Middle-Aged Widows Have Highest Dementia...
Friday, July 3, 2009

People over 50 who suffer from negative emotions and disruption when they lose their partners have the highest risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.  

People over 50 who suffer from negative emotions and disruption when they lose their partners have the highest risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.  

Certain mutations in the DNA of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) are associated with the development of liver cancer and may help predict which patients with HBV infections are at increased risk of the disease, according to a large meta-analysis in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published online July 2.  

Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has shown that a three-way combination of measurements has the best chance yet of predicting disease metastasis.  

Prostate cancer patients who receive brachytherapy and remain free of disease for five years or greater are unlikely to have a recurrence at 10 years, according to a study in the July 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).  

New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer.   

WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Last week, physicians, scientists, patients and members of the biotech industry from around the world gathered for the first major meeting of a unique research center on muscular dystrophy -- the Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center.  

Existing drugs used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease could be repositioned for use in the treatment of extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis, which kills about 2 million people each year, according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego.   

Boston – Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, have identified the target antigen PLA2R in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (kidney disease), which has implications for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.   

Indian doctor gives lease of life to...
Friday, July 3, 2009

Six months have passed since Syed Saadat Ali and his wife returned from India after a successful open-heart surgery of their son, Syed Raahim, who will soon be celebrating his first birthday.   

Six months have passed since Syed Saadat Ali and his wife returned from India after a successful open-heart surgery of their son, Syed Raahim, who will soon be celebrating his first birthday.   

The Penn State football program's seventh annual "Lift for Life" will take place Friday, July 10 at Holuba Hall, located directly across from the East Area Locker Room and adjacent to the Lasch Football Building on the PSU campus.  

There’s a common misconception that people diagnosed with hemophilia — a blood disorder — are forced to live their lives inside a protective bubble.  

Pine Island - Her family is upbeat, hopeful, faithful, cheerful and prayerful but they are not expecting any miracles.  

A heartbroken couple whose first two children were born with a deadly genetic condition have now given birth to a healthy baby girl - and have called her Joy.  

Kevin Bell first noticed something wrong when he was just a little boy in kindergarten.   

Ashleigh, six, and Alisha, three, were both born apparently healthy.  

Two Daredevil Teesside funeral arrangers are going head-to-head in a race to raise cash for their chosen charity.