Health News

Structure of key breast cancer target enzyme unraveled
A researcher at Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute has moved a step closer to a cure, and possibly the prevention, of the most common type of breast cancer. ANI

Smoking claimed 673,000 Chinese lives in 2005
A multinational research team, led by scientists at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, has lent more force to the suggestion that smoking is a significant risk factor for mortality and disease. ANI

Genetic mutations can predict childhood leukaemia relapse
A collaborative study by American researchers has revealed that changes in a gene called IKAROS can help predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). ANI

Health News for September 1, 2007

Dieting doubles teenage girls likelihood of smoking
A study of 8,000 adolescents by University of Florida researchers has shown that dieting regimes may double teenage girls likelihood of smoking. ANI

Infants fine-tune visual and auditory systems to stimuli during first year of life
Psychologists at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have found that infants fine-tune their visual and auditory systems to stimuli during the first year of life, essentially weeding out unnecessary discriminatory abilities. ANI

Take the Stairs health messages double peoples willingness to use them
A new research has found that health messages printed on flights of stairs encourage people to walk rather than take the elevator, and consequently cuts down obesity risk. ANI

Secondhand smoke could kill house pets
A leading U.S. veterinarian has suggested that secondhand smoke is a health threat to house pets such as dogs, cats and birds. ANI

HIV drug may harbour cancer cure
An antiretroviral drug used in the treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is also capable of slowing down the growth of cancer cells, say scientists. ANI

A glass of red wine a day could help ward off prostate cancer
A new study has found that a glass or two of red wine a day could help reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer. ANI