Johns Hopkins scientists crack genetic code for form of pancreatic cancer

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have deciphered the genetic code for a type of pancreatic cancer, called neuroendocrine or islet cell tumors. The work, described online in the Jan. 20 issue of Science Express, shows that patients whose tumors have certain coding “mistakes” live twice as long as those without them.

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Surrogacy still stigmatized, though attitudes changing among younger women

Although younger people are becoming more positive towards surrogate mothers, current day attitudes to surrogacy are still broadly negative, a scientist will tell the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology tomorrow (Monday 7 July). Professor Olga van den Akker, from the Department of Psychology, Middlesex University, Hendon, London, UK, will say that previous stigmatisation of surrogate mothers in the media had added to the reluctance to undertake this treatment option.

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Alzheimer’s Drug Research: What if the major drug companies are betting on the wrong horse?

– Alternative Theories Focus on Oxidative Stress
as Promising Avenue –

The major drug companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to develop an Alzheimer’s drug based largely on “theory and hope” as one scientist put it in a recent article in Forbes.

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Clinical Trials Directive still hampering academic medical research

Barcelona, Spain: The Clinical Trials Directive, which came into force in May 2004 in order to create a harmonised framework for clinical drug research across Europe, is still hampering such research, according to new findings presented at the European Cancer Conference (ECCO 14) today (Thursday 27 September 2007). Dr. Markus Hartmann, from European Consulting and Contracting in Oncology, Trier, Germany, said that his findings confirm other observations reporting a decrease in cancer clinical trials since the introduction of the Directive, and that this was likely to turn Europe into the poor relation of clinical academic medicine.

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Alcohol and cancer: is drinking the new smoking?

Cutting alcohol consumption linked to reduced cancer rates

Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have clarified the link between alcohol consumption and the risk of head and neck cancers, showing that people who stop drinking can significantly reduce their cancer risk.

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Debate Continues Over Type 2 Diabetes Meds

U.S. Food and Drug Administration warnings on the labels of Avandia (rosiglitazone), a glycemic control drug prescribed to type two diabetics, are not strong enough, according to some researchers.

After reviewing research this summer, an FDA panel voted to keep Avandia on the market with a “black box” warning, advising doctors to watch patients for heart failure and advising against prescribing the medication to people with serious or severe heart failure.

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Healing Our Sicko Health Care System

Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D.

There is a scene in Sicko — Michael Moore’s controversial new film about U.S. health care — that captures both the power and the limits of Moore’s cinematic polemic. A mother is speaking about her month-old daughter, Mychelle, who became ill one evening with vomiting, diarrhea, and a high fever. At the nearest emergency room, Mychelle is treated by a physician who suspects, rightly, that she has a life-threatening bacterial infection. But rather than give her antibiotics, the doctor calls her insurer, whose physician-gatekeeper tells him that Mychelle is not covered at the hospital and must be taken to another facility. The doctor repeatedly says that Mychelle needs care, and he is repeatedly told that she must be transferred first. Finally, nearly 3 hours after arriving at the hospital, wracked by seizures, Mychelle is taken to the approved facility. She dies 15 minutes later.

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True Health, based on research and personal experience

The main factors that determine either health or disease are the psyche/emotions and the physical terrain inside the body. To make it more complex, these are intertwined. It’s the suppressed emotions that cause health problems. Each and every emotion has a specific location in the body. A person who shows all his/her emotions and follows his/her intuition and has relived all old suppressed emotions will be in perfect health. This person will have a certain glow over him, a spark in the eyes, a smooth and elastic skin, a very positive attitude, a strong inner smile, a youthful and playful appearance. It will prove to be quite difficult to get this person upset or stressed. He/she smells great, doesn’t need any artificial flavours and anti-perspirants. What will be most apparent is the smooth movements of his/her body, eyes and face, i.e. the absence of physical blockades in the body. He/she is also strong and doesn’t let other people walk over him in any way, but is also very compassionate. People (especially young and natural children) and animals really like to be around him/her as he/she feels like nature itself. To be in such a perfect health condition requires an abundance of essential minerals and vitamins in the body and an absence of toxins like heavy metals and unwanted chemical substances. The body has amazing capabilities to rid itself of toxins, but this depends on a proper flow of chi (subtle life energy). Suppressed emotions block the chi-flow and hence cause two things: toxins start to build up and also mineral reserves start to drop due to lowered “magnetism”.

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Menopause and UTIs - One More Thing to Worry About

Menopause and UTIs - One More Thing to Worry About

Many menopausal women understand that the loss of estrogen has impacted
their reproductive system, yet many are not aware that this hormone
decrease has also affected their urinary tract too.

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