http://medicalinfos.info Better Information For Better Decisions Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:20:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   A "molecular switch" that can prevent Huntington's disease from developing has been found in mice. A US study concluded the mutated huntingtin protein, which causes the disease, could be stopped in its tracks by a subtle chemical modification. It is hoped the work could lead to much-needed treatments for the inherited ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4495 Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most common cancers - skin and lung - a move they say could revolutionise cancer care. Not only will the cancer maps pave the way for blood tests to spot tumours far earlier, they will also yield new drug targets, ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4493 Post menopausal women who take anti-depressants face a small - but statistically significant - increased risk of a stroke, research suggests. The US study was based on 136,293 women aged 50 to 79, who were followed for an average of six years. Anti-depressant users were 45% more likely to have ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4491 UK cities should have more 20mph speed zones, as they have cut road injuries by over 40% in London, a study claims. In particular the number of children killed or seriously injured has been halved over the past 15 years, the British Medical Journal reported. The London School of Hygiene and ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4488   Scientists are to test if boosting the immune system can prevent the return of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. The disease - a cancer of developing nervous system tissue - is most often found in under-fives and accounts for about a sixth of child cancer deaths. The European trial builds on early ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4486 Children who battle and survive cancer run a higher risk of heart problems and must be closely screened, say experts. ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4484   Fresh evidence adds weight to suggestions that loneliness makes cancer both more likely and deadly. Work in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows social isolation tips the odds in favour of aggressive cancer growth. Rodents kept alone developed more tumours - and tumours of a more deadly type - ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4482 Surgeons say they have had success with a controversial transplant technique that uses risky donor kidneys containing cancerous masses. So far five patients have been treated by the team at Baltimore's University of Maryland School of Medicine. The US surgeons say the technique offers a vital lifeline to patients with end-stage renal ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4480 Smokers who light up on waking display higher levels of nicotine than those who wait, regardless of the number of cigarettes smoked, US research shows. Scientists measured smokers' levels of cotinine, a by-product of nicotine which has been shown to reflect the risk of developing lung cancer. Waiting until you had eaten ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4478   Men carry the seeds of their own destruction in the genes present in their sperm, research suggests. Scientists working on mice have highlighted a specific gene that, although carried by both sexes, appears to be active only in males. They believe it allows males to grow bigger bodies - but at ... http://medicalinfos.info/?p=4476