Research scientists studying the effects of Prostate cancer cells have found a vital protein made within normal cells that slows down the growth of these cells in the laboratory. This discovery, which is set to be put into the journal “Cancer Research,” may lead to additional rewarding research that could give new treatment options to cancer victims. Prostate cancer is the most widespread cancer among UK men, and 37,500 of them are discovered to have it each year. Most of these are slow cancers,... 

A recent study has shown that what pregnant women eat can help decide if their child will be obese due to changes in their child’s DNA before birth. The study determined the degree of chemical change in the DNA in the newborn’s umbilical cord tissue using tissue from 300 babies and found the results could hugely predict if the child would be obese by the time they were between six and nine years old. The thing that most surprised researchers was that they were able to predict within a 25 percent... 

Heart attack and stroke victims may have a new medication to help in the fight against the damage they both cause to their victims. The drug was developed by a team of scientists at the Leicester University. The injectable drug drastically reduces the tissue damage these two attacks cause that damages the brain and heart muscle after the attacks occur. The damage is due to the blood flow to these areas being interrupted due to a clot or bleed, which then starves the body’s organs of life giving... 

Brain cancer sufferers will now have a choice of treatment with a new, noninvasive treatment that has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It uses an electrical field that breaks cancer cells apart and is meant to be used for certain kinds of brain cancer that hasn’t responded to traditional treatment. The instrument is called the NovoTTF (tumor treating fields), and it was created by NovoCure Ltd., which has offices both in Israel and the U.S. It is approved to treat glioblastoma,... 

The human body has some of its own cancer fighting abilities, including an immune protein, interleukin-25, which appears to be able to tell the difference between normal and cancer breast cells. When a cancer cell is found, the protein causes it to self-destruct and doesn’t hurt regular cells. The protein could be used as a potential treatment against breast cancer, according to some molecular biologists studying it at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in California. In order to test the... 

A recent study by the U.S. National Cancer Institute discovered that many lung cancer victims and their caregivers keep smoking even after they know they have cancer even though doing so can cause them major issues and hurt their recovery. In a study of 742 lung cancer victims and their caregivers, 18 percent didn’t stop smoking, and it could be because they feel guilty or have some sort of social stigmas. Study officials said that the reason may be because they think it is already too late and... 

In the past, some people had been concerned that the isoflavones in soy food products could somehow increase the risk of breast cancer. Now, a new study has shown that soy isn’t connected to breast cancer and should not cause any problems for people that eat soy products. The current data came from a study of more than 16,000 women and instead of soy causing a rise in the risk for breast cancer, it showed that it may even be helpful in a woman’s diet, even if they had previously had breast cancer. The... 

Besides the well-known analgesic, anti-pyretic and anti-inflammatory properties of aspirin, a new study reveals that taking aspirin may reduce the risks of pancreatic cancer. The findings of the study were presented at the 102nd Annual Conference held at the American Association for Cancer Research in Orlando, Florida during the week, April 2-6, 2011. The study analyzed the association of three common types of pain relievers namely, aspirin, acetaminophen and non-aspirin NSAIDs, and their possible... 

  Doctors have for long emphasized that atherosclerosis or hardening of arteries is a disease caused as a result of modern lifestyles and unhealthy fast foods. However, researchers from University of California, Irvine, conducted CT body scans in 52 Egyptian mummies dating between 1981 BC to AD 364 and successfully identified arteries and heart tissue in 44 mummies. Of the 44, nearly half the number showed calcification or hardening of the arteries. 20% of them died before the age of 40 and...