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. Patients treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with radiation therapy have a substantially higher risk of stroke, according to a new study published June 17 online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news164509700.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:50:01 EST news164509700 CD is a highly prevalent disease (1:100 to 1:300) which fulfils most of the criteria favoring mass screening. Despite this, screening for gluten sensitive enteropathy (GSE) is still controversial due to its dubious benefits and the acceptance of a gluten-free diet (GFD). http://www.physorg.com/news157127956.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:39:49 EST news157127956 Men who develop prostate cancer face an increased risk of having an aggressive tumor if they carry a so-called breast cancer gene mutation, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report in today's issue of Clinical Cancer Research. The findings could help to guide prostate-cancer patients and their physicians in choosing treatment options. http://www.physorg.com/news152470146.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:49:48 EST news152470146 A new study led by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School has found that a common genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the general population is also linked to an even higher risk for people with diabetes, particularly those with poor glucose control. http://www.physorg.com/news146848594.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:16:34 EST news146848594 The risk of non-AIDS cancer is higher for individuals infected with HIV than for the general population, according to a meta-analysis presented here at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research. http://www.physorg.com/news146231350.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:49:10 EST news146231350 A new Canadian study comparing cancer rates of liver transplant patients to those of the general population has found that transplant recipients face increased risks of developing cancer, especially non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and colorectal cancer. Risks were more pronounced during the first year of follow-up and among younger transplant recipients. These findings are published in the November issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal by John Wiley & Sons. http://www.physorg.com/news144946240.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:50:40 EST news144946240 Australians with mental illness smoke at four times the rate of the general population, says a new study from the University of Melbourne. http://www.physorg.com/news142604882.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:28:02 EST news142604882 Researchers at the University of Newcastle, England, and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech in the United States have revealed a large reservoir of mitochondrial DNA mutations present in the general population. Clinical analysis of blood samples from almost 3,000 infants born in north Cumbria, England, showed that at least 1 in 200 individuals in the general public harbor mitochondrial DNA mutations that may lead to disease. http://www.physorg.com/news137669677.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:34:37 EST news137669677 In industrialized countries, persons infected sexually with HIV now appear to experience mortality rates similar to those of the general population in the first 5 years following infection, though a higher risk of death remains as the duration of HIV infection lengthens, according to a study in the July 2 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news134149072.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:37:52 EST news134149072