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Alzheimer’s Disease :: Testosterone therapy prevents Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers at the University of Southern California have discovered a direct link between loss of testosterone and the development of an Alzheimer’s-like disease in mice. They also discovered that testosterone treatment slows progression of the disease.The study, published in the Dec. 20 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, predicts that testosterone-based hormone therapy may be useful in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer?s disease in aging men.

Kidney Transplant :: Kidney transplantation linked with increased risk of various cancers

Following kidney transplantation, some recipients may face a three-fold increased risk of certain cancer types, according to a study in the Dec. 20 issue of JAMA.

Leukemia :: Predicting risk of leukemia induced by radiation therapy

A new analysis shows that it may be possible to accurately predict a cancer patient?s risk of developing leukemia as a result of receiving radiation therapy for a primary tumor. Understanding these risks may help doctors optimize radiation treatment to minimize the side effects of this therapy, the authors say.

Kidney Stones :: Kidney stones and nanoparticles

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have successfully isolated nanoparticles from human kidney stones in cell cultures and have isolated proteins, RNA and DNA that appear to be associated with nanoparticles.

Alzheimer’s Disease :: Androgen therapy slows Alzheimer’s disease progress

Experiments on mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease suggest that treatment with male sex hormones might slow its progression. The findings, published in the Dec. 20 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, provide new insight into the relationship between testosterone loss and AD, which affects 4.5 million Americans.

Kidney :: Best treatment approach for narrowed kidney arteries

Whether reopening narrowed kidney arteries benefits patients is a $1.7 billion question a North American study hopes to answer.

Colorectal Cancer :: Estrogen study provides new impetus for development of colon cancer drugs

The female hormone estrogen may hold important clues for scientists working on new therapies for colon cancer, a study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers suggests.

Menopause :: Black cohosh does not relieve menopausal hot flashes – Group Health

The herbal supplement black cohosh does not relieve hot flashes among women going through menopause. In this double-blinded randomized controlled trial of 351 women, researchers found no significant difference between the numbers of hot flashes in women taking various forms of black cohosh compared to women taking a placebo. Hormone therapy, on the other hand, significantly reduced the frequency of hot flashes.

Skin Care :: Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice associated with increased risk of skin moles in childhood

Children who received light therapy (phototherapy) for jaundice as infants appear to have an increased risk of developing skin moles in childhood, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Some types of moles are risk factors for developing the skin cancer melanoma.

HIV :: HIV patients have increased risk of pneumonia, death following surgery

HIV-infected patients undergoing surgical procedures may be more likely to develop pneumonia after surgery and to die within 12 months than those without HIV, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, HIV patients with a preoperative viral load (number of copies of the virus in the blood) greater than 30,000 per milliliter appear to have increased risk of surgical complications.