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Lead blood levels may increase smokers' risk for kidney cancer

Higher than normal levels of lead in the blood may signal a risk two times higher than average of developing renal cell carcinoma in smokers, according to medical researchers.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canada's first renal denervation procedure to reduce high blood pressure performed today

Doctors at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre today performed a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat high blood pressure, called renal denervation, for the first time in Canada. The procedure can significantly reduce ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes among Indiana adults increasing at alarming rate

The number of Hoosiers diagnosed with diabetes is rising at an alarming rate, jumping from 3.8 percent of the state's population in 1993 to 9.8 percent today, says a new report from Ball State University. Burden of Diabe ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Breakthrough in understanding the genetics of high blood pressure

A researcher from the University of Leicester's Department of Cardiovascular Sciences has been involved in a ground-breaking study into the causes of high blood pressure.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Recipients of organ transplants at increased risk for broad range of cancers

Patients who have received a solid organ transplant, such as kidney, liver, heart or lung, have an overall cancer risk that is double that of the general population, with an increased risk for many different types of malignancies, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein family key to aging, cancer

The list of aging-associated proteins known to be involved in cancer is growing longer, according to research by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists make headway for cancer treatment and cancer prevention with landmark discovery

Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have made a landmark discovery in the battle against the rapid spread of aggressive cancers associated with PRL-3 oncoprotein . Contrary to the current ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'White-coat effect' elevates greyhounds' blood pressure

The "white-coat effect" is not reserved for only the human patients who see their blood pressure rise in response to the stress of a doctor visit.

Biology / Other

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plight worsens for Australian Aborigines: study

The plight of Australia's Aborigines has worsened in the key areas of child abuse, imprisonment and health, a government report found Thursday, warning of "considerable" gaps in their quality of life.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Compound improves health, increases lifespan of obese mice

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have reported that obese male mice treated with a synthetic compound called SRT1720 were healthier and lived longer compared to non-treated obese mice. The experimental compound was found to ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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