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Scientists Predict Three Quarters Of Children With Leukaemia In The UK Will Be Cured
03.07.2008 04:15
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Around three-quarters of children diagnosed with leukaemia will be cured of their disease, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer* .
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Cancer
Mediterranean Diet Cuts Cancer Risk
03.07.2008 04:15
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Adopting just two aspects of the Mediterranean diet can cut the risk of developing cancer by 12 per cent - research published in the British Journal of Cancer* reveals.
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Cancer
New York City Restaurants Enter Final Phase Of Trans Fats Ban
03.07.2008 04:15
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Yesterday, 1st July, New York City restaurants entered the final phase of the ban on artificial trans fats introduced a year ago. The City's restaurants must now clear trans fats rom their menus. Trans fats are made by hydrogenating plant oils to make them easier to use, for instance in baking, and to increase shelf life. They raise "bad" LDL and lower "good" HDL cholesterol, thereby increasing the risk for coronary heart disease.
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Cardiology
Pharmacists Urge Consumers To Seek Advice About Sunburn Safety
03.07.2008 04:15
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With the incidence of skin cancer annually on the rise, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) encourages consumers to talk to their pharmacist about sunburn prevention, sunburn treatment and medications that increase the skin's sensitivity to the sun. Besides being medication experts, pharmacists are also knowledgeable about how to prevent and treat common summertime ailments, such as sunburns.
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Cancer
Clinicians Should Consider Economic Impact Of New Interventions
03.07.2008 04:14
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Cancer clinicians should understand and consider the economic impact of new interventions, which often have substantial costs, according to a report appearing in the July/August issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
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Cancer
ERMA's Recommendation To Continue The Use Of Endosulfan In New Zealand Dismays Breast Cancer Network
03.07.2008 04:14
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Breast Cancer Network NZ is very disturbed that ERMA has not recommended a ban on the use of the pesticide endosulfan in New Zealand. This acutely toxic organochlorine chemical has been used so widely that it is found in our food and water and is a contaminant of the environment and animal tissues all over the world. Not only is endosulfan toxic, it is an endocrine-disrupting compound which may be implicated in breast cancer.
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Cancer
Small Protein May Have Big Role In Making More Bone And Less Fat
03.07.2008 04:14
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"The pathways are parallel, and the idea is if you can somehow disrupt the fat production pathway, you will get more bone," says Dr. Xingming Shi, bone biologist at the Medical College of Georgia Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics. He's found the short-acting protein GILZ appears to make this desirable shift and wants to better understand how it does it with the long-term goal of targeted therapies for osteoporosis, obesity and maybe more.
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Orthopedics
New Book For Parents Of Children With Juvenile Arthritis
03.07.2008 04:12
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The Arthritis Foundation announces the publication of a new book for parents of children with juvenile arthritis (JA). Released in conjunction with Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month in July, the all-new Raising a Child with Arthritis addresses many of the concerns parents have about JA - from diagnosis and treatments to family and financial issues.
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Arthritis
Pediatric Researchers Find Possible 'Master Switch' Gene In Juvenile Arthritis
03.07.2008 04:12
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Researchers have found that a gene region known to play a role in some varieties of adult rheumatoid arthritis is also present in all types of childhood arthritis. The researchers say the responsible gene may be a "master switch" that helps turn on the debilitating disease. Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia reported on the link between the gene region and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), formerly called juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
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Arthritis
Yoga And Meditation Change Gene Response To Stress
03.07.2008 04:12
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Research from the US suggests that mind body techniques like yoga and meditation that put the body in a state of deep rest known as the relaxation response, are capable of changing how genes behave in response to stress.
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Depression
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation July 1, 2008
03.07.2008 04:11
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Calpain inhibitors never forget: improving memory in Alzheimer disease mice Overactivation of proteins known as calpains, which are involved in memory formation, has been linked to Alzheimer disease.
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Alzheimer's Disease
Study Examines Mental Health Coverage In State Health Care Initiatives
03.07.2008 04:11
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"Coverage for All: Inclusion of Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders in State Healthcare Reform Initiatives," National Alliance on Mental Illness/National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare: The study finds that more than one in four uninsured U.S.
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Harmful Habits
Minister Wallace Launches New Stronger Codes Of Practice To Control Alcohol Marketing, Communications And Sponsorship, Ireland
03.07.2008 04:11
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Ms Mary Wallace T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with special responsibility for Health Promotion and Food Safety launched new strengthened Codes of Practice to control Alcohol Marketing, Communications and Sponsorship. Speaking at the Launch the Minister said that the Government was extremely concerned about theimpact of alcohol advertising on young people in particular.
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Harmful Habits
WFP Scales Up Haiti Operation To Reach 2.3 Million Beneficiaries
03.07.2008 04:11
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The UN World Food Programme is rapidly expanding operations in Haiti, reaching more hungry people thanks to a US$23 million allocation from funds raised through the organisation's high food price appeal. WFP is currently assisting more than 800,000 people in Haiti, including 40,000 vulnerable families - most of them headed by females - in urban areas.
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First Aid
Product RED To Begin Digital Music Service To Fight HIV/AIDS In Africa
03.07.2008 04:11
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Product RED on Monday announced that it is launching a digital music service that will give half of the money collected from a $5 per month user fee to the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the New York Times reports.
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First Aid
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