Gene Protects Women From Heart Disease
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- Written by Zen Vuong
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Los Angeles, California - USC researchers have identified a gene variant that decreases the risk of heart disease - but only among women.
Nutrient Deprivation Kills Kidney Cancer Cells
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Durham, North Carolina - All cells need nutrients, but cancer cells are notoriously power hungry. As a result, cancer cells must alter their metabolism to provide the additional fuel needed for them to survive, grow and spread.
Older, healthy adults with systolic BP below 140 have lower stroke risk
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Dallas, Texas - Raising the systolic blood pressure threshold from 140 to 150 mmHg, as a new target for high blood pressure treatment in older people who don’t have chronic kidney disease or diabetes, could put this population at greater stroke risk, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension.
Time Between Positive Fecal Blood Test and Colonoscopy Varies Widely
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Patients who received positive fecal blood test results as part of the screening process for colorectal cancer experienced wide variations in the time between a positive result and a follow-up colonoscopy across four U.S. health care systems, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Women Who Survive Breast or Thyroid Cancer Are More Likely to Develop the Other Type Later
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Women who survived breast or thyroid cancer faced an elevated risk of developing the other cancer as a secondary malignancy, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
American Diabetes Association Announces Research Grant Award Recipients
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Alexandria, Virginia - The American Diabetes Association has awarded six scientists prestigious Pathway to Stop Diabetes grant awards. Each award comes with $1.625 million in grant funding over a five to seven year grant term, along with career support and resources so the scientists can focus their considerable talents on transformational research approaches to treat and stop diabetes.
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