Pfizer’s Inlyta drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer got the nod from U.S. regulators on Friday, boosting the company’s plans to offset plunging Lipitor sales. The Food and Drug Administration said the drug, known generically as axitinib, was effective at treating patients who did not respond to another drug for kidney cancer. [...]
Women with breast cancer who take antiestrogen supplements may be decreasing their risk for melanoma, according to a study published Wednesday in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Christine Bouchardy, professor at the University of Geneva and head of the Geneva Cancer Registry, and colleagues analyzed data [...]
It’s a dream of medical science that looks tantalizingly within reach: the artificial pancreas, a potential breakthrough treatment for the scourge of type 1 diabetes. Meant to mimic the function of a real pancreas, the artificial version is a complex device that combines a pager-sized continuous glucose monitor and sensor that tracks blood [...]
Vaccines can cause certain side effects but serious ones appear very rare — and there’s no link with autism and Type 1 diabetes, the Institute of Medicine says in the first comprehensive safety review in 17 years. The report released Thursday isn’t aimed at nervous parents. And the side effects it lists as [...]
German scientists experimenting with sniffer dogs have found they can accurately detect lung cancer by smelling breath samples. In a study carried out by researchers from Schillerhoehe Hospital in Germany, the dogs were able to correctly detect lung tumours in 71 percent of patients, suggesting a similar technique could be used for early [...]
Glucose is a main source of energy for the cells that make up your muscles and other tissues. Glucose comes from 2 major sources: the food you eat and your liver. During digestion, sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream. Normally, sugar then enters cells with the help of insulin. When you have diabetes, [...]
Dieting to lose weight may not help older overweight adults to live longer, but losing a little weight on purpose also does not seem to cause any harm, according to a study. Previous studies had raised concerns that losing weight might be harmful to older adults, since some research had linked dropping weight to a [...]
Using a simple, minimally- invasive technique to analyze cells from the interior of the nose, U.S. researchers have detected lung cancer in its earliest stage. For the study, the researchers at the Boston University Medical Center collected nasal epithelial cells from thirty three smokers who were undergoing medically-indicated bronchoscopies for suspicion of lung cancer, according [...]
In the first clinical trial examining the impact of surgically removing the prostate gland, the team followed 347 randomly chosen patients for the procedure, and closely watched 348 others, according to the study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Surgery appears to be a better treatment option for early prostate cancer than “watchful waiting,” [...]
Canadian researchers have discovered a protein that might help halt the spread of breast cancer cells. The discover could lead to a therapy for preventing or limiting the spread of breast cancer, the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) said on its website EurekAlert.org. . . .
Doctors have long known that preterm birth increases children’s risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but now a new study of more than a million children in Sweden strengthens the association. Researchers found that babies born about a month early, at 35 and 36 weeks – who account for the majority of preterm [...]
A lack of vitamin D, even in generally healthy people, is linked with stiffer arteries and an inability of blood vessels to relax, research from the Emory/ Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute has found. The results add to evidence that lack of vitamin D can lead to impaired vascular health, contributing to high blood pressure [...]
U.S. researchers have linked hot flashes and night sweats at the beginning of menopause to a reduced risk of future heart attacks and strokes, according to a study published Thursday. Women who had hot flashes at the start of menopause seemed to have a lower risk for heart attack and death than women who never [...]
Although the precise estimate is still uncertain, researchers found that people who started taking zinc-loaded lozenges or syrups within 24 hours of showing symptoms … a sore throat, say, or runny nose … shortened their cold by one day. By comparison, a normal cold lasts about a week. A new look at the medical evidence [...]
The result of a new study indicates that sleep disorder of mothers in their pregnancy will increase the risk of postpartum depression and hamper the development of newborn babies’ sleep-wake rhythm, said the Academy of Finland in a press release on Wednesday. According to the study, the sleep disorder of new babies and their mothers [...]
Researchers tracking more than 6,000 women for up to six years found that most cases of breast cancer occurred in those without a family history of the disease, although many of the women had other known risk factors that can help predict an individual woman’s likelihood of developing the disease. A new study reconfirms something [...]
University of Georgia researchers have developed a technique that can diagnose a common type of pneumonia within minutes, potentially replacing existing tests that can take several days for results. The researchers detected Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which causes atypical or “walking pneumonia,” in true clinical samples with over 97 percent accuracy using a recently-developed nanotechnology- based platform. [...]
A small, daily dose of aspirin significantly diminishes the risk of death from a wide range of cancers, according to a landmark study released Tuesday. Earlier work by the same team of scientists showed that the century-old remedy for aches and pains, long a staple of family pharmacies, can help ward off colon cancer. The [...]
Just because nothing is physically wrong with the patient does not mean that the symptoms are feigned, though. They are not. And the patient truly does have a serious problem, namely hypochondria, or severe health anxiety. “Oh no, it’s him (or her) again!” probably goes through many a doctor’s mind when a patient is back [...]
Vitamin B12 may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study out Monday. The study suggests that seniors with more of the active part of the vitamin in their blood have a lower risk of developing the disease, which eats away at the minds of one in eight Americans aged 65 and older, according [...]
A diet rich in walnuts and walnut oil may prepare the body to deal better with stress, according to a report released Monday by a team of Pennsylvania State University researchers. Previous studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids — like the alpha linolenic acid found in walnuts and flax seeds — can reduce low [...]
In a study of patients with stage III colon cancer — characterized as cancer in the large bowel area with some cancer cells in a few nearby lymph nodes — the researchers found that while multivitamin use had no beneficial effect on patients’ outcomes, it also did not have a detrimental effect. Patients with colon [...]
A new research suggests that people who drink tea or coffee in moderation are less likely to die of heart disease than coffee and tea abstainers, according to media reports Saturday. The research team studied tea and coffee consumption among 37,514 people in The Netherlands, and followed the participants for 13 years to monitor heart [...]
Diabetes can lead to a decline in memory, thinking speed, and mental flexibility in middle age, but controlling the blood sugar disorder might prevent some of these effects, new research from the Netherlands suggests. While the mental decline may be invisible to the individual, the fact that the drop-off starts accumulating in middle age puts [...]
Eating chocolate could bring down cholesterol levels in some people, a new analysis of eight studies shows. But chocolate lovers shouldn’t take the news as license to indulge. Chocolate only helped people who already had risk factors for heart disease, and only when consumed in modest amounts, Dr. Rutai Hui of the Chinese Academy of [...]
The compound, a flavanol called epicatechin, triggers two built- in protective pathways in the brain, providing a molecular mechanism by which the compound can guard against the damage of a stroke, said researchers at John Hopkins University School of Medicine. The findings were published in the May issue of the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow [...]
Whether breast cancer should be labeled as an occupational disease is still unclear, researchers behind a new study from China suggest. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and so far only one country (Denmark) has awarded compensation to shift workers who develop the disease. If more were to follow suit, it [...]
Youth and beauty will always be in fashion. This makes the interest to Botox injections remain acute for many years. Wrinkles-free face looks youthful and charming. There is much debate about Botox, some good, some bad. Its application in cosmetology is a great achievement but not a miracle. It does have certain disadvantages. In 1970, [...]
Retinopathy causes abnormal blood vessels to grow in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye. This growth can cause the retina to detach from the back of the eye leading to vision loss. “For people who have had diabetes for 25 years, more than half of them will have retinopathy,” [...]
The Japanese Giant Hornet is one of the most dangerous insects in the world. Two stings is enough to kill most people and shoots flesh-melting acid at the face of its victims – usually at the eyes. This five-ayes monster is endemic in the rural areas of Japan. In his article “Japanese Giant Hornets: World’s [...]
People with depression are more likely to gain weight, but overweight people are not more prone to depression than their normal-weight peers, a new study suggests. Although there is a link between depression and weight gain, it is not exactly clear how they’re connected, researchers at University of Alabama said in the study, which appears [...]
Canadian researchers have discovered a protein that might help halt the spread of breast cancer cells. The discover could lead to a therapy for preventing or limiting the spread of breast cancer, the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) said on its website EurekAlert.org. . . .
People in Portland are more likely than those in Iceland to be sensitive to certain foods, but reactions to fish, eggs and cow’s milk appear rare in both places, new research suggests. The study, of more than 4,500 adults from 13 Western countries, found that nations varied in the rate of people who were sensitive [...]
Women in a Swedish study who drank at least a cup of coffee everyday had a 22 to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared to those who drank less coffee or none at all. “Coffee drinkers should rejoice,” said Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. “Coffee is often [...]
Diet soda and other artificially-sweetened drinks, previously implicated in the chance of developing diabetes, are not guilty, according to a study by researchers at Harvard University. In a large group of men followed for 20 years, drinking regular soda and other sugary drinks often meant a person was more likely to get diabetes, but that [...]
