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High Blood Calcium Levels May Indicate Ovarian Cancer
January 23, 2013 A new study reports that high blood calcium levels might predict of ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic ... > full story -
Treatment Targeting PI3K May Delay Resistance to Anti-HER2 Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients
January 23, 2013 Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer being treated with anti-HER2 therapy may be able to prevent or delay resistance to the therapy with the addition of a phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase inhibitor ... > full story -
Stimulator Device Offers Treatment Option for Children With Incontinence
January 23, 2013 Incontinence is typically a condition associated with adults; however, many children also struggle with incontinence – bladder, bowel or both. In order to help these children, doctors have ... > full story -
New Drug Target for Her-2 Related Breast Cancer
January 22, 2013 New research details exactly how the Her2 cancer gene promotes the progression and spread of breast cancer cells. The inactivation of a tumor suppression gene called Nischarin is among the mechanisms ... > full story -
Linchpin of Skin Response to UVA Light Discovered
January 21, 2013 Researchers have strengthened their understanding of how skin cells called melanocytes sense ultraviolet light and act to protect themselves with melanin. In a new study, they report experiments ... > full story -
Three Questions About HPV Vaccination
January 18, 2013 In 2009, more than 30,000 people in the U.S. learned they had cancer linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV. This virus is best known for causing cervical cancer, but it’s also the culprit ... > full story -
Which Nutritional Factors Help Preserve Muscle Mass, Strength and Performance in Seniors?
January 18, 2013 A new review identifies nutritional factors that contribute to sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass), or conversely, are beneficial to the maintenance of muscle mass. The Group reviewed evidence from ... > full story -
Fighting Sleep: Potential New Treatments for Deadly Sleeping Sickness
January 17, 2013 While its common name may make it sound almost whimsical, sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is in reality a potentially fatal parasitic infection that has ravaged populations in ... > full story -
DNA Marker Predicts Breast Cancer Recurrence
January 16, 2013 Medical researchers tested the DNA of more than 300 women in Alberta and discovered a 'genetic marker' method to help accurately profile which women were more apt to have their breast cancer return ... > full story -
New Culprit for Epileptic Seizures: Some Seizures Arise in Glial Cells
January 16, 2013 A new study suggests that some seizures may originate in non-neuronal cells known as glia, which were long believed to play a mere supporting role in brain ... > full story
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