Lung Cancer :: Stem cell vaccine that prevents lung cancer in mice
Vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells appears to have prevented lung cancer in the mice, a team of researchers say.
Smoking
Pregnancy :: Smoking during pregnancy linked to congenital heart defects
Women who smoke or are exposed to tobacco smoke early in their pregnancies are more likely to have children with certain types of congenital heart defects, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2006.
Adolescents, risks and the pitfalls of rationality
Teenagers do not think they are immortal. But they take risks anyway. Here is why and what we can do about it.
HIV :: HIV infection linked to chronic lung disease
New research shows that patients who are HIV positive may be at an increased risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Depression :: Depression, not antidepressants, increases heart failure risk
People who are depressed have an increased risk of dying from heart failure, and a new study by Duke University Medical Center researchers may help explain why.
Genes Offer Researchers a ‘Crystal Ball’ to Help Them Prevent, Diagnose, and Treat Cancer
The science of cancer prevention has advanced to the point where researchers now say they can detect ?cancer genes? in the breath of smokers, and can test the presence of two proteins in men they say will predict development of prostate cancer a decade in advance. All of these novel findings need much more examination, of course, but scientists at the American Association for Cancer Research?s Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting, say these examples illustrate how it is becoming increasingly possible to use genes and their protein products to help predict and diagnose cancer, as well as choose therapy that offers the most potential for a good result. These researchers will also discuss a test that can pick out patients who have pancreatic cancer – an advance that offers hope the disease can be treated at earlier stages than it is now – and how several unique genes can predict which prostate cancer or lung cancer patients will develop aggressive tumors that need additional treatment. Cancer is a disease of genes, they say, so genes can be employed as a crystal ball to thwart the disease.
Pregnancy :: Smoking women with difficult pregnancy cut IVF success
Smoking women finds difficulties in getting pregnant because of some harmful effects on uterus. Smoking also cut the chances of IVF and success rate is low in them. New research finds that heavy smoking impairs women’s fertility by reducing the odds that a fetus will implant in the uterus.
Memory :: Hopkins researchers discover how brain protein ‘Arc’ might control memory
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have figured out how one particular protein contributes to long-term memory and helps the brain remember things longer than an hour or two. The findings are reported in two papers in the November 9 issue of Neuron.
Bladder Cancer :: Children’s exposure to smoking cigarettes linked to bladder cancer – UK
Children and adolescents may be even more susceptible to the harmful effects of tobacco smoke than adults – according to new research into bladder cancer published in next week?s edition of the International Journal of Cancer*.
Asthma :: Obesity may not be linked to increased asthma risk
Results of a Portuguese study suggest that, contrary to expectations, obesity is not associated with an increased risk of asthma.