Archive: 07/01/2015

Time to treatment increasing with head, neck cancer

(HealthDay)—Time to treatment initiation (TTI) is rising for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, according to a study published online Dec. 9 in Cancer.

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Study links TV use and unhealthy eating

The holidays can be a time for binge watching TV shows or movies. According to a University of Houston (UH) researcher, all of those hours in front of the television may lead to increased snacking.

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New approach sees breakthrough in antibiotics research

Scientists using a revolutionary approach have devised an antibiotic that may offset the mounting problem of drug resistance for decades, they said on Wednesday.

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Team develops prognostic test for E2F4 in breast cancer

By looking at the expression levels of downstream genes of the regulators in breast cancer, investigators at Dartmouth Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC), led by Chao Cheng, PhD, have identified a gene signature ...

Jan 7, 2015

Campus debit cards let students buy cigarettes with parents' money

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the British Medical Journal: Tobacco Control shows that of the top 100 universities as ranked by U.S. News and World Report, 11 allow tobacco sales and 13 allow e-cigarette ...

Jan 7, 2015

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Scientists identify first nutrient sensor in key growth-regulating metabolic pathway

Known as much for its complexity as its vital role in regulating cellular and organismal growth, the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway has seemingly been acting in mysterious ways.

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Scientists train immune system to spot and destroy cure-defying mutant HIV

Luring dormant HIV out of hiding and destroying its last cure-defying holdouts has become the holy grail of HIV eradication, but several recent attempts to do so have failed. Now the findings of a Johns Hopkins-led study ...

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Sticking to lifestyle guidelines may reduce risk for certain cancers and for overall mortality

A study of nearly a half-million Americans has found that following cancer prevention guidelines from the American Cancer Society may modestly reduce your overall risk of developing cancer and have a greater impact on reducing ...

Jan 7, 2015

Genetics in depression: What's known, what's next

Even with modern genomewide analysis techniques, it has proven difficult to identify genetic factors affecting risk for depression, according to a topical review in the January issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

Jan 7, 2015

Researchers to design, market smartphone app that gauges Ebola risk

Within six months, your iPhone or Android mobile device could supply a real-time estimate of your likelihood of contact with the deadly Ebola virus. To create the digital tool, researchers at the University of Kansas recently ...

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Archive: 07/01/2015

Time to treatment increasing with head, neck cancer

Study links TV use and unhealthy eating

New approach sees breakthrough in antibiotics research

Team develops prognostic test for E2F4 in breast cancer

Campus debit cards let students buy cigarettes with parents' money

Scientists identify first nutrient sensor in key growth-regulating metabolic pathway

Scientists train immune system to spot and destroy cure-defying mutant HIV

Sticking to lifestyle guidelines may reduce risk for certain cancers and for overall mortality

Genetics in depression: What's known, what's next

Researchers to design, market smartphone app that gauges Ebola risk

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