Kidney Disease Hides In People With Undiagnosed Diabetes
Millions of Americans may have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and not know it, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). “Our research indicates that much of the CKD burden in the United States is in persons with prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes, who are [...]
Keeping Stem Cells Alive In Adult Brain Requires Insulin-Like Signal
University of California, Berkeley, biologists have found a signal that keeps stem cells alive in the adult brain, providing a focus for scientists looking for ways to re-grow or re-seed stem cells in the brain to allow injured areas to repair themselves… Source:Keeping Stem Cells Alive In Adult Brain Requires Insulin-Like Signal
Awareness, Earlier Screening Key To Reducing Colorectal Cancer Deaths, Disparities For African Americans
Physician experts from the American College of Gastroenterology raised concern that the majority of African Americans are not aware of the recommendation that they should undergo colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 45 five years before current guidelines generally recommend… Source:Awareness, Earlier Screening Key To Reducing Colorectal Cancer Deaths, Disparities For African Americans
Potential To Prevent Relapse Of Leukemia By Targeting Cell Pathway
About 40 percent of children and up to 70 percent of adults in remission from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) will have a relapse. In recent years, doctors have come to believe that this is due to leukemia stem cells, endlessly replicating cancer cells that generate the immature blood cells characteristic of leukemia and are resistant [...]
Oral Sex Cause of Throat Cancer Rise
Changing sexual practices have led to a dramatic rise in throat cancer in the United States over the past two decades, and experts say they fear an epidemic of the disease. The comments were made Wednesday at a news conference held by the American Association for Cancer Research to discuss research into the role of [...]
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