Lung cancer test could save lives
Researchers in the UK have developed a simple blood test that could save the lives of thousands of people; test is believed to be the first to be able to detect lung cancer.
The test is able to detect the presence of certain proteins in the blood, which are only produced when lung cancer cells are [...]
Coffee could be good for you
Once again, something that we take for granted is back on the good for you list, coffee was once labelled as being bad for us and yet now according to recent research it turns out that coffee can have some beneficial effects, so what now.
The research has found that a cup of coffee can help [...]
Modified tobacco can treat HIV
Researchers working for the University of Louisville’s Owensboro Cancer Research Program are reporting that they have been testing a gel that has been produced from a plant that is close to the tobacco family as a viable treatment for HIV.
It has been found that the plant nicotiana benthamiana contains a protein known as griffifthsin, this [...]
Exercise the key to health
Most people that exercise is good for you, but what most people do not know, is that regular exercise can actually save your life according to researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.
The researchers studied over fifty cases and found that those people, who were the most active, were also twenty [...]
Green tea not so good with cancer drug
Currently there is a lot of marketing going on promoting the health benefits of green tea and there is no doubt, there are some clear benefits from drinking this beverage. However, according to researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) this may not always be the case.
The problem lies with the treatment for multiple [...]
Some additives linked to lung cancer
Food additives are blamed for many things, but it seems that one such addictive is being blamed for the spread of lung disease and cancer.
The culprit is inorganic phosphates, these can be found in processed foods such as cheese, meat and bakery products, what they do is increase the products water content and therefore [...]
Vatican speaks out on bioethics
The Vatican have always appeared to have against any sort of interference by science into the natural development of the human body, but these with so many good results coming from treatments such as gene therapy and stem cell research; can they ignore the benefits anymore?
It would not, as the Vatican have recently spoken out [...]
Illuminated cancer cells easier to track
The studying of cancer has been given a new tool to help with the studying of the disease; scientists have found they are able to use a fluorescent compound, which attaches itself to the cells. This means that they can track it to see if the cancer is growing, dying off or remaining the same.
This [...]
Immune system caught on film
The immune system has been captured on film for the first time by researchers from the Centenary Institute in Sydney, Australia.
They have filmed an immune cell being infected by a parasite and how this continues to grow throughout the body; this has been made possible by the team using a high powered multi photon microscope, [...]
Vitamin pills do not slow ageing process
It seems that the faith in vitamins rolling back the years may have been misplaced by the millions of people who spend millions of pounds on these products.
Recent research from the University College, London, has found that vitamin C and E, which are the ones normally praised as being able to prevent or slow the [...]
Some cancers die off without treatment
Recent research into the regular checking for breast cancer has thrown up some intriguing questions, rather than providing answers to the question that regular mammograms help fight against breast cancer.
These results published in the Archive of Internal Medicine showed the results of two separate tests.
These tests involved one group of 119,000 women aged between [...]
Online support differs on type of illness
The type of cancer that sufferers have will have a direct effect on the quality of help and advice that the patient can expect to receive from the online support sites, which are out there for these patients.
It seems that the patient who is suffering from a cancer that has a high survival rate will [...]
Doctors use too much chemo
It is a growing concern that patients who are terminally ill are given chemotherapy in the later stages of their lives, a review of six hundred cancer patients found.
The review discovered that out of these patients around twenty five per cent who had this treatment, that it actually caused death or at the very least [...]
Damaged genes can cause cancer
Recent research has found that it only takes a damaged gene to cause cancer, this discovery although frightening to some people will help future researchers in finding more ways to find out more about cancer and to ultimately treat the disease.
Researchers at the Erasmas MC in Rotterdam, Holland found that the tumour suppressor gene SMAD4 [...]
Eat up your fruit and veg
To most people it is spring that would normally offer the greatest amount of fruit and vegetables, but apparently, this is not so as it is autumn that offers the best opportunities for healthy eaters to get their hands on some of the best produce that the UK has to offer.
It is an ideal time [...]
Sponge produces cancer fighting substance
Scientists have found that a sponge found off the coast of Florida have a substance which has been found to have qualities which could fight against colon and pancreatic cells, in fact this substance could destroy around fifty per cent of the cells.
However the substance only appears in small amounts in the natural sponge therefore [...]
Coffee has some strange side affects
Coffee is well known as being a great alert booster, which is especially good in the morning when it is time to get up on those dark and cold mornings.
However, yes, it may be great for waking you up, but there are some other side effects that could slow down the sales of coffee, especially [...]
Robot cancer killer
This may sound a little like a sci fi film idea, but a professor at the University of Maryland has developed a robot, which can seek out and destroy breast cancer cells all in one go, making the diagnosis and treatment possible, cutting down on wasted time.
Because the device is made from titanium and stainless [...]
Man dies in drugs trial
Being diagnosed with testicular cancer is blow for any man, however the chances of surviving the disease are getting better all of the time. Nevertheless, when Gary Foster aged 27 was told that he had the disease with a sixty per cent chance of survival; he wanted to get all the help that he could.
The [...]
Water bettered by Tea
We are always being told to drink plenty of water, but sometimes the amount that is recommended is just too much to handle, this is especially so when people are having to travel to work or go on long journeys.
But it now seems that water may not be the only thing, for research being carried [...]