News tagged with anatomic pathology


New test may predict breast cancer metastasis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a finding that could change the way breast cancer is treated, researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified a new marker for breast cancer metastasis.





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Chronic drinking causes more liver injury than acute or binge drinking

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Alcohol consumption is known to cause liver damage. Yet the specifics of alcohol-induced liver injury can differ depending on the pattern of drinking. New rodent findings show that chronic drinking causes more injury - ...


Finding will improve accuracy of cancer diagnosis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) investigators working in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic researchers have determined that two types of kidney tumors previously thought to be different diseases are actually variations ...


Test developed at UQ diagnosed Australia's first swine flu victim

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When the first cases of H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) were reported in Mexico in April, UQ researchers got to work developing a test to diagnose the virus.


Rodent size linked to human population and climate change

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 5

You probably hadn't noticed -- but the head shape and overall size of rodents has been changing over the past century. A University of Illinois at Chicago ecologist has tied these changes to human population density and climate ...


Bird flu leaves the nest -- adapting to a new host

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current research suggests that viral polymerase may provide a new therapeutic target for host-adapted avian influenza. The related report by Gabriel et al, "Spread of Infection and Lymphocyte Depletion in Mice Depends on ...


The bowels of infection

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current research suggests that latent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The related report by Onyeagocha et al, "Latent cytomegalovirus infection exacerbates experimental colitis," ...


Delusions associated with consistent pattern of brain injury

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Orrin Devinsky, MD, performed an in-depth analysis of patients with certain delusions and brain disorders ...


The role of medical expert witnesses: the Goudge Inquiry

Medicine & Health / Other

created 15 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The role of a medical expert witness needs to be strictly defined and carefully controlled during legal proceedings and physicians need to be aware of their role, states an analysis of the Goudge Inquiry into pediatric forensic ...


Unlocking the Secret of the Bladder's Bouncers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center may have a new way to stop and even prevent the urinary tract infections (UTIs) that plague more than a third of all adults, some of them repeatedly.


Mutant mouse provides insights into breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 11, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

By discovering a mutant mouse that is highly susceptible to mammary tumors, Cornell researchers have found a novel potential link between genetic defects in DNA replication (copying) and breast cancer.



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