Archive: 04/19/2009
Penn's online survivorship care plans empower cancer survivors, caregivers
An online tool that provides cancer survivors and their family members with an easy-to-follow roadmap for managing their health as they finish treatment and transition to life as a survivor got high marks from users, according ...
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Genetic variations in miRNA processing pathway and binding sites help predict ovarian cancer risk
Genetic variations in the micro-RNA (miRNA) processing pathway genes and miRNA binding sites predict a woman's risk for developing ovarian cancer and her prospects for survival, researchers from The University ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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New biomarker may predict leukemia aggressiveness
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have evidence of a potential new biomarker to predict the aggressiveness of an often difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. They found ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Large study documents how p53 mutations link to high-grade breast cancer, poor outcomes
In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind in the US, researchers have found that almost 26 percent of women studied who have breast cancer have mutations in a gene important in controlling cell growth and death, ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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New human study reinforces antioxidant benefits of tart cherries
Eating just one and a half servings of tart cherries could significantly boost antioxidant activity in the body, according to new University of Michigan research reported at the 2009 Experimental Biology meeting in New Orleans.1 In the stu ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Research suggests vegetable juice may help people with metabolic syndrome lose weight
Drinking at least one glass of low sodium vegetable juice daily may help overweight people with metabolic syndrome achieve better weight loss results. A study, conducted at the Baylor College of Medicine and presented at ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Behind the scenes with Windows 7
(AP) -- To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured?
(AP) -- JoAnne Zoller Wagner's diagnosis as prediabetic wasn't enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.
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Chewing gum reduces snack cravings and decreases consumption of sweet snacks
Men and women who chewed Extra® sugar-free gum three times hourly in the afternoon chose and consumed less snacks and specifically, less sweet snacks than they did when they did not chew gum. They still reached for a variety ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Brain metastases hijack neuron-supporting cells to resist chemotherapy
Cancer that spreads to other organs finds a particularly inviting hideout in the brain, where these metastases are usually far harder to treat than they are in other locations. Two researchers from The University of Texas ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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THC exposure as adolescents linked to negative effects of THC as adults
In earlier studies, researchers at Louisiana State University had found that estrogen - or more precisely, having ovaries - made adult rats exposed for the first time to THC, the primary ingredient in marijuana and hashish, ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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An herbal extract inhibits the development of pancreatic cancer
An herb recently found to kill pancreatic cancer cells also appears to inhibit development of pancreatic cancer as a result of its anti-inflammatory properties, according to researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson. ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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New imaging analysis predicts brain tumor survival
As early as one week after beginning treatment for brain tumors, a new imaging analysis method was able to predict which patients would live longer, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Low socioeconomic Mississippi Delta children willing to try fruits and veggies, but few available
The good nutrition news is that children in poor, rural parts of the Lower Mississippi Delta are a lot more willing to try fresh fruits and vegetables than generally believed, even by their parents or the kids themselves. ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Nine new X chromosome genes associated with learning disabilities
(PhysOrg.com) -- A collaboration between more than 70 researchers across the globe has uncovered nine new genes on the X chromosome that, when knocked-out, lead to learning disabilities. The international ...
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