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‘Yearly Mammograms from Age 40 Save 71% More Lives’

By Guest PostJanuary 29, 2011Healthbiopsy, breast cancer, breast cancer screening, canada, cancer, edward hendrick, guidelines of screening, mammogram, mammography screening, radiology, Sweden

*Analysis questions U.S. Task Force recommendations for every-other-year screening starting at age 50*

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A new study questions the controversial U.S. Preventative Service Task Force recommendations for breast cancer screening, with data that shows starting at a younger age and screening more frequently will result in more lives saved.

The study analyzed the same data looked at by the task force, which issued its guidelines on mammography screening in November 2009. The study authors compared the task force’s recommendations for screening every other year in women 50-74 to American Cancer Society guidelines of screening every year in women 40-84. (more…)

Measuring Success: How Much Exercise is Needed During Pregnancy?

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2011Healthchronic disease risk, department of kinesiology, exercise during pregnancy, helen knull, jim pivarnik, physical activity in pregnant, undergone a dramatic

EAST LANSING, Mich. — As the medical community uncovers more evidence of the benefits of exercise during pregnancy, a Michigan State University researcher is looking to pinpoint the most reliable and valid ways to assess physical activity in pregnant women. (more…)

Blocking Rogue Gene Could Stop the Spread of Most Cancers

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2011Healthcancer cell inhibitors, cancer cells spread, culprit gene, how cancer spreads, rogue gene, smads

*Scientists at the University of East Anglia have discovered a rogue gene which – if blocked by the right drugs – could stop cancer in its tracks.*

Published on January 24, 2011, by the journal Oncogene, the discovery is a breakthrough in our understanding of how cancer spreads. It is hoped the research will lead to new drugs that halt the critical late stage of the disease when cancer cells spread to other parts of the body. (more…)

Montrealers Are Feeding Fish Prozac

By Guest PostJanuary 23, 2011Healthaffecting fish, anti-depressant, fish tissues, fish's brain, happy hormone, montrealers, prozac, sewage system

Around one in four Montrealers take some kind of anti-depressant, and according to new research, the drugs are passing into the waterways and affecting fish. The findings are internationally significant as the city’s sewage treatment system is similar to that in use in other major cities, and moreover, it is reputed to be the third largest treatment system in the world. Lead by Dr. Sébastien Sauvé at the University of Montreal’s Department of Chemistry and André Lajeunesse, a PhD candidate, the research team found that the drugs accumulate in fish tissues and are affecting the fish’s brain activity. (more…)

Parental Divorce Linked to Suicidal Thoughts

By Guest PostJanuary 20, 2011General, Healthadults, angela dalton, childhood stressors, children, divorce, esme fuller thomson, intact families, link between divorce and suicidal ideation, panic, parental addiction, parental divorce, parental unemployment, physical abuse, public health, suicidal ideation, suicide

Adult children of divorce are more likely to have seriously considered suicide than their peers from intact families, suggests new research from the University of Toronto.

In a paper published online this week in the journal Psychiatry Research, investigators examined gender specific differences among a sample of 6,647 adults, of whom 695 had experienced parental divorce before the age of 18. The study found that men from divorced families had more than three times the odds of suicidal ideation in comparison with men whose parents had not divorced. Adult daughters of divorce had 83 per cent higher odds of suicidal ideation than their female peers who had not experienced parental divorce. (more…)

Energy Drinks: To Drink or Not to Drink?

By PravdaJanuary 19, 2011Culture, Healthalcohol, asia, blood, caffeine, carbohydrates, carbonated, coffee, denmark, depression, dietrich matesic, diuretic effect, energy drinks, france, glucose, glucuronolactone, heart diseases, high blood pressure, high sugar levels, hong kong, hypertension, hypertensive crisis, increased anxiety, ingredients, mental activity, miracle drink, nervous breakdown, nervous system, norway, overdoses, oxidative processes, psychomotor agitation, red bull, stimulant, stimulate, tachycardia, taurine, tea, vitamins, vodka, workaholics

Energy drinks are a recent invention of mankind, even though their ingredients have long been used to stimulate the nervous system. They have become the salvation for students during the exams and office workers that have to meet the deadlines. Yet, are these products as good as they seem? (more…)

Researchers Discover How Progesterone May Increase Breast Cancer Risk

By Guest PostJanuary 19, 2011Healthbreast cancer risk, hormone, hormone dependent cancers, hormone replacement therapy, mammary cancers

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Researchers have identified how the hormones progesterone and estrogen interact to increase cell growth in normal mammary cells and mammary cancers, a novel finding that may explain why postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy with estrogen plus progestin are at increased risk of breast cancer. (more…)

Facing the Migraine

By PravdaJanuary 17, 2011Healthadolescence, antiemetic, aspirin, auras, autonomic nervous system, brain centers, caffeine, chronic brain condition, common analgesics, dilation, ergotamine, females, hotophobia, inflammation, intolerance to sounds, meningeal arteries, metoclopramide, migraine, nausea, neurological symptoms, neurons, phonophobia, preeclampsia, protein leakage, seizures, stimulation, strokes, strong intensity, throbbing headache, triptans, uncontrolled hypertension, vascular complications, vomiting

Migraines are a chronic brain condition characterized by attacks of a throbbing headache, of medium or strong intensity, possibly associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia and intolerance to sounds (phonophobia). In about a third of cases, seizures are accompanied by neurological symptoms, usually visual, known as auras. The disorder occurs in those who are genetically susceptible. The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide there are 324 million people who suffer from in this condition. (more…)

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