News tagged with preventive treatment
Breakthrough cancer-killing treatment has no side-effects, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Cancer painfully ends more than 500,000 lives in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The scientific crusade against cancer recently ...
Cancer
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Compound in grapes, red wine could be key to fighting prostate cancer
Resveratrol, a compound found commonly in grape skins and red wine, has been shown to have several beneficial effects on human health, including cardiovascular health and stroke prevention. Now, a University ...
Cancer
Nov 10, 2012 |
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Low back pain world's highest contributor to disability, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Low back pain is the highest contributor to disability in the world, according to a pivotal international study released today.
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Dec 14, 2012 |
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New lab mice cut search for genetic links to disease by more than a decade
With a 95 percent genomic similarity to humans, mice have long been used to learn about the genetic causes of human disease. Once researchers can shine a light on the genetic factors that cause disease in mice, they can start ...
Genetics
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Exercise just as good as drugs at preventing migraines: study
Although exercise is often prescribed as a treatment for migraine, there has not previously been sufficient scientific evidence that it really works. However, research from the Sahlgrenska Academy has now ...
Health
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Scientists make headway for cancer treatment and cancer prevention with landmark discovery
Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have made a landmark discovery in the battle against the rapid spread of aggressive cancers associated with PRL-3 oncoprotein . Contrary to the current ...
Cancer
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Telephone therapy retains more patients than face-to-face sessions and improves depression
Phoning it in is more effective than the therapist's couch when it comes to keeping patients in psychotherapy. New Northwestern Medicine research shows patients who had therapy sessions provided over the phone were more likely ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 05, 2012 |
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Lessons learned from the 'ethical odyssey' of an HIV trial
In the battle against HIV/AIDS conditions on the frontlines are constantly in flux as treatment, research and policy evolve. The landmark HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 study, which established that antiretroviral ...
HIV & AIDS
Jun 14, 2012 |
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Protein reveals diabetes risk many years in advance
When a patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the disease has usually already progressed over several years and damage to areas such as blood vessels and eyes has already taken place. To find a test that indicates who ...
Diabetes
Nov 07, 2012 |
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Drug stops HIV among hetero couples, not just gays
An AIDS drug already shown to help prevent spread of the virus in gay men also works for heterosexual men and women, two studies in Africa found. Experts called it a breakthrough for the continent that has ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 13, 2011 |
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HIV spreading in Europe, but AIDS cases declining: study
HIV infections continued to rise in Europe in 2010, but thanks to treatment the number of cases of full-blown AIDS has dramatically declined in recent years, according to a report published Wednesday.
HIV & AIDS
Nov 30, 2011 |
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CDC: One in 50 poor, straight urban Americans infected with HIV
(HealthDay)—About one in every 50 heterosexual Americans living in poorer urban neighborhoods is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 14, 2013 |
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Common class of pain drugs reduces severity of postpartum breast cancers
During involution -- the process during which milk-producing cells are killed and replaced by fat cells -- the breast is especially susceptible to the development of aggressive cancers. This study shows that NSAIDs like ibuprofen ...
Cancer
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Ginger root supplement reduced colon inflammation markers
Ginger supplements reduced markers of colon inflammation in a select group of patients, suggesting that this supplement may have potential as a colon cancer prevention agent, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Re ...
Cancer
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Researchers suggest unconventional approach to control HIV epidemics
(Medical Xpress) -- A new weapon has emerged to prevent HIV infection. Called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, it is a strategy of providing medications to at-risk people before they are exposed to the virus. Having shown ...
HIV & AIDS
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