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Source: BBC Health A single gene (GSTP) may be responsible for protecting against bowel cancer and lung cancer. Studies in which the gene was removed from laboratory subjects (mice, not people -sorry PETA) suggest that the gene protects against the formation of adenomas (pre-cancerous growths). How? Good question, glad you asked. Adenomas and polyps appear to form [...] Source: BBC Health; Stress Research Institute, Stockholm 2,755 working men in Stockholm (the city, not the syndrome) were studied between 1992 and 1995. 47 of those in the study died from a heart attack or complications of heart disease. While the study considered the traditional factors, over age 41, high BP, high BMI, smoking, drinking and [...] Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, BBC Health, MS Society Controversy on the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) front. Multiple Sclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system which can cause severe disability and death. A joint Belgian and Dutch study tracking 330 women with MS over the course of 18 years suggest that for [...] Source: Annals of Surgery, November 19, 2009, Shanafelt, Tait D., MD, et al. 7905 members (8.9%) of the American College of Surgeons (the certifying board) reported their own concern that they made major medical errors over the course of 3 months. I am uncertain as to all of the reporting variables and whether this could be [...] Source: US Department of Health and Human Services November 2009 Release The US Preventative Services Task Force has released the latest (11/2009) recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening. Were I a woman or performing breast self-examination (BSE) on, well myself, I’d be confused. The Task Force has un-recommended (hey if “un-friend” is now a word, this can’t be [...] Source: The Beeb Okay, it’s not the mediterranean but most of you in North America won’t know the difference. A medical study was carried out in conjunction with Cairo’s (in Egypt) Museum of Antiquities on mummies of all people. 22 of them and the results are interesting. 16 of the 22 mummies were preserved sufficiently to identify [...] Source: BBC Health; Medical News today; University of Southern California In what appears to be a slow medical news cycle, it is reported that a Northwestern University (Chicago) research team have found that students identified with reading and learning skills associated with dyslexia experienced more difficulty with noisy background environments. This is actually interesting information for a [...] Source: FDA; Biennial Meeting of the ISSC (Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference) Surely with all of us dying in mass from H1N1 (do I have to?), AIDS and numerous other maladies, the FDA needed to take action against the barbaric practice of…eating raw oysters (gasp!) Why pick on the humble oyster, long a seafood staple and extensively harvested [...] Source: journal of Cancer Research Lung cancer is one of the deadliest cancers -small cell lung cancer in particular, the 5 year survival rate for which is 3%. Given that 20% of all lung cancer diagnoses are small cell carcinomas, treatment for this variant is essential. Chemotherapy (cocktails of toxic chemicals) and radiation shrink small cell [...] Source: BBC Health, Radiological Society of North America In what might simply represent serendipitous reporting, a study of approximately 1000 women at a private London Hospital has found that women living in the city had denser breast tissue. The significance of this is that recent research (see previous post) suggests that women with denser breast tissue are [...] |
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