http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking water can transmit a number of diseases, including typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and diarrhea, which can then spread explosively throughout an entire service area. To avoid this problem, drinking water must be disinfected. After treatment and disinfection, the water is usually safe. http://www.physorg.com/news180767147.html Chemistry Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:06:57 EST news180767147 Genetic variations in the Sonic Hedgehog pathway increase the likelihood of recurrence, reduce survival time and limit response to therapy for people with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, scientists from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported today at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference. http://www.physorg.com/news179581636.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:10:02 EST news179581636 Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according to a new study published online November 16 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Furthermore, researchers found that among individuals who smoked the same total number of cigarettes over their lifetime, smoking fewer cigarettes per day for more years may be more harmful than smoking more cigarettes per day for fewer years. http://www.physorg.com/news177620245.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:30:01 EST news177620245 A statistical model can accurately predict which patients will have poor outcomes after bladder surgery and can determine the need for chemotherapy. The analysis, to be published in the December 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, concludes that the model, which considers both how far the cancer has spread and other information, such as how the cancer cells look under the microscope and the time between diagnosis and surgery, could better identify patients who need to undergo further treatment. http://www.physorg.com/news174545519.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:20:01 EST news174545519 A recently completed analysis of over one million hospital cases in Sweden during the period 1988 to 2004 has revealed that heart failure, relative to most common forms of cancer specific to men and women, represents a major health burden in respect to the risk of being hospitalised for the first time, poor overall survival and the number of premature life-years lost. http://www.physorg.com/news170931665.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:02:40 EST news170931665 UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are studying a new antigen to see whether it can track down and kill cancer cells in patients with recurring melanoma, the leading cause of skin cancer deaths. http://www.physorg.com/news169124584.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:03:28 EST news169124584 Johns Hopkins scientists have tracked down a powerful set of cells in bladder tumors that seem to be primarily responsible for the cancer's growth and spread using a technique that takes advantage of similarities between tumor and organ growth. The findings, reported in the July Stem Cells, could help scientists develop new ways of finding and attacking similar cells in other types of cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news168786163.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:03:15 EST news168786163 Researchers at Stanford's School of Medicine have identified the first human bladder cancer stem cell and revealed how it works to escape the body's natural defenses. http://www.physorg.com/news168539203.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:00:01 EST news168539203 Researchers have pinpointed a specific gene variation that causes increased risk of urinary bladder cancer, according to a scientific team led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news168439858.html Medicine & Health Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:52:13 EST news168439858 A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers sheds light on the challenges involved in identifying which high-risk population would benefit most from bladder-cancer screening. http://www.physorg.com/news166941395.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:40:47 EST news166941395 Scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered genetic variations in the inflammation pathway that reduce the likelihood of recurrence and increase survival of patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) who are treated with mainstream therapy. http://www.physorg.com/news159456587.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:30:07 EST news159456587 Despite enduring more invasive tests and medical procedures, patients who were treated aggressively for early stage bladder cancer had no better survival than patients who were treated less aggressively. Further, the aggressively treated patients were more likely to undergo major surgery to have their bladder removed, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news158345682.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:55:21 EST news158345682 Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have found that one of the genes commonly thought to promote the growth and spread of some types of cancers is in fact beneficial in bladder cancer - a major discovery that could significantly alter the way bladder cancers are treated in the future. http://www.physorg.com/news157210523.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:35:52 EST news157210523 Originating from Africa, India, and the Middle East, frankincense oil has been found to have many medicinal benefits. Now, an enriched extract of the Somalian Frankincense herb Boswellia carteri has been shown to kill off bladder cancer cells. Research presented in the open access journal, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, demonstrates that this herb has the potential for an alternative therapy for bladder cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news156607683.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:09:20 EST news156607683 A team of researchers, led by Columbia University Medical Center faculty, has identified a new investigational therapy for the treatment of bladder cancer. The discovery was made using a new research model, using mice, which replicates many aspects of human bladder cancer. The model also enabled the researchers to demonstrate that two major tumor suppressor genes, p53 and PTEN, are inactivated in invasive bladder cancer. The findings and this new model are described in a paper in the March 15, 2009 issue of Genes & Development. http://www.physorg.com/news156095643.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:54:41 EST news156095643 Pathologists today reported encouraging results from a new technique to increase the accuracy of staging bladder cancer tumors that could reduce the need to remove bladders from some patients. http://www.physorg.com/news155811530.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:14:48 EST news155811530 Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and male counterparts, according to results published in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news150646734.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:18:54 EST news150646734 A study published in the December issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggests that selenium, a trace mineral found in grains, nuts and meats, may aid in the prevention of high-risk bladder cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news147954000.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:20:00 EST news147954000 Counting the copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, a team led by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news141403654.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:47:34 EST news141403654 Robotic surgery, largely pioneered for prostate cancer surgery, is rapidly being adapted for use in other areas, including for bladder cancer patients. Urologic surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center now have significant experience -- and have demonstrated considerable success -- with robotics for removal of the bladder, also known as cystectomy. Their findings are published in a recent edition of the peer-reviewed publication, the British Journal of Urology-International. http://www.physorg.com/news136634107.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:55:07 EST news136634107 Even though cigarette smoking accounts for up to half of all bladder cancer cases, few people are aware of the connection - including more than three-quarters of patients who have bladder cancer, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news134744473.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:01:13 EST news134744473 Pregnancy seems to confer some protection against bladder cancer in mice, scientists have found. Female mice that had never become pregnant had approximately 15 times as much cancer in their bladders as their counterparts that had become pregnant, according to new findings by investigators at the University of Rochester Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news133664757.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:05:57 EST news133664757