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Discovery of new mechanism that regulates formation of blood vessels

Researchers in one of the external groups of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC), in Portugal, have discovered a novel mechanism which regulates the process whereby new blood vessels are formed and wounds heal, including chronic wounds, such as those found in diabetic patients and those suffering from morbid obesity.

17 Nov 2008

Blood exosomes shown to contain tumor-specific genetic information for brain cancer

Tiny vesicles called exosomes released into the bloodstream from aggressive brain tumors contain genetic signatures that may help guide future diagnosis and treatment of this deadly disease.

17 Nov 2008

Unhappy people watch more TV

A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as very happy spend more time reading and socializing.

16 Nov 2008

University of Illinois at Chicago joins international research effort on autism

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are taking part in an international effort to gather DNA samples from 2,000 autism patients and their families over the next three years.

16 Nov 2008

Scientists find intra cellular pathway driving a deadly sub-type of breast cancer

An intra cellular pathway not previously linked to breast cancer is driving a sub-type of the disease that is highly lethal and disproportionately over-represented in African American women.

16 Nov 2008

Microvesicles released from glioblastoma cells carry information that may guide treatment

Microvesicles - tiny membrane-covered sacs - released from glioblastoma cells contain molecules that may provide data that can guide treatment of the deadly brain tumor.

16 Nov 2008

Seniors with sharp brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age

Maybe you have an 85-year-old grandfather who still whips through the newspaper crossword puzzle every morning or a 94-year-old aunt who never forgets a name or a face.

16 Nov 2008

Saturated fats a possible risk factor for cancer of the small intestine

Findings published in the journal Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, identify dietary intake of saturated fats as a possible risk factor for cancer of the small intestine, advancing the understanding of cancer development in this and other areas of the digestive tract.

16 Nov 2008

New research reveals key steps in HIV's assault on the brain

Scientists have unraveled in unprecedented detail the cascade of events that go wrong in brain cells affected by HIV, a virus whose assault on the nervous system continues unabated despite antiviral medications that can keep the virus at bay for years in the rest of the body.

16 Nov 2008

Sports fans may engage in riskier health related behaviors than non-sports fans

Ball park hot dogs may be putting sports fans at elevated health risk, researchers at UALR -- the University of Arkansas at Little Rock -- said in research presented last week.

16 Nov 2008

No evidence supporting the use of vitamin E and C in the prevention of cancer

The Physicians' Health Study II is a large-scale, long-term, randomized clinical trial that included 14,641 physicians who were at least 50 years old at enrollment.

16 Nov 2008

Microbial population of raw milk found to be more complex than previously thought

Raw milk is illegal in many countries as it can be contaminated with potentially harmful microbes.

16 Nov 2008

Negative thinking may play a bigger role in heart failure than previously thought

Researchers at the University of Kentucky found that patients who had negative thinking patterns, such as thoughts about not being able to justify their own existence, were at higher risk for developing depression.

16 Nov 2008

Nanoparticles may alter cell structure and pose health risks

Nanoparticles that are one milliard of a metre in size are widely used, for example, in cosmetics and food packaging materials.

16 Nov 2008

Discovery of key contributor to Alzheimer's disease process

Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper identifying, for the first time, a specific function of a fragment of ribonucleic acid (RNA), once thought to be no more than a byproduct, in regulating inflammation and the development of Alzheimer's disease.

16 Nov 2008

Higher levels of blood phosphate may be a previously unidentified and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor

Healthy adults with higher levels of phosphate in the blood are more likely to have increased levels of calcium in the coronary arteries-a key indicator of atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular disease risk, reports a study in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

16 Nov 2008

No clear evidence that depression screening improves cardiovascular patients' health

Results of a new study call into question recent clinical guidelines issued by leading cardiovascular groups, including the American Heart Association, which recommend patients with cardiovascular disease be screened for signs of depression and treated accordingly.

16 Nov 2008

Healthy life expectancy in Europe

Although life expectancy is constantly growing in the countries of the EU, living longer isn't always the same as living well, and knowing to what age someone will live in good health remains a different question altogether.

16 Nov 2008

Potential new therapeutic targets for rejuvenating the aged immune system

In the November 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Kenneth Dorshkind and colleagues at the David Geffen School of Medicine (UCLA) have identified two genes - p16(Ink4a) and Arf - that sensitize lymphoid progenitor cells to the effects of aging, and confer resistance to leukemogenesis.

16 Nov 2008

Gender found to be play important role as a prognostic factor in people diagnosed with lung cancer

Even though some combinations of gender, race and/or marital status can factor into the overall survival of nonoperative non-small cell lung cancer patients, gender is the most significant factor impacting overall survival, according to a study presented at the 2008 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology, sponsored by ASTRO, ASCO, IASLC and the University of Chicago.

16 Nov 2008

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Discovery of new mechanism that regulates formation of blood vessels

Blood exosomes shown to contain tumor-specific genetic information for brain cancer

Unhappy people watch more TV

University of Illinois at Chicago joins international research effort on autism

Scientists find intra cellular pathway driving a deadly sub-type of breast cancer

Microvesicles released from glioblastoma cells carry information that may guide treatment

Seniors with sharp brains reveal first secrets of sharp memory in old age

Saturated fats a possible risk factor for cancer of the small intestine

New research reveals key steps in HIV's assault on the brain

Sports fans may engage in riskier health related behaviors than non-sports fans

No evidence supporting the use of vitamin E and C in the prevention of cancer

Microbial population of raw milk found to be more complex than previously thought

Negative thinking may play a bigger role in heart failure than previously thought

Nanoparticles may alter cell structure and pose health risks

Discovery of key contributor to Alzheimer's disease process

Higher levels of blood phosphate may be a previously unidentified and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor

No clear evidence that depression screening improves cardiovascular patients' health

Healthy life expectancy in Europe

Potential new therapeutic targets for rejuvenating the aged immune system

Gender found to be play important role as a prognostic factor in people diagnosed with lung cancer

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