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‘Cancer train’ offers uncertain route out of despair in India
In India the “cancer express” is a train on which cheap cancer treatment is offered on the move.
It’s a 10-hour ride from a district in Punjab with a high prevalence of the disease blamed on excessive use of pesticides to a charity cancer hospital in neighbouring Rajasthan.
Drug for Deadly Lung Disease Shows Promise
Patients with a progressive fibrosis of the lungs that’s fatal within a few years of diagnosis may finally have some reason for hope.
Japanese researchers say daily use of the drug pirfenidone improved the lung function and lengthened the survival of patients with the illness, called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Nexavar helped in pulmonary hypertension study
The cancer drug Nexavar is showed promise in a small study of people with pulmonary hypertension, a debilitating condition marked by high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Made by Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc, Nexavar is approved in the United States for kidney and liver cancer.
MPs to vote on hybrid embryo laws
MPs are voting later on whether to allow scientists to continue to carry out controversial stem cell research using hybrid human-animal embryos.
Gordon Brown has urged MPs to back the work, saying it is a “moral endeavour” that could save thousands of lives.
Skin color gene variation raise cancer risks, DeCode finds
Variations in genes that control the color of our skin, hair and eyes can raise the risk of deadly tumors, scientists from DeCode Genetics Inc and Australia said, Bloomberg reported.
Studies published today in the journal Nature Genetics linked common versions of pigment genes to cutaneous melanoma, which causes the majority of about 8,000 US skin […]
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found — adding to evidence the “sunshine vitamin” has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine […]
Vitamin D may lower breast cancer risk
Breast cancer patients with lower levels of vitamin D were far more likely to die and far more likely to have their cancer spread than women with normal levels, Canadian researchers reported on Thursday.
Women deficient in the “sunshine vitamin” when they were diagnosed with breast cancer were 94 percent more likely to have their cancer […]
Urging The Public To “Think Before You Drink”
People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people’s binge drinking habits.
A team of health psychologists at The University of Nottingham plan to discover whether using the workplace to supply information on the health effects of binge drinking and asking employees for a small commitment […]
A Guided Tour of Your Body
Whether it’s an aching back, too many nightly trips to the bathroom or a middle that seems to get thicker each year, changes in our health are inevitable as we get older. But while doctors tell us to focus on the basics — eat right, exercise and keep cholesterol and blood pressure in check — […]