Allergy season: Cigarettes to the rescue?
HR- Warning, many variables are not listed in this abstract from 2009. This is far from any endorsement. Public release date: 14-May-2009 - found that treatment of mast cells with…
Research shows how household dogs protect against asthma and infection
Study led by UCSF, U Michigan scientists points to changes in gut microbes Children's risk for developing allergies and asthma is reduced when they are exposed in early infancy to…
Second lumpectomy for breast cancer reduces survival rates
Public release date: 2-Oct-2008 SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A majority of women with breast cancer today are candidates for lumpectomy, allowing for conservation of most of their breast tissue. Results of…
Is sun exposure a major cause of melanoma? ” 75% of cases occurs on relatively unexposed sites “
Public release date: 22-Jul-2008 We are continuously bombarded with messages about the dangers of too much sun and the increased risk of melanoma (the less common and deadliest form…
New Study Shows Compounds From Soy Affect Brain and Reproductive Development
Public release date: 31-Jul-2008 Two hormone-like compounds linked to the consumption of soy-based foods can cause irreversible changes in the structure of the brain, resulting in early-onset puberty…
Radiation for health
Public release date: 19-Jun-2008 Could exposure to low doses of radiation cure our ills? For decades, we have been told that exposure to radiation is dangerous. In high doses…
Estrogen Helps Drive Distinct, Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
Public Release: 27-May-2008 NEW YORK (May 27, 2008) — Using a breakthrough technology, researchers led by a Weill Cornell Medical College scientist have pinpointed the hormone estrogen as a…
World’s oldest woman had normal brain
Public release date: 9-Jun-2008 Alzheimer's disease isn't inevitable, suggests unique case in Neurobiology of Aging Amsterdam, 9 June 2008 – A 115-year-old woman who remained mentally alert throughout her life…
Ibuprofen or acetaminophen in long-term resistance training increases muscle mass/strength
Public release date: 6-Apr-2008 Taking daily recommended dosages of ibuprofen and acetaminophen caused a substantially greater increase over placebo in the amount of quadriceps muscle mass and muscle…
Viruses for a healthy pregnancy
Public release date: 29-Jan-2008 Microbiology Today: February 2008 issue Sequences of DNA in the human genome that originated from ancient viral infections have some surprising effects on our bodies and…
Why don’t we get cancer all the time?
Public release date: 19-Dec-2007 The seemingly inefficient way our bodies replace worn-out cells is a defense against cancer, according to new research. Having the neighboring cell just split into two…
Scientists discover a direct route from the brain to the immune system
Public Release: 24-Oct-2007 – It used to be dogma that the brain was shut away from the actions of the immune system, shielded from the outside forces of nature. But…
Appendix isn’t useless at all: It’s a safe house for bacteria
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 DURHAM, N.C. – Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a reason to be – as a “safe house” for the…
Who will recover spontaneously from hepatitis C virus infection
Public release date: 29-Aug-2007 Twenty to fifty percent of HCV infected patients recovers spontaneously. The hepatitis C patients and their relatives like to know if his/her infection would fall into…
Common environmental chemicals in diet affect fetal ovarian development
Public release date: 4-Jul-2007 Lyon, France: Exposing a developing female sheep fetus to low doses of chemicals commonly present in the environment can disturb the development of the ovary, a…
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