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America's biopharmaceutical researchers work on many new approaches to fight cancer

America's biopharmaceutical research companies are testing 981 medicines and vaccines to fight the many types of cancer affecting millions of patients worldwide, according to a report released today by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

2 Jun 2012

New 10-20-30 training concept can improve performance and health of runners

The new 10-20-30 training concept can improve both a person's running performance and health, despite a significant reduction in the total amount of training. This is the conclusion of a study from University of Copenhagen researchers just published in the renowned scientific Journal of Applied of Physiology.

2 Jun 2012

Being too thin at 20 linked to gestational diabetes risk

Having a low body mass index at the age of 20 years may be a risk factor for developing gestational diabetes, report Japanese researchers.

1 Jun 2012

Subtle executive impairments indicate familial schizophrenia risk

The unaffected first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia show subtle executive function impairments, and these deficits are associated with negative symptoms, investigators report.

1 Jun 2012

Imiquimod and PDT equivalent for superficial basal cell carcinoma

Imiquimod cream and photodynamic therapy for superficial basal cell carcinoma result in near equivalent rates of tumor-free survival after 1 year of treatment, a review shows.

1 Jun 2012

Being too thin at 20 linked to gestational diabetes risk

Having a low body mass index at the age of 20 years may be a risk factor for developing gestational diabetes, report Japanese researchers.

1 Jun 2012

Psoriasis linked to sexual dysfunction in men

Men with psoriasis are at an increased risk for sexual dysfunction, research suggests.

1 Jun 2012

$Gene variant linked to postmenopausal fracture risk$

Gene variant linked to postmenopausal fracture risk

Women who carry a variation in a gene involved in blocking bone morphogenic proteins are more likely to have fragility fractures than women without the variant, Greek research shows.

1 Jun 2012

Factors linked to relapse risk in bipolar disorder identified

A higher number of previous mood episodes and living in a mixed urban/rural area are associated with an increased risk for relapse in patients with bipolar disorder, Spanish researchers report.

1 Jun 2012

Skin transplants benefit vitiligo patients

Patients with the skin disease vitiligo may benefit from surgery in which skin cells from unaffected areas of the body are transplanted into damaged areas to restore color, say researchers.

1 Jun 2012

Painkillers may reduce skin cancer risk

Commonly used painkillers called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, may reduce the risk for skin cancer, study results suggest.

1 Jun 2012

Surgical fat removal reduces skin cancer in mice

Results from a study conducted in mice fed a high-fat diet show that the surgical removal of abdominal fat was associated with a reduced risk for skin cancer in the animals.

1 Jun 2012

Hip arthroplasty pseudotumors ‘cause for great concern’

Pseudotumors may be 10 times more common in patients after metal-on-metal hip resurfacing and total hip replacement than thought, suggest Dutch researchers.

1 Jun 2012

Post-revascularization exercise echo ‘of little benefit’

Asymptomatic patients identified as high-risk by exercise echocardiography after coronary revascularization and may not necessarily benefit from repeat revascularization, researchers say.

1 Jun 2012

Highly active middle-aged people can avoid arterial stiffening

Indiana University researchers found that the highly active middle-aged subjects in their study appear to avoid the arterial stiffening -- when arteries become less compliant as blood pumps through the body -- that typically comes with aging.

1 Jun 2012

College undergraduates less upset than expected by questionnaires about sex, trauma

Research on sex and trauma faces an ethical dilemma: how can we find out more about the effects of such psychologically sensitive topics without hurting the people who participate in the study?

1 Jun 2012

Study looks into safety concerns of low-carb, high-protein diets

Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets—like the Atkins diet—have been popular among dieters for years. For just as long, experts have worried that such diets might be harmful to the kidneys. A study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN) looks into these safety concerns.

1 Jun 2012

Personalized medicine and the Human Genome Project

It’s nearly a decade since the completion of the Human Genome Project, (1) which aimed to sequence the complete human genome.

1 Jun 2012

Foreign-born populations in the U.S. are at increased risk for chronic HBV

The prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the U.S. may be as high as 2.2 million cases according to a new study now available in Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

1 Jun 2012