Disease & Illness

Programs that support parents during their child’s early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120206092555.htm

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A new analysis demonstrates that confronting several diseases at once is a viable way to make the most of thinly stretched donor dollars and national health care budgets, and help save more lives. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120206092635.htm

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Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralizes parts of the "bad" cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of premature death. ...

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120206102950.htm

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AP - Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects. ...

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diseases/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_he_me/us_amgen_bone_drug

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A new study by NYU Langone Medical Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shows novel PSA velocity (PSAV) risk count testing may provide a more effective way for physicians to screen men for clinically significant prostate cancer... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241150.php

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Initial results of a multicenter study coordinated by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that two investigational urine-based biomarkers are associated with prostate cancers that are likely to be aggressive and potentially life-threatening among men who take a "watchful waiting," or active-surveillance approach to manag ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241146.php

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One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain how the aging process occurs in the brain... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241197.php

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Caffeine consumption has long been associated with decreased risk of liver disease and reduced fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. Now, newly published research confirms that coffee caffeine consumption reduces the risk of advanced fibrosis in those with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241152.php

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An open-label study of rituximab, a monoclonal antibody for human CD20, was shown to be safe in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who had an incomplete response to the standard ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) therapy, also known as Ursodiol... ...

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241151.php

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