Aging And DNA Methylation In Alu And LINE-1 Repeated Elements An age-related decrease in DNA methylation, the process whereby genes are shut off and chromosomes packed up in complex strictures, could potentially lead to cancer development, according to researchers. When a person does not have a proper rate of DNA methylation, chromosomes and DNA sequences become unstable, and therefore are more likely to contribute to cancer.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comProcess Identified That May Help Treat Parkinson's, Spinal Cord Injuries A new discovery by University of Minnesota researchers may lead to a better understanding of how the spinal cord controls how people walk. These insights could help lead to treatments for central nervous system maladies such as Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injuries.The study, headed by Joshua Puhl, Ph.D., and Karen Mesce, Ph.D.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCDC Must Do More To Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections CDC is the "biggest culprit" in the federal government's failure to do "enough to prevent deadly" infections contracted in hospitals, Betsy McCaughey, chair of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths and a former lieutenant governor of New York, writes in a Washington Times opinion piece.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com'B' In ABC Method Is The 'Real Pillar' Of HIV Prevention In Uganda, Letter To Editor Says Uganda's success in reducing its HIV rate from 21% to 6% from 1991 to 2002 is mainly due to the "B" in the ABC approach to HIV prevention, which stands for abstinence, be faithful and use condoms, Sam Ruteikara, co-chair of the Uganda National AIDS Prevention Committee, writes in a Washington Post letter to the editor.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIndia's NACO Likely To Support Effort To Set Up Condom Vending Machines At Railway Stations Across Country Advocates are calling on India's National AIDS Control Organization to support an effort to set up condom vending machines at railway stations across India, the Hindustan Times reports. NACO is expected initially to lobby for the implementation of the machines at urban centers and large railways if spaces are provided by Indian Railways.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCritical Health Care Does Not Reach Most Women And Children In High Mortality Countries, Despite Gains In Fighting Child Killer Diseases Leading global
health experts, policy-makers and parliamentarians are convening in Cape Town to address the urgent need for accelerated progress to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths, if internationally-agreed targets are to be met.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRates Of Invasive Breast Cancer Remain Stagnant Among Black Women After Decline In Use Of Hormone Replacement Therapy, Study Finds Rates of invasive breast cancer decreased significantly for white and Hispanic women between 2002 and 2004, but rates for black women essentially remained the same, according to a report presented on April 13 at an annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research,
HealthDay/Washington Post reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBelly Fat May Be Stimulating Appetite The extra fat we carry around our middle could be making us hungrier, so we eat more, which in turn leads to even more belly fat. Dr. Kaiping Yang and his colleagues at the Lawson
Health Research Institute affiliated with The University of Western Ontario found abdominal fat tissue can reproduce a hormone that stimulates fat cell production.
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