Archive: 31/12/2014

Women with atypical hyperplasia are at higher risk of breast cancer

Women with atypical hyperplasia of the breast have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than previously thought, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Results of the study appear in a special report on breast cancer in the ...

Dec 31, 2014

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Can exercise help people with Parkinson's disease?

Exercise may help people with Parkinson's disease improve their balance, ability to move around and quality of life, even if it does not reduce their risk of falling, according to a new study published in the December 31, ...

Dec 31, 2014

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New Year often ushers in pledge to quit drinking

(HealthDay)—People with drinking problems often make a New Year's pledge to stop or cut back on their drinking, but actually doing it can be a struggle, an addiction expert says.

Dec 31, 2014

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Patient stem cells used to make dementia-in-a-dish; help identify new treatment strategy

Belgian researchers have identified a new strategy for treating an inherited form of dementia after attempting to turn stem cells derived from patients into the neurons most affected by the disease. In patient-derived stem ...

Dec 31, 2014

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Little change seen in fast food portion size, product formulation between 1996 and 2013

Two new reports from researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University shows little change in fast food portion sizes and product formulation between 1996 and 2013. Led by Alice H. Lichtenstein, ...

Dec 31, 2014

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3-D culture system for pancreatic cancer has potential to change therapeutic approaches

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer, with only 6 percent of patients surviving five years after diagnosis. Today, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and The Lustgarten Foundation jointly announce ...

Dec 31, 2014

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Ebola-hit UK nurse treated with survivor's plasma, trial drug

A British nurse who contracted Ebola in west Africa is being treated with the blood plasma of someone who survived the virus and an experimental anti-viral drug, the doctor supervising her care said Wednesday.

Dec 31, 2014

Top UK doctor: Ebola screening should be improved (Update)

Britain's Ebola screening procedures should be improved, the country's chief medical officer said Wednesday, after a nurse was cleared to fly hours before she was diagnosed with the disease.

Dec 31, 2014

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Researchers find significant link to daily physical activity, vascular health

As millions of Americans resolve to live healthier lives in 2015, research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine shows just how important diligent daily physical activity is. The researchers found that reducing ...

Dec 31, 2014

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More than 1.5 million cancer deaths averted during two decades of dropping mortality

The American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report finds that a 22% drop in cancer mortality over two decades led to the avoidance of more than 1.5 million cancer deaths that would have occurred if peak rates had ...

Dec 31, 2014

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