A new study has shown that when it comes to diet programs and heart health, there is little to choose between low carbohydrate diets such as the popular Atkins plan and typical low-fat diets.The researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health say neither is more likely to either cause heart disease, or prevent it.Atkin's and other low-carb diets have long claimed to prevent obesity and heart disease, but nutrition experts have ...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors who have lipid screening every five years to detect high cholesterol will live a half year longer than patients who don't have the screening and the intervention is cost-effective, according to a study presented November 8, 2006, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 48th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. "Although physicians are aware that Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors are at increased risk of ...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
The results of a Phase I clinical trial of an experimental gene therapy aimed at treating HIV indicate that the therapy is safe and effective and also might sustain viral loads, according to a study published on Monday in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the AP/Washin...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
External-beam radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer can be delivered safely and in a shorter course that eliminates as much as two weeks from conventional treatment, finds a Fox Chase Cancer Center study presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Philadelphia. Many women with early-stage breast cancer are treated with breast-sparing surgery (lumpectomy) followed by external-beam ...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
The high consumption of sweetened food and drink increases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. A heavy intake of fizzy drinks, creamed fruit and sugar in coffee are three common ways of increasing the risk.Pancreatic cancer is a very serious form of cancer that is possibly caused when the pancreas produces heightened levels of insulin as a consequence of upset glucose metabolism. A well...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
Which works best in fighting the risk factors for diabetes - exercise or diet?It's a toss up, according to a new study by a Saint Louis University researcher who is a member of a Washington University team of scientists examining whether a calorie-restrictive diet can extend people's lifespan."Both diet and exercise provide profound benefits to reduce the risk of diabetes. Both those who restrict calories and those who exercise benefit from weight loss," says Edward Weiss, Ph.D., lead aut...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
Two new studies on the treatment of prostate cancer could well affect future treatment options for patients.The first study by Dr. Cliff Robinson, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, has found that patients treated with either radiation or surgery who use hormone therapy for longer than six months, do not survive any longer than patients who use the treatment for a shorter amount of time.Robinson says many p...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
In an experimental treatment which aims to prevent heart failure and death following a heart attack, doctors in Britain will trial a treatment which uses a patients own stem cells.The clinical trial which takes place early in the new year will involve fifty acute heart attack patients at two London hospitals.They will have the stem cells extracted from their bone marrow and injected into their hearts, after an angioplasty to open up blocked arteries has been completed.Only those pa...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
Researchers now say that two biotech drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Humira (Abbott Laboratories) and Remicade (Johnson & Johnson), may not raise the risk of cancer and infections as much as was initially feared.A series of published letters from several teams of researchers show that after a fresh look at the safety of the two drugs, they may double the risk of cancer and infections rather than tripling such risks, as was first stated.The majority of the researchers along w...Wednesday, 8-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are comparing two drugs commonly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to determine if genetic factors predict which children will respond to either or both drugs.Many different medications are used to treat ADHD, including stimulants and non-stimulants, says Dr. Mark Stein, principal investigator of the National Institute of Mental Health-funded study and director of the Hyperactivity, Attention, and Learning Problems Clinic at UIC....Tuesday, 7-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
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