Health & Medicine - Oct 5, 2010 16:13 - 0 Comments

MRI scans show cause of chemobrain

INDIANA U. (US) — Researchers for first time have used brain imaging to study women with breast cancer before and after chemotherapy, showing that treatment can affect gray matter. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 16, 2010 10:09 - 7 Comments

Watercress may help starve breast cancer

SOUTHAMPTON (UK)—A plant compound in watercress may have the ability to suppress breast cancer cell development by “turning off” a signal in the body, thereby starving a growing tumor of essential blood and oxygen. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2010 18:06 - 0 Comments

Breast cancer protein purified

UC DAVIS (US)—Two research teams have taken a key step toward understanding the origins of familial breast cancer, opening new possibilities for diagnosing and perhaps treating the disease. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 30, 2010 15:11 - 4 Comments

Diet linked to changes in breast cancer DNA

BROWN (US)—A new study suggests that epigenetic profiles of breast cancer tumors have a direct association with diet, alcohol, and tumor size. The finding could offer a new way to predict the severity of the disease. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 25, 2010 10:33 - 2 Comments

Did politics outweigh mammography science?

UC DAVIS (US)—Use of a largely unproven mammography screening device has increased dramatically since Medicare began covering the cost a decade ago, according to a new study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2010 10:58 - 0 Comments

Sea sponge drug battles breast cancer

U. LEEDS (UK)—A new chemotherapy agent, based on a natural extract from a sea sponge, can extend the lives of women with advanced breast cancer. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 3, 2010 17:20 - 2 Comments

Exercise enhances cancer treatment

U. PENN (US)—Cancer patients who have been told to rest and avoid exercise can—and should—find ways to be physically active both during and after treatment, according to new national guidelines. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 1, 2010 15:08 - 1 Comment

BPA in plastics raises breast cancer risk

YALE (US)—Exposure in the womb to chemicals common in plastics, including BPA, can increase an offspring’s risk of breast cancer, new research shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 3, 2010 5:05 - 0 Comments

Polarity gene key to breast tumor growth

MCGILL (CAN)—New research helps explain why breast-milk cells lose their structure, causing them to clump up in strange ways and sometimes become cancer tumors. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 7, 2010 15:03 - 4 Comments

Black women with breast cancer fare worse

UC DAVIS (US)—African-American women who get breast cancer have poorer survival rates than their white and Hispanic counterparts regardless of whether they receive radiation therapy following lumpectomy or mastectomy. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 24, 2010 11:01 - 2 Comments

Estrogen’s memory boost fades with age

YALE (US)—While hormone therapy appears to enhance memory for women just entering menopause, new research suggests it is of little cognitive benefit to older women and leaves them at increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 22, 2010 12:37 - 1 Comment

Breath test: Ouch-free sensors

U. FLORIDA—A tiny sensor that analyzes breath and saliva may provide inexpensive—and painless—diagnosis and monitoring for a variety of diseases, including diabetes, asthma, and breast cancer. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 10, 2009 14:59 - 2 Comments

Optics may speed breast cancer diagnosis

U. ILLINOIS (US)—Waiting for laboratory results is often one of the most stressful aspects of a breast cancer diagnosis. A new optical imaging system aims to ease that stress by giving doctors performing lumpectomies real-time information on breast cancer tissue margins while still in the operating room. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 10:57 - 3 Comments

In cancer-ridden rats, loneliness kills

U. CHICAGO/YALE (US)—Social isolation and related stress could contribute to human breast cancer susceptibility. The finding is part of an ongoing effort to identify environmental contributions to cancer risk. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 11, 2009 17:26 - 3 Comments

Surgery-free diagnosis with optical biopsy

U. FLORIDA (US)—Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer, but women still have to endure medical costs, stress, and potential complications that accompany invasive procedures. A new tool could make it possible for women to have biopsies without surgical intervention. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 11, 2009 12:40 - 2 Comments

Treatment too painful for some cancer patients

U. PENN (US)—Many women being treated for breast cancer stop taking a medication proven effective—even at the risk of the cancer returning—because the pain associated with it is too much to bear, researchers say. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 6, 2009 17:39 - 1 Comment

Structure of natural cancer fighters unraveled

CARNEGIE MELLON (US)—A new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methodology has enabled a group of chemists to determine the correct chemical structure of a natural compound known as a withanolide, which has been shown to slow the growth of breast cancer cells. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 29, 2009 14:00 - 4 Comments

Choice empowers breast cancer patients

“This research provides insight into what women newly diagnosed with breast cancer may do, think about, and expect even before they see the surgeon at the clinic for the first time,” says Robin Lally.

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