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 29, 2007

Dysfunctional families and bad neighbourhoods linked to asthma symptoms in children
A study by Canadian researchers has shown that a lack of family support and problems in ones neighbourhood are associated with greater asthma symptoms in children and adolescents. ANI

Adding ultrasound to mammography finds more cancers, but increases false positives
A three-year study has revealed that the adding ultrasound to mammography can help find more cancers than mammography alone. However, the procedure also substantially increases the number of false positives. ANI

Eating white bread wont make you fat
Go right ahead and reach for that slice of white bread, for a researcher from the University of Virginia insists that the theory that eating so-called bad carbohydrates will make you fat is all hogwash. ANI

New male contraceptives show promising results in mice and human trials
Scientists researching male contraceptives have devised various new techniques that may provide men with an alternative to vasectomy in about half a decade. ANI