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Heart Failure Association calls for global policy change relating to heart failure

The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology is calling for global policy change relating to heart failure. An international white paper, Heart failure: preventing disease and death worldwide, will be presented at an endorsement event on 16 May 2014 in Athens, Greece, immediately before the Heart Failure 2014 Congress.

14 May 2014

Viewpoints: What's next for employer mandate; SCOTUS and retiree health plans; the 'next big issue'

As complaints and cavils about the Affordable Care Act fall by the wayside, one piece of the law looms ever larger as its most controversial element: the employer mandate, which in 2016 will impose a penalty on businesses with 50 to 99 employees for not offering them health coverage (Michael Hiltzik, 5/12).

14 May 2014

Study links triple-negative breast cancer to ethnicity, independent of socioeconomics

An analysis of a large nationwide dataset finds that regardless of their socioeconomic status, black women were nearly twice as likely as white women to be diagnosed with triple-negative (TN) breast cancer, a subtype that has a poorer prognosis.

14 May 2014

Researchers develop chip-like device to sort, store and retrieve individual living cells for study

A U.S. and Korean research team has developed a chip-like device that could be scaled up to sort and store hundreds of thousands of individual living cells in a matter of minutes. The system is similar to a random access memory chip, but it moves cells rather than electrons.

14 May 2014

Tips to prevent sunburn and reduce risk of skin cancer

While warmer weather means more outdoor activities, it also means carefully protecting your skin from the sun.

14 May 2014

Interactive multimedia computer program fails to increase colorectal cancer screening rates

Colorectal cancer screening saves lives, but too few people get tested. In an effort to increase these numbers,researchers from UC Davis and elsewhere investigated whether an individualized interactive multimedia computer program (IMCP) would spur patients to get screened.

14 May 2014

Research offers potential for future treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have discovered that by targeting a particular receptor, chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells can be killed in an acute form of childhood leukemia, offering the potential for a future treatment for patients who would otherwise experience relapse of their disease.

14 May 2014

Salk scientists explore earliest detectable changes in the brain that lead to schizophrenia

Using new stem cell technology, scientists at the Salk Institute have shown that neurons generated from the skin cells of people with schizophrenia behave strangely in early developmental stages, providing a hint as to ways to detect and potentially treat the disease early.

14 May 2014

USC/NYU researchers develop small molecule that interferes with cancer progression with minimal side effects

A team of researchers from USC and NYU has developed and patented a small molecule that interferes with cancer progression with minimal side effects.

14 May 2014

Scientists report major breakthrough in understanding molecular basis for Prader-Willi syndrome

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have reported a major breakthrough in understanding the molecular basis for Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), perhaps the most studied among the class of diseases that involves defects in parental imprinting.

14 May 2014

Scientists identify two new genes that lead to more aggressive forms of prostate cancer

A study by the Columbia University Nova York, in collaboration with the Catalan Institute of Oncology , Belvitge Biomedical Research Institute (ICO-IDIBELL) has identified two new genes that lead to more aggressive forms of prostate cancer.

14 May 2014

Albert Einstein College of Medicine hosts second Stem Cell Symposium focusing on cancer stem cells

Healthy stem cells work to restore or repair the body's tissues, but cancer stem cells have a more nefarious mission: to spawn malignant tumors. Cancer stem cells were discovered a decade ago, but their origins and identity remain largely unknown.

14 May 2014

Baylor receives $3.3M grant from NIAMS to advance research in autoimmune diseases

Baylor Research Institute has received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), one of the National Institutes of Health, to fund its Autoimmunity Center of Excellence.

14 May 2014

CNS stimulant no more effective than placebo for alleviating lung cancer fatigue

Patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer who received the central nervous system stimulant modafinil reported no greater reduction in fatigue than patients given placebo, show study results.

13 May 2014

SGK1 enzyme, asthma and cancer therapies: an interview with Dr. Jonathan D. Powell, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

SGK1 stands for serum/glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1. SGK1 is a member of the AGC kinase family, which is a huge family of kinases.

13 May 2014

Scientists find new drug that improves effectiveness of radiotherapy in stopping tumor growth

Scientists from The University of Manchester - part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre - have demonstrated the potential of a drug to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy in stopping tumour growth.

13 May 2014

Scientists find protein that controls DNA organization during sperm development

Infertility is generally thought of as a woman's problem. In fact, more than 3 million men across America also experience it.

13 May 2014

Study: Cervical cancer rates higher in older women than previously thought

Rates of cervical cancer in American women may be higher than previously thought, and the disease may arise most often at an age when adequately screened women are advised to stop getting screened.

13 May 2014

New study presents novel strategy for treating multiple myeloma

A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) provides evidence that genetically modifying immune cells might effectively treat multiple myeloma, a disease that remains incurable and will account for an estimated 24,000 new cases and 11,100 deaths in 2014

13 May 2014

Scientists develop magnetic bacteria that may help diagnose digestive diseases like stomach cancer

Scientists from the University of Granada have successfully created magnetic bacteria that could be added to foodstuffs and could, after ingestion, help diagnose diseases of the digestive system like stomach cancer.

13 May 2014

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Heart Failure Association calls for global policy change relating to heart failure

Viewpoints: What's next for employer mandate; SCOTUS and retiree health plans; the 'next big issue'

Study links triple-negative breast cancer to ethnicity, independent of socioeconomics

Researchers develop chip-like device to sort, store and retrieve individual living cells for study

Tips to prevent sunburn and reduce risk of skin cancer

Interactive multimedia computer program fails to increase colorectal cancer screening rates

Research offers potential for future treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Salk scientists explore earliest detectable changes in the brain that lead to schizophrenia

USC/NYU researchers develop small molecule that interferes with cancer progression with minimal side effects

Scientists report major breakthrough in understanding molecular basis for Prader-Willi syndrome

Scientists identify two new genes that lead to more aggressive forms of prostate cancer

Albert Einstein College of Medicine hosts second Stem Cell Symposium focusing on cancer stem cells

Baylor receives $3.3M grant from NIAMS to advance research in autoimmune diseases

CNS stimulant no more effective than placebo for alleviating lung cancer fatigue

SGK1 enzyme, asthma and cancer therapies: an interview with Dr. Jonathan D. Powell, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

Scientists find new drug that improves effectiveness of radiotherapy in stopping tumor growth

Scientists find protein that controls DNA organization during sperm development

Study: Cervical cancer rates higher in older women than previously thought

New study presents novel strategy for treating multiple myeloma

Scientists develop magnetic bacteria that may help diagnose digestive diseases like stomach cancer

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