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Eating deep-fried food associated with increased risk of prostate cancer, study finds

Regular consumption of deep-fried foods such as French fries, fried chicken and doughnuts is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, and the effect appears to be slightly stronger with regard to more aggressive ...

Cancer created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows unassisted method works best to restore independent breathing in patients on ventilators

(Medical Xpress)—Use of a device that supplies humidified oxygen is more effective than a technique that reduces positive airway pressure delivered to the lungs in helping patients who have been on a ventilator more than ...

Other created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds 'Achilles heel' of key HIV replication protein

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine may have found an "Achilles heel" in a key HIV protein. In findings published online today in Chemistry and Biology, they showed that targeting this vulnerable spot c ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NFL players may be at higher risk for depression as they age

National Football League (NFL) players may be at increased risk of depression as they age due to brain damage resulting from concussions, according to two studies released today that will be presented at the American Academy ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists use Pap test fluid to detect ovarian, endometrial cancers

Using cervical fluid obtained during routine Pap tests, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a test to detect ovarian and endometrial cancers. In a pilot study, the "PapGene" test, which relies ...

Cancer created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Costly breast cancer screenings don't add up to better outcomes

Even though Medicare spends over $1 billion per year on breast cancer screenings such as a mammography, there is no evidence that higher spending benefits older women, researchers at Yale School of Medicine found in a study ...

Cancer created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US cancer screening rates decline over the last 10 years, study finds

The rate of people who seek preventive cancer screenings has fallen over the last ten years in the United States with wide variations between white-collar and blue-collar workers, according to a University of Miami Miller ...

Cancer created Dec 27, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic defect causing fragile X-related disorders more common than thought

A single genetic defect on the X chromosome that can result in a wide array of conditions—from learning and emotional difficulties to primary ovarian insufficiency in women and tremors in middle-aged men—occurs at a much ...

Genetics created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World Trade Center rescue, recovery workers have had increased incidence of certain types of cancer

Among rescue and recovery workers exposed to the dust, debris, and fumes following the World Trade Center terrorist attack, there was an increased incidence of prostate and thyroid cancers and multiple myeloma, although it ...

Cancer created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ability to sit and rise from the floor is closely correlated with all-cause mortality risk

A simple screening test of musculo-skeletal fitness has proved remarkably predictive of all-cause mortality in a study of more than 2000 middle-aged and older men and women. The study, performed in Brazil by Dr Claudio Gil ...

Cardiology created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Predicting, preventing, and controlling pandemics: Making the case for a strategic action plan

About 60% of infectious diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria and other pathogens that make the jump to humans from other species. This includes some of the most devastating disease outbreaks of the past 30 years, including ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers show a better way for curbing TB where the disease is rampant

(Medical Xpress)—Those who live and die behind prison walls don't usually get much public attention. Incarceration is, after all, meant to remove criminals from society. But contagious and potentially deadly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene that causes tumor disorder linked to increased breast cancer risk

New Johns Hopkins research showing a more than four-fold increase in the incidence of breast cancer in women with neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) adds to growing evidence that women with this rare genetic disorder may benefit from ...

Cancer created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scanning innovation can improve personalized medicine

New combinations of medical imaging technologies hold promise for improved early disease screening, cancer staging, therapeutic assessment, and other aspects of personalized medicine, according to Ge Wang, director of Virginia ...

Medical research created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds mammograms lead to unneeded treatment

Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never would ...

Cancer created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0