Health Discoveries in General Health News
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Children's narrowed eye arteries foretell heart problems
April 21, 2011
The lack of exercise that goes with an excessive amount of sedentary activities by children appear to narrow their eye arteries, which may indicate they will have heart-related problems later in life.
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Growing evidence that calcium impairs heart health
April 21, 2011
New Zealand researchers who reviewed data involving thousands of women in more than a dozen studies have added to the growing belief that calcium supplements may raise the risk of heart disease.
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Genetic study will help diagnose and treat melanoma
April 21, 2011
The DNA coding of the most serious form of skin cancer has been surveyed by researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has turned up important information that will help diagnose and treat melanoma.
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Foundation seeks support during Parkinson's Awareness Month
April 21, 2011
Helping to educate the public about misconceptions about Parkinson's disease is the goal of this year's theme, "Shatter the Myths," during April, which is Parkinson's Awareness Month.
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Virus therapy studied for mesothelioma treatment
April 21, 2011
A research team at the University of Minnesota is conducting a new study on how patients with malignant mesothelioma respond to an innovative measles virus therapy.
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Heart health study shows artery plaque builds quickly
April 21, 2011
A new Swedish study related to heart health indicates that plaque build-up in arteries occurs over a shorter period of time and later in life than previously believed.
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Minimally invasive MitraClip device speeds heart recovery
April 20, 2011
The insertion of a tiny clothespin-like device threaded through an artery to stop mitral regurgitation may be as effective in closing a leaky heart valve as open heart surgery.
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New device has success in reducing brain aneurysm ruptures
April 20, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new catheter-enabled device that cuts off the blood flow to brain aneurysms and reduces the likelihood that they will rupture.
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FDA warns of drug connection to rare blood cancer
April 20, 2011
Certain anti-inflammatory drugs that suppress the immune system have been associated with a rare blood cancer in adolescents and young adults being treated for digestive disorders.
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Aspirin use linked to lower risk of pancreatic cancer
April 18, 2011
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that aspirin taken as little as once monthly may reduce the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
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Antidepressants pose heart risk by narrowing blood vessels
April 18, 2011
An Emory University study of 500 male twins found that men who take antidepressants had an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes because the medication appears to narrow their blood vessels.
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Reduced stress in cancer patients may aid chromosome health
April 18, 2011
Reducing chronic stress in cancer patients may slow down reduction in the size of telomeres, or structures within chromosomes that protect them from deteriorating into mutations that further the cancer.
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Progress made in neuroscience 'connectomics'
April 18, 2011
By focusing on vision, neuroscience researchers at the University College of London have progressed in their understanding of how brain neurons function and mapping connections throughout the brain's circuitry.
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Mixed cancer results for those with HIV
April 15, 2011
While AIDS-related cancers have decreased substantially, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that cancer cases overall tripled in recent years for people with the HIV virus.
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Genes show differences in ovarian cancer survival
April 13, 2011
Ovarian cancer survival rates are considerably higher for patients who have one type of gene mutation rather than another, according to research presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Brain imaging links food and other addictions
April 13, 2011
A neuroscience study at the Yale University Rudd Center has found that compulsive eaters exhibit activity in the same areas of the brain that are linked to addictions of drugs and alcohol.
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Epileptic seizure may indicate undetected brain tumor
April 13, 2011
Epileptic seizures may be an indication of a very early-stage brain tumor or a tumor not detected during a brain scan, according to the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
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Genetic link seen in Parkinson's and related cancers
April 13, 2011
A research team at the University of Utah, reviewing records that date back as much as 100 years, believe there is a genetic link for those with Parkinson's disease and an increased risk that they and their relatives can also develop melanoma and prostate cancer.
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Shorter exercise time may be efficient way to heart health
April 12, 2011
Short periods of high-intensity exercising seems to reap the same benefits as longer exercise sessions of moderate intensity, according to the American Journal of Human Biology.
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RNA therapy is the focus of California cancer study
April 12, 2011
A RNA-based therapy to combat cancerous cells in mesothelioma patients is under study by a researcher at the University of California at San Francisco.
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HPV may have a link to lung cancer
April 11, 2011
Although most closely associated with cervical cancer, researchers have found the human papillomavirus (HPV) may also be linked to lung cancer.
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Life-long exercise is key to strengthen heart health
April 6, 2011
A life-long regimen of exercise can result in heart health in the elderly that rivals that of healthy, but sedentary young people, according to a study presented recently at an annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology.
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Autistic people focus brain regions on visual perception
April 6, 2011
A new neuroscience study indicates that people with autism "reallocate" certain brain areas to visual perception and cause less activity to take place in brain regions where thoughts and actions are planned and controlled, according to the April issue of the journal Human Brain Mapping.
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Blood test could verify lung cancer diagnosis for non-smokers
April 5, 2011
A blood test could help verify a diagnosis when lung cancer is suspected in people who have never smoked, new research shows.
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Genome scanning planned on mesothelioma
April 5, 2011
A Wake Forest University professor is attempting to learn more about the genetic risk related to developing mesothelioma.
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Certain cancers persist years after smoking stops
April 4, 2011
Italian researchers who reviewed data from 33 past studies concluded that some types of throat and stomach cancer can develop in smokers even if they quit the habit years before.
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Elderly heart patients have better outcomes at home
April 4, 2011
Elderly heart failure patients who move into skilled nursing facilities after they leave the hospital often have poorer outcomes, including higher rates of death, than those who go home, a University of Colorado study found.
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Parkinson's disease drug linked to impulse control disorder
April 4, 2011
A group of Parkinson's disease drugs called dopamine agonists are linked to the development of impulse control disorder, a psychological condition characterized by a patient's inability to stop performing actions harmful to oneself and others.
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Mercury from fish not harmful to heart health
March 28, 2011
Research at the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston shows that heart health isn't compromised by eating fish that contains mercury.
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Immunity research on prostate cancer targets gene
March 28, 2011
A prostate cancer study by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has found that the gene FOXO3 affects the immune response in cancer cells and can be targeted to fight the disease.
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