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page.png Sleep Deprivation's Effect on Decisions
Sleep Deprivation Everyone needs sleep, but temporary periods with no sleep can be a reality of military operations. To get answers on sleep questions for the military as well as civilians, for nearly four years Dr. Sean Drummond, a Department of...
page.png Tips to Get a Good Night's Sleep
Sleep Short on sleep? According to sleep experts, people are sleeping less than they used to and the "sleep debt" can take a toll on your health, relationships and work performance. Despite the popular notion that you need less sleep as...
page.png Sleep Apnea Treatment Device Takes Patience
Treatment of Sleep Apnea Millions of Americans deal with sleep apnea - a condition where breathing stops and starts when throat muscles relax during sleep. Left without treatment, sleep apnea may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular...
page.png Many Commercial Drivers Have Impaired Performance Due To Lack of Sleep
Sleep Problems and Truck Drivers Truck drivers who routinely get too little sleep or suffer from sleep apnea show signs of fatigue and impaired performance that can make them a hazard on the road, according to a major new study by researchers at the...
page.png U of M Professor Explores Spooning, Snoring and Sheet Stealing
Sleeping Snoring, spooning, stealing the sheets and sleeping in the nude - for the millions of people who share a bed with a partner, University of Minnesota family social science professor Paul Rosenblatt's new book explores the challenges and benefits...
page.png New Type of Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified a new type of sleep apnea they call "complex sleep apnea." The findings will be published in the September issue of the journal Sleep. The two previously known types of sleep apnea...
page.png 1.6 Million Americans Use CAM for Insomnia or Trouble Sleeping
Sleeping and Insomnia Treatment A recent analysis of national survey data reveals that over 1.6 million American adults use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat insomnia or trouble sleeping according to scientists at the...
page.png About 5 Percent of Adults With Insomnia Use Alternative Therapies
Sleep and Insomnia Treatment More than 1.6 million U.S. adults are estimated to use complementary and alternative therapies to treat insomnia or trouble sleeping, according to the results of a national survey published in the September 18 issue of...
page.png Breathing Problems During Sleep Increase Risk of Depression
Difficulty Sleeping and Depression Individuals who have sleep-related breathing disorder appear significantly more likely to develop depression, with odds of depression increasing as breathing disorders becomes more severe, according to a study in...
page.png Allergic Rhinitis Associated With Impaired Sleep Quality
Patients with allergic rhinitis, such as that caused by hay fever and other allergies, have more difficulty sleeping and more sleep disorders than those without allergies, according to a report in the September 18 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine,...
page.png Incorporate Sleep Evaluation Into Routine Medical Care
Sleep Evaluation and Medical Care Sleep is an integral part of health, and assessment of sleep habits should be a standard part of medical care, according to an editorial in the September 18 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives...
page.png Why Sleep? Flies Tell Us Why
Need for Sleeping Sleep is a mystery. Scientists do not know why we need sleep. But, adults know they need sleep and parents know children need sleep. Other living beings need sleep. But why? Resting restores our body, so rest should be enough. Scientists...
page.png Effective Treatment For Elderly Insomniacs
Insomnia Treatment Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia (BBTI) appears to be a promising intervention for older adults who suffer from insomnia. The study, conducted by Anne Germain, PhD, and colleagues of the University of Pittsburgh School of...
page.png New Studies In The Journal Sleep Focus On Helping Children, Women Sleep Better
Child Sleeping and Bedtime New studies in the October 1st issue of the journal SLEEP report the following findings: The refusal of young children to go to bed at night can cause unnecessary stress for members of their family. However, parents and...
page.png Many Women With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Symptoms Delaying Diagnosis and Treatment
The first report on healthcare utilization in women with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) reports an increase in the years prior to the diagnosis of OSA, but then a decrease in the following two years. This conclusion demonstrates the importance of early...
page.png Light Deprivation Hinders Ability To Regulate Sleep-Wake Cycle
Sleep Cycle The amount of light exposure can have a profound effect on an individual's sleep pattern. Stronger light intensity enables noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC) neurons, which regulate arousal, to function normally and, therefore, provide...
page.png New Sleep Medication Unlikely To Be Abusive Or Cause Cognitive Impairment
Sleep Medicine Effects In a study of 14 adults with histories of sedative abuse, the newly approved sleep medication ramelteon does not appear to have effects that indicate potential for abuse or motor or cognitive impairment, according to a report...
page.png Children's Sleep Difficulties: Reports Differ From Children To Parents
Child Sleep Problems Elementary-school-aged children commonly experience sleep problems, but little research has addressed the reasons behind this phenomenon. A new study finds that children of this age say they have sleep difficulties much more often...
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page.png Two Different Therapies Show Promise for Some With Partial Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury Body weight-supported treadmill training isn't more effective than conventional mobility rehabilitation for restoring movement to those with partial spinal cord injury, according to a new study. But an unexpectedly high number of...
page.png Study Finds Nerve Regeneration Possible in Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Injury Recovery A team of scientists at UCSF has made a critical discovery that may help in the development of techniques to promote functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. By stimulating nerve cells in laboratory rats at the...
page.png UCSF Surgeon Develops Spinal Surgery Technique
Spinal surgery UCSF surgeons are using a novel technique to remove tumors from the cervical region of the spine that were previously thought "inoperable." Called a lateral paramedian transpedicular approach, the technique uses advances in...
page.png UI Research Aims To Help Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury Richard Shields, Ph.D., University of Iowa professor in the Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, can foresee a time when it might be possible to cure spinal cord injury (SCI). However, if spinal cord...
page.png Herbals Effective for Low-Back Pain in the Short Term
Low Back Pain The herbal preparations devil's claw, white willow bark and cayenne plasters may be as effective as pain medication for short-term low back pain and are better than placebo, a new systematic review of studies has found. The review comprised...
page.png Novel Stem Cell Technology Leads To Better Spinal Cord Repair
Spinal Cord Injury Researchers believe they have identified a new way, using an advance in stem-cell technology, to promote recovery after spinal cord injury of rats, according to a study published in today's Journal of Biology. Scientists from the...
page.png Studies Unclear Whether Spinal Cement Procedure Improves Back Pain
Back pain improvement A procedure that fills in fractured vertebrae with injected cement has not been shown to improve a person's back pain or quality of life, according to a new analysis of studies. The procedure, known as percutaneous kyphoplasty,...
page.png Safety of Spinal Cord Stem Cell Transplantation
Treatment of Spinal Cord Inury Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, according to a recent study by UC Irvine researchers. UCI neurobiologist...
page.png Researchers Aim To Give Nurses A Lift
Lower Back Pain In Nurses Nurses offer care and comfort, but they often end up with a pain in the back for their efforts, the results of a new study show. "Nurses suffer from work-related low back pain more often than workers in other...
page.png Surgery for Back Pain Focuses on Preserving the Motion of the Spine
Back Pain Treatment As new innovations emerge in the treatment of chronic back pain, surgeons are focusing on more effective techniques to relieve pain while also preserving the natural motion of the spine. The Spine and Back Center at Rush University...
page.png Oh, My Aching Back
Back Pain Treatment There's nothing funny about back pain when it's your back and you're trying to figure out how to get off the couch. A new decision guide on MayoClinic.com (opens in new window) offers comprehensive information to help those who...
page.png Spinal Cord Bridge Bypasses Injury To Restore Mobility
Spinal Cord Surgery The body's spinal cord is lik e a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body's policing defenses put up a roadblock in the form of a scar to prevent further injury, but it stops all neural traffic from moving forward...
page.png Acupuncture Relieves Low Back Pain and Is Cost-Effective
Low Back Pain Relief Acupuncture has a small but significant benefit for patients with low back pain, and appears to be cost-effective in the longer term, find two studies published on bmj.com today. In the UK, an estimated 16% of the adult population...
page.png Backache Beaten By Good Vibrations
Back Pain Treatment University of Manchester researchers are recruiting people with backache caused by nerve root pain - commonly known as sciatica - in the first ever study to discover if therapeutic ultrasound can help their condition. Dr...
page.png Sitting Up Straight Linked To Back Pain
Chronic Back Pain and Sitting Upright Sitting in an upright position places unnecessary strain on your back, leading to potentially chronic back pain problems if you spend long hours sitting - shows a group of researchers by using a new form...
page.png New Therapeutic Hope For Degenerative Disc Disease
Degenerative disc disease is one of today's most common and costly medical conditions. Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the vertebrae, this destructive disease of the spine routinely provokes low back pain, the leading cause of disability...
page.png One-Off Treatment To Stop Back Pain
A University of Manchester researcher has developed a treatment for lower back pain using the patient's own stem cells, which could replace the use of strong painkillers or surgery that can cause debilitation, neither of which addresses the underlying cause...
page.png Psychological Treatments Improve Outcomes for Back Pain Sufferers
Low Back Pain Treatment Psychological interventions for chronic low back pain are effective, a new review of studies has found. Not only do these approaches improve psychological outcomes such as depression and health-related quality of life, they...
page.png Long-term narcotics use for back pain may be ineffective, leading to abuse
Back Pain Relief Drugs Narcotic drugs (opioids) are commonly prescribed for short-term relief of chronic back pain, but their effectiveness long-term has been questioned in a review article by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, who also found...
page.png Thinking with the spinal cord?
Two scientists from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the spinal cord use network mechanisms similar to those used in the brain. The discovery is featured in the current issue of Science. The research group behind the surprising...
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page.png In-Home Sensors Spot Dementia Signs In Elderly
Care for Elderly with Dementia An Oregon Health & Science University study shows motion and door sensors placed in elders' homes can help track activity patterns thought to relate to memory changes that are early signs of dementia. The study...
page.png Tips Help Seniors Beat The Heat
Heat Stress Those lazy days of summer also mean days of blistering heat. As the temperatures rise, so does the risk of heat stress. Heat stress, which can lead to heat exhaustion, heart failure and strokes, is particularly dangerous for people 65...
page.png Heat Waves Kill In Areas Without Businesses To Draw Older Citizens
Older People and Heave Waves Severe heat waves kill more people in neighborhoods where there are few inviting businesses to draw older people out of their apartments, new research suggests. A study of the 1995 heat wave in Chicago found higher-than-average...
page.png Elders Suffer Disproportionately During Heat Waves, Other Disasters
Older People and Heat Waves Recent natural disasters have negatively affected older people significantly more than other demographic groups, yet few steps have been taken to improve ensuing relief efforts, according to the latest issue of the Public...
page.png Waist-Hip Ratio Should Replace Body Mass Index As Indicator of Mortality Risk in Older People
Older People and Waist-Hip Ratio Older people with high waist-hip ratios (WHRs) have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index, or BMI, a new study reveals. Whereas justifiable attention is given to the increasing problem of...
page.png Assistive Devices Make Independent Living Easier
Growing Older and Independent Living Nobody says the physical changes of growing older come easy. That doesn't mean you can't still do it your way - with a little help from assistive devices. The August issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource shares...
page.png Nursing-Home Hospice Care Reduces End-of-Life Hospitalizations
Hospice Care Nursing-home residents in hospice care have about half the chance of being admitted to a hospital in their last 30 days of life compared to peers who don't receive hospice care, a large new study confirms. "Our study provides strong...
page.png 58% Of Older Hospital Patients Have Problems Eating And 31% Leave Most Of The Meal
Nutrition and Eldercare Older patients need greater support, fewer interruptions and more sensitive care at mealtimes, according to research published in the October issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers from the University...
page.png Elderly Caregivers of Alzheimer Patients and Sleep Disturbance
Sleep Disturbance and Eldercare The burden placed on an elderly caregiver whose spouse suffers from Alzheimer disease can often cause sleep disturbance, which can, in turn, lead to early physical signs of cardiovascular problems. This finding pinpoints...
page.png End-Of-Life Care Can Be Improved
Researchers have evaluated improvements in the end-of-life care in intensive care units (ICU) and have shared their findings in a special supplement to Critical Care Medicine, the journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The supplement is dedicated...
page.png Falls Have Become the Leading Cause of Injury Deaths for Seniors
Fall-related death rates for men and women 65 years and older increased significantly from 1993 to 2003, according to a report released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). In...
page.png Changing Roles and Emotions In Caregiving
The early stages when a spouse or an adult child becomes a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another type of progressive dementia is fraught with a tug-of-war of emotions from resentment to protectiveness, according to a new study from...
page.png Phone-Based Care Program Reduces Risk of Death in Older Adults
A telephone-based program linking chronically ill older adults to home or community services significantly reduces mortality risk, according to a new study. "It's not just medical or social services, but bridging those two together," said...
page.png Home Healthcare Workers Have Few Legal Protections
Caregiving and Home Health Care As more and more Americans turn to in-home health care workers to take care of elderly family members, research from a University of Iowa law professor has found nobody is taking care of the caregivers. Peggie Smith,...
page.png Technologies make driving safer for wheelchair users
Engineers at Lehigh and Carnegie Mellon universities, working with a Philadelphia-based start-up, have integrated robotics, laser and wireless technologies into a new system that promises to make it safer and cheaper for wheelchair users to drive a car...
page.png Nursing Home or Hospital: State Policy Has Big Impact on Elderly
Nursing Home Eldercare In a groundbreaking national study, Brown University researchers have traced the connections between state nursing home policies and resident hospitalizations rates. The team found that state policies unwittingly create financial...
page.png Spare some time for elderly neighbours this Christmas
Christmas Holiday and Elderly The Federal Minister for Ageing, Senator Santo Santoro, has encouraged Australians to remember their elderly relatives and neighbours during this Christmas holiday period. Senator Santoro said while Christmas was a time...
page.png Major boost to aged care services in Australia
The Howard Government has delivered a major injection of new eldercare places across Australia, to boost the quality and availability of services for older Australians. The Minister for Ageing, Senator Santo Santoro, today announced 7,777 new...
page.png Hospices fall well below guidance on psychiatric support for end of life care
Hospice and End of Life Care Patients in hospices in the UK and the Republic of Ireland may not be receiving appropriate psychiatric services as recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines. The study, published...
page.png Elderly's ability to manage the cold
Caring for elderly with cold Hypothermia - when the body's temperature drops significantly below normal – is especially deadly for the elderly. Older people become hypothermic despite the fact that they are more likely to live inside a home...
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page.png Virtual Realities Against Pain
Pain relief and medical procedures For over a decade, the technique of distraction has been researched and successfully applied in clinical practice in order to reduce pain associated with certain medical procedures. The use of distraction is based...
page.png Prescription Pain Killers Involved in More Drug Overdose Deaths Than Cocaine or Heroin
Pain Killer Medication Danger Trends analysis of drug poisoning deaths has helped explain a national epidemic of overdose deaths in the USA that began in the 1990s, concludes Leonard Paulozzi and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
page.png Lower Levels of Anti-Inflammatory Proteins May Contribute To Chronic Widespread Pain
Chronic widespread pain, a common medical condition, can be difficult to treat and is often associated with fatigue, poor sleep and depression. A connection between fibromayalgia (FM) and cytokines (proteins that act as messengers between cells) was...
page.png 'Mint' Pain Killer Takes Leaf Out of Ancient Medical Texts
Pain Relief A new synthetic treatment inspired by ancient Greek and Chinese remedies could offer pain relief to millions of patients with arthritis and nerve damage, a new University of Edinburgh study suggests. The Greek scholar Hippocrates treated...
page.png Cooling Analgesia Harnessed To Relieve Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain Relief By experimentally activating a special protein involved in mediating sensations of coolness, researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how the body's nervous system can be stimulated to relieve chronic pain. The findings...
page.png Mind Over Matter
Chronic Pain Management A significant number of people world-wide suffer with chronic pain, which affects every aspect of their lives, and often results in depression. Researchers at Kent State University and Case Western University, led...
page.png Pest Control Research Leads To Pain Control Discovery
Pest Control and Pain Relief A newly discovered enzyme inhibitor, identified by researchers originally looking for biological pest controls, may lead to pain relief for sufferers of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, say researchers at the...
page.png Reducing Side-Effects of Painkillers
Painkiller Side Effects Cardiff University researchers have increased the understanding of why some painkillers increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The most commonly prescribed medications for treating conditions such as arthritis are non-steroidal...
page.png New Mechanism Underlying Pain Found
Researchers at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development (J&JPRD) today announced that they have discovered a new molecular mechanism that may underlie neuropathic pain. The clearer understanding of the root-cause of chronic...
page.png Prescription Pain Medication Abuse on Surprising Increase
Pain Relief Drug Abuse Researchers at Rush University Medical Center found prescription pain medication (PPM) abuse is a rapidly growing problem with surprising and often unpredictable distribution patterns. The research was presented at the Annual...
page.png Pleasure And Pain: Study Shows Brain's 'Pleasure Chemical' Is Involved In Response To Pain
Pain For years, the brain chemical dopamine has been thought of as the brain's "pleasure chemical," sending signals between brain cells in a way that rewards a person or animal for one activity or another. More recently, research has shown...
page.png Physiotherapists and Pharmacists Can Help Reduce Knee Pain and Reliance on Painkillers
Knee Pain Management Pragmatic randomised clinical trial of the effectiveness of community physiotherapy and enhanced pharmacy review for knee pain in older people presenting to primary care. Older people with knee pain who receive their main care...
page.png Antioxidants: New Kid On The Block For Pain Relief?
Pain Killer Drug Antioxidant-based pain killers may one day become a viable alternative to addictive medications such as morphine. Researchers found that synthetic antioxidants practically eradicated pain-like behavior in nearly three-quarters of...
page.png Scientists Use Pixels To Ease Amputees' Pain
Amputee Pain Relief Academics from the School of Computer Science and School of Psychological Sciences have developed a virtual reality system, which gives the illusion that a person's amputated limb is still there. The computer system created by...
page.png Kadian Alleviates Chronic Moderate-To-Severe Non-Malignant Neck Pain
Neck Pain Relief Patients with moderate-to-severe chronic neck pain who had inadequate relief on previous analgesic regimens attained improvements in pain, sleep and quality of life when treated with the long-acting opioid analgesic KADIAN® (morphine...
page.png Painkillers May Threaten Power of Vaccines
With flu-shot season in full swing and widespread anticipation of the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, a new University of Rochester study suggests that using common painkillers around the time of vaccination might not be a good idea. Researchers...
page.png FDA: Labeling Changes to Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers
Labeling of Pain Relievers The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed to amend the labeling regulations on over-the-counter (OTC) Internal Analgesic, Antipyretic, and Antirheumatic (IAAA) drug products to include important safety information...
page.png Pain relief effectiveness down to mind-set?
Pain Relief Drug Response Research by the Human Pain Research Group at The University of Manchester suggests that people's responses to placebo or "dummy" pain relief varies according to their way of thinking. 40 pain-free volunteers took...
page.png PTSD patients experience less pain sensitivity
Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder show reduced pain sensitivity, a pattern that may be related to altered pain processing in the brain, according to a report in the January issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
page.png Ankle Pain Treatment with MRI Improves Diagnosis
Ankle Pain Treatment MR imaging can make a dramatic difference in the management of patients with ankle pain, changing treatment in about one-third of the patients, a new study finds. The study, of 91 patients, found that MR changed the management...
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page.png Drug Therapy Shown To Prevent Diabetes
Diabetes Treatment A drug used to treat diabetes may significantly reduce the chances of developing the condition when taken by those most at risk, according to an international trial. A trial involving 5,269 participants at 191 clinics in 21 countries...
page.png Artificial Pancreas for Diabetic Children
Artificial Pancreas and Type 1 Diabetes Research is underway to develop an artificial pancreas for children and adolescents with Type 1 (or juvenile) diabetes. If successful, the mechanism will dramatically improve the quality of life for children...
page.png Significant Errors In Insulin Dose Can Result When Blood Glucose Meters Are Miscoded
When persons with diabetes use miscoded blood glucose meters to determine how much insulin to take, significant errors in insulin dose can result that may potentially lead to short- and long-term health complications, according to findings of a new...
page.png Enzyme May Hold Key To New Treatment Of Diabetic Kidney DiseaseEnzyme May Hold Key To New Treatment
Diabetic Kidney Disease Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers have found that an enzyme called ACE2 may hold the potential to treat diabetic kidney disease, the most common form of kidney disease. In the laboratory, researchers...
page.png Diabetes Rates in Asia Soar
Asian diabetes rates are soaring, according to a South Korean study. It says the health consequences of the disease are worse in that region than in more prosperous areas. Another new study points out that people do not need to reach a diabetic state...
page.png World Diabetes Day, November 14
World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on 14 November. The date commemorates the birthday of Frederick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin in 1921. In almost every country of the world, diabetes is on the rise...
page.png Diabetes Drug May Reduce Cardiovascular Risks
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease A drug commonly used to increase the body's sensitivity to insulin may slow the progression of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study at the University of Illinois at Chicago...
page.png Diabetes Medication May Help Slow Progression of Artery Wall Thickening
Diabetes Medication A medication given to diabetics to improve their body's sensitivity to insulin also appears to slow the thickening of their artery walls, according to a study posted online today by JAMA. The study is being released early to coincide...
page.png Complications in Diabetes Patients Can Be Increased By Panic Attacks
Diabetes Management People with diabetes who have repeated panic attacks are less likely to have properly managed the disease and suffer more severe health complications and poorer quality of life, a new study finds. Lead author Evette Ludman, Ph.D.,...
page.png Holiday Gluttony Can Spell Disaster For Undiagnosed Diabetics
Hearty feasts and couch-potato marathons are holiday traditions, but UT Southwestern Medical Center experts warn that packing on pounds and not exercising could be deadly for the 6 million Americans who have diabetes and don't even know it. Diabetes,...
page.png Panic Attacks Are Linked To Poor Outcomes For Diabetic Patients
There is a strong link between panic episodes and increased complications from diabetes, according to a study conducted at Group Health Cooperative, a Seattle-based nonprofit health care system that coordinates care and coverage. The work appears in...
page.png Can We Prevent Type 1 Diabetes By Modifying Infant Nutrition?
Prevent type 1 diabetes in childhood Within the next 10 years the EU-funded Diabetes Prevention study, part of an international study called TRIGR (Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk), coordinated at the University of Helsinki, Finland,...
page.png New Data Confirms Protocol To Reverse Type 1 Diabetes In Mice
New data published in the Nov. 24 issue of Science provide further support for a protocol to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice and new evidence that adult precursor cells from the spleen can contribute to the regeneration of beta cells. In 2001 and 2003,...
page.png Linchpin discovered in insulin metabolism - related to Type II Diabetes
Scientists from the new interdisciplinary LIMES (Life & Medical Sciences) Centre at the University of Bonn have identified a new gene which could play an important role in the development of diabetes. Flies in which this hereditary factor is defective...
page.png Research opens door to new diabetes treatment
Diabetes Treatment Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the University of Calgary and The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine have found that diabetes is controlled by abnormalities in the sensory nociceptor (pain-related) nerve...
page.png Glucose 'sensor' that plays dual role in glucose metabolism and fat synthesis
In the study, glucose is shown to stimulate the activity of the Liver X Receptors (LXR) a and b, The LXRs act as sensors of dietary components, orchestrating the body's response to nutrients such as oxysterols (short-lived derivatives of cholesterol)...
page.png Gene associated with severe kidney failure in diabetes
A research team at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the University of Heidelberg has proven that a gene protects some people with diabetes from developing severe kidney failure or "end-stage renal disease." Diabetes is the...
page.png Toward a new oral delivery system for insulin using nanoshell shields
Diabetics and administering insulin Scientists in Taiwan are reporting development of a nanoparticle drug delivery system that shows promise as a potential way to administer insulin and perhaps other protein-based drugs by mouth rather than injection...
page.png Lifestyle changes effective against Type II diabetes
Type 2 diabetes Changing to a healthier lifestyle appears to be at least as effective as taking prescription drugs in reducing the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, says a new BMJ study. Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem - in England around 1...
page.png VBI research offers potential route to diabetes therapeutics
Work in the laboratory of Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) Assistant Professor Biswarup Mukhopadhyay is providing important information for researchers designing drugs for type 2 diabetics. The research, which was published in the December 22,...
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page.png Natural Help For Acute Bronchitis
Acute bronchitis is one of the most common diagnoses made by primary care physicians. It is a condition of the upper respiratory tract where the mucus lining of the bronchial tubes, the large delicate tubes in the lungs, become inflamed. Bronchitis...
page.png Naturopathy: Basic Concepts
Naturopathy (Nature Cure) is a way of life of which we find a number of references in the Vedas and other ancient texts. The morbid matter theory, concept of vital force and other concepts upon which Naturopathy is based are...
page.png Principles of Naturopathy
All diseases, their cause and their treatment are one. The basic cause of disease is not bacteria. Bacteria develops after the accumulation of morbid matter when a favourable atmosphere for their growth develops in body. Basic cause is morbid...
page.png Development of Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a system of healing science stimulating the body’s inherent power to regain health with the help of five great elements of nature – Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Ether. Naturopathy is a call to "Return...
page.png Getting Rid Of Gallstones Naturally
The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ that sits on the right side of our bodies just beneath the liver.  Its primary function is to store and secrete bile.  Bile is a yellow-brown fluid produced by the liver, which helps...
page.png Government Strikes Down Organization's Attempt to Trademark Naturopathic Physician Designations
The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) (www.Naturopathic.org) today roundly applauded a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (PTO) that rejects the ability of a little known organization – the Naturopathic...
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page.png Tips for Better Meditation
1. Prepare your body for meditation Your physical condition has a tremendous influence on your mind. This is true for your day to day activity, but even more so when it comes to meditation. You can prepare your body for meditation by eating the...
page.png The Importance of Staying Grounded
Recently, someone asked me, what does it mean to be grounded? My response was, let's look at what it means to be ungrounded first. To be ungrounded means the soul is not in the body. It means someone is upset, angry, spacey, frustrated, or emotional...
page.png Intuitive Healing: Brush, Paint and Canvas
Make a decision today to place your intuitive vision upon canvas. This deeply meditative experience will have profound healing properties upon your spirit and physical body. Technical artistic skill is not essential to the process. You simply need to...
page.png The Secret To Meditation and Moving Beyond it's Limitations
Daily meditation is the single greatest and easiest practice you can do to relax, restore your energy and love yourself. To reconnect to your spirit and experience who you truly are, this is the first step, but it will only take you so far. Many successful...
page.png INTEGRATING THE BODY'S FOUR "BRAINS"
Many of us live our lives shuttling back and forth between our rational and emotional personalities. Our rational self tells us we need to lose weight and exercise more, while our emotional self has us eating potato chips and watching reruns on TV. ...
page.png 4 Little Known Meditation Secrets
The True Purpose of Meditation Many people feel a sense of fascination when confronted with the possibility of mystic visions, psychic intuition and heightened mental functioning.  While meditators often report these sorts of improvements,...
page.png Secrets of Meditation For Better Health
Meditation can improve your health, increase energy levels and maximize your enjoyment of life.  Without a doubt, more people would benefit from meditation if they took the time to practice the simple exercises used to calm the mind, reduce...
page.png What does Meditation music do to you?
Personally I belief that it is possible for anyone to live a life of happiness,inner peace, and outward success, no matter what their present or past circumstances. There are very real methods anyone can use to achieve these things-if they are willing...
page.png Meditation Skills of Buddhist Monks Yield Clues to Brain's Regulation of Attention
Meditation and Attention i-Newswire, - The work is reported by Olivia Carter and Jack Pettigrew of the University of Queensland, Australia, and colleagues at the University of Queensland and the University of California, Berkeley. Perceptual rivalry...
page.png Meditation, Relaxation Work Equally Well for Anxiety Disorders
Meditation Meditation helps patients cope with anxiety disorders, but no more than other relaxation techniques, according to a new review of studies. Although subtle differences emerged, the studies were too small to find any specific treatment superior,...
page.png Meditation Associated With Structural Changes In Brain
Meditation and Attention The regular practice of meditation appears to produce structural changes in areas of the brain associated with attention and sensory processing. An imaging study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers showed...
page.png Tuning The Mind to Help the Body
Meditation and Attention Stressed out? Don't be surprised if your doctor suggests meditation. Several clinical trials in recent years have looked at meditation as a way to manage and reduce stress, both physical and mental. And the preliminary results...
page.png Meditation Associated with Increased Grey Matter in The Brain
Meditation and Brain Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows...
page.png Meditation May Improve Cardiac Risk Factors in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
Transcendental meditation A relaxation technique known as transcendental meditation may decrease blood pressure and reduce insulin resistance among patients with coronary heart disease, according to a report in the June 12 issue of Archives of Internal...
page.png The Effects of Meditation On Early Cognitive Impairment
The Effects of Meditation Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are examining the effectiveness of meditation on early cognitive impairment. Once this new study is completed, the results could help answer lingering questions...
page.png Transcendental Meditation Reduces The Brain's Reaction To Pain
Transcendental Meditation Twelve healthy long-term meditators who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 30 years showed a 40-50% lower brain response to pain compared to 12 healthy controls, reported by a latest NeuroReport journal article,...
page.png Transcendental meditation reduces congestive heart failure
Transcendental meditation and heart health A widely practiced, stress-reducing meditation technique significantly decreases the severity of congestive heart failure, according to a first-of-its-kind randomized study published in Ethnicity & Disease...
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page.png Afraid of Anthrax? Strengthen Your Immune System
Herbalist Susun Weed recognizes the possibility of biological warfare and she is ready to cope with it. With her help, you too can be prepared with herbs and home remedies that you can use now to help avoid infection and to build a strong immune system...
page.png Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 1
Learning About Herbs Information on herbs and their uses has been passed down to us in many ways: through stories, in books, set to music, and incorporated into our everyday speech. Learning about herbs is fun, fascinating, and easy to do no matter...
page.png Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 2
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and...
page.png Tap Into The Healing Powers of Water
Water is something we all have easy access to and tend to take for granted, but it can be a convenient, inexpensive way to make ourselves feel better. Try this invigorating treatment to help banish or ease the symptoms of colds, pneumonia, and bronchitis...
page.png Natural Care For Varicose Veins
Our circulatory system is made up of a complex web of arteries and veins. Our arteries carry oxygen rich blood to the cells of our bodies, while the veins are designed to pump oxygen poor blood back to the heart. This is accomplished through a series...
page.png A Great Herbal Heart and Blood Pressure Healer
Pleasant and inexpensive. Not a cure-all by any means but a good start. One to put on your table that is pleasant to eat as well. An herb of many talents, Parsley. That sprig of green that I see so many leave on their plate in restaurants. This herb...
page.png Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 3a
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and...
page.png Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 3b
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and...
page.png Ease Those Bug Bites with Easy Herbs
Herbal Remedies Summertime means insect bites and stings. Take a leaf from Susun S. Weed's storehouse of natural remedies: Soothe, heal, and prevent bites with safe herbal remedies that grow right where you live, north or south, east or west, city or country...
page.png The Simplest Asthma Solution
Asthma Treatment During the Democratic Convention the Reverend Al Sharpton quoted a shocking statistic: One third of the children in Harlem suffer from asthma. This shouldn’t be completely surprising since asthma cases have been...
page.png The Herbal Guide to Natural Breast Enlargement
Natural Breast Enlargement is a much safer and cheaper way to enlarge your breasts. In fact, breast enlargement surgery can cost $10,000 or more. There are many alternative, natural breast enlargement options on the market today for you to choose from though...
page.png Protect Yourself -- it's the Flu Season
Along with the beauty of fall days comes the need to get ready for winter. Time to get out my long underwear and my warm wooly socks. Time to nourish my immune systems so cold days won't be days of colds and flu. I don't rely on modern medicine to...
page.png Strengthen the Immune System Naturally
"Among the most exciting applications of herbal medicine lie in treating abnormalities of the immune system. Clinical studies have shown that various herbal products are effective in treating allergies, asthma, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis....
page.png Herbal Remedies for Weight Loss?
Herbal remedies are being used extensively today. Herbal remedies can be extremely costly yielding little or no clinical effect. Some herbal preparations can interact with other herbals as well as interact with conventional medications...
page.png What You Need to Know About Herbal Medications
As the elderly population in the United States grows, the number of prescriptions being filled in the U.S. is increasing dramatically. Because of media hype and disappointment with current conventional medications, more patients are turning to alternative...
page.png Benefits of Garlic
The extracts of Allium sativum bulb and compound preparation possess pharmacodynamic properties. The extract of garlic was found to have a significant protective action against a fat induced increase in serum cholesterol and plasma fibrinogen and in...
page.png Herbal Medicines: Natural Not Always Beneficial To Health
Herbal Medicine Following the meeting of an expert group in February, 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) just published its evaluation of the carcinogenic risks for humans of some herbal plants and emphasizes that "natural"...
page.png Herbal Remedies: Good for What Ails You?
(NC) - In a world where prescribed medicines often carry a long list of potential side effects and contraindications, natural, herbal-based remedies present an appealing alternative - one that more and more Canadians are exploring. According to a recent...
page.png Treat Your Feet to Some TLC with Ayurveda
Our feet are often the least pampered parts of our bodies. Here are some suggestions from Ayurveda, the ancient science of healing from India, for taking care of your feet on a regular basis: During your pre-bath Ayurvedic massage (abhyanga), pay...
page.png Phytotherapy Through The Glass of Illusions
It is common knowledge "phytotherapy" (from Greek "phyton" plant and "therapy" treatment) is treatment by means of herbs. By the 19th century phytotherapy had remained the major treating method and herbs were nearly the...
page.png Medical Plants
Plants The herbs and the natural medical plants are still proving very faithful. Herbal medicine has come a long way since pioneer days, and we now have institutes of phytotherapy (phyto means plant) or herbal medicine. In Europe, a great deal of...
page.png Medical Herbs for Circulation and The Nervous System
One of the things we know about herbs today is that they seem to zero in on particular parts of the body. You could say they're tailor made drugs. For example some are good for the circulation. Whenever there is poor circulation, we are not obtaining...
page.png Research Based Herbal Facts Praised, Caution Urged
Herbal Remedy and Supplements Organic may be great for salads and dairy products, but just because an herbal remedy or supplement is "natural" doesn't mean it is any safer or better than a conventional medication. Recent reports about the...
page.png Certain Herbs and Supplements Can Help "Tummy Aches," But Others Should Be Avoided
Herbal Remedies As more parents choose home remedies for their children's gastrointestinal complaints, the question arises, which ones really work? Kathi J. Kemper, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatrics professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center,...
page.png Ginger's Medicinal Benefits
Ginger Herb A common mother's home remedy for a tummy ache or nausea has long been a glass of ginger ale or ginger tea. It turns out mom was onto something. "Ginger does appear to have several medicinal qualities," says Suzanna Zick, N.D.,...
page.png Chinese Herbs Do Not Decrease Death From SARS
Chinese Herbs and SARS The addition of Chinese herbs to current Western therapy in treating SARS does not decrease the number of deaths among people with the virus, according to a new systematic review of studies. Herbal therapy may, however, improve...
page.png Medicinal Herbs Popular Choice for Babies and Kids Among WIC Clinic Clients
Herbal Remedies Nearly half of the low income, nutritionally-vulnerable Latino children surveyed by Penn State researchers in WIC clinics were treated with herbs by their caregivers for common ills such as diaper rash, colic, teething symptoms, stomachaches,...
page.png Teens' Herbal Product Use Associated with Illicit Substance Use
Teens and Herbal Remedies Adolescents who have ever used herbal products are six times more likely to have tried cocaine and almost 15 times more likely to have used anabolic steroids than teens who have never used herbal products, according to a University...
page.png Secret Herb in Tests to Stop Breast Cancer Patients' Hot Flushes and Night Sweats
Herbal remedies for breast cancer Researchers at the University of Manchester are testing a secret herb in a bid to stop the severe hot flushes that besiege breast cancer patients on hormone treatment. Professor Alex Molassiotis, of the School of...
page.png A Possible Link Between Herbal Remedy Black Cohosh and Liver Damage
Black Cohosh Herbal Remedy Danger Health Canada is advising consumers about a possible link between health products containing the herbal medicine black cohosh and liver damage. Black cohosh, also known as Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa,...
page.png Some Evidence Shows Chinese Herbal Medicine Helps Angina Patients
Chinese Herbal Remedies An herbal medicine used to treat cardiovascular diseases in China may improve symptoms of chest pain when used in conjunction with traditional treatments, according to a new systematic review. In several studies included in...
page.png Herbal Medicine Silymarin May Help Sugar-Control In People With Type II Diabetes
Herbal Remedies for Diabetic Patients Diabetes is a growing health problem. Giving antioxidants is recognised as one way of helping people with diabetes to control their blood sugar levels. The herbal medicine extracted from seeds of the Milk Thistle,...
page.png Ancient herbal text leads to potential new anti-bacterial drug
A unique Mayo Clinic collaboration has revived the healing wisdom of Pacific Island cultures by testing a therapeutic plant extract described in a 17th century Dutch herbal text for its anti-bacterial properties. Early results show that extracts from...
page.png Herbal Supplement Fails to Relieve Hot Flashes
The herbal supplement black cohosh, whether used alone or with other botanical supplements, did not relieve hot flashes in postmenopausal women or those approaching menopause, who participated in the Herbal Alternatives (HALT) for Menopause Study, according...
page.png New drugs awaiting discovery in Chinese herbs?
Chinese Herbal Remedies The first large-scale computer screenings of Chinese herbs - commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine - has revealed a wide variety of compounds with potential for use in treating HIV/AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's Disease,...
page.png Garlic hope in infection fight
Garlic has been hailed a wonder drug for centuries and has been used to prevent gangrene, treat high blood pressure, ward off common colds and is even believed by some to have cancer-fighting properties. Now, scientists at The University of Nottingham...
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page.png Learn Breathing — The Yoga Way
By: Arun Goel With the ever-increasing incidence of lifestyle diseases like cardio-vascular and nervous system disorders, the time has come for us to address this ourselves, fair and square without external dependence. Did you know that reprogramming...
page.png Yoga Concepts
By: AYUSH, India The tradition of Yoga was born in India several thousand years ago. Its founders were great Saints and Sages. The great Yogis gave rational interpretation of their experiences about Yoga and brought a practically sound and scientifically...
page.png Ashtanga Yoga
By: AYUSH, India Yoga is one among the six systems of Indian orthodox philosophy. Maharishi Patanjali, rightly called as the "Father of Yoga" compiled and refined various aspects of Yoga systematically in his "Yoga Sutras" (aphorisms)...
page.png Hatha Yoga
By: AYUSH, India Svatmarama, who wrote a treatise on this subject after experiencing the nectar of samadhi (absorption of the soul) as Hatha Yoga Vidya or Hatha Yoga Pradeepika, gives guidelines from the practical point of view for a beginner to begin...
page.png Streams of Yoga
By: AYUSH, India There are large numbers of methods of Yoga catering to the needs of different persons in society. They are broadly classified into four streams. Swami Vivekananda puts them as Work, Worship, Philosophy and Psychic control. Karma...
page.png Principles of Yoga
By: AYUSH, India Yoga means a holistic approach towards the cause and treatment of disease. According to Yoga, most of the diseases Mental, Psychosomatic and Physical originate in mind through wrong way of thinking, living and eating which is caused...
page.png Development and Status of Yoga
By: AYUSH, India In India, generations of Yogis and Scholars have contemplated their life in timeless fashion to realize that there is a meaning to life and some purpose beyond the human sufferings. They were even convinced that there is a way to...
page.png My Beginning Yoga Experience
By: Boyd Martin As I walked out of the Bikram Yoga studio toward my car after my first class, I found myself declaring, "If I can actually do this yoga, it will totally change my whole life." I had only been able to attempt half the postures,...
page.png Seven Common Myths About Yoga
By: Dada Vedaprajinananda Although the practice of yoga has become widespread during the last 30 years, there are still quite a few misconceptions about this ancient method of self-transformation. Here is a brief survey of the most common myths about...
page.png A Growing Profession: 70,000 Yoga Teachers Estimated
By: NAMASTA Yoga teaching has become one of the fastest growing professions in North America. As many as 30 million people practice yoga in the United States alone. NAMASTA, the North American Studio Alliance, the organization for mind-body professionals,...
page.png How to Become Regular in Your Yoga Practice
By: Dada Vedaprajinananda Yoga People come to yoga looking for various things: peace of mind, stress reduction, improved concentration, and weight loss. Yoga can help you to accomplish all of this, but "yoga works, if you work." You have...
page.png Regular Yoga Practice May Help Prevent Middle Age Spread
By: FHCRC Yoga Study suggests overweight people may benefit most from yoga's fat-fighting potential A new study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread...
page.png Soy Milk and Yoga Are Partners in Good Health
By: Joyce Dwyer Yoga (NC) - Yoga and soy milkare both rising in popularity across North America. In fact, yoga goes with soymilk like love and marriage in today's quest for a healthy lifestyle. Fitness and nutrition conscious consumers are driving...
page.png ACE First to Evaluate Benefits of Yoga
By: American Council on Exercise Yoga Exclusive ACE study examines aerobic potential of popular 5,000-year-old Yoga practice Today more than 11 million Americans pack fitness studios around the country seeking the mind-body benefits of yoga, including...
page.png Short-term Yoga Training Expands Breathing and Lung Capacity
By: American Physiological Society Hatha Yoga and Health Young and healthy Thais who participated in just 18 short yoga sessions showed significant improvements on six of seven measures of respiratory function, according to research from Khon Kaen University...
page.png Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Headstand
By: Indian Foundation of Scientific Yoga Yoga Headstand Yogasana the third limb of Raja Yoga also popularly understood by mass population as yoga is getting popular as never before in both eastern and western countries. The reason for Yogasana (popularly...
page.png Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture Shoulder Stand
Yoga - Shoulder Stand A lot has been publicized in media about benefits of Yogasana the third limb of Rajayoga (popularly understood as Yoga). The benefits of yoga are ranging from Stress management, flexibility, helping in cancer etc. However,...
page.png Yoga posture Cobra (Bhujangasana) Is Not For Everyone
By: Indian Foundation of Scientific Yoga The Cobra Pose – (Bhujangasana) In a Sanskrit language Bhujanga means a cobra hence the name, mostly used in the West. In the Bhujangasana (Cobra pose) the body is facing downward while the upper body...
page.png Yoga Posture Locust - Three Reasons Not To Do It
By: Indian Foundation of Scientific Yoga Locust – (Salabhasana) When this Yoga pose is demonstrated it resembles a locust (grasshopper) moving its rear ends up and down, hence the name. Locust is one of the backward bend asanas usually performed...
page.png Three Reasons Not To Do Yoga Posture - Downward-Facing Dog
By: New Scientific Yoga Downward-Facing Dog – (Adho Mukha Svanasana) In its ideal form the Yoga posture Downward-Facing Dog assumes the shape of an upside-down V, resembling the shape of a dog when stretching after lying down, with only the...
page.png Three Reasons Not To Do Yoga Posture Camel
By: New Scientific Yoga The Camel – (Ushtrasana) Yoga posture Ushtrasana in a Sanskrit language means a camel, hence the name. The Camel is an advanced and powerful yoga posture, which should be only practiced by intermediate and advanced students...
page.png Three Reasons Not To Do Yoga Posture Bow
By: New Scientific Yoga The Bow - (Dhanurasana) The Yoga pose Bow (dhanurasana) is a very invigorating and exhilarating pose raising both halves of the body at once, combining the movement of the Yoga Cobra pose (Bhujangasana) and the Locust pose...
page.png Reasons Not To Do Yoga Pose - Crow
By: New Scientific Yoga The Yoga pose Crow – (Kakasana, sometimes called Bakasana) "Kaka" means crow (a large black bird with a loud cry) and "Baka" means crane (a tall water bird with very long legs). The body in this...
page.png Reasons Why You Should Not Do Yoga Pose Wheel
By: New Scientific Yoga The Yoga pose Wheel – (Chakrasana also known as Urdhva-Dhanurasana) The yoga pose Wheel is an advanced and one of the most dynamic whole-body postures in Hatha Yoga. In this asana the body is arched back and supported...
page.png Yoga pose Sitting Forward Bend
Sitting Forward Bend – (Paschimottanasana) "Never force yourself into a forward bend when sitting on the floor" Yogasana, the third limb of Raja Yoga also popularly understood by mass population as yoga is getting popular as never...
page.png Yoga Posture - Lotus
By: Foundation for Scientific Yoga The Lotus – (Padmasana) Years of consistent effort may be needed to make this advanced yoga posture feasible. In a Sanskrit language 'Padma' means 'Lotus' and in this yoga posture the position of the legs...
page.png Yoga Posture - Full Boat
By: Foundation for Scientific Yoga Yoga posture Full Boat – (Paripurna Navasana) This Yoga posture resembles a boat viewed from a side, hence the name. The Boat is a challenging yoga posture that can be quite stressful and difficult to accomplish...
page.png Yoga Pose - Half Spinal Twist
By: Foundation of Scientific Yoga Half Spinal Twist - (Ardha Matsyendrasana) This important yoga pose takes its Sanskrit name from a legendary teacher of yoga Matsyendra, who was believed to be one of the first founders of Hatha Yoga. This yoga...
page.png Balance your Energy with Yoga
By: Jennifer Marie Jordan Yoga and Energey From energy drinks to energy bars, energy is something sought by people each day. Everything is made up of energy. Energy is pulsation - a pulsation that moves in a wave-like rhythm flowing up and flowing down...
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page.png Researchers Discover Why Tumor Resists Therapy
CLEVELAND - A new study, published in the Feb. 24, 2005, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, helps to explain why non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors become resistant to the cancer therapy gefitinib (Iressa). Researchers at Beth Israel...
page.png Bevacizumab Combined with Chemotherapy Prolongs Survival for Some Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Preliminary results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients with previously untreated advanced non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer show that those patients who received bevacizumab (Avastin [TM]) in combination with standard chemotherapy...
page.png New Blood Test Could Detect Lung Cancer In Its Earliest Stages
DURHAM, N.C. - Lung Cancer is often deadly by the time doctors have detected it, but scientists at Duke University Medical Center are developing a non-invasive test that could detect lung cancer in its earliest stages, while it is still treatable. Their...
page.png Clinical Trial of Gefitinib for Advanced Lung Cancer Closes Early
Researchers have closed a randomized clinical trial comparing gefitinib (Iressa TM) vs. placebo following chemotherapy and radiation for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that had spread only to nearby tissues or lymph nodes. Review of...
page.png New High-Tech Approach Identifies Two Proteins Involved in Lung Cancer
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised an advanced technique that uses mass spectrometry to identify specific proteins that are over-expressed in cancer cells, blood, urine, or any substance that contains proteins. Using this new...
page.png New Class of Drugs May Treat Lung Tumors Resistant to Iressa and Tarceva
Study reveals complex mechanism underlying resistance to targeted lung cancer drugs A new class of drugs that block the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on lung cancer cells may get around the growing problem of resistance to targeted therapy...
page.png New Devices Help Surgeons 'Clear The Air' of Lung tumors
With the futuristic microdebrider, lung surgeons at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston can boldly go where no physician has gone before. Used to remove tumors and other airway blockages quickly and easily, the microdebrider - a spinning surgical...
page.png Novel Lung Cancer Treatment May Change the Standard of Care
Lung Cancer Treatment Results from a large national clinical trial, led in part by researchers at the Ireland Cancer Center, were released today that may change the standard of care for certain types of lung cancer and help those patients live longer...
page.png Concurrent Radiation, Chemo, Followed by Surgery Lengthens Lung Cancer Patients' Survival
Lung Cancer and Chemotherapy Patients whose lung cancer has spread to the lymph nodes have a better chance of long-term survival if they receive combined modality therapy, such as concurrent radiation and chemotherapy followed by surgery, according...
page.png Mouse Model Paves Way for Lung Cancer Studies
Lung Cancer Often mice are used to investigate cancer, because their accelerated life spans allow discoveries to be made in a few months. But most strains of mice stay relatively free of lung tumors, even when exposed to heavy tobacco smoke, so there...
page.png Minimally Invasive Surgery Treats Early Lung Cancers
Lung Cancer Treatment A new surgical technique offered at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center is helping people with early stage lung cancer recover more quickly with less pain. The minimally invasive technique involves removing...
page.png Researchers Discover Tumor Product That Suppresses Immune Function in Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer A product produced by lung cancer tumors fuels the cells that suppress immune function in patients and may be a target for Celebrex therapy, giving oncologists another weapon to fight cancer, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's...
page.png Two Ultrasound Procedures Combined Are Superior To Bronchoscopic Biopsy To Detect Lung Cancer Spread
Lung Cancer About half of all lung cancers are caught after they have spread to nearby lymph nodes. Biopsy results from these lymph nodes determine the appropriate treatment. Mayo Clinic physicians have shown that combining two minimally invasive ultrasound...
page.png Cancer Researchers Find Potential Target for Celebrex in Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer A product produced by lung cancer tumors fuels the cells that suppress immune function in patients and may be a target for Celebrex therapy, giving oncologists another weapon to fight cancer, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's...
page.png Building a Better Mouse Model of Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Research Scientists have identified some of the very earliest genetic changes involved in the development of lung cancer and have incorporated them into a new strain of mouse that develops the disease in much the same way that humans do...
page.png Integrated Implementation Plan to Fight Lung Cancer
Fight Lung Cancer The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today announced an integrated effort to reduce the suffering and death due to lung cancer by 2015. Each year, 160,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with lung cancer, making it the number...
page.png Diagnostic Strategy May Help Determine Stage Of Lung Cancer More Accurately
Lung Cancer A preoperative testing strategy combining two procedures may help improve the accuracy of determining the stage of lung cancer, according to an article in the August 24/31 issue of JAMA. Up to 40 percent of thoracotomies (surgical incision...
page.png For Individuals With Family History Of Lung Cancer, Risk Greater For Blacks Than Whites
Lung Cancer First-degree relatives of black individuals with early-onset lung cancer have twice the risk of lung cancer than first-degree relatives of white individuals with early-onset lung cancer, according to a study in the June 22/29 issue of JAMA...
page.png Chemotherapy and Radiation Together May Be Better for Patients with Locally Advanced Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Treatment While researchers have learned in the last decade that combining chemotherapy with radiation is better than radiation alone for treating non-small cell lung cancer patients with locally advanced disease – cancer...
page.png Higher Consumption of Some Soy Products, Grains, Vegetables and Fruits Associated with Reduced Risk
Lung Cancer Reduction Risk A diet higher in plant-derived compounds known as phytoestrogens is linked with a lower lung cancer risk, according to a study in the September 28 issue of JAMA. Phytoestrogens are plant-derived nonsteroidal compounds found...
page.png Study Finds Tarceva Benefits Older Lung Cancer Patients
Lung Cancer Treatment Drug should be tested as front-line therapy, say researchers. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib (Tarceva®) showed encouraging activity with relatively tolerable side effects in elderly, previously untreated...
page.png Two Designer Drugs Hit Same Lung Cancer Target, But Only One Is Effective
Treatment Drug - Lung Cancer Study demonstrates presence or absence of gene mutation a critical factor in treatment choice Two designer cancer drugs differed dramatically in a laboratory test comparing their ability to shut down a mutant, overactive...
page.png Lung Cancer Can Strike Anyone, But Smokers Are At Greatest Risk
Lung Cancer Risk The recent death of television news anchor Peter Jennings and Dana Reeve's diagnosis have put lung cancer in the national spotlight. This increased attention, cancer experts hope, will spur greater public awareness of the disease's...
page.png Eating Foods With "Weak Estrogens" May Help Reduce Lung Cancer Risk
Lung Cancer Risk Eating vegetables and other foods that have weak estrogen-like activity appears to reduce the risk of developing lung cancer in smokers - as well as in non-smokers, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center...
page.png Vitamin D Improves Survival with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Treatment Vitamin D from a combination of dietary sources and sun exposure appears to improve the survival of patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology,...
page.png Gene Therapy May Protect Normal Tissues During Radiation Retreatment for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Treatment Gene therapy could be used as an agent to protect normal tissues, including the esophagus and lung, from damage during a second administration of radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer, according to an animal study presented...
page.png Experimental Compound Reduces Lung Damage After Radiation
Treatment of Lung Cancer A single dose of an experimental compound called 1D11 successfully prevented severe lung damage from occurring in mice that underwent radiation therapy to treat lung cancers. The researchers from the Duke Comprehensive Cancer...
page.png Restoring Silenced Suppressor Gene Kills Lung Cancer Cells
Lung Cancer Treatment A new study suggests that restoring a gene often silenced in lung cancer causes the cells to self-destruct. The findings could lead to a new strategy for treating lung cancer. The research focused on a gene known as WWOX, which...
page.png Race Can Affect Decision About Lung Cancer Treatment
Lung Cancer and Race Race may play a role in whether a patient accepts surgical treatment for lung cancer. A study in the November issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), found that blacks with...
page.png Learn the Signs and Symptoms of Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Symptoms This year, nearly 175,000 Americans will learn they have lung cancer. Smoking is the greatest known risk factor for lung cancer, although being exposed to second-hand smoke, radon, asbestos and other chemicals can also increase...
page.png Chest X-Rays Can Detect Early Lung Cancer But...
Chest X-Rays and Lung Cancer A new study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that screening for lung cancer with chest X-rays can detect early lung cancer but also can produce many false-positive...
page.png New Antibody Profiling Technique to Test for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Biomedical scientists have revealed a new and promising antibody profiling technique that provides a high degree of early diagnostic accuracy for non-small cell lung cancer cases. Their research was reported in the second issue of the November...
page.png Lung Cancer Screening Encouraged for Smokers
Lung Cancer Screening To detect invasive lung cancer in its early stages, researchers urge current and former smokers who have a strong family history of the disease to take a lung function test and undergo screening with spiral computed tomography...
page.png Tumor Size Related To Lung Cancer Spread
Lung Cancer Smaller tumors in the lungs appear to be less likely to have spread than larger tumors among patients with asymptomatic lung cancer, suggesting that early screening may be useful in detecting cancers that are still curable, according to...
page.png Researchers Block Cancer-Promoting Signals in Most Common Form of Lung Cancer
Lung Cacner Treatment A First Step Toward Creating Anti-Tumor Drug Cancer researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., used a therapeutic gold compound to block cancer-promoting signals between key proteins involved in the development of non-small...
page.png A Unique Molecular Profile for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer A team of researchers has found that the expression pattern of certain microRNAs, or miRNAs, may predict tumor aggressiveness in some patients with lung cancer. These findings indicate that miRNAs may represent a new class of diagnostic...
page.png Palliative Radiation Actually A Cure For Some Lung Cancer Patients
Non-small cell lung cancer About one in a hundred patients with apparently incurable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) survive five or more years after being given relatively small doses of radiation therapy (RT) meant to ease symptoms, according...
page.png Race and Gender Affect Clinical Trial Participation
Lung Cancer Clinical Trials A new study finds significant disparities by race and gender in the enrollment of patients into lung cancer clinical trials. Published in the January 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer...
page.png Study Finds in Utero Arsenic Exposure Tied to Lung Disease
Lung Cancer and Arsenic Children who are exposed to high levels of arsenic in their drinking water are seven to 12 times more likely to die of lung cancer and other lung diseases in young adulthood, a new study by University of California, Berkeley,...
page.png Lung Cancer Susceptibility Runs in Families
Lung Cancer and Smoking Studying thousands of people, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have documented a 25 percent increased risk of developing one of a number of cancers in first-degree relatives of lung cancer...
page.png Non-smokers with Lung Cancer Respond Better To Treatment Than Smokers
Lung Cancer Treatment and Smoking Smoking history contributes to poor outcomes in the treatment of lung cancer, according to a new study. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) lung cancer patients who have never smoked before in their life have better...
page.png FDG-PET Accurate for Evaluating Lung Tumor Destruction from Radiofrequency Ablation
Lung Tumor Treatment FDG-PET can be used to assess the amount of tumor destruction after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) - the use of heat to destroy tumors - for the treatment of lung tumors and may provide more valuable information than CT alone, according...
page.png Short Term Follow-up Proves To Be Helpful
Lung cancer tumor growth For non small-cell lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy significant changes in tumor growth can be detected through short interval follow up CT, a recent study found. These growths may have important clinical implications...
page.png Gender May Impact Lung Function in Patients with Lung Cancer
Lung cancer and gender New research shows that many women recently diagnosed with lung cancer have normal lung function and perform better on lung function tests compared with their male counterparts. A study published in the May issue of CHEST, the...
page.png The Loss of a Protein Favors Lung Tumor Growth
Lung Tumor The researcher Zafira Castaño has discovered that the loss of a protein in the early phases of lung cancer favors tumor growth. This was the conclusion that the Doctor in Biochemistry reached in the dissertation which she...
page.png Combination Therapy Shows Promising Results in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Therapy An early phase study pairing an experimental targeted therapy with a common anti-inflammatory produced promising results in patients with advanced lung cancer, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center reported. Pairing the...
page.png Drug Shows Promise Against Advanced Form of Lung Cancer
Advanced Lung Cancer Drug Results of a multi-center clinical study of a drug currently approved for treatment of kidney cancer indicate that it may also be effective for people with recurrent and advanced lung cancer. The findings of this phase-2...
page.png New Predictor for Lung Cancer Treatment and Survival
Advanced Lung Cancer Survival Research from the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals of Cleveland has found a promising, novel biomarker that may be used to predict the survival of patients with advanced lung cancer and their response to treatment...
page.png Women Smokers Have Higher Risk of Lung Cancer Than Men Smokers
Lung Cancer Death and Smoking Women who smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than men who smoke, though women smokers have a lower rate of lung cancer-related death, according to a study in the July 12 issue of JAMA. In 2006 in the...
page.png To Overcome Drug Resistance In Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Drug Resistance Scientists have suggested it may be possible to reverse drug resistance in lung cancer patients, thereby improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to research published in the EMBO Journal. Most lung cancer...
page.png Combined Treatment Extends Life Expectancy For Lung Cancer Patients
Lung Cancer Treatment Combining thermal ablation with radiation therapy extends average life expectancy and decreases recurrences of tumors in patients who have early stages of inoperable lung cancer, according to researchers at Rhode Island Hospital...
page.png Radiation-Armed Robot Rapidly Destroys Human Lung Tumors
Lung Tumor Treatment Super-intense radiation delivered by a robotic arm eradicated lung tumors in some human patients just 3-4 months after treatment, medical physicist Cihat Ozhasoglu, Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will report...
page.png Researchers Develop Blood Test To Detect Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the United States and around the world, mainly because lung cancers are found in late stages and the best treatment opportunities already have been missed. In Kentucky, the incidence...
page.png Which Lung Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy to Live
Early Stage Lung Cancer and Chemotherapy Duke University Medical Center scientists have developed the first-ever genomic test to predict which patients with early-stage lung cancer will need chemotherapy to live and which patients can avoid the toxic...
page.png New Hope for Ways To Overcome Drug Resistance in Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Therapy Scientists have suggested it may be possible to reverse drug resistance in lung cancer patients, thereby improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to research published in the EMBO Journal in July. Most lung cancer...
page.png Living Close To Heavy Industry May Increase Risk of Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Risk Living close to heavy industry may increase the risk of developing lung cancer, although the effect is relatively modest, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax. Over 200 women under the age of 80 with primary lung cancer...
page.png Data From Lung Cancer Trial Show Clear Survival Benefit
Lung Cancer Drug Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc today announces final data from its phase II trial of AS1404 in non-small cell lung cancer. These show a very substantial survival benefit. Patients who received AS1404 on top of standard chemotherapy...
page.png Impaired Gene Helps Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer Resist Drug
Lung cancer cells with a defective version of a potential tumor suppressor gene are highly resistant to attack by a platinum-based drug commonly used to treat the disease, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and The University...
page.png Possible Lung Cancer Test 'Has Potential'
Detecting Early Lung Cancer Cancer Research UK today cautiously welcomed the results of a small-scale trial of a possible new blood test for lung cancer. The results, announced at the annual congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology,...
page.png A Tumor Suppressor That Promotes Cancer Cell Growth?
Lung Cancer Tumor Suppressor Gene Researchers have shown that the tumor suppressor gene H-REV107-1 may actually stimulate tumor progression in some non-small cell lung carcinomas. The related report by Nazarenko et al., "H-REV107-1 stimulates...
page.png FDA Approves New Combination Therapy for Lung Cancer
Avastin and Lung Cancer Treatment The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for the initial systemic treatment of patients with unresectable, locally advanced,...
page.png Genetech's Avastin Approved for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Drug Approval Genentech, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Avastin(R) (bevacizumab) to be used in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of...
page.png Lung Cancer Alliance Hails FDA Approval of Avastin
Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) hailed the news of the FDA approval of Avastin (bevacizumab) for the most common type of lung cancer. "Lung cancer is responsible for over one-third of all U.S. cancer deaths, killing more people than breast,...
page.png Spiral CT Screening Can Detect Lung Cancer Early
Early Lung Cancer Detection "The findings reported by the I-ELCAP are encouraging and add to the knowledge base that is building related to the value of screening for lung cancer. This is a solid, well established program that has a long track...
page.png Vaccination With Embryonic Stem Cells Prevents Lung Cancer In Mice
Prevent Lung Cancer Researchers in America have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells prevented lung cancer in those animals that had had cancer cells transplanted into them after the vaccination or that had been exposed to cancer-causing...
page.png Lung Cancer: Drug Improves Both Survival and Quality of Life
PMH investigators and their National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Clinical Trials Group colleagues report that administering erlotinib - a drug that blocks growth signals - to non-small cell lung cancer patients who have been previously treated...
page.png Gene Expression Profiling Not Quite Perfected in Predicting Lung Cancer Prognosis
While there have been significant advances in the use of gene expression profiling to assess a cancer prognosis, a Mayo Clinic review and analysis of existing lung cancer studies shows that this technology has not yet surpassed the accuracy of conventional...
page.png Key Immune Cells Predict Recurrence in Lung Cancer Patients
Early Lung Cancer Treatment Patients treated surgically for early-stage lung cancer face an increased risk of recurrence if their tumors contain a large number of cells that act as "dimmer switches" on the immune system, according to a study...
page.png Dual gene therapy suppresses lung cancer in preclinical test
Lung Cancer Treatment and Nanoparticles Combination gene therapy delivered in lipid-based nanoparticles drastically reduces the number and size of human non-small cell lung cancer tumors in mice, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson...
page.png Simple diagnostic test detects genetic signs of lung cancer in a patient's sputum
Detecting signs of lung cancer DNA coughed up along with phlegm could point to lung cancer, say researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who are developing an inexpensive and non-invasive gene probe to help diagnose early stage...
page.png HHSS Offers Low-Cost Radon Test Kits
To promote National Radon Action Month and make it easier for Nebraskans to test their homes for radon, the Health and Human Services System will offer low-cost radon test kits during January. January is Radon Action Month and an opportune time for...
page.png Novel EGFR antibody outperforms cetuximab in mouse model of lung cancer
Lung Cancer Therapy Antibodies that selectively bind and destroy cancer cells represent some of the most promising cancer therapy approaches being developed today. Several of these antibodies have reached the market, including cetuximab (Erbitux®,...
page.png Radon May Cause Up To 20,000 Deaths from Lung Cancer per Year in the U.S.
The US Surgeon General, US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Radon Program at the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) recommend that all homes be tested for radon. Radon is a cancer-causing natural radioactive gas that you can't see, smell...
page.png Lung cancer rates higher among female nonsmokers than previously
Non-smoking lung cancer Not all lung cancer is due to a lifetime of smoking cigarettes. Sometimes the diagnosis is a mystery, and the stigma surrounding the disease makes it hard for patients to talk about. Now, researchers at the Stanford University...
page.png Colorado is Ranked 7th Highest in the Country for Radon Gas
During the month of January, Radon Action Month, the Mesa County Health Department is encouraging residents to test their homes for elevated levels of radon. Testing homes for radon levels is simple and inexpensive. Test kits can be purchased at local...
page.png Colour sensor breath test can detect lung cancer
A breath test can successfully pick up lung cancer with "moderate accuracy" even in the early stages, reveals research published ahead of print in Thorax. It could revolutionise the way cancer is detected and potentially save lives, say the authors...
page.png Minimally Invasive Procedure Effectively Detects and Evaluates Lung Cancer
Endoscopic ultrasound, a minimally invasive procedure in which a camera-tipped scope is inserted down the esophagus, can safely and effectively determine whether masses in or around the lungs are cancerous or benign. Duke University Medical Center...
page.png Researchers Identify Biomarker for Lung Cancer Signs
Lung Cancer Signs in Smokers Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a gene expression marker that distinguishes smokers with lung cancer from smokers without the disease. The findings, reported in the March 1,...
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page.png Trends for Low-Fat Diet to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Breast Cancer and Diet According to the results of the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial, risk of breast cancer was not significantly reduced among postmenopausal women assigned to a diet low in fat and high in fruits, vegetables, and grains...
page.png Young Age and Breast Conserving Therapy Are Risk Factors for Loco-Regional Recurrences of Breast Can
Breast Cancer and Age Researchers from Holland have reported that younger age and breast conservation were independent predictors of loco- regional recurrence. The details of this study appeared in the February 2006 issue of the European Journal of...
page.png Screening May Over-diagnose 1 in 10 Breast Cancers
Breast Cancers Screening Rate of overdiagnosis of breast cancer 15 years after the end of Malmö mammographic screening trial: follow up study BMJ Online First Editorial: Screening for breast cancer in England BMJ Volume 332, pp 499-500...
page.png In 2005 Important Advances Made in Breast Cancer Treatment and Detection
Breast Cancer It was a good year in women's health, notably breast cancer treatment and detection. The December issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource hails these important advances of 2005. Breast cancer treatment The results of several clinical...
page.png Clues for Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Detection The best way to beat breast cancer is to detect it early. If you notice a lump or thickened area in your breast that's new or unusual, contact your doctor. Single lumps can appear at any time and come in various types and sizes...
page.png Tamoxifen Benefit for Breast-Cancer Patients Tied to Inherited Gene
Tamoxifen and Breat Cancer One of the most commonly administered drugs for breast cancer, tamoxifen, may not be as effective for women who inherit a common genetic change, according to researchers at Mayo Clinic and the University of Michigan. The...
page.png Effectiveness of Radioactive Seed Localization for Pinpointing Breast Tumors
Breast Tumor Treatment An ongoing study comparing the use of radioactive seed versus wire localization for pinpointing tumors during breast cancer surgery is being conducted by Richard J. Gray, M.D., and Barbara A. Pockaj, M.D., surgeons at Mayo Clinic...
page.png The Truth about Mammograms
Breast Cancer and Mammograms Many women fail to get recommended annual mammograms to detect breast cancer. A busy life or procrastination may be to blame. For other women, misconceptions about mammograms may be holding them back. The June 2005&A...
page.png Questionnaire Identifies Women at Risk of Inherited Breast or Ovarian Cancer
Breast and Ovarian Cancer A simplified way for patients to report and update their family medical histories could help identify women who have inherited genetic mutations that increase their risk for breast or ovarian cancer. In the November 2005&...
page.png Letrozole's Benefit for Breast Cancer Patients
Breast Cancer Aromatase inhibitor improves survival for some patients, reduces metastasis The complete analysis of data from an international trial of the drug letrozole (Femara) confirms earlier reports that the drug reduced the recurrence of breast...
page.png Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Could Benefit Minorities but is Underused
Brest Cancer Test Ten years after the identification of the first breast cancer susceptibility genes, so few high-risk minority women have received genetic counseling or testing that the standard methods of calculating risk have not been validated...
page.png Non-BRCA Hereditary Breast Cancer Linked to New Cancers
Contralateral Breast Cancer The risk for a new cancer in the unaffected breast substantially increases in women diagnosed with unilateral, hereditary (non-BRCA) breast cancer, according to a new study. Published in the March 15, 2006 issue of CANCER,...
page.png Fatigue In Breast Cancer Survivors
Breast Cancer Up to one third of women treated for breast cancer report fatigue symptoms up to 10 years after diagnosis, according to a new study. Published in the February 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society,...
page.png Family Influences Breast Cancer Treatment Among Older Hispanics
Breast cancer treatment and race The influence of the family in the treatment decision-making process for breast cancer may account the significant racial differences in breast cancer management, according to a new study. Published in the February...
page.png Study Links Dairy Products to Moderate Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
Breast Cancer and Dairy Products A new American Cancer Society study finds low fat dairy products may reduce the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, supporting the hypothesis that dietary calcium and/or some other components in dairy products may...
page.png Distance from Radiation Therapy Facility Impacts Breast Cancer Treatment
Breast Cancer Treatment The farther away a woman lives from a radiation therapy facility, the less likely she is to get lumpectomy with adjuvant radiation therapy for early stage breast cancer, and may instead get mastectomy, according to a new study...
page.png Preschool Diet May Affect Adult Risk of Breast Cancer
Diet and Breast Cancer Diet during the early years of life has been thought to play a role in many diseases. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), in a study involving more than 2,000 female registered nurses, found that regular consumption...
page.png Weight Gain After Age 50 is Associated with Increased Risk for Postmenopausal Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer and Weight Gain Weight gain of more than 24 pounds in women older than 50 years of age - regardless of baseline weight at age 50 - is associated with a 62 percent increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer...
page.png Online Health Support Groups Have Emotional Impact
Breast Cancer Support Women with breast cancer who participate in computer support groups can obtain emotional benefits when they openly express themselves in ways that help them make sense of their cancer experience, according to a new study conducted...
page.png Study Shows Drug Blocks Breast Cancer Migration to Bone
Breast Cancer Research An international research team has identified what may be a critical molecule in the ability of tumours to metastasize - or spread - into bone. The research, initiated at the University of Toronto and continued at the Institute...
page.png Translational Derepression and Oncogene Expression in Breast Cancer Cells
Breast Cancer Cells Drs. Anuradha Mehta, Christopher Trotta and Stuart Peltz (PTC Therapeutics) have uncovered a novel mechanism whereby the translation efficiency of oncogenes is increased in cancer cells. The human epidermal growth factor receptor...
page.png Pain Killer Fights Breast Cancer by Targeting Key Enzyme
Breast Cancer and Pain Killer Drug A pain–killing medication appears to halt the production of an enzyme that is key to a common form of breast cancer, a new study using tissue cultures suggests. The drug is called nimesulide....
page.png Pregnant Women Should not Ignore Breast Cancer Symptoms
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy Ultrasound provides a safe and accurate method of detecting breast cancers in pregnant women, as well as assessing response to chemotherapy, according to a study appearing in the April issue of Radiology. Investigators at the M...
page.png Two Genes Predict Outcome for Breast Cancer Patients
Early State Breast Cancer The 2-gene expression profile of HOXB13 and IL17BR in a woman's breast cancer predicts risk of recurrence in node-negative patients treated with tamoxifen Mayo Clinic researchers report that the expression of two novel genes...
page.png Doctors Able To Predict Recurrence of High-risk Breast Cancers
Detection of Breast Cancer International researchers have developed a prediction model to assist doctors in determining the chance of recurrence of cancer in high-risk breast cancer patients who have undergone a mastectomy followed by radiation therapy...
page.png Estrogen Can Kill Breast Cancer Cells Once Fueled by the Hormone
Breast Cancer Cells and Estrogen Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers say some breast cancer cells once fueled by estrogen can be killed by the same hormone. This raises the possibility that estrogen therapy after estrogen deprivation may overcome the...
page.png New Risks Identified After Early Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer A new study of women with early stage, localized breast cancer identifies new patterns and risk factors for invasive disease that may influence how patients are treated. Published in the May 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal...
page.png Appetite-Inducing Hormone Receptor Found Active in Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer A hormone receptor with regulatory roles as diverse as food intake, fear response, and cardiovascular function may also be involved in breast cancer, according to UC researchers. The UC research team, led by Hassane Amlal, PhD, and...
page.png No Increased Risk of Breast Cancer with Estrogen-Alone
Breast Cancer and Postmenopausal Women Estrogen-alone hormone therapy does not increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to an updated analysis of the breast cancer findings of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Estrogen-Alone Trial...
page.png Milestone Reached in Reducing Breast Cancer Risk
Breast Cancer Prevention Initial results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene, or STAR, show that the drug raloxifene, currently used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, works as well as tamoxifen in reducing breast cancer...
page.png Cancer Center Researcher Finds Breast Implants Don't Cause Cancer
Breast Implant and Cancer The longest follow-up study to date of cancer incidence among women with silicone breast implants shows having implants does not put women at an increased risk for cancer, in fact, breast implants were actually shown to be...
page.png Many Breast Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Mammograms
Breast Cancer and Mammography A new study finds use of annual mammography among breast cancer survivors, who are at increased risk of a recurrence or a new malignancy in the other breast, dropped off after a few years. During the five year study...
page.png Chemotherapy Gel May Fight Breast Cancer and Reduce Breast Deformity
Breast cancer and chemotherapy gel Women who undergo surgery for breast cancer followed by radiation therapy often experience breast deformities that can only be corrected through reconstructive surgery. Researchers at the McGowan Institute for...
page.png Clues To Breast Cancer Hidden Inside Stem Cells
Breast cancer treatment and stem cells Stem cells and how to boost them is hot on the research agenda. But stopping them could be critical too, as evidence implicating stem cells in cancer is mounting. In the human breast, up to 20 per cent of...
page.png Terahertz Imaging May Reduce Breast Cancer Surgeries
Breast cancer tumor removal A promising new technique to ensure complete tumor removal at breast cancer excision is introduced in the May issue of Radiology. Researchers used light waves in a newly explored region of the electromagnetic spectrum...
page.png Breast Imaging: Beyond Traditional Mammograms
Breast cancer imaging techniques Mammography has been and remains the gold standard in early detection of breast cancer. Mammograms are X-rays of the breasts to look for suspicious masses or breast tissue changes before they can be seen or felt. ...
page.png Drug Raloxifene Shown to be as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Drug Initial results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene, or STAR, show that the drug raloxifene, currently used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, works as well as tamoxifen in reducing breast cancer risk...
page.png Immune Systems in Breast Cancer Survivors Who Suffer From Fatigue Fail To Shut Off After Therapy
Breast Cancer and Fatigue Breast cancer survivors who suffer from persistent, debilitating fatigue years after their diagnosis have something in common: their immune systems don't shut down following treatment, according to researchers at UCLA's Jonsson...
page.png Inflammation Markers Identify Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors
Breast Cancer and Fatigue Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have defined conditions associated with disabling fatigue that persists for years in almost a third of breast cancer survivors, according to a study in the May 1 issue...
page.png Patients Have High Expectations About Screening Mammography
Risk of breast cancer A substantial proportion of women have beliefs about their personal risk of breast cancer, and expectations about the performance of mammography that are abnormally high or unrealistic, according to a survey conducted at University...
page.png Breast Conservation a Good Option for Non-invasive, 'Early' Breast Cancer
Early Breast Cancer For women diagnosed with a type of non-invasive breast cancer, removing the breast is not the only treatment option. Breast conserving surgery, long known to be successful at treating the more common invasive cancer, can also be...
page.png Lobular Breast Cancer Can Be Managed as Ductal Cancer
Breast Cancer Surgery Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast can be treated with breast conserving surgery (BCT), as is invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), without greater future risk of radical surgical treatment or additional surgeries, according...
page.png Long-Term Estrogen Therapy Linked To Breast Cancer Risk
High risk of breast cancer Long-term estrogen therapy may be related to a higher risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women who have had a hysterectomy, according to an article in the May 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the...
page.png Use of Breast MRI Can Be Cost-Effective for Some Women At High-Risk of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer and MRI A computer model simulation suggests that adding breast MRI screening may be cost-effective for women of certain ages who carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, according to a study in the May 24/31 issue of JAMA. Women who...
page.png MR Spectroscopy Significantly Reduces Need for Breast Biopsy
Breast Cancer and MR Spectroscopy In a study featured in the June issue of Radiology, researchers found that imaging suspicious breast lesions with magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy reduced the need for biopsy by 58 percent. The investigators, from...
page.png Better Survival Seen for Early Breast Cancer Patients Switched from Tamoxifen to Aromasin
Breast Cancer Survival New data from the Intergroup Exemestane Study (IES) showed for the first time today that hormone sensitive postmenopausal early breast cancer patients who switched to Aromasin after 2 to 3 years of tamoxifen were 17% more likely...
page.png Breast-Sparing Surgery an Option for Women with Breast Cancer Gene Mutation
Breast Cancer Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry a certain genetic mutation can have breast-sparing surgery but should consider hormonal treatments to reduce their risk of cancer returning. Those are the findings of a 10-year study led...
page.png Finding of a New Molecular Marker of Resistance To Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy A collaborative study between the IDIBAPS - Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and the Hospital del Mar de Barcelona permits to establish a predictive factor in the resistance to chemotherapy in breast cancer and...
page.png Advantages of New Breast Cancer Radiation Treatment
Breast Cancer Radiation Treatment A new therapy allows women diagnosed with breast cancer to reduce the time needed for radiation treatment. MammoSite RTS is a form of partial breast irradiation, which delivers radiation from inside the lumpectomy...
page.png Drug Combination May Slow Male Breast Cancer Growth
Male Breast Cancer Medical oncologists across the nation want to know whether a certain drug combination can slow the progression of male breast cancer, a rare disease that often goes undiagnosed until it's in an advanced stage. Zeina Nahleh, MD,...
page.png Weight Gain May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women
Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk Weight gain, particularly after menopause, is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in women, according to an article in the July 12 issue of JAMA. Background information in the article indicates that...
page.png Gene Screen For Breast Cancer Better Than Pathologist's 'Eye'
Detecting breast cancer Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a method they developed to screen body fluids for certain kinds of cells and some of their genetic blueprint is twice as accurate at spotting breast cancer cells as a pathologist's view...
page.png Boosting Killer Cells Might Improve Breast-Cancer Drug
Breast Cancer Drug Preliminary research suggests that a drug that targets a particular type of breast cancer might be more effective if patients are also given a substance made by the body that stimulates certain immune cells. The laboratory and...
page.png Women Students Know Nothing of Lifestyle Links To Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Risk The vast majority of women students worldwide know nothing about the lifestyle habits that can influence breast cancer risk. And they are no better informed about the disease than their male counterparts according to a report&Ac...
page.png Scientists Unravel Breast Cancer Risk Gene Mystery
Breast Cancer Mystery The risk of developing breast cancer is doubled in women who inherit a damaged version of a gene called ATM, according to a study published by Cancer Research UK funded scientists and collaborators in Nature Genetics. A team...
page.png Concentrated Doses of Radiotherapy Shown To Be Better In Treating Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer and Radiotherapy Giving breast cancer patients fewer but larger doses of radiotherapy may be as safe and as effective at reducing the risk of cancer returning, according to Cancer Research UK trial results published in (Tuesday 30 May)...
page.png Breast Cancer Doesn't Have to Mean Losing Your Breast
Breast Implants and Breast Cancer Research published in the July issue of The Breast Journal emphasizes that women who have breast implants and are diagnosed with breast cancer have the option of breast conservation, rather than just mastectomy. Breast...
page.png Breast Stem Cells Have Features Similar To 'Basal' Tumours
Breast Cancer The most aggressive form of breast cancer may originate from breast stem cells that have undergone genetic mishaps. Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium scientists from The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, using mouse models,...
page.png Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer Prevention Does Not Benefit Most Women
Breast Cancer and Tamoxifen Most women at high risk for breast cancer do not increase their life expectancy by taking the drug tamoxifen, according to a new analysis by researchers from UC Davis, UCSF, the University of Pittsburgh and McMaster University...
page.png Breast Cancer Prevention Drug Has Little Impact on Mortality
Breast Cancer Drugs and Mortality Tamoxifen as a breast cancer prevention drug has little impact on overall mortality rates for most "high risk" women, according to a new study. For women with the minimum 1.67 percent 5-year breast cancer...
page.png Paternal-Side Family History of Breast Cancer May Be Missed
Breast Cancer Screening Taking a family history is one of the most accessible genomic screens for breast cancer. However, a history of cancer on the paternal side may not be as well reported. In a study published in the September issue of the American...
page.png Carefully Mixed Radiation Cocktail Reduces Collateral Damage In Breast Cancer Patients
Treatment of Breast Cancer A carefully determined mixture of electron and x-ray beams precisely treated breast tumors while significantly reducing collateral skin damage in 78 patients, researchers will report on August 1 at the annual meeting of the...
page.png Variation In CHEK2 Gene May Triple Breast Cancer Risk
Breast Cancer Risk A study of more than 9,000 Danish residents shows that a specific variation in the CHEK2 gene may triple a woman's risk of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. The study - the first to examine the prevalence of the CHEK2 mutation...
page.png Do Close Surgical Margins Predict If Breast Cancer Will Return?
Breast Cancer Return A new study published in the August 1, 2006, issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, the official journal of ASTRO, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, says that cancer...
page.png Early Exposure To Synthetic Estrogen Puts 'DES Daughters' At Higher Risk for Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Risk So-called "DES daughters," born to mothers who used the anti-miscarriage drug diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy, are at a substantially greater risk of developing breast cancer compared to women who were not exposed to...
page.png Herceptin Effective In Breast Cancer Cells With Low HER-2 Levels
Breast Cancer Treatment and Herceptin Northwestern University researchers have discovered that the monoclonal antibody Herceptin (trastuzumab) used in combination with certain cancer chemotherapies effectively treats breast cancer tumors that produce...
page.png Breast Cancer Survivors Change Lifestyle After Diagnosis
Breast Cancer Diagnosis Patients modify behavior if they believe it contributed to cancer diagnosis Breast cancer survivors' beliefs about what may have caused their cancer are connected to whether they make healthy lifestyle changes after a cancer diagnosis...
page.png Ancient War Paint in Fight Against Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Fight A plant that gave ancient Britons and Celts their blue war paint, has been found to be a rich source of the anti-cancer compound, glucobrassicin, traditionally associated with broccoli. Glucobrassicin has been found to be effective...
page.png More Complete View of Breast Cancer Gene Mutations in US Population
Breast Cancer Study A large study funded by the National Institutes of Health today provided the clearest picture yet of the prevalence in the U.S. population of mutations in two genes associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. The genes are...
page.png Adverse Effects and Costs of Chemotherapy Greater Than Previously Thought
Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School have found that breast cancer patients 63 years of age or younger may experience more chemotherapy-related serious adverse effects than reported...
page.png Protein Found To Protect Breast Cancer Tumors From Chemotherapy
Breast Cancer Tumor and Chemotherapy About half of women whose breast cancer is treated with standard chemotherapy have their cancer return within five years. Most chemotherapeutic drugs have undesirable side effects, but there has been no way to predict...
page.png Imaging Technique Helps Predict Breast Cancer Spread Before Surgery
Breast Cancer and PET Scans Whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) scans could help physicians determine whether breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes in the armpit prior to surgery, according to a report in the August issue of the Archives...
page.png More Than Half of Breast Cancer Patients May Skip Medication
Medication for Breast Cancer More than fifty per cent of women taking medication for breast cancer have either forgotten to take their drugs or have chosen not to do so at some point during their treatment, new research suggests. The...
page.png Suspicion Lingers Over Bisphenol A and Breast Cancer
Bisphenol A, a common industrial chemical claimed to speed the growth of human breast and ovarian cancers, retains its carcinogenic properties even after being modified by body processes, report Indiana University and University of California at Berkeley...
page.png MRI More Accurately Determines Cancer Spread Into Breast Ducts
Breast Cancer Spread and MRI MRI is better than MDCT for determining if and how far breast cancer has spread into the breast ducts and should be used before patients receive breast conserving therapy, a new study shows. "Patients have a lower...
page.png New Breast Cancer Screening Tool Helps General Practitioners
Breast Cancer Screening Tool A new screening tool for the general practitioner effectively identifies patients at risk for hereditary breast cancer, according to a new study. Published in the October 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal...
page.png Exercisers May Have Better Breast Cancer Survival
Breast Cancer Survival and Exercise Women who reported the highest levels of physical activity in the year before they were diagnosed with breast cancer may have higher survival, according to a new study. Published in the October 15, 2006 issue of...
page.png Test Helps Identify Patients With Breast Cancer Who Will Likely Benefit From Chemotherapy
Patients With Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy Benefit A test that measures the amounts of two members of the same protein family - one of which appears to act as an oncogene, and the other as a tumor suppressor - helps identify...
page.png Glaxo Seeks Approval for Tykerb for the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb GlaxoSmithKline plc today announced the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to market Tykerb® (lapatinib ditosylate), in combination with...
page.png GSK Files Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb For US OK
Breast Cancer and Glaxo British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GS) Monday said it has submitted experimental breast cancer drug Tykerb for approval in the U.S. for use in the treatment of advanced breast cancer. GlaxoSmithKline filed for approval...
page.png Aromatase Inhibitors: A Treatment of Choice for Advanced Breast Cancer Patients
Breast Cancer Treatment with Aromatase Inhibitors Aromatase inhibitors improve the survival of advanced breast cancer patients compared to standard hormone therapies like tamoxifen, a researchers report in the September 20 issue of the Journal of the...
page.png Risk Factors Linked To Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
Breast Cancer Surgery and Pain A woman's young age, extensive surgery, and whether she suffered severe, post-operative pain are risk factors for developing chronic pain after breast cancer surgery, a University of Rochester study found. Up to half...
page.png New Path From Estrogen To Survival In Breast Cancer Cells Described
Breast Cancer and Estrogen Hormone After years of research, scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are now able to explain, in exquisite molecular detail, how the estrogen hormone can help keep breast cancer cells alive....
page.png 16 Common Myths About Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Information One in seven women will develop breast cancer in her life, but how much do most women really know about breast cancer? Breast cancer specialists from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center say that misconceptions...
page.png Computer-Aided Detection Could Help Breast Cancer Screening
Cancer and Computers A novel approach to reading mammograms with the help of a computer could free up hundreds of medical man-hours, as well as speeding-up the breast screening process. Scientists at The Universities of Manchester and Aberdeen and...
page.png Charity Moves To Reassure Over Breast Cancer Increase
Breast Cancer Case Increase Cancer Research UK issued a statement to reassure women over reports of increased breast cancer rates. The charity played down concerns that environmental factors were the behind the reported 80% increase since the 70s....
page.png Nicole Kidman Launches Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Breast Cancer Awareness Nicole Kidman has unveiled a giant pink ribbon on the Stardome at London's Madame Tussauds to launch Cancer Research UK's campaign for breast cancer awareness month (October). Nicole Kidman said: "I am honoured to mark...
page.png Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin Is Subsidized In Australia
Herceptin Subsidy The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has recommended that the Australian Government subsidise, under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), the drug, trastuzumab (Herceptin), for the treatment of patients with HER2 positive...
page.png National Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Launched
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Hoffmann-La Roche and GE Healthcare will be offering support to the breast cancer awareness campaign in conjunction with the UAE Ministry of Health (MoH), General Authority for Health Services for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi...
page.png Critical Gaps In Breast Cancer Patient Education And Communication
Breast cancer patients are not adequately involved in treatment decisions. Results from a recent survey of European women with early breast cancer, presented for the first time at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress, show that...
page.png Treat the Woman, Not Her Age: Older Women and Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Treatment in Women Over 65 Women age 65 years or older constitute half of new breast cancer patients each year, and the number of older women with breast cancer is forecast to double by 2030 as the baby boomers age. Yet despite their increasingly...
page.png New Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb From Glaxo May Be Within Months In EU
Glaxo is set to file for EU approval of it's new breast cancer drug Tykerb, reports The Observer. While the source is not named in the report, it says that unlike Swiss made Herceptin - which is administered intravenously - the breast...
page.png Scientists Discover New Breast Cancer Risk Gene
BRIP1 Breast Cancer Gene Women with a faulty version of a gene called BRIP1 have an increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to the results of a Cancer Research UK funded study revealed at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)...
page.png Exercise Helps Breast Cancer Patients Avoid Anemia
Breast Cancer Treatment and Aerobic Exercise Women undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer benefit from moderate intensity, regular aerobic activity, according to a new study. Published in the November 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed...
page.png One-Third of Breast Cancer Patients Unhappy With Cosmetic Outcome of Lumpectomy
Lumpectomy Women with breast cancer often undergo a lumpectomy and radiation to save their breasts and avoid the need for additional reconstructive surgery. However, approximately one-third of all patients are unhappy with how their breasts look after...
page.png Breast Cancer Researchers Report New Insights Into Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
New UC Davis research supports the recent hypothesis that both ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer develop from the same breast cancer progenitor cells. The research was reported at the annual meeting of the International Association...
page.png Breast Cancer Rates Up, While Surviving Improves
Breast Cancer Rates While the incidence of breast cancer continues to rise, more Australian women are surviving the disease than ever before, according to the latest national report on breast cancer released today by the National Breast Cancer Centre...
page.png Hope That Vitamin D Can Fight Breast Cancer
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer progression, according to a study published today in the Journal of Clinical Pathology. The authors, from Imperial College London, measured the levels of vitamin D in the blood serum of 279 women with invasive...
page.png Older Breast Cancer Patients May Be Under-Diagnosed and Under-Treated
Breast Cancer in Older People Elderly patients with breast cancer who received care in a community hospital setting may have been under-diagnosed, under-staged and under-treated, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Surgery, one...
page.png Race Affects African American Survival Of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Treatment and Race African-American women with breast cancer were more likely to have larger, later-stage tumors that were more difficult to treat and also had lower survival rates than Hispanic and Caucasian women who received the same...
page.png Study Warns Against Linking Ethnic Identity To Breast Cancer Genes
Genetic research over the past decade has linked Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity to an increased risk for hereditary breast cancer, so much so that certain gene mutations have become known as "Jewish ancestral mutations." But a new study released...
page.png Order of Chemotherapy, Radiation Has No Effect on Breast Cancer Survival
Breast Cancer and Chemotherapy For women who have had surgery for early breast cancer, it may not matter whether they receive follow-up chemotherapy before, after or during radiation therapy, according to a new review of studies. A woman's chances...
page.png Gene Reverts Cancer Genes To Normal, Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis
Breast Cancer Prognosis Prediction Scientists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have shown that the activity of a gene that commandeers other cancer-causing genes, returning them to normal, can predict the...
page.png Breast Cancer Patients and Undertreated Psychological Needs
Almost half of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients are found to have clinically significant emotional distress or symptoms of psychiatric disorders before treatment is begun, according to a new study published in the December 15, 2006 issue of CANCER,...
page.png Breast Cancer Risk Is Increased With Higher Read Meat Intake
Breast Cancer Risk and Read Meat Eating more red meat may be associated with a higher risk for hormone receptor–positive breast cancers in premenopausal women, according to a report in the November 13 issue of Archives of Internal...
page.png FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Indication For Herceptin
Breast Cancer Drug Approval Herceptin significantly reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 52 percent in pivotal studies Only targeted Biologic Therapy approved for use in Adjuvant and Metastatic HER2-positive breast cance...
page.png Use of Herceptin For Early Stage Breast Cancer Treatment Is Expanded
The approved use of Herceptin, a biological breast cancer drug, was expanded by the U.S. FDA for early stage breast cancer treatment. The new indication is for Herceptin, in combination with other cancer drugs, for the treatment of HER2 positive breast...
page.png Breast Cancer Risk and Childhood Soy Intake in Asian-American Women
Breast Cancer and Soy In a novel study of Asian-American women, a team of researchers led by National Cancer Institute (NCI) investigators has found that a decreased risk of breast cancer is associated with consuming soy during childhood, adolescence...
page.png Breast Cancer: Reducing the Pain of Secondary Bone Disease
In a clinical study UHN researchers Drs. Mark Clemons and David Cole were the first to show that introducing a more potent form of a family of drugs called bisphosphonates to breast cancer patients with bone disease progression improves their quality of life...
page.png Combination Therapy Shows Improvement For Breast Cancer Patients
Giving radiation therapy and chemotherapy at the same time after a lumpectomy helps keep breast cancer from returning locally, according to a study published in the December 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics,...
page.png Siemens Ultrasound System May Detect Breast Cancer and Replace Biopsy
Breast Cancer Screening Addition of Fuji CR Mammography Technology to Siemens' portfolio provides facilities with options for breast cancer screening. Siemens Medical Solutions highlighted new additions to its comprehensive women's health portfolio...
page.png Decline in breast cancer likely linked to reduced use of hormone replacement
Breast Cancer and HRT In 2003, breast cancer incidence in the United States dropped sharply, and this decline may largely be due to the fact that millions of older women stopped using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in 2002, according to a new analysis...
page.png Lapatinib shows promise as therapy for inflammatory breast cancer
Inflammatory breast cancer treatment In the first multi-center and international clinical trial conducted to better understand the complexities of a rare, aggressive and often lethal form of breast cancer, researchers have discovered that the experimental...
page.png More Exercise is Linked to Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer
Women with higher levels of physical activity may have a reduced risk of breast cancer after menopause, according to a report in the December 11/25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The association appears to...
page.png 1 in 5 early-stage breast cancer patients may not follow hormonal therapy
Breast Cancer and Hormone Therapy Postmenopausal women with early-stage, hormone-sensitive breast cancer have a lower risk of disease recurrence when their treatment includes a new class of hormone therapy drugs, yet one out five women prescribed the...
page.png Reduced dietary fat intake may decrease breast cancer recurrence
Breast Cancer and Dietary Fat Reducing dietary fat intake may decrease the chance of a breast cancer recurrence in women who have been treated for early-stage breast cancer, according to a randomized, phase III trial in the December 20 issue of the...
page.png Advances in breast imaging
Breast Tumor Detection A diagnostic device that resembles a mammography unit can detect breast tumors as tiny as one-fifth of an inch in diameter, which may make it a valuable complementary imaging technique to mammography, say researchers at Mayo...
page.png Breast Lymph Node assay detects breast cancer metastases with greater sensitivity
Results from a prospective clinical study show that the GeneSearchâ„¢ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Assay, a gene-based diagnostic test has greater sensitivity than traditional intra-operative methods of detecting the spread of breast cancer...
page.png CellSearch System cleared for monitoring metastatic breast cancer
Metastatic breast cancer monitoring Veridex, a Johnson & Johnson company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an expanded clearance for the CellSearchâ„¢ System to be used as an aid in the...
page.png Access to prior mammograms helps radiologists detect breast cancer
Prior mammograms and breast cancer detection Viewing prior mammograms in association with current mammograms significantly improves radiologist performance and may decrease unnecessary recalls by up to 44 percent, according to a study in the January...
page.png Method to Restore Tamoxifen Sensitivity in Resistant Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Resistance The widely used breast cancer drug tamoxifen (Nolvadex®), which can become less effective over time, might retain its full strength indefinitely if used along with a second drug, according to new research in mice...
page.png Breast Cancer Survival Longer After Treatment With Herceptin and Chemotherapy
Treatment of Breast Cancer With Herceptin and Chemotherapy Combining the molecularly targeted therapy Herceptin with chemotherapy in women with early-stage breast cancer significantly improves disease-free survival for patients with a specific genetic...
page.png Genomic Tests Improve Prediction of Breast Cancer Response to Chemotherapy
Breast Cancer Response to Chemotherapy Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed two genomic tests to better predict how breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy or hormonal therapy. In presentations Dec...
page.png Decline in Breast Cancer Cases and Hormone Replacement
In 2003, breast cancer incidence in the United States dropped sharply, and this decline may largely be due to the fact that millions of older women stopped using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in 2002, according to a new analysis led by researchers...
page.png Breast Cancer Treatment Drug Tykerb Slows Tumor Growth
Lapatinib slows breast cancer but needs more study Phase III data reporting that Tykerb  plus Xelod is superior to capecitabine alone in women with HER2 (ErbB2) positive advanced breast cancer who had progressed following prior...
page.png Role of Folate Unclear in Breast Cancer Risk
There is no clear relationship between breast cancer risk and folate intake or blood folate levels, a new study suggests. In the last 20 years, some studies have suggested that low folate intake is associated with an increased risk of several...
page.png Loss of Gene in Breast Cancer Signals More Aggressive Disease
Breast cancer cells that lose an important "genetic switch" on their surface are highly likely to spread to other parts of the body, scientists at Duke University Medical Center have found. Cancers that spread, or metastasize, often prove...
page.png Herceptin and Chemotherapy Treatment Stimulates Breast Cancer Survival
Combining the molecularly targeted therapy Herceptin with chemotherapy in women with early-stage breast cancer significantly improves disease-free survival for patients with a specific genetic mutation that results in a very aggressive form of the disease,...
page.png A New Target for the Treatment of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Treatment The active ingredient in a drug currently being tested to treat rheumatoid arthritis might also one day serve as an effective means of treating one of the deadliest forms of breast cancer. Researchers with the U.S. Department...
page.png Selective marker found to indicate aggressive form of breast cancer
Breast cancer treatment and detection Researchers have linked a structural protein called nestin to a particularly deadly form of breast cancer, identifying a new biomarker that could lead to earlier detection and better treatment of breast cancer....
page.png New hope for people with advanced breast cancer
Advanced Breast Cancer Treatment A surprising discovery by Queen's University researchers that happened when their work took an unexpected turn may help women with advanced breast cancer respond better to conventional drug treatments. The Queen's...
page.png Tamoxifen discontinuation rates surprisingly high in clinical practice
Breast Cancer Treatment and Tamoxifen In the clinical practice setting almost a quarter of women treated for breast cancer stop tamoxifen within one year, a rate twice as high as indicated by previous studies. The new study, published in the March...
page.png Adding radiation decreases breast cancer recurrence
Radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer reduces recurrence and prevents development of additional breast tumors in older women with early stage breast disease, according to a new study. Published in the March 1, 2007 issue of...
page.png Radiation therapy reduces cancer recurrence in older breast cancer patients
Radiation therapy and breast cancer treatment Radiation therapy after lumpectomy and five years of treatment with the drug tamoxifen can dramatically reduce the risk of both cancer recurrence and new tumors in older women with early breast cancer,...
page.png Estrogen interferes with immune surveillance in breast cancer
Estrogen is known to enhance the growth and migration of breast cancer cells. Now researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found that estrogen also can shield breast cancer cells from immune cells. In a study published online...
page.png Men with breast cancer face high risk of second cancer
Male breast cancer Men who have been treated for breast cancer face a significantly high risk of getting cancer once again, according to UC Irvine epidemiologists. Their study found that more than 10 percent of these men ultimately developed second...
page.png Using Fibre in The Fight Against Breast Cancer
New research from the University of Leeds has shown how eating more fibre – particularly cereal fibre – reduces the risk of developing breast cancer among pre-menopausal women. Researchers at the University's...
page.png Hormone drug type makes survival difference in advanced breast cancer
Aromatase inhibitors, a type of hormone therapy used to treat advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women, result in a small but significant increase in overall survival when compared to other hormone treatments, according to a new systematic review...
page.png Researchers Identify Gene Found in Two of Five Breast Cancer Patients
A team directed by Michel L. Tremblay at the Cancer Centre at McGill University has uncovered the role played by a gene associated with the propagation of breast cancer in two of five affected women. Their study, published in the magazine Nature Genetics,...
page.png The Medical Oncologist's Role in Breast Cancer
By Linnea Chap, M.D., board certified Medical Oncologist at Saint John's Health Center. It's exciting to realize just how far our research and treatment of breast cancer have progressed in ten years. Women sometimes look at statements like that and...
page.png Higher-Volume Hospitals May Be Better Choice for Breast Cancer Surgery
When it comes to breast-cancer operations, a new study suggests that experience may be crucial: fewer patients die at hospitals that perform more surgeries. So you should go to a hospital that performs the most surgeries, right? Not necessarily. While...
page.png P.J. Cooksey Featured in Breast Cancer Ads
Patricia "P.J." Cooksey, the second-winningest female jockey in history and a breast cancer survivor, is featured in a radio and TV commercial airing this month to promote the state Breast Cancer Research and Education Trust Fund. In the...
page.png FDA Clears Breast Cancer Specific Molecular Prognostic Test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared for marketing a test that determines the likelihood of breast cancer returning within five to 10 years after a woman's initial cancer. It is the first cleared molecular test that profiles genetic activity...
page.png New era of breast cancer management brings hope
Breast cancer management hope Aggressive research currently underway brings hope of dramatic advances in breast cancer management, according to a new review. Published in the March 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer...
page.png Early switch to an aromatase inhibitor increases breast cancer survival
For breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen, switching to an aromatase inhibitor within three years significantly improves survival rates, according to a new study. Published in the March 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American...
page.png Gene Variation May Help Protect against Breast Cancer
A large-scale analysis of data on breast cancer risk has concluded that a common variation in the gene caspase-8 (CASP8) is associated with a somewhat lower risk of the disease. Variants are small changes that occur in a gene sequence. The results are...
page.png Perceived risk of recurrence low in African-American breast cancer survivors
A unique survey of African American breast cancer survivors at heightened risk for hereditary breast cancer has found the majority do not believe they have an increased chance of developing the cancer again. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania,...
page.png Llanelli Breast Cancer Center Plans
First Minister Rhodri Morgan will meet staff and patients at Prince Phillip Hospital, Llanelli to discuss their plans for expanding the Breast Care Centre. The strategic outline case includes extra examination and consulting rooms in...
page.png Exercise improves quality of life for people with breast cancer
Group exercise sessions can help to improve the physical and psychological wellbeing of people diagnosed with breast cancer, a new BMJ study reveals today. Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer among women in the UK. Treatment for cancer,...
page.png A black and white look at breast cancer mortality
African and African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than their white counterparts because they tend to get the disease before the menopause, suggests new research from the University of East Anglia and the Children’s...
page.png Why are African American women more likely than whites to die from breast cancer?
Risk of dying from breast cancer Why are African American women 1.5 to 2.2 times more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, despite their lower incidence of the disease? Is it solely because they have less access to medical care? Maybe...
page.png Drug industry increasingly influences breast cancer research
Breast cancer treatment trials supported by the pharmaceutical industry are more likely to report positive results than non-sponsored studies, according to a study to be published in the April 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the...
page.png Positive results more likely from industry-funded breast cancer trials
Breast Cancer Research Industry-funded studies of breast cancer therapies are more likely to report positive results than non-pharmaceutical funded studies, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Dana Farber Cancer...
page.png Common cold virus may kill breast cancer cells
Breast cancer treatment with cold virus University of Newcastle researcher Kathryn Skelding, funded by the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Viralytics Ltd, has been working on a new treatment which only affects cancer cells - this would...
page.png Probe to detect spread of breast cancer
Breast Cancer Detection High-temperature superconductors hold the key to a handheld tool for surgeons that promises to be more accurate, cost-effective and safer than existing methods for staging and treating various cancers, including breast cancer...
page.png Researchers use heated nanoprobes to destroy breast cancer cells in mice
In experiments with laboratory mice that bear aggressive human breast cancers, UC Davis researchers have used hot nanoprobes to slow the growth of tumors - without damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The researchers describe their work in the March...
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page.png Sleep Deprivation's Effect on Decisions
Sleep Deprivation Everyone needs sleep, but temporary periods with no sleep can be a reality of military operations. To get answers on sleep questions for the military as well as civilians, for nearly four years Dr. Sean Drummond, a Department of...
page.png Tips to Get a Good Night's Sleep
Sleep Short on sleep? According to sleep experts, people are sleeping less than they used to and the "sleep debt" can take a toll on your health, relationships and work performance. Despite the popular notion that you need less sleep as...
page.png Sleep Apnea Treatment Device Takes Patience
Treatment of Sleep Apnea Millions of Americans deal with sleep apnea - a condition where breathing stops and starts when throat muscles relax during sleep. Left without treatment, sleep apnea may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular...
page.png Many Commercial Drivers Have Impaired Performance Due To Lack of Sleep
Sleep Problems and Truck Drivers Truck drivers who routinely get too little sleep or suffer from sleep apnea show signs of fatigue and impaired performance that can make them a hazard on the road, according to a major new study by researchers at the...
page.png U of M Professor Explores Spooning, Snoring and Sheet Stealing
Sleeping Snoring, spooning, stealing the sheets and sleeping in the nude - for the millions of people who share a bed with a partner, University of Minnesota family social science professor Paul Rosenblatt's new book explores the challenges and benefits...
page.png New Type of Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified a new type of sleep apnea they call "complex sleep apnea." The findings will be published in the September issue of the journal Sleep. The two previously known types of sleep apnea...
page.png 1.6 Million Americans Use CAM for Insomnia or Trouble Sleeping
Sleeping and Insomnia Treatment A recent analysis of national survey data reveals that over 1.6 million American adults use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat insomnia or trouble sleeping according to scientists at the...
page.png About 5 Percent of Adults With Insomnia Use Alternative Therapies
Sleep and Insomnia Treatment More than 1.6 million U.S. adults are estimated to use complementary and alternative therapies to treat insomnia or trouble sleeping, according to the results of a national survey published in the September 18 issue of...
page.png Breathing Problems During Sleep Increase Risk of Depression
Difficulty Sleeping and Depression Individuals who have sleep-related breathing disorder appear significantly more likely to develop depression, with odds of depression increasing as breathing disorders becomes more severe, according to a study in...
page.png Allergic Rhinitis Associated With Impaired Sleep Quality
Patients with allergic rhinitis, such as that caused by hay fever and other allergies, have more difficulty sleeping and more sleep disorders than those without allergies, according to a report in the September 18 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine,...
page.png Incorporate Sleep Evaluation Into Routine Medical Care
Sleep Evaluation and Medical Care Sleep is an integral part of health, and assessment of sleep habits should be a standard part of medical care, according to an editorial in the September 18 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives...
page.png Why Sleep? Flies Tell Us Why
Need for Sleeping Sleep is a mystery. Scientists do not know why we need sleep. But, adults know they need sleep and parents know children need sleep. Other living beings need sleep. But why? Resting restores our body, so rest should be enough. Scientists...
page.png Effective Treatment For Elderly Insomniacs
Insomnia Treatment Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia (BBTI) appears to be a promising intervention for older adults who suffer from insomnia. The study, conducted by Anne Germain, PhD, and colleagues of the University of Pittsburgh School of...
page.png New Studies In The Journal Sleep Focus On Helping Children, Women Sleep Better
Child Sleeping and Bedtime New studies in the October 1st issue of the journal SLEEP report the following findings: The refusal of young children to go to bed at night can cause unnecessary stress for members of their family. However, parents and...
page.png Many Women With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Symptoms Delaying Diagnosis and Treatment
The first report on healthcare utilization in women with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) reports an increase in the years prior to the diagnosis of OSA, but then a decrease in the following two years. This conclusion demonstrates the importance of early...
page.png Light Deprivation Hinders Ability To Regulate Sleep-Wake Cycle
Sleep Cycle The amount of light exposure can have a profound effect on an individual's sleep pattern. Stronger light intensity enables noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC) neurons, which regulate arousal, to function normally and, therefore, provide...
page.png New Sleep Medication Unlikely To Be Abusive Or Cause Cognitive Impairment
Sleep Medicine Effects In a study of 14 adults with histories of sedative abuse, the newly approved sleep medication ramelteon does not appear to have effects that indicate potential for abuse or motor or cognitive impairment, according to a report...
page.png Children's Sleep Difficulties: Reports Differ From Children To Parents
Child Sleep Problems Elementary-school-aged children commonly experience sleep problems, but little research has addressed the reasons behind this phenomenon. A new study finds that children of this age say they have sleep difficulties much more often...
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page.png Two Different Therapies Show Promise for Some With Partial Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury Body weight-supported treadmill training isn't more effective than conventional mobility rehabilitation for restoring movement to those with partial spinal cord injury, according to a new study. But an unexpectedly high number of...
page.png Study Finds Nerve Regeneration Possible in Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Injury Recovery A team of scientists at UCSF has made a critical discovery that may help in the development of techniques to promote functional recovery after a spinal cord injury. By stimulating nerve cells in laboratory rats at the...
page.png UCSF Surgeon Develops Spinal Surgery Technique
Spinal surgery UCSF surgeons are using a novel technique to remove tumors from the cervical region of the spine that were previously thought "inoperable." Called a lateral paramedian transpedicular approach, the technique uses advances in...
page.png UI Research Aims To Help Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury Richard Shields, Ph.D., University of Iowa professor in the Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, can foresee a time when it might be possible to cure spinal cord injury (SCI). However, if spinal cord...
page.png Herbals Effective for Low-Back Pain in the Short Term
Low Back Pain The herbal preparations devil's claw, white willow bark and cayenne plasters may be as effective as pain medication for short-term low back pain and are better than placebo, a new systematic review of studies has found. The review comprised...
page.png Novel Stem Cell Technology Leads To Better Spinal Cord Repair
Spinal Cord Injury Researchers believe they have identified a new way, using an advance in stem-cell technology, to promote recovery after spinal cord injury of rats, according to a study published in today's Journal of Biology. Scientists from the...
page.png Studies Unclear Whether Spinal Cement Procedure Improves Back Pain
Back pain improvement A procedure that fills in fractured vertebrae with injected cement has not been shown to improve a person's back pain or quality of life, according to a new analysis of studies. The procedure, known as percutaneous kyphoplasty,...
page.png Safety of Spinal Cord Stem Cell Transplantation
Treatment of Spinal Cord Inury Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, according to a recent study by UC Irvine researchers. UCI neurobiologist...
page.png Researchers Aim To Give Nurses A Lift
Lower Back Pain In Nurses Nurses offer care and comfort, but they often end up with a pain in the back for their efforts, the results of a new study show. "Nurses suffer from work-related low back pain more often than workers in other...
page.png Surgery for Back Pain Focuses on Preserving the Motion of the Spine
Back Pain Treatment As new innovations emerge in the treatment of chronic back pain, surgeons are focusing on more effective techniques to relieve pain while also preserving the natural motion of the spine. The Spine and Back Center at Rush University...
page.png Oh, My Aching Back
Back Pain Treatment There's nothing funny about back pain when it's your back and you're trying to figure out how to get off the couch. A new decision guide on MayoClinic.com (opens in new window) offers comprehensive information to help those who...
page.png Spinal Cord Bridge Bypasses Injury To Restore Mobility
Spinal Cord Surgery The body's spinal cord is lik e a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body's policing defenses put up a roadblock in the form of a scar to prevent further injury, but it stops all neural traffic from moving forward...
page.png Acupuncture Relieves Low Back Pain and Is Cost-Effective
Low Back Pain Relief Acupuncture has a small but significant benefit for patients with low back pain, and appears to be cost-effective in the longer term, find two studies published on bmj.com today. In the UK, an estimated 16% of the adult population...
page.png Backache Beaten By Good Vibrations
Back Pain Treatment University of Manchester researchers are recruiting people with backache caused by nerve root pain - commonly known as sciatica - in the first ever study to discover if therapeutic ultrasound can help their condition. Dr...
page.png Sitting Up Straight Linked To Back Pain
Chronic Back Pain and Sitting Upright Sitting in an upright position places unnecessary strain on your back, leading to potentially chronic back pain problems if you spend long hours sitting - shows a group of researchers by using a new form...
page.png New Therapeutic Hope For Degenerative Disc Disease
Degenerative disc disease is one of today's most common and costly medical conditions. Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the vertebrae, this destructive disease of the spine routinely provokes low back pain, the leading cause of disability...
page.png One-Off Treatment To Stop Back Pain
A University of Manchester researcher has developed a treatment for lower back pain using the patient's own stem cells, which could replace the use of strong painkillers or surgery that can cause debilitation, neither of which addresses the underlying cause...
page.png Psychological Treatments Improve Outcomes for Back Pain Sufferers
Low Back Pain Treatment Psychological interventions for chronic low back pain are effective, a new review of studies has found. Not only do these approaches improve psychological outcomes such as depression and health-related quality of life, they...
page.png Long-term narcotics use for back pain may be ineffective, leading to abuse
Back Pain Relief Drugs Narcotic drugs (opioids) are commonly prescribed for short-term relief of chronic back pain, but their effectiveness long-term has been questioned in a review article by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, who also found...
page.png Thinking with the spinal cord?
Two scientists from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the spinal cord use network mechanisms similar to those used in the brain. The discovery is featured in the current issue of Science. The research group behind the surprising...
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page.png In-Home Sensors Spot Dementia Signs In Elderly
Care for Elderly with Dementia An Oregon Health & Science University study shows motion and door sensors placed in elders' homes can help track activity patterns thought to relate to memory changes that are early signs of dementia. The study...
page.png Tips Help Seniors Beat The Heat
Heat Stress Those lazy days of summer also mean days of blistering heat. As the temperatures rise, so does the risk of heat stress. Heat stress, which can lead to heat exhaustion, heart failure and strokes, is particularly dangerous for people 65...
page.png Heat Waves Kill In Areas Without Businesses To Draw Older Citizens
Older People and Heave Waves Severe heat waves kill more people in neighborhoods where there are few inviting businesses to draw older people out of their apartments, new research suggests. A study of the 1995 heat wave in Chicago found higher-than-average...
page.png Elders Suffer Disproportionately During Heat Waves, Other Disasters
Older People and Heat Waves Recent natural disasters have negatively affected older people significantly more than other demographic groups, yet few steps have been taken to improve ensuing relief efforts, according to the latest issue of the Public...
page.png Waist-Hip Ratio Should Replace Body Mass Index As Indicator of Mortality Risk in Older People
Older People and Waist-Hip Ratio Older people with high waist-hip ratios (WHRs) have a higher mortality risk than those with a high body mass index, or BMI, a new study reveals. Whereas justifiable attention is given to the increasing problem of...
page.png Assistive Devices Make Independent Living Easier
Growing Older and Independent Living Nobody says the physical changes of growing older come easy. That doesn't mean you can't still do it your way - with a little help from assistive devices. The August issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource shares...
page.png Nursing-Home Hospice Care Reduces End-of-Life Hospitalizations
Hospice Care Nursing-home residents in hospice care have about half the chance of being admitted to a hospital in their last 30 days of life compared to peers who don't receive hospice care, a large new study confirms. "Our study provides strong...
page.png 58% Of Older Hospital Patients Have Problems Eating And 31% Leave Most Of The Meal
Nutrition and Eldercare Older patients need greater support, fewer interruptions and more sensitive care at mealtimes, according to research published in the October issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing. Researchers from the University...
page.png Elderly Caregivers of Alzheimer Patients and Sleep Disturbance
Sleep Disturbance and Eldercare The burden placed on an elderly caregiver whose spouse suffers from Alzheimer disease can often cause sleep disturbance, which can, in turn, lead to early physical signs of cardiovascular problems. This finding pinpoints...
page.png End-Of-Life Care Can Be Improved
Researchers have evaluated improvements in the end-of-life care in intensive care units (ICU) and have shared their findings in a special supplement to Critical Care Medicine, the journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The supplement is dedicated...
page.png Falls Have Become the Leading Cause of Injury Deaths for Seniors
Fall-related death rates for men and women 65 years and older increased significantly from 1993 to 2003, according to a report released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). In...
page.png Changing Roles and Emotions In Caregiving
The early stages when a spouse or an adult child becomes a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another type of progressive dementia is fraught with a tug-of-war of emotions from resentment to protectiveness, according to a new study from...
page.png Phone-Based Care Program Reduces Risk of Death in Older Adults
A telephone-based program linking chronically ill older adults to home or community services significantly reduces mortality risk, according to a new study. "It's not just medical or social services, but bridging those two together," said...
page.png Home Healthcare Workers Have Few Legal Protections
Caregiving and Home Health Care As more and more Americans turn to in-home health care workers to take care of elderly family members, research from a University of Iowa law professor has found nobody is taking care of the caregivers. Peggie Smith,...
page.png Technologies make driving safer for wheelchair users
Engineers at Lehigh and Carnegie Mellon universities, working with a Philadelphia-based start-up, have integrated robotics, laser and wireless technologies into a new system that promises to make it safer and cheaper for wheelchair users to drive a car...
page.png Nursing Home or Hospital: State Policy Has Big Impact on Elderly
Nursing Home Eldercare In a groundbreaking national study, Brown University researchers have traced the connections between state nursing home policies and resident hospitalizations rates. The team found that state policies unwittingly create financial...
page.png Spare some time for elderly neighbours this Christmas
Christmas Holiday and Elderly The Federal Minister for Ageing, Senator Santo Santoro, has encouraged Australians to remember their elderly relatives and neighbours during this Christmas holiday period. Senator Santoro said while Christmas was a time...
page.png Major boost to aged care services in Australia
The Howard Government has delivered a major injection of new eldercare places across Australia, to boost the quality and availability of services for older Australians. The Minister for Ageing, Senator Santo Santoro, today announced 7,777 new...
page.png Hospices fall well below guidance on psychiatric support for end of life care
Hospice and End of Life Care Patients in hospices in the UK and the Republic of Ireland may not be receiving appropriate psychiatric services as recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines. The study, published...
page.png Elderly's ability to manage the cold
Caring for elderly with cold Hypothermia - when the body's temperature drops significantly below normal – is especially deadly for the elderly. Older people become hypothermic despite the fact that they are more likely to live inside a home...
folder.png Pain Relief
page.png Virtual Realities Against Pain
Pain relief and medical procedures For over a decade, the technique of distraction has been researched and successfully applied in clinical practice in order to reduce pain associated with certain medical procedures. The use of distraction is based...
page.png Prescription Pain Killers Involved in More Drug Overdose Deaths Than Cocaine or Heroin
Pain Killer Medication Danger Trends analysis of drug poisoning deaths has helped explain a national epidemic of overdose deaths in the USA that began in the 1990s, concludes Leonard Paulozzi and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
page.png Lower Levels of Anti-Inflammatory Proteins May Contribute To Chronic Widespread Pain
Chronic widespread pain, a common medical condition, can be difficult to treat and is often associated with fatigue, poor sleep and depression. A connection between fibromayalgia (FM) and cytokines (proteins that act as messengers between cells) was...
page.png 'Mint' Pain Killer Takes Leaf Out of Ancient Medical Texts
Pain Relief A new synthetic treatment inspired by ancient Greek and Chinese remedies could offer pain relief to millions of patients with arthritis and nerve damage, a new University of Edinburgh study suggests. The Greek scholar Hippocrates treated...
page.png Cooling Analgesia Harnessed To Relieve Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain Relief By experimentally activating a special protein involved in mediating sensations of coolness, researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how the body's nervous system can be stimulated to relieve chronic pain. The findings...
page.png Mind Over Matter
Chronic Pain Management A significant number of people world-wide suffer with chronic pain, which affects every aspect of their lives, and often results in depression. Researchers at Kent State University and Case Western University, led...
page.png Pest Control Research Leads To Pain Control Discovery
Pest Control and Pain Relief A newly discovered enzyme inhibitor, identified by researchers originally looking for biological pest controls, may lead to pain relief for sufferers of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, say researchers at the...
page.png Reducing Side-Effects of Painkillers
Painkiller Side Effects Cardiff University researchers have increased the understanding of why some painkillers increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The most commonly prescribed medications for treating conditions such as arthritis are non-steroidal...
page.png New Mechanism Underlying Pain Found
Researchers at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development (J&JPRD) today announced that they have discovered a new molecular mechanism that may underlie neuropathic pain. The clearer understanding of the root-cause of chronic...
page.png Prescription Pain Medication Abuse on Surprising Increase
Pain Relief Drug Abuse Researchers at Rush University Medical Center found prescription pain medication (PPM) abuse is a rapidly growing problem with surprising and often unpredictable distribution patterns. The research was presented at the Annual...
page.png Pleasure And Pain: Study Shows Brain's 'Pleasure Chemical' Is Involved In Response To Pain
Pain For years, the brain chemical dopamine has been thought of as the brain's "pleasure chemical," sending signals between brain cells in a way that rewards a person or animal for one activity or another. More recently, research has shown...
page.png Physiotherapists and Pharmacists Can Help Reduce Knee Pain and Reliance on Painkillers
Knee Pain Management Pragmatic randomised clinical trial of the effectiveness of community physiotherapy and enhanced pharmacy review for knee pain in older people presenting to primary care. Older people with knee pain who receive their main care...
page.png Antioxidants: New Kid On The Block For Pain Relief?
Pain Killer Drug Antioxidant-based pain killers may one day become a viable alternative to addictive medications such as morphine. Researchers found that synthetic antioxidants practically eradicated pain-like behavior in nearly three-quarters of...
page.png Scientists Use Pixels To Ease Amputees' Pain
Amputee Pain Relief Academics from the School of Computer Science and School of Psychological Sciences have developed a virtual reality system, which gives the illusion that a person's amputated limb is still there. The computer system created by...
page.png Kadian Alleviates Chronic Moderate-To-Severe Non-Malignant Neck Pain
Neck Pain Relief Patients with moderate-to-severe chronic neck pain who had inadequate relief on previous analgesic regimens attained improvements in pain, sleep and quality of life when treated with the long-acting opioid analgesic KADIAN® (morphine...
page.png Painkillers May Threaten Power of Vaccines
With flu-shot season in full swing and widespread anticipation of the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, a new University of Rochester study suggests that using common painkillers around the time of vaccination might not be a good idea. Researchers...
page.png FDA: Labeling Changes to Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers
Labeling of Pain Relievers The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed to amend the labeling regulations on over-the-counter (OTC) Internal Analgesic, Antipyretic, and Antirheumatic (IAAA) drug products to include important safety information...
page.png Pain relief effectiveness down to mind-set?
Pain Relief Drug Response Research by the Human Pain Research Group at The University of Manchester suggests that people's responses to placebo or "dummy" pain relief varies according to their way of thinking. 40 pain-free volunteers took...
page.png PTSD patients experience less pain sensitivity
Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder show reduced pain sensitivity, a pattern that may be related to altered pain processing in the brain, according to a report in the January issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
page.png Ankle Pain Treatment with MRI Improves Diagnosis
Ankle Pain Treatment MR imaging can make a dramatic difference in the management of patients with ankle pain, changing treatment in about one-third of the patients, a new study finds. The study, of 91 patients, found that MR changed the management...
folder.png Diabetes Symptoms
page.png Drug Therapy Shown To Prevent Diabetes
Diabetes Treatment A drug used to treat diabetes may significantly reduce the chances of developing the condition when taken by those most at risk, according to an international trial. A trial involving 5,269 participants at 191 clinics in 21 countries...
page.png Artificial Pancreas for Diabetic Children
Artificial Pancreas and Type 1 Diabetes Research is underway to develop an artificial pancreas for children and adolescents with Type 1 (or juvenile) diabetes. If successful, the mechanism will dramatically improve the quality of life for children...
page.png Significant Errors In Insulin Dose Can Result When Blood Glucose Meters Are Miscoded
When persons with diabetes use miscoded blood glucose meters to determine how much insulin to take, significant errors in insulin dose can result that may potentially lead to short- and long-term health complications, according to findings of a new...
page.png Enzyme May Hold Key To New Treatment Of Diabetic Kidney DiseaseEnzyme May Hold Key To New Treatment
Diabetic Kidney Disease Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers have found that an enzyme called ACE2 may hold the potential to treat diabetic kidney disease, the most common form of kidney disease. In the laboratory, researchers...
page.png Diabetes Rates in Asia Soar
Asian diabetes rates are soaring, according to a South Korean study. It says the health consequences of the disease are worse in that region than in more prosperous areas. Another new study points out that people do not need to reach a diabetic state...
page.png World Diabetes Day, November 14
World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on 14 November. The date commemorates the birthday of Frederick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin in 1921. In almost every country of the world, diabetes is on the rise...
page.png Diabetes Drug May Reduce Cardiovascular Risks
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease A drug commonly used to increase the body's sensitivity to insulin may slow the progression of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study at the University of Illinois at Chicago...
page.png Diabetes Medication May Help Slow Progression of Artery Wall Thickening
Diabetes Medication A medication given to diabetics to improve their body's sensitivity to insulin also appears to slow the thickening of their artery walls, according to a study posted online today by JAMA. The study is being released early to coincide...
page.png Complications in Diabetes Patients Can Be Increased By Panic Attacks
Diabetes Management People with diabetes who have repeated panic attacks are less likely to have properly managed the disease and suffer more severe health complications and poorer quality of life, a new study finds. Lead author Evette Ludman, Ph.D.,...
page.png Holiday Gluttony Can Spell Disaster For Undiagnosed Diabetics
Hearty feasts and couch-potato marathons are holiday traditions, but UT Southwestern Medical Center experts warn that packing on pounds and not exercising could be deadly for the 6 million Americans who have diabetes and don't even know it. Diabetes,...
page.png Panic Attacks Are Linked To Poor Outcomes For Diabetic Patients
There is a strong link between panic episodes and increased complications from diabetes, according to a study conducted at Group Health Cooperative, a Seattle-based nonprofit health care system that coordinates care and coverage. The work appears in...
page.png Can We Prevent Type 1 Diabetes By Modifying Infant Nutrition?
Prevent type 1 diabetes in childhood Within the next 10 years the EU-funded Diabetes Prevention study, part of an international study called TRIGR (Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk), coordinated at the University of Helsinki, Finland,...
page.png New Data Confirms Protocol To Reverse Type 1 Diabetes In Mice
New data published in the Nov. 24 issue of Science provide further support for a protocol to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice and new evidence that adult precursor cells from the spleen can contribute to the regeneration of beta cells. In 2001 and 2003,...
page.png Linchpin discovered in insulin metabolism - related to Type II Diabetes
Scientists from the new interdisciplinary LIMES (Life & Medical Sciences) Centre at the University of Bonn have identified a new gene which could play an important role in the development of diabetes. Flies in which this hereditary factor is defective...
page.png Research opens door to new diabetes treatment
Diabetes Treatment Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the University of Calgary and The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine have found that diabetes is controlled by abnormalities in the sensory nociceptor (pain-related) nerve...
page.png Glucose 'sensor' that plays dual role in glucose metabolism and fat synthesis
In the study, glucose is shown to stimulate the activity of the Liver X Receptors (LXR) a and b, The LXRs act as sensors of dietary components, orchestrating the body's response to nutrients such as oxysterols (short-lived derivatives of cholesterol)...
page.png Gene associated with severe kidney failure in diabetes
A research team at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the University of Heidelberg has proven that a gene protects some people with diabetes from developing severe kidney failure or "end-stage renal disease." Diabetes is the...
page.png Toward a new oral delivery system for insulin using nanoshell shields
Diabetics and administering insulin Scientists in Taiwan are reporting development of a nanoparticle drug delivery system that shows promise as a potential way to administer insulin and perhaps other protein-based drugs by mouth rather than injection...
page.png Lifestyle changes effective against Type II diabetes
Type 2 diabetes Changing to a healthier lifestyle appears to be at least as effective as taking prescription drugs in reducing the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, says a new BMJ study. Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem - in England around 1...
page.png VBI research offers potential route to diabetes therapeutics
Work in the laboratory of Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) Assistant Professor Biswarup Mukhopadhyay is providing important information for researchers designing drugs for type 2 diabetics. The research, which was published in the December 22,...
folder.png Alternative Medicine
folder.png Naturopathy
page.png Natural Help For Acute Bronchitis
Acute bronchitis is one of the most common diagnoses made by primary care physicians. It is a condition of the upper respiratory tract where the mucus lining of the bronchial tubes, the large delicate tubes in the lungs, become inflamed. Bronchitis...
page.png Naturopathy: Basic Concepts
Naturopathy (Nature Cure) is a way of life of which we find a number of references in the Vedas and other ancient texts. The morbid matter theory, concept of vital force and other concepts upon which Naturopathy is based are...
page.png Principles of Naturopathy
All diseases, their cause and their treatment are one. The basic cause of disease is not bacteria. Bacteria develops after the accumulation of morbid matter when a favourable atmosphere for their growth develops in body. Basic cause is morbid...
page.png Development of Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a system of healing science stimulating the body’s inherent power to regain health with the help of five great elements of nature – Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Ether. Naturopathy is a call to "Return...
page.png Getting Rid Of Gallstones Naturally
The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ that sits on the right side of our bodies just beneath the liver.  Its primary function is to store and secrete bile.  Bile is a yellow-brown fluid produced by the liver, which helps...
page.png Government Strikes Down Organization's Attempt to Trademark Naturopathic Physician Designations
The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) (www.Naturopathic.org) today roundly applauded a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (PTO) that rejects the ability of a little known organization – the Naturopathic...
folder.png Meditation
page.png Tips for Better Meditation
1. Prepare your body for meditation Your physical condition has a tremendous influence on your mind. This is true for your day to day activity, but even more so when it comes to meditation. You can prepare your body for meditation by eating the...
page.png The Importance of Staying Grounded
Recently, someone asked me, what does it mean to be grounded? My response was, let's look at what it means to be ungrounded first. To be ungrounded means the soul is not in the body. It means someone is upset, angry, spacey, frustrated, or emotional...
page.png Intuitive Healing: Brush, Paint and Canvas
Make a decision today to place your intuitive vision upon canvas. This deeply meditative experience will have profound healing properties upon your spirit and physical body. Technical artistic skill is not essential to the process. You simply need to...
page.png The Secret To Meditation and Moving Beyond it's Limitations
Daily meditation is the single greatest and easiest practice you can do to relax, restore your energy and love yourself. To reconnect to your spirit and experience who you truly are, this is the first step, but it will only take you so far. Many successful...
page.png INTEGRATING THE BODY'S FOUR "BRAINS"
Many of us live our lives shuttling back and forth between our rational and emotional personalities. Our rational self tells us we need to lose weight and exercise more, while our emotional self has us eating potato chips and watching reruns on TV. ...
page.png 4 Little Known Meditation Secrets
The True Purpose of Meditation Many people feel a sense of fascination when confronted with the possibility of mystic visions, psychic intuition and heightened mental functioning.  While meditators often report these sorts of improvements,...
page.png Secrets of Meditation For Better Health
Meditation can improve your health, increase energy levels and maximize your enjoyment of life.  Without a doubt, more people would benefit from meditation if they took the time to practice the simple exercises used to calm the mind, reduce...
page.png What does Meditation music do to you?
Personally I belief that it is possible for anyone to live a life of happiness,inner peace, and outward success, no matter what their present or past circumstances. There are very real methods anyone can use to achieve these things-if they are willing...
page.png Meditation Skills of Buddhist Monks Yield Clues to Brain's Regulation of Attention
Meditation and Attention i-Newswire, - The work is reported by Olivia Carter and Jack Pettigrew of the University of Queensland, Australia, and colleagues at the University of Queensland and the University of California, Berkeley. Perceptual rivalry...
page.png Meditation, Relaxation Work Equally Well for Anxiety Disorders
Meditation Meditation helps patients cope with anxiety disorders, but no more than other relaxation techniques, according to a new review of studies. Although subtle differences emerged, the studies were too small to find any specific treatment superior,...
page.png Meditation Associated With Structural Changes In Brain
Meditation and Attention The regular practice of meditation appears to produce structural changes in areas of the brain associated with attention and sensory processing. An imaging study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers showed...
page.png Tuning The Mind to Help the Body
Meditation and Attention Stressed out? Don't be surprised if your doctor suggests meditation. Several clinical trials in recent years have looked at meditation as a way to manage and reduce stress, both physical and mental. And the preliminary results...
page.png Meditation Associated with Increased Grey Matter in The Brain
Meditation and Brain Meditation is known to alter resting brain patterns, suggesting long lasting brain changes, but a new study by researchers from Yale, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows...
page.png Meditation May Improve Cardiac Risk Factors in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
Transcendental meditation A relaxation technique known as transcendental meditation may decrease blood pressure and reduce insulin resistance among patients with coronary heart disease, according to a report in the June 12 issue of Archives of Internal...
page.png The Effects of Meditation On Early Cognitive Impairment
The Effects of Meditation Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are examining the effectiveness of meditation on early cognitive impairment. Once this new study is completed, the results could help answer lingering questions...
page.png Transcendental Meditation Reduces The Brain's Reaction To Pain
Transcendental Meditation Twelve healthy long-term meditators who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 30 years showed a 40-50% lower brain response to pain compared to 12 healthy controls, reported by a latest NeuroReport journal article,...
page.png Transcendental meditation reduces congestive heart failure
Transcendental meditation and heart health A widely practiced, stress-reducing meditation technique significantly decreases the severity of congestive heart failure, according to a first-of-its-kind randomized study published in Ethnicity & Disease...
folder.png Herbal Remedies
page.png Afraid of Anthrax? Strengthen Your Immune System
Herbalist Susun Weed recognizes the possibility of biological warfare and she is ready to cope with it. With her help, you too can be prepared with herbs and home remedies that you can use now to help avoid infection and to build a strong immune system...
page.png Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 1
Learning About Herbs Information on herbs and their uses has been passed down to us in many ways: through stories, in books, set to music, and incorporated into our everyday speech. Learning about herbs is fun, fascinating, and easy to do no matter...
page.png Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 2
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and...
page.png Tap Into The Healing Powers of Water
Water is something we all have easy access to and tend to take for granted, but it can be a convenient, inexpensive way to make ourselves feel better. Try this invigorating treatment to help banish or ease the symptoms of colds, pneumonia, and bronchitis...
page.png Natural Care For Varicose Veins
Our circulatory system is made up of a complex web of arteries and veins. Our arteries carry oxygen rich blood to the cells of our bodies, while the veins are designed to pump oxygen poor blood back to the heart. This is accomplished through a series...
page.png A Great Herbal Heart and Blood Pressure Healer
Pleasant and inexpensive. Not a cure-all by any means but a good start. One to put on your table that is pleasant to eat as well. An herb of many talents, Parsley. That sprig of green that I see so many leave on their plate in restaurants. This herb...
page.png Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 3a
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and...
page.png Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Part 3b
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well-being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and...
page.png Ease Those Bug Bites with Easy Herbs
Herbal Remedies Summertime means insect bites and stings. Take a leaf from Susun S. Weed's storehouse of natural remedies: Soothe, heal, and prevent bites with safe herbal remedies that grow right where you live, north or south, east or west, city or country...
page.png The Simplest Asthma Solution
Asthma Treatment During the Democratic Convention the Reverend Al Sharpton quoted a shocking statistic: One third of the children in Harlem suffer from asthma. This shouldn’t be completely surprising since asthma cases have been...
page.png The Herbal Guide to Natural Breast Enlargement
Natural Breast Enlargement is a much safer and cheaper way to enlarge your breasts. In fact, breast enlargement surgery can cost $10,000 or more. There are many alternative, natural breast enlargement options on the market today for you to choose from though...
page.png Protect Yourself -- it's the Flu Season
Along with the beauty of fall days comes the need to get ready for winter. Time to get out my long underwear and my warm wooly socks. Time to nourish my immune systems so cold days won't be days of colds and flu. I don't rely on modern medicine to...
page.png Strengthen the Immune System Naturally
"Among the most exciting applications of herbal medicine lie in treating abnormalities of the immune system. Clinical studies have shown that various herbal products are effective in treating allergies, asthma, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis....
page.png Herbal Remedies for Weight Loss?
Herbal remedies are being used extensively today. Herbal remedies can be extremely costly yielding little or no clinical effect. Some herbal preparations can interact with other herbals as well as interact with conventional medications...
page.png What You Need to Know About Herbal Medications
As the elderly population in the United States grows, the number of prescriptions being filled in the U.S. is increasing dramatically. Because of media hype and disappointment with current conventional medications, more patients are turning to alternative...
page.png Benefits of Garlic
The extracts of Allium sativum bulb and compound preparation possess pharmacodynamic properties. The extract of garlic was found to have a significant protective action against a fat induced increase in serum cholesterol and plasma fibrinogen and in...
page.png Herbal Medicines: Natural Not Always Beneficial To Health
Herbal Medicine Following the meeting of an expert group in February, 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) just published its evaluation of the carcinogenic risks for humans of some herbal plants and emphasizes that "natural"...
page.png Herbal Remedies: Good for What Ails You?
(NC) - In a world where prescribed medicines often carry a long list of potential side effects and contraindications, natural, herbal-based remedies present an appealing alternative - one that more and more Canadians are exploring. According to a recent...
page.png Treat Your Feet to Some TLC with Ayurveda
Our feet are often the least pampered parts of our bodies. Here are some suggestions from Ayurveda, the ancient science of healing from India, for taking care of your feet on a regular basis: During your pre-bath Ayurvedic massage (abhyanga), pay...
page.png Phytotherapy Through The Glass of Illusions
It is common knowledge "phytotherapy" (from Greek "phyton" plant and "therapy" treatment) is treatment by means of herbs. By the 19th century phytotherapy had remained the major treating method and herbs were nearly the...
page.png Medical Plants
Plants The herbs and the natural medical plants are still proving very faithful. Herbal medicine has come a long way since pioneer days, and we now have institutes of phytotherapy (phyto means plant) or herbal medicine. In Europe, a great deal of...
page.png Medical Herbs for Circulation and The Nervous System
One of the things we know about herbs today is that they seem to zero in on particular parts of the body. You could say they're tailor made drugs. For example some are good for the circulation. Whenever there is poor circulation, we are not obtaining...
page.png Research Based Herbal Facts Praised, Caution Urged
Herbal Remedy and Supplements Organic may be great for salads and dairy products, but just because an herbal remedy or supplement is "natural" doesn't mean it is any safer or better than a conventional medication. Recent reports about the...
page.png Certain Herbs and Supplements Can Help "Tummy Aches," But Others Should Be Avoided
Herbal Remedies As more parents choose home remedies for their children's gastrointestinal complaints, the question arises, which ones really work? Kathi J. Kemper, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatrics professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center,...
page.png Ginger's Medicinal Benefits
Ginger Herb A common mother's home remedy for a tummy ache or nausea has long been a glass of ginger ale or ginger tea. It turns out mom was onto something. "Ginger does appear to have several medicinal qualities," says Suzanna Zick, N.D.,...
page.png Chinese Herbs Do Not Decrease Death From SARS
Chinese Herbs and SARS The addition of Chinese herbs to current Western therapy in treating SARS does not decrease the number of deaths among people with the virus, according to a new systematic review of studies. Herbal therapy may, however, improve...
page.png Medicinal Herbs Popular Choice for Babies and Kids Among WIC Clinic Clients
Herbal Remedies Nearly half of the low income, nutritionally-vulnerable Latino children surveyed by Penn State researchers in WIC clinics were treated with herbs by their caregivers for common ills such as diaper rash, colic, teething symptoms, stomachaches,...
page.png Teens' Herbal Product Use Associated with Illicit Substance Use
Teens and Herbal Remedies Adolescents who have ever used herbal products are six times more likely to have tried cocaine and almost 15 times more likely to have used anabolic steroids than teens who have never used herbal products, according to a University...
page.png Secret Herb in Tests to Stop Breast Cancer Patients' Hot Flushes and Night Sweats
Herbal remedies for breast cancer Researchers at the University of Manchester are testing a secret herb in a bid to stop the severe hot flushes that besiege breast cancer patients on hormone treatment. Professor Alex Molassiotis, of the School of...
page.png A Possible Link Between Herbal Remedy Black Cohosh and Liver Damage
Black Cohosh Herbal Remedy Danger Health Canada is advising consumers about a possible link between health products containing the herbal medicine black cohosh and liver damage. Black cohosh, also known as Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa,...
page.png Some Evidence Shows Chinese Herbal Medicine Helps Angina Patients
Chinese Herbal Remedies An herbal medicine used to treat cardiovascular diseases in China may improve symptoms of chest pain when used in conjunction with traditional treatments, according to a new systematic review. In several studies included in...
page.png Herbal Medicine Silymarin May Help Sugar-Control In People With Type II Diabetes
Herbal Remedies for Diabetic Patients Diabetes is a growing health problem. Giving antioxidants is recognised as one way of helping people with diabetes to control their blood sugar levels. The herbal medicine extracted from seeds of the Milk Thistle,...
page.png Ancient herbal text leads to potential new anti-bacterial drug
A unique Mayo Clinic collaboration has revived the healing wisdom of Pacific Island cultures by testing a therapeutic plant extract described in a 17th century Dutch herbal text for its anti-bacterial properties. Early results show that extracts from...
page.png Herbal Supplement Fails to Relieve Hot Flashes
The herbal supplement black cohosh, whether used alone or with other botanical supplements, did not relieve hot flashes in postmenopausal women or those approaching menopause, who participated in the Herbal Alternatives (HALT) for Menopause Study, according...
page.png New drugs awaiting discovery in Chinese herbs?
Chinese Herbal Remedies The first large-scale computer screenings of Chinese herbs - commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine - has revealed a wide variety of compounds with potential for use in treating HIV/AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's Disease,...
page.png Garlic hope in infection fight
Garlic has been hailed a wonder drug for centuries and has been used to prevent gangrene, treat high blood pressure, ward off common colds and is even believed by some to have cancer-fighting properties. Now, scientists at The University of Nottingham...
folder.png Yoga
page.png Learn Breathing — The Yoga Way
By: Arun Goel With the ever-increasing incidence of lifestyle diseases like cardio-vascular and nervous system disorders, the time has come for us to address this ourselves, fair and square without external dependence. Did you know that reprogramming...
page.png Yoga Concepts
By: AYUSH, India The tradition of Yoga was born in India several thousand years ago. Its founders were great Saints and Sages. The great Yogis gave rational interpretation of their experiences about Yoga and brought a practically sound and scientifically...
page.png Ashtanga Yoga
By: AYUSH, India Yoga is one among the six systems of Indian orthodox philosophy. Maharishi Patanjali, rightly called as the "Father of Yoga" compiled and refined various aspects of Yoga systematically in his "Yoga Sutras" (aphorisms)...
page.png Hatha Yoga
By: AYUSH, India Svatmarama, who wrote a treatise on this subject after experiencing the nectar of samadhi (absorption of the soul) as Hatha Yoga Vidya or Hatha Yoga Pradeepika, gives guidelines from the practical point of view for a beginner to begin...
page.png Streams of Yoga
By: AYUSH, India There are large numbers of methods of Yoga catering to the needs of different persons in society. They are broadly classified into four streams. Swami Vivekananda puts them as Work, Worship, Philosophy and Psychic control. Karma...
page.png Principles of Yoga
By: AYUSH, India Yoga means a holistic approach towards the cause and treatment of disease. According to Yoga, most of the diseases Mental, Psychosomatic and Physical originate in mind through wrong way of thinking, living and eating which is caused...
page.png Development and Status of Yoga
By: AYUSH, India In India, generations of Yogis and Scholars have contemplated their life in timeless fashion to realize that there is a meaning to life and some purpose beyond the human sufferings. They were even convinced that there is a way to...
page.png My Beginning Yoga Experience
By: Boyd Martin As I walked out of the Bikram Yoga studio toward my car after my first class, I found myself declaring, "If I can actually do this yoga, it will totally change my whole life." I had only been able to attempt half the postures,...
page.png Seven Common Myths About Yoga
By: Dada Vedaprajinananda Although the practice of yoga has become widespread during the last 30 years, there are still quite a few misconceptions about this ancient method of self-transformation. Here is a brief survey of the most common myths about...
page.png A Growing Profession: 70,000 Yoga Teachers Estimated
By: NAMASTA Yoga teaching has become one of the fastest growing professions in North America. As many as 30 million people practice yoga in the United States alone. NAMASTA, the North American Studio Alliance, the organization for mind-body professionals,...
page.png How to Become Regular in Your Yoga Practice
By: Dada Vedaprajinananda Yoga People come to yoga looking for various things: peace of mind, stress reduction, improved concentration, and weight loss. Yoga can help you to accomplish all of this, but "yoga works, if you work." You have...
page.png Regular Yoga Practice May Help Prevent Middle Age Spread
By: FHCRC Yoga Study suggests overweight people may benefit most from yoga's fat-fighting potential A new study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread...
page.png Soy Milk and Yoga Are Partners in Good Health
By: Joyce Dwyer Yoga (NC) - Yoga and soy milkare both rising in popularity across North America. In fact, yoga goes with soymilk like love and marriage in today's quest for a healthy lifestyle. Fitness and nutrition conscious consumers are driving...
page.png ACE First to Evaluate Benefits of Yoga
By: American Council on Exercise Yoga Exclusive ACE study examines aerobic potential of popular 5,000-year-old Yoga practice Today more than 11 million Americans pack fitness studios around the country seeking the mind-body benefits of yoga, including...
page.png Short-term Yoga Training Expands Breathing and Lung Capacity
By: American Physiological Society Hatha Yoga and Health Young and healthy Thais who participated in just 18 short yoga sessions showed significant improvements on six of seven measures of respiratory function, according to research from Khon Kaen University...
page.png Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Headstand
By: Indian Foundation of Scientific Yoga Yoga Headstand Yogasana the third limb of Raja Yoga also popularly understood by mass population as yoga is getting popular as never before in both eastern and western countries. The reason for Yogasana (popularly...
page.png Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture Shoulder Stand
Yoga - Shoulder Stand A lot has been publicized in media about benefits of Yogasana the third limb of Rajayoga (popularly understood as Yoga). The benefits of yoga are ranging from Stress management, flexibility, helping in cancer etc. However,...
page.png Yoga posture Cobra (Bhujangasana) Is Not For Everyone
By: Indian Foundation of Scientific Yoga The Cobra Pose – (Bhujangasana) In a Sanskrit language Bhujanga means a cobra hence the name, mostly used in the West. In the Bhujangasana (Cobra pose) the body is facing downward while the upper body...
page.png Yoga Posture Locust - Three Reasons Not To Do It
By: Indian Foundation of Scientific Yoga Locust – (Salabhasana) When this Yoga pose is demonstrated it resembles a locust (grasshopper) moving its rear ends up and down, hence the name. Locust is one of the backward bend asanas usually performed...
page.png Three Reasons Not To Do Yoga Posture - Downward-Facing Dog
By: New Scientific Yoga Downward-Facing Dog – (Adho Mukha Svanasana) In its ideal form the Yoga posture Downward-Facing Dog assumes the shape of an upside-down V, resembling the shape of a dog when stretching after lying down, with only the...
page.png Three Reasons Not To Do Yoga Posture Camel
By: New Scientific Yoga The Camel – (Ushtrasana) Yoga posture Ushtrasana in a Sanskrit language means a camel, hence the name. The Camel is an advanced and powerful yoga posture, which should be only practiced by intermediate and advanced students...
page.png Three Reasons Not To Do Yoga Posture Bow
By: New Scientific Yoga The Bow - (Dhanurasana) The Yoga pose Bow (dhanurasana) is a very invigorating and exhilarating pose raising both halves of the body at once, combining the movement of the Yoga Cobra pose (Bhujangasana) and the Locust pose...
page.png Reasons Not To Do Yoga Pose - Crow
By: New Scientific Yoga The Yoga pose Crow – (Kakasana, sometimes called Bakasana) "Kaka" means crow (a large black bird with a loud cry) and "Baka" means crane (a tall water bird with very long legs). The body in this...
page.png Reasons Why You Should Not Do Yoga Pose Wheel
By: New Scientific Yoga The Yoga pose Wheel – (Chakrasana also known as Urdhva-Dhanurasana) The yoga pose Wheel is an advanced and one of the most dynamic whole-body postures in Hatha Yoga. In this asana the body is arched back and supported...
page.png Yoga pose Sitting Forward Bend
Sitting Forward Bend – (Paschimottanasana) "Never force yourself into a forward bend when sitting on the floor" Yogasana, the third limb of Raja Yoga also popularly understood by mass population as yoga is getting popular as never...
page.png Yoga Posture - Lotus
By: Foundation for Scientific Yoga The Lotus – (Padmasana) Years of consistent effort may be needed to make this advanced yoga posture feasible. In a Sanskrit language 'Padma' means 'Lotus' and in this yoga posture the position of the legs...
page.png Yoga Posture - Full Boat
By: Foundation for Scientific Yoga Yoga posture Full Boat – (Paripurna Navasana) This Yoga posture resembles a boat viewed from a side, hence the name. The Boat is a challenging yoga posture that can be quite stressful and difficult to accomplish...
page.png Yoga Pose - Half Spinal Twist
By: Foundation of Scientific Yoga Half Spinal Twist - (Ardha Matsyendrasana) This important yoga pose takes its Sanskrit name from a legendary teacher of yoga Matsyendra, who was believed to be one of the first founders of Hatha Yoga. This yoga...
page.png Balance your Energy with Yoga
By: Jennifer Marie Jordan Yoga and Energey From energy drinks to energy bars, energy is something sought by people each day. Everything is made up of energy. Energy is pulsation - a pulsation that moves in a wave-like rhythm flowing up and flowing down...
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page.png Researchers Discover Why Tumor Resists Therapy
CLEVELAND - A new study, published in the Feb. 24, 2005, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, helps to explain why non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors become resistant to the cancer therapy gefitinib (Iressa). Researchers at Beth Israel...
page.png Bevacizumab Combined with Chemotherapy Prolongs Survival for Some Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Preliminary results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients with previously untreated advanced non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer show that those patients who received bevacizumab (Avastin [TM]) in combination with standard chemotherapy...
page.png New Blood Test Could Detect Lung Cancer In Its Earliest Stages
DURHAM, N.C. - Lung Cancer is often deadly by the time doctors have detected it, but scientists at Duke University Medical Center are developing a non-invasive test that could detect lung cancer in its earliest stages, while it is still treatable. Their...
page.png Clinical Trial of Gefitinib for Advanced Lung Cancer Closes Early
Researchers have closed a randomized clinical trial comparing gefitinib (Iressa TM) vs. placebo following chemotherapy and radiation for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that had spread only to nearby tissues or lymph nodes. Review of...
page.png New High-Tech Approach Identifies Two Proteins Involved in Lung Cancer
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised an advanced technique that uses mass spectrometry to identify specific proteins that are over-expressed in cancer cells, blood, urine, or any substance that contains proteins. Using this new...
page.png New Class of Drugs May Treat Lung Tumors Resistant to Iressa and Tarceva
Study reveals complex mechanism underlying resistance to targeted lung cancer drugs A new class of drugs that block the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on lung cancer cells may get around the growing problem of resistance to targeted therapy...
page.png New Devices Help Surgeons 'Clear The Air' of Lung tumors
With the futuristic microdebrider, lung surgeons at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston can boldly go where no physician has gone before. Used to remove tumors and other airway blockages quickly and easily, the microdebrider - a spinning surgical...
page.png Novel Lung Cancer Treatment May Change the Standard of Care
Lung Cancer Treatment Results from a large national clinical trial, led in part by researchers at the Ireland Cancer Center, were released today that may change the standard of care for certain types of lung cancer and help those patients live longer...
page.png Concurrent Radiation, Chemo, Followed by Surgery Lengthens Lung Cancer Patients' Survival
Lung Cancer and Chemotherapy Patients whose lung cancer has spread to the lymph nodes have a better chance of long-term survival if they receive combined modality therapy, such as concurrent radiation and chemotherapy followed by surgery, according...
page.png Mouse Model Paves Way for Lung Cancer Studies
Lung Cancer Often mice are used to investigate cancer, because their accelerated life spans allow discoveries to be made in a few months. But most strains of mice stay relatively free of lung tumors, even when exposed to heavy tobacco smoke, so there...
page.png Minimally Invasive Surgery Treats Early Lung Cancers
Lung Cancer Treatment A new surgical technique offered at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center is helping people with early stage lung cancer recover more quickly with less pain. The minimally invasive technique involves removing...
page.png Researchers Discover Tumor Product That Suppresses Immune Function in Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer A product produced by lung cancer tumors fuels the cells that suppress immune function in patients and may be a target for Celebrex therapy, giving oncologists another weapon to fight cancer, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's...
page.png Two Ultrasound Procedures Combined Are Superior To Bronchoscopic Biopsy To Detect Lung Cancer Spread
Lung Cancer About half of all lung cancers are caught after they have spread to nearby lymph nodes. Biopsy results from these lymph nodes determine the appropriate treatment. Mayo Clinic physicians have shown that combining two minimally invasive ultrasound...
page.png Cancer Researchers Find Potential Target for Celebrex in Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer A product produced by lung cancer tumors fuels the cells that suppress immune function in patients and may be a target for Celebrex therapy, giving oncologists another weapon to fight cancer, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's...
page.png Building a Better Mouse Model of Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Research Scientists have identified some of the very earliest genetic changes involved in the development of lung cancer and have incorporated them into a new strain of mouse that develops the disease in much the same way that humans do...
page.png Integrated Implementation Plan to Fight Lung Cancer
Fight Lung Cancer The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today announced an integrated effort to reduce the suffering and death due to lung cancer by 2015. Each year, 160,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with lung cancer, making it the number...
page.png Diagnostic Strategy May Help Determine Stage Of Lung Cancer More Accurately
Lung Cancer A preoperative testing strategy combining two procedures may help improve the accuracy of determining the stage of lung cancer, according to an article in the August 24/31 issue of JAMA. Up to 40 percent of thoracotomies (surgical incision...
page.png For Individuals With Family History Of Lung Cancer, Risk Greater For Blacks Than Whites
Lung Cancer First-degree relatives of black individuals with early-onset lung cancer have twice the risk of lung cancer than first-degree relatives of white individuals with early-onset lung cancer, according to a study in the June 22/29 issue of JAMA...
page.png Chemotherapy and Radiation Together May Be Better for Patients with Locally Advanced Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Treatment While researchers have learned in the last decade that combining chemotherapy with radiation is better than radiation alone for treating non-small cell lung cancer patients with locally advanced disease – cancer...
page.png Higher Consumption of Some Soy Products, Grains, Vegetables and Fruits Associated with Reduced Risk
Lung Cancer Reduction Risk A diet higher in plant-derived compounds known as phytoestrogens is linked with a lower lung cancer risk, according to a study in the September 28 issue of JAMA. Phytoestrogens are plant-derived nonsteroidal compounds found...
page.png Study Finds Tarceva Benefits Older Lung Cancer Patients
Lung Cancer Treatment Drug should be tested as front-line therapy, say researchers. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib (Tarceva®) showed encouraging activity with relatively tolerable side effects in elderly, previously untreated...
page.png Two Designer Drugs Hit Same Lung Cancer Target, But Only One Is Effective
Treatment Drug - Lung Cancer Study demonstrates presence or absence of gene mutation a critical factor in treatment choice Two designer cancer drugs differed dramatically in a laboratory test comparing their ability to shut down a mutant, overactive...
page.png Lung Cancer Can Strike Anyone, But Smokers Are At Greatest Risk
Lung Cancer Risk The recent death of television news anchor Peter Jennings and Dana Reeve's diagnosis have put lung cancer in the national spotlight. This increased attention, cancer experts hope, will spur greater public awareness of the disease's...
page.png Eating Foods With "Weak Estrogens" May Help Reduce Lung Cancer Risk
Lung Cancer Risk Eating vegetables and other foods that have weak estrogen-like activity appears to reduce the risk of developing lung cancer in smokers - as well as in non-smokers, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center...
page.png Vitamin D Improves Survival with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Treatment Vitamin D from a combination of dietary sources and sun exposure appears to improve the survival of patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology,...
page.png Gene Therapy May Protect Normal Tissues During Radiation Retreatment for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Treatment Gene therapy could be used as an agent to protect normal tissues, including the esophagus and lung, from damage during a second administration of radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer, according to an animal study presented...
page.png Experimental Compound Reduces Lung Damage After Radiation
Treatment of Lung Cancer A single dose of an experimental compound called 1D11 successfully prevented severe lung damage from occurring in mice that underwent radiation therapy to treat lung cancers. The researchers from the Duke Comprehensive Cancer...
page.png Restoring Silenced Suppressor Gene Kills Lung Cancer Cells
Lung Cancer Treatment A new study suggests that restoring a gene often silenced in lung cancer causes the cells to self-destruct. The findings could lead to a new strategy for treating lung cancer. The research focused on a gene known as WWOX, which...
page.png Race Can Affect Decision About Lung Cancer Treatment
Lung Cancer and Race Race may play a role in whether a patient accepts surgical treatment for lung cancer. A study in the November issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), found that blacks with...
page.png Learn the Signs and Symptoms of Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Symptoms This year, nearly 175,000 Americans will learn they have lung cancer. Smoking is the greatest known risk factor for lung cancer, although being exposed to second-hand smoke, radon, asbestos and other chemicals can also increase...
page.png Chest X-Rays Can Detect Early Lung Cancer But...
Chest X-Rays and Lung Cancer A new study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that screening for lung cancer with chest X-rays can detect early lung cancer but also can produce many false-positive...
page.png New Antibody Profiling Technique to Test for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Biomedical scientists have revealed a new and promising antibody profiling technique that provides a high degree of early diagnostic accuracy for non-small cell lung cancer cases. Their research was reported in the second issue of the November...
page.png Lung Cancer Screening Encouraged for Smokers
Lung Cancer Screening To detect invasive lung cancer in its early stages, researchers urge current and former smokers who have a strong family history of the disease to take a lung function test and undergo screening with spiral computed tomography...
page.png Tumor Size Related To Lung Cancer Spread
Lung Cancer Smaller tumors in the lungs appear to be less likely to have spread than larger tumors among patients with asymptomatic lung cancer, suggesting that early screening may be useful in detecting cancers that are still curable, according to...
page.png Researchers Block Cancer-Promoting Signals in Most Common Form of Lung Cancer
Lung Cacner Treatment A First Step Toward Creating Anti-Tumor Drug Cancer researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., used a therapeutic gold compound to block cancer-promoting signals between key proteins involved in the development of non-small...
page.png A Unique Molecular Profile for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer A team of researchers has found that the expression pattern of certain microRNAs, or miRNAs, may predict tumor aggressiveness in some patients with lung cancer. These findings indicate that miRNAs may represent a new class of diagnostic...
page.png Palliative Radiation Actually A Cure For Some Lung Cancer Patients
Non-small cell lung cancer About one in a hundred patients with apparently incurable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) survive five or more years after being given relatively small doses of radiation therapy (RT) meant to ease symptoms, according...
page.png Race and Gender Affect Clinical Trial Participation
Lung Cancer Clinical Trials A new study finds significant disparities by race and gender in the enrollment of patients into lung cancer clinical trials. Published in the January 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer...
page.png Study Finds in Utero Arsenic Exposure Tied to Lung Disease
Lung Cancer and Arsenic Children who are exposed to high levels of arsenic in their drinking water are seven to 12 times more likely to die of lung cancer and other lung diseases in young adulthood, a new study by University of California, Berkeley,...
page.png Lung Cancer Susceptibility Runs in Families
Lung Cancer and Smoking Studying thousands of people, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have documented a 25 percent increased risk of developing one of a number of cancers in first-degree relatives of lung cancer...
page.png Non-smokers with Lung Cancer Respond Better To Treatment Than Smokers
Lung Cancer Treatment and Smoking Smoking history contributes to poor outcomes in the treatment of lung cancer, according to a new study. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) lung cancer patients who have never smoked before in their life have better...
page.png FDG-PET Accurate for Evaluating Lung Tumor Destruction from Radiofrequency Ablation
Lung Tumor Treatment FDG-PET can be used to assess the amount of tumor destruction after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) - the use of heat to destroy tumors - for the treatment of lung tumors and may provide more valuable information than CT alone, according...
page.png Short Term Follow-up Proves To Be Helpful
Lung cancer tumor growth For non small-cell lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy significant changes in tumor growth can be detected through short interval follow up CT, a recent study found. These growths may have important clinical implications...
page.png Gender May Impact Lung Function in Patients with Lung Cancer
Lung cancer and gender New research shows that many women recently diagnosed with lung cancer have normal lung function and perform better on lung function tests compared with their male counterparts. A study published in the May issue of CHEST, the...
page.png The Loss of a Protein Favors Lung Tumor Growth
Lung Tumor The researcher Zafira Castaño has discovered that the loss of a protein in the early phases of lung cancer favors tumor growth. This was the conclusion that the Doctor in Biochemistry reached in the dissertation which she...
page.png Combination Therapy Shows Promising Results in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Therapy An early phase study pairing an experimental targeted therapy with a common anti-inflammatory produced promising results in patients with advanced lung cancer, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center reported. Pairing the...
page.png Drug Shows Promise Against Advanced Form of Lung Cancer
Advanced Lung Cancer Drug Results of a multi-center clinical study of a drug currently approved for treatment of kidney cancer indicate that it may also be effective for people with recurrent and advanced lung cancer. The findings of this phase-2...
page.png New Predictor for Lung Cancer Treatment and Survival
Advanced Lung Cancer Survival Research from the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals of Cleveland has found a promising, novel biomarker that may be used to predict the survival of patients with advanced lung cancer and their response to treatment...
page.png Women Smokers Have Higher Risk of Lung Cancer Than Men Smokers
Lung Cancer Death and Smoking Women who smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than men who smoke, though women smokers have a lower rate of lung cancer-related death, according to a study in the July 12 issue of JAMA. In 2006 in the...
page.png To Overcome Drug Resistance In Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Drug Resistance Scientists have suggested it may be possible to reverse drug resistance in lung cancer patients, thereby improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to research published in the EMBO Journal. Most lung cancer...
page.png Combined Treatment Extends Life Expectancy For Lung Cancer Patients
Lung Cancer Treatment Combining thermal ablation with radiation therapy extends average life expectancy and decreases recurrences of tumors in patients who have early stages of inoperable lung cancer, according to researchers at Rhode Island Hospital...
page.png Radiation-Armed Robot Rapidly Destroys Human Lung Tumors
Lung Tumor Treatment Super-intense radiation delivered by a robotic arm eradicated lung tumors in some human patients just 3-4 months after treatment, medical physicist Cihat Ozhasoglu, Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will report...
page.png Researchers Develop Blood Test To Detect Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the United States and around the world, mainly because lung cancers are found in late stages and the best treatment opportunities already have been missed. In Kentucky, the incidence...
page.png Which Lung Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy to Live
Early Stage Lung Cancer and Chemotherapy Duke University Medical Center scientists have developed the first-ever genomic test to predict which patients with early-stage lung cancer will need chemotherapy to live and which patients can avoid the toxic...
page.png New Hope for Ways To Overcome Drug Resistance in Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Therapy Scientists have suggested it may be possible to reverse drug resistance in lung cancer patients, thereby improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to research published in the EMBO Journal in July. Most lung cancer...
page.png Living Close To Heavy Industry May Increase Risk of Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Risk Living close to heavy industry may increase the risk of developing lung cancer, although the effect is relatively modest, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax. Over 200 women under the age of 80 with primary lung cancer...
page.png Data From Lung Cancer Trial Show Clear Survival Benefit
Lung Cancer Drug Cancer drug developer Antisoma plc today announces final data from its phase II trial of AS1404 in non-small cell lung cancer. These show a very substantial survival benefit. Patients who received AS1404 on top of standard chemotherapy...
page.png Impaired Gene Helps Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer Resist Drug
Lung cancer cells with a defective version of a potential tumor suppressor gene are highly resistant to attack by a platinum-based drug commonly used to treat the disease, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and The University...
page.png Possible Lung Cancer Test 'Has Potential'
Detecting Early Lung Cancer Cancer Research UK today cautiously welcomed the results of a small-scale trial of a possible new blood test for lung cancer. The results, announced at the annual congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology,...
page.png A Tumor Suppressor That Promotes Cancer Cell Growth?
Lung Cancer Tumor Suppressor Gene Researchers have shown that the tumor suppressor gene H-REV107-1 may actually stimulate tumor progression in some non-small cell lung carcinomas. The related report by Nazarenko et al., "H-REV107-1 stimulates...
page.png FDA Approves New Combination Therapy for Lung Cancer
Avastin and Lung Cancer Treatment The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for the initial systemic treatment of patients with unresectable, locally advanced,...
page.png Genetech's Avastin Approved for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Drug Approval Genentech, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Avastin(R) (bevacizumab) to be used in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of...
page.png Lung Cancer Alliance Hails FDA Approval of Avastin
Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) hailed the news of the FDA approval of Avastin (bevacizumab) for the most common type of lung cancer. "Lung cancer is responsible for over one-third of all U.S. cancer deaths, killing more people than breast,...
page.png Spiral CT Screening Can Detect Lung Cancer Early
Early Lung Cancer Detection "The findings reported by the I-ELCAP are encouraging and add to the knowledge base that is building related to the value of screening for lung cancer. This is a solid, well established program that has a long track...
page.png Vaccination With Embryonic Stem Cells Prevents Lung Cancer In Mice
Prevent Lung Cancer Researchers in America have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells prevented lung cancer in those animals that had had cancer cells transplanted into them after the vaccination or that had been exposed to cancer-causing...
page.png Lung Cancer: Drug Improves Both Survival and Quality of Life
PMH investigators and their National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Clinical Trials Group colleagues report that administering erlotinib - a drug that blocks growth signals - to non-small cell lung cancer patients who have been previously treated...
page.png Gene Expression Profiling Not Quite Perfected in Predicting Lung Cancer Prognosis
While there have been significant advances in the use of gene expression profiling to assess a cancer prognosis, a Mayo Clinic review and analysis of existing lung cancer studies shows that this technology has not yet surpassed the accuracy of conventional...
page.png Key Immune Cells Predict Recurrence in Lung Cancer Patients
Early Lung Cancer Treatment Patients treated surgically for early-stage lung cancer face an increased risk of recurrence if their tumors contain a large number of cells that act as "dimmer switches" on the immune system, according to a study...
page.png Dual gene therapy suppresses lung cancer in preclinical test
Lung Cancer Treatment and Nanoparticles Combination gene therapy delivered in lipid-based nanoparticles drastically reduces the number and size of human non-small cell lung cancer tumors in mice, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson...
page.png Simple diagnostic test detects genetic signs of lung cancer in a patient's sputum
Detecting signs of lung cancer DNA coughed up along with phlegm could point to lung cancer, say researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who are developing an inexpensive and non-invasive gene probe to help diagnose early stage...
page.png HHSS Offers Low-Cost Radon Test Kits
To promote National Radon Action Month and make it easier for Nebraskans to test their homes for radon, the Health and Human Services System will offer low-cost radon test kits during January. January is Radon Action Month and an opportune time for...
page.png Novel EGFR antibody outperforms cetuximab in mouse model of lung cancer
Lung Cancer Therapy Antibodies that selectively bind and destroy cancer cells represent some of the most promising cancer therapy approaches being developed today. Several of these antibodies have reached the market, including cetuximab (Erbitux®,...
page.png Radon May Cause Up To 20,000 Deaths from Lung Cancer per Year in the U.S.
The US Surgeon General, US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Radon Program at the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) recommend that all homes be tested for radon. Radon is a cancer-causing natural radioactive gas that you can't see, smell...
page.png Lung cancer rates higher among female nonsmokers than previously
Non-smoking lung cancer Not all lung cancer is due to a lifetime of smoking cigarettes. Sometimes the diagnosis is a mystery, and the stigma surrounding the disease makes it hard for patients to talk about. Now, researchers at the Stanford University...
page.png Colorado is Ranked 7th Highest in the Country for Radon Gas
During the month of January, Radon Action Month, the Mesa County Health Department is encouraging residents to test their homes for elevated levels of radon. Testing homes for radon levels is simple and inexpensive. Test kits can be purchased at local...
page.png Colour sensor breath test can detect lung cancer
A breath test can successfully pick up lung cancer with "moderate accuracy" even in the early stages, reveals research published ahead of print in Thorax. It could revolutionise the way cancer is detected and potentially save lives, say the authors...
page.png Minimally Invasive Procedure Effectively Detects and Evaluates Lung Cancer
Endoscopic ultrasound, a minimally invasive procedure in which a camera-tipped scope is inserted down the esophagus, can safely and effectively determine whether masses in or around the lungs are cancerous or benign. Duke University Medical Center...
page.png Researchers Identify Biomarker for Lung Cancer Signs
Lung Cancer Signs in Smokers Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a gene expression marker that distinguishes smokers with lung cancer from smokers without the disease. The findings, reported in the March 1,...
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