Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
...." The problem with radiation therapy as the first line of treatment for cT3 prostate cancer, according to the Mayo Clinic researchers, is the cancer survival rate, which is 79 percent at only five years. In contrast, with radical prostatectomy, 79 percent of the patients lived at least 15 years. Says Dr....Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...ays Kaczorowski, pediatricians must cross over the line of being solely practitioners and also become advocates on the behalf of all the children in their community and press for policies and resources that improve the health conditions in their communities. Writing in the supplement, Kaczorowski, David S...Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
...ad a tendency to stick to some of the tissues that line blood-vessel walls. Some researchers believe the adhesive property causes a chain reaction in which first LDL cholesterol and then calcium builds up on the inner walls of blood vessels. Although African-Americans typically have two to four times the ...Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
..., or number of years of use. "These results are in line with other large studies on this question, including a recently published large-scale, population-based study by the Swedish Interphone Study Group," said study author Christoffer Johansen, PhD, DMSc, MD, of the Danish Cancer Society in Copenhagen. "...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...anges that may be transmitted through the maternal line as well. The scientists speculate that these alterations decrease immune function and reduce the body's ability to rid itself of toxins, thereby increasing their risk of asthma in smokers' children and grandchildren. They also note that further stud...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...cterized by precancerous changes in the cells that line the milk-producing lobules, or lobes, of the breast. The condition cannot be felt during an exam or seen on a mammogram, and so it is typically found by chance during a breast biopsy performed for another reason. In contrast, because ductal carcinom...2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
... the cultural and political issues bearing on this line of research. The judges also noted the inviting presentation and informative illustrations supporting the article in the magazine. The six members of the 2005 judging committee were: Deborah Blum (co-chair), professor of journalism, University of Wis...NMDP welcomes IOM recommendation for fully integrated cord blood system
...y exists in NMDP's coordinated network. The bottom line is, we have already developed the system that the IOM is recommending. We look forward to working with all parties involved to make the system even better." "Patients and their physicians are the biggest beneficiaries of an integrated national c...Medical journal editors condemn ghostwriting
...ditors of a peer-reviewed medical journal draw the line when the veiled author is paid by a pharmaceutical company with a financial interest in an article's topic. An editorial in the March issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine examines the issue of drug companies commissioning medical educat...Seattle inventor to receive Henry Heimlich Award
...m." Growing up in Spokane, Toly comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. He spent over twenty years mastering reverse molding design, tool making, prototyping, and production techniques. Simulab has developed proprietary methods for manufacturing soft tissue models, which have extremely lifelike featur...Research urgently needed to treat blood clots in children
...he body to administer medication or nutrients. The line can damage vessel walls. But at the same time, the line is needed to help care for children suffering illness or trauma, and that makes recognizing the symp...Rice, NC State win NAS/Keck Futures funding
...The grants allow researchers to start developing a line of inquiry by recruiting students and postdoctoral fellows, purchasing equipment, and acquiring preliminary data all of which can position the researchers to compete for larger awards from other public and private sources....Learning software developed by Rutgers-Newark scientist helps 450,000 students with reading
... 214,000 students in 276 schools. The Fast ForWord line of products has been licensed for use in 235 schoo... actively involved in developing and expanding the line of Fast ForWord learning products as a member of the board of directors at the Oakland, Calif., comp...Tea may help prevent diabetes and cataracts
Add another line to the list of benefits from drinking tea: New research in animals suggests that tea may be a simple, inexpensive means of preventing diabetes and its ensuing complications, including cataracts. The report, scheduled to appear in the May 4 print issu...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...e were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online. Though this online sample is not a probability sample, in theory, with samples of this size, Harris Interac...Mercury levels and cognitive function investigated in adults
...d the ability to recall a complex, two-dimensional line drawing. However, they saw improved performance on tests measuring motor speed, eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity. Because most of the large number of tests showed no correlation with mercury and there was a lack of consistency of mercury e...Early detection of lung cancer
...high risk with precision. Specifically, a priority line of investigation at the University Hospital and the CIMA Centre at Navarre University involves the study of biomolecular techniques and their combination with radiological tests that help in the early detection of lung cancer. Once the first results ...Jefferson Lab scientists build small-animal imager for German Cancer Research Center
...mith explained. The basic device is along the same line as other small animal imaging gamma cameras developed by the Detector Group. However, the group is constantly refining their work, according to Smith. "This device has improvements; and we built it with a new type of flat panel, position sensitive ph...Herbal medicine may alter cell response to cancer therapeutic agents
...eam used a widely studied mouse breast cancer cell line to see whether commercially available extracts of black cohosh altered the response of cancer cells to radiation and to four drugs commonly used in cancer therapy. Rockwell said the black cohosh increased cell killing by two of the drugs, decreased ...Little evidence found for IVF as most effective infertility treatment
...e is available, IVF may not be the preferred first line of treatment for these [infertile] couples and it might be appropriate to continue with less invasive options," Pandian says. IVF is a process in which egg and sperm are joined to produce an embryo in the laboratory before the embryo is implanted in ...