Washington, May 13 : Queen’’s University scientists have created a new way of performing lab tests that could improve the way doctors manage prostate cancer treatment.
It will allow them to identify with unprecedented accuracy losses of a gene called PTEN that is associated with an aggressive group of prostate cancers.
The improved Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH) [...]
London, May 8 : A new study has revealed that a clinical visit to a doctor may actually cause blood pressure to rise during the check up.
The ””white-coat”” effect, as it is being called, occurs due to patients becoming stressed by being in a doctor”’’s surgery or a hospital.
High blood pressure is a major risk [...]
London, Apr 15 : A new gene involved in hair growth has been identified by a team of investigators from Columbia, Rockefeller and Stanford Universities.
The finding has been reported in a paper in the April 15 issue of Nature.
In the study, researchers found that the gene, called APCDD1, which causes a progressive form of hair [...]
London, Apr 12 : Browsing the internet in the hope of finding a good advice for your child’’s medical problem is a waste of time, say UK researchers who claim that medical information on various sites is unreliable.
The Nottingham-based team scanned search engine Google to find UK-based advice on five common issues, including breastfeeding and [...]
Washington, Apr 1 : Fathers give toddlers more breathing space and that allows them to actively explore their environments, according to a new study.
The Universite de Montreal study has been published in Early Child Development and Care.
Daniel Paquette, a professor at the Université de Montréal School of Psychoeducation, says the ”activation theory” is just as [...]
Sydney, Mar 21 : Hormones in the Pill are causing hair loss in a number of young women, a leading expert has said.
David Salinger, director of International Association of Trichologists, said he everyday treats one young woman for hair thinning, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Contraceptive pills such as Yasmin and Diane 35 ED can promote [...]
Washington, March 17 : Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco researchers have found that a key cellular defect that disturbs the production of proteins in human cells can lead to cancer susceptibility.
They also discovered that a new generation of inhibitory drugs offers promise in correcting this defect.
According to researchers, their finding has broad [...]
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are developing what they call a magic ‘golden’ bullet for cancer, which could kill the tumours by using gold nanoparticles.
The researchers— including Dr. Younan Xia, James M. McKelvey, Michael J. Welch— described the successful photothermal treatment of tumours in mice by using gold bullets, [...]
Washington, March 12 (ANI): Scientists from the University of Colorado have found a ‘switch’ that can turn off cancer.
They have discovered a molecule that actually triggers cell death, and they are convinced it can be developed into a treatment for cancer and other illnesses.
They found that the molecule called caspase, which was already well known [...]
London, Mar 3 (ANI): The longer a woman is left waiting for radiotherapy after breast cancer surgery, the more chance there is that the disease will come back, according to a new study.
The authors from the United States, Canada and Japan suggest that starting radiotherapy as soon as possible can minimise this risk.
Four to six [...]