Imperial Valley News Center
Study links deficiency of cellular housekeeping gene with aggressive forms of breast cancer
- Details
- Written by Debbie Bolles
Dallas, Texas - UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a strong link between the most aggressive type of breast cancer and a gene that regulates the body’s natural cellular recycling process, called autophagy.
In many cases, trigger finger can be safely and effectively corrected
- Details
- Written by Sanjeev Kakar, M.D.
Rochester, Minnesota - Trigger finger happens as a result of inflammation and irritation around a finger tendon. Therapies such as rest, applying ice or heat, and splinting the finger usually are the first steps in treatment. But other options are available, including steroid injections and surgery.
It's time we start seeing red
- Details
- Written by Micah Dorfner
Rochester, Minnesota - That's what Mayo Clinic Health System nurse practitioner Susan Pope says, as we prepare to recognize American Heart Month. Heart disease is more deadly than all forms of cancer combined and according to the American Heart Association, while one in 31 American women dies from breast cancer each year, heart disease claims the lives of one in three. That’s about one death each minute.
Glucose levels can fluctuate for variety of reasons
- Details
- Written by Sara J. Carlson, R.N., C.D.E
Scottsdale, Arizona - Unexplained elevations in your blood glucose values can be perplexing.
Thyroid Disease Can Diminish Quality of Life
- Details
- Written by Micah Dorfner
Scottsdale, Arizona - Much like motor vehicles have engines, our bodies have similar parts to help us function. The heart and brain are the big anatomy regulators, but did you know the thyroid is also a crucial driver of bodily operation? When your thyroid experiences problems, your whole body starts to feel out of sorts - and your quality of life suffers.
President Obama on the Death of Kenji Goto
- Details
- Written by White House
Washington, DC - President Barack Obama: "The United States condemns the heinous murder of Japanese citizen and journalist Kenji Goto by the terrorist group ISIL.
Page 3567 of 3785