Health News

How cancer prevention drives aging
For the first time, researchers have found how cellular senescence, the well-known mechanism for preventing cancer, can trigger aging and age-related disease by changing the local tissue environment. ANI

Scientists unveil genes vital to vital to adult heart function
In a study on fruit fly Drosophila, scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have found that genes involved in embryonic heart development are vital to adult heart function in both fruit flies and humans. ANI

Psychiatric disorders common among college-aged
A new study has revealed that psychiatric disorders appear to be common among 18- to 24-year-olds, with overall rates similar among those attending or not attending college. ANI

Health News for October 16, 2007

New anthrax therapy that acts both as vaccine and treatment developed
US researchers from the Scripps Research Institute and The Salk Institute for Biological Studies have produced a virus-like particle that prevents infection against a dose of anthrax that would normally prove lethal. ANI

Study shows risk rates for angioplasty, coronary bypass surgery same
A new study has found that patients suffering from heart disease who undergo angioplasty are at an equal death and heart attack risk as those who undergo coronary bypass surgery.Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that survival rates for bypass surgery and angioplasty were similar for patients with diabetes, dismissing earlier reports that angioplasty was linked to a considerably higher risk of death among diabetic patients. ANI

Fluctuations in testosterone may make male juncos bad dads
Fluctuations in the testosterone levels of male dark-eyed juncos determine whether or not the birds are good dads, a new study has suggested. ANI

Vitamin D inadequacy may worsen chronic pain
Mayo Clinic researchers in Rochester, Minnesota, have found that inadequate blood levels of vitamin D may exacerbate the condition of patients suffering from chronic pain. ANI

New approach may help predict breast cancer metastasis more accurately
Scientists are trying to improve breast cancer diagnosis by developing a more accurate approach for predicting the risk of breast cancer metastasis in individual patients. ANI

Obesity strongest risk factor for colon cancer in women
A new study has found that obesity is the single strongest risk factor for colon cancer in women, possibly more important than smoking. ANI

Carbon monoxide may actually save lives and boost health in future
Chemists at the University of Sheffield have developed innovative water-soluble molecules which can safely release small amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) gas inside the human body, and thereby provide several health benefits to patients who have undergone heart surgery or organ transplants, and to people suffering from high blood pressure. ANI

Postmenopausal sex hormone levels may modify blood vessel function
A new study has shown that blood levels of progesterone, a major female sex hormone, may play a key role in modifying vascular function in postmenopausal women. ANI

New gene linked to lung cancer identified
Researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine have identified a gene, Dmp1, which is associated with human lung cancer. ANI

A five-minute eye exam might help gauge multiple sclerosis
A Johns Hopkins study has revealed that a five-minute eye exam might prove to be an inexpensive and effective way to gauge and track the debilitating neurological disease multiple sclerosis. ANI

Determining structure of influenza B virus protein may give clues to next pandemic
Researchers have revealed that determining the structure of a protein called hemagglutinin on the surface of influenza B may give clues as to what kinds of mutations could spark the next flu pandemic. ANI

Discovery of fourth antibody in blood raises diabetes detection rates
Scientists have discovered a fourth antibody in human blood, screening for which can help detect individuals who are genetically predisposed to type 1 diabetes more accurately. ANI

Tonsillectomy linked to better sleep, behaviour in kids with breathing disorders
Children with sleep-disordered breathing seem to sleep better and have improved behaviour after the removal of their tonsils and adenoids, a new study has revealed. ANI

Daily sex can boost mens sperm count
Having sex daily really is a good thing for men, for a new study has found that it boosts their sperm count. ANI