http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. "Are there genetic risk factors for PCa? Yes, and BRCA2 and HOXB13 are useful for predicting high-risk disease," said Jack Cuzick (GB) president of the International Society for Cancer Prevention (ISCaP), referring to the two genes implicated in high-risk prostate disease. Cuzick gave a report on the Consensus Statement for Prostate Cancer Prevention at the closing plenary session of the 28 Annual EAU Congress held in Milan, Italy from March 15 to 19. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-genetics-age-ethnicity-factors-pca.html Cancer Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:50:08 EST news283081802 (Medical Xpress)—A cure for congenital sight impairment caused by lens damage is closer following research by scientists at Monash University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-petri-dish-lens-eye-treatments.html Ophthalmology Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:33:09 EST news278839953 New research examining the role of race and ethnicity in an individual's decision to become a donor for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) identifies several factors associated with varied participation rates in national donor registries across racial/ethnic groups. Results of this first-of-its-kind study are published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-cultural-social-factors-barriers-minority.html Other Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:26:19 EST news275228760 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the cause of infectious mononucleosis and a risk for serious disease in liver transplant recipients. Molecular tests that can identify early protein markers produced by EBV may have value for diagnosing active infection. The benefits of this diagnostic approach in patients with mononucleosis and in EBV-infected transplant patients are evaluated in an article published in BioResearch Open Access. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-early-markers-epstein-barr-virus.html Other Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:14:41 EST news272301264 Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with UK company Proteome Sciences plc (PS) describe a simple blood test that could substantially increase the number of patients eligible for highly effective ischaemic stroke therapy in a paper "Blood Glutathione S-Transferase-pi (GSTP) as a Time Indicator of Stroke Onset", published last week in the journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-blood-effective-treatment-five-fold.html Cardiology Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:22:44 EST news267340957 Many elderly people spend their last years alone. Spouses pass and children scatter. But being lonely is much more than a silent house and a lack of companionship. Over time, loneliness not only takes a toll on the psyche but can have a serious physical impact as well. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-mindfulness-meditation-loneliness-benefits-immune.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:34:35 EST news264177241 Researchers at the EPFL have identified an important mechanism that could lead to the design of more effective cancer vaccines. Their discovery of a new-found role of the lymphatic system in tumour growth shows how tumours evade detection by using a patient's own immune system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-cancer-defense-future-vaccines.html Cancer Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:54:09 EST news249224023 A research team led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has discovered proteins in the blood that are associated with early lung cancer development in mice and humans. The advance brings the reality of a blood test for the early detection and diagnosis of lung cancer a step closer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-blood-proteins-early-lung-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:29:32 EST news235049316