A new method of targeting and destroying cancer cells was outlined during a recent presentation made at the 63rd annual meeting of the American Physical Society. This method of destroying cancer cells is based on increasing the temperature of these cancer cells, whilst ensuring that healthy tissue surrounding these cancer cells remains at normal body [...]
A recent study into a gene that was previously known to play a part in the development and growth of tumor cells, found that this gene also protected cancerous cells from the effects of chemotherapy. The researchers conducting this study believe that the inhibition of the expression of this gene could provide an effective means [...]
A recent study of medulloblastomas, which are the most common type of malignant brain tumors that affect children, uncovered new data about these tumors which vary significantly from patient to patient. The study, led by researchers at the Children’s Hospital Boston, identified and classified six different subtypes of these tumors, which will assist doctors treating [...]
A recent study, “Adding Dietary Fruits and Vegetables Reduces Kidney Injury in Subjects with Moderately Reduced GFR,” authored by Nimirit Goraya, MD of Texas A and M College of Medicine and Scott and White Healthcare has found that a diet heavy on fruits and vegetables, over a 30-day period, lessened urine excretion of albumin, transforming [...]
A recent study on Anorexia Nervosa conducted at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reported that there is significant evidence of a link between certain genetic variants and the eating disorder, which affects an estimated 0.9 percent of women in America. Anorexia Nervosa is classified as a psychiatric disorder, and is reported to have the highest [...]
The Nature Genetics journal recently published that researchers from the Department of Twin Research at King’s College have discovered 30 new genes that determine the age of sexual maturation in women. This extensive study encompassing in excess of 100,000 women from Europe, the U.S., and Australia spotlight a number of particular genetic links between the [...]
GNC is launching a new line directed to consumers interested in actively influencing their own aging process. The new line is called GNC Longevity Factors and showcases a lab tested ingredient that helps the body absorb an important antioxidant needed for maintaining healthy cells throughout a lifetime. Containing resveratrol and other polyphenols, these work together [...]
A recent study that aimed to establish the efficacy of consuming fruits in order to prevent the development of lung cancer, has concluded that the quantity as well as the variety of fruit consumed has a direct impact on the risk of being diagnosed with lung cancer. The results of the study showed that the [...]
Researchers at Temple University’s School of Medicine have shown that a protein in the brain, known as 5-lipoxygenase, performs a regulatory function in the creation of the amyloid beta in the brain, the chief constituent of plaques that lead to Alzheimer’s disease. Furthermore, they concluded that inhibitors of this protein employed to fight asthma could [...]
Preliminary results from a scientific paper to be presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 43rd Annual Meeting and scientific Exposition in Denver, CO., seem to suggest that drinking pomegranate juice can nullify health complications in people suffering from kidney disease, even affecting the high morbidity rate caused by infections and cardiovascular problems. Batya Kristal, [...]
