Breast Self-Exams

 

 It was once widely recommended that women check their own breasts once a month. But studies suggest these breast self-exams play a very small role in finding cancer. The current thinking is that it's

Hormone-Sensitive Breast Cancer

 

 Some types of breast cancer are fueled by the hormones estrogen or progesterone. A biopsy can reveal whether a tumor has receptors for estrogen (ER-positive) and/or progesterone (PR-positive). About two

Helping Alzheimer's Patients

Family members or professional caregivers who do everything for older adults with Alzheimer's disease may just be wanting to help. In spite of this one University of Alberta researcher says that creating excess dependency may rob the patients of their

Ethical Implications of Testing for Alzheimer's Disease Risk

Alzheimer's disease remains untreatable despite diagnostic tests being increasingly capable of identifying plaques and tangles present in the disease. 
Questions remain about how these tests can be used in research studies examining

Discovery Could Lead To New Treatments For Asthma

Reprogramming the immune cells that promotes asthma diminishes airway damage and inflammation in mice, a discovery that could lead to new treatment options for asthm

Infertility Likely To Raise Risk of Mental Disorders in Women

Infertility raises women's risk of being hospitalized for mental health disorders, a study warns. 
They also found a significantly higher risk for substance abuse among these women

Novel Therapies For Liver Cancer In The Offing

Researchers have created the first mouse model demonstrating the role of a cancer promoting gene, Astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1, in liver cancer. 

The mouse model represents a critical step in understanding the molecular mechanisms of liver cancer