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Routine tests flag up cancer danger in cryptogenic stroke

Blood tests and imaging findings could point to hidden malignancies in patients with cryptogenic stroke, say researchers.

21 Sep 2012

Cancer fears allayed for shingles patients

Herpes zoster infection, or shingles, is not associated with cancer, show results from a study published in the Canadian Journal of Medicine

21 Sep 2012

Routine tests flag up cancer danger in cryptogenic stroke

Blood tests and imaging findings could point to hidden malignancies in patients with cryptogenic stroke, say researchers.

21 Sep 2012

New mouse models can help scientists study MCT8 deficiency

New mouse models can help scientists study MCT8 deficiency, an inherited genetic disorder affecting children, according to new data presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

21 Sep 2012

Exposures to perchlorate could reduce thyroidal iodine uptake in women and fetuses

Exposures to perchlorate (ClO4), a compound found at low levels in the environment, and thiocyanate (SCN), a compound found in cigarette smoke and some foods, is unlikely to alter thyroid function in pregnant women and fetuses, according to new data presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

21 Sep 2012

Subclinical hyperthyroidism does not lead to cardiovascular and total mortality

Subclinical hyperthyroidism is not associated with overall or cardiovascular mortality, according to new data presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

21 Sep 2012

NCDs should be considered a 'human rights concern'

Noting that "non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill four times the number of people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that they do in high-income countries," Benn Grover, a health communications specialist who manages policy for the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, and Felicia Knaul, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative, write in the Huffington Post Blog.

21 Sep 2012

Investigators identify two promising therapies to treat patients with acute megakaryocytic leukemia

Investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified two promising therapies to treat patients with acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AMKL), a rare form of leukemia where the number of cases is expected to increase with the aging population.

21 Sep 2012

Weill Cornell to purchase innovative equipment to help detect and treat diabetic retinopathy

Weill Cornell Medical College's ophthalmology services for diabetic patients received a boost last month, courtesy of a grant from the New York City Council secured by Councilwoman Jessica Lappin.

21 Sep 2012

Radioactive iodine may predispose young thyroid cancer patients to second primary malignancies

Children and young adult thyroid cancer patients who are treated with radioactive iodine have an elevated risk of developing a second primary malignancy, according to new data presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

21 Sep 2012

Thyroid journal publishes new ATA guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism

The American Thyroid Association (ATA) today announced that new clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism are published in the current issue of Thyroid.

21 Sep 2012

MD Anderson introduces Moon Shots Program to reduce cancer deaths

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announces the launch of the Moon Shots Program, an unprecedented effort to dramatically accelerate the pace of converting scientific discoveries into clinical advances that reduce cancer deaths.

21 Sep 2012

Thyroid cancer among people with low SES is diagnosed at a more advanced stage

Thyroid cancer among people with lower socioeconomic status is diagnosed at a more advanced stage, according to new data presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

21 Sep 2012

Strand Life Sciences to validate and commercialize Trovagene's urine-based HPV test

Trovagene, Inc. and Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd., of Bangalore, India, completed their agreement to validate and commercialize Trovagene's proprietary urine-based Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test for clinical diagnostic and carrier screening use.

21 Sep 2012

Isolating and concentrating cells from whole blood: an interview with Victor Ugaz

There are several reasons for this. One is because analysis involving different kinds of blood cells may require you to be able to separate red blood cells from white blood cells, or plasma from whole blood etc.

21 Sep 2012

State roundup: HCA fined for kickbacks; Minn. rural health care investigation

The Hospital Corporation of America will pay $16.5 million to settle claims that its subsidiaries had paid a diagnostics firm for referrals, violating federal anti-kickback rules, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. HCA subsidiary Parkridge Medical Center and HCA Physician Services, both provided "financial benefits" to a physician group, Diagnostic Associates of Chattanooga, for referrals to the HCA facilities.

21 Sep 2012

Loss of IGSF1 gene function causes central hypothyroidism

Loss of function in the X-linked immunoglobulin superfamily member 1 (IGSF1) gene causes central hypothyroidism, testicular enlargement, and variable prolactin deficiency, according to data presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association in Québec City, Québec, Canada.

21 Sep 2012

Caltech biologists gain new insight into migrating cells

At any given moment, millions of cells are on the move in the human body, typically on their way to aid in immune response, make repairs, or provide some other benefit to the structures around them. When the migration process goes wrong, however, the results can include tumor formation and metastatic cancer. Little has been known about how cell migration actually works, but now, with the help of some tiny worms, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have gained new insight into this highly complex task.

21 Sep 2012

ChromaDex announces findings from pTeroPure Phase 2/3 trial on high blood pressure

ChromaDex Corporation announced today findings from a Phase 2/3 trial at the University of Mississippi Medical Center showing its patented nutritional ingredient pTeroPure (pterostilbene) significantly reduced blood pressure in adults.

21 Sep 2012

Study identifies factors that contribute to solid stress within tumors

It's a high-pressure environment within solid tumors. Abnormal blood and lymphatic vessels cause fluids to accumulate, and the uncontrolled proliferation of cancer cells within limited space leads to the buildup of what is called solid stress.

21 Sep 2012

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Routine tests flag up cancer danger in cryptogenic stroke

Cancer fears allayed for shingles patients

Routine tests flag up cancer danger in cryptogenic stroke

New mouse models can help scientists study MCT8 deficiency

Exposures to perchlorate could reduce thyroidal iodine uptake in women and fetuses

Subclinical hyperthyroidism does not lead to cardiovascular and total mortality

NCDs should be considered a 'human rights concern'

Investigators identify two promising therapies to treat patients with acute megakaryocytic leukemia

Weill Cornell to purchase innovative equipment to help detect and treat diabetic retinopathy

Radioactive iodine may predispose young thyroid cancer patients to second primary malignancies

Thyroid journal publishes new ATA guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism

MD Anderson introduces Moon Shots Program to reduce cancer deaths

Thyroid cancer among people with low SES is diagnosed at a more advanced stage

Strand Life Sciences to validate and commercialize Trovagene's urine-based HPV test

Isolating and concentrating cells from whole blood: an interview with Victor Ugaz

State roundup: HCA fined for kickbacks; Minn. rural health care investigation

Loss of IGSF1 gene function causes central hypothyroidism

Caltech biologists gain new insight into migrating cells

ChromaDex announces findings from pTeroPure Phase 2/3 trial on high blood pressure

Study identifies factors that contribute to solid stress within tumors

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