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Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes
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Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases.
Decline of hormone therapy decreases breast cancer cases, analysis finds
Dec 09, 2009 |
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The declining use of hormone therapy among women has led to 6,000 fewer invasive breast cancer cases a year, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research quantifies and advances ...
Disagreement Over Mammography Task Force Study
Dec 09, 2009 |
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When a government-appointed panel of experts released new guidelines last month calling for fewer routine mammograms, they were met with public confusion, political outrage, and a media storm that left women ...
Sticks and stones break bones, but new study may prevent it
Dec 09, 2009 |
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The best way to prevent a fracture is to stop bones from reaching the point where they are prone to breaking, but understanding the process of how bones form and mature has been challenging. Now researchers at the University ...
A new target for lymphoma therapy
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute at Children's Hospital Boston (PCMM/IDI) have found a link between a common mutation that can lead to cancer and ...
Children who survive cancer more likely to suffer from heart disease
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Children and adolescents who survive cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease as young adults, according to the largest study on this issue published on bmj.com today.
Hops compound may prevent prostate cancer
Dec 08, 2009 |
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The natural compound xanthohumol blocks the effects of the male hormone testosterone, therefore aiding in the prevention of prostate cancer.
Screening method able to identify newborns with blood disorder that affects immune system
Dec 08, 2009 |
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The testing of DNA from a statewide blood screening program for newborns in Wisconsin was able to identify infants with T-cell lymphopenia, a blood disorder that affects the child's immune system, a disease in which early ...
Rapid cardiac biomarker testing system developed by Singapore scientists
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have developed a rapid and sensitive integrated system to test simultaneously for specific cardiac biomarkers in finger prick amount of blood.
Antioxidant compound reduced incidence of colorectal metachronous adenomas
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Supplementation with a selenium-based antioxidant compound decreased the risk of developing new polyps of the large bowel — called colorectal metachronous adenomas — in people who previously had colorectal polyps removed.
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