes more deaths in the United States than any other cancer of the female reproductive system, with an estimated 16,210 wome......re leading causes of cancer death worldwide, early detection of the disease is highly desirable. In a new scientific study, researchers present astonishing new evidence that man's best friend, the dog, may have the capacity to contribute to the process of early cancer detection. In this study which will be pu...UCLA develops new method to track neuron cell death leading to Alzheimer's disease
... new marker will offer a useful strategy for early detection and more effective treatment," said Small....Screening for prostate cancer may not reduce men's risk of death
...g to the authors, screening tests can increase the detection of cancer, even at earlier stages, but not necessarily prolong survival. "Optimal clinical strategies for diagnosing and treating prostate cancer remain uncertain and in need of additional investigation," they write. "Based on available evidence, in...Screening test for prostate cancer does not improve survival
... study, screening tests almost always increase the detection of cancer, but among other requirements for improving survival, the tumors detected must be both fatal (if left untreated) yet curable. PSA, a protein produced in the prostate, is found in the blood of healthy men. Prostate cancer often increases PS...One in five patients on commonly prescribed diuretics have abnormal sodium and potassium levels
...tassium levels to reduce the risk and increase the detection and treatment of these electrolyte abnormalities. "Despite the fact that more than a fifth of the patients we looked at suffered from reduced electrolyte levels, less than a third of the people given this commonly used type of drug appear to have had...First baseline data by REACH supports and extends ESC's Euroaspire findings
... and avoidance of tobacco, together with increased detection and better management of risk factors," said Professor Graham. "The European Society of Cardiology, through its mission statement, is dedicated to facilitating these changes."...Norwegian government handles research fraud
...on had fabricated all data in the article, without detection by co-authors, the hospital's control routines or by The Lancet itself. -This is very serious. It's also a deep, personal tragedy for the scientist in question," says Stein Vaaler, Strategy Director at Rikshospitalet Radiumhospitalet Health Trust. D...Point-of-care test proves more effective for recurrent bladder cancer than conventional lab test
...ith cystoscopy significantly increased the overall detection rate to 99 percent, compared with 91 percent for c...e cytology combined with cystoscopy only increased detection to 94.2 percent in this study. Bladder cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the United States. ...Urine test helps detect 99 percent of recurring bladder cancers
...opy was used with conventional urine analysis, the detection rate was 94.2 percent; when it was used with the BladderChek test, detection was 99 percent. An accurate urine test could reduce the number of cystoscopies a patient undergoes, ...Measurement of urinary protein can help detect recurrent bladder cancer
...bined with cystoscopy, the NMP22 test improves the detection of recurrence in patients with a history of bladder cancer."...Newest M.D. Anderson SPORE to fund breast cancer research
...ake an impact on breast cancer science, treatment, detection and prevention worldwide." The SPORE grant for br...all of which advance personalized risk assessment, detection and treatment: Molecular and epidemiologic classification of early-stage breast cancer tumors With......onsible, preventative health regime includes early detection and often an early medication program, to prevent or keep in check ailments that drain the resources of doctors and hospitals. "Without a healthy and sustainable Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, supported by a sustainable pharmaceutical industry, the ...