Engineers Develop Potential Treatment for Whooping Cough
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Austin, Texas - A team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Synthetic Biologics Inc. have developed two antibodies to potentially treat or prevent pertussis, the highly contagious respiratory tract infection that affects millions of infants around the world and results in an estimated 200,000 child deaths every year.
False-positive Mammograms May Indicate Increased Risk of Breast Cancer Later
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Women with a history of a false-positive mammogram result may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer for up to 10 years after the false-positive result, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
NIH to convene workshop on Total Worker Health - What’s Work Got to Do With It?
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Washington, DC - The National Institutes of Health will convene a Pathways to Prevention workshop to assess the available scientific evidence on the benefits of implementing a Total Worker Health (TWH) approach. TWH promotes bringing together the diversity of relevant programs, including occupational safety and health, worksite health, disability management, workers’ compensation, and human resource benefits. An impartial, independent panel will identify research gaps and future research priorities. The workshop will seek to clarify:
Why Some People Would Pay for a Drug They Probably Won’t Ever Need
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Baltimore, Maryland - How much would someone with lung cancer pay for a lung cancer cure?
Probably quite a bit.
DNA repair factor linked to breast cancer may also play a role in Alzheimer’s disease
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Washington, DC - Mutant forms of breast cancer factor 1 (BRCA1) are associated with breast and ovarian cancers but according to new findings, in the brain the normal BRCA1 gene product may also be linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The results, published in Nature Communications, suggest that low levels of BRCA1 protein in the brain may contribute to dementia. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
High-dose vitamin C: Can it kill cancer cells?
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- Written by Timothy J. Moynihan, M.D.
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Scottsdale, Arizona - Interest in using very high doses of vitamin C as a cancer treatment began when it was discovered that some properties of the vitamin may make it toxic to cancer cells. Initial studies in humans had promising results, but these studies were later found to be flawed.
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