The Starting Point Of Sun-Induced Skin Cancer Disovered By U Of Minnesota Researcher According to a new study from the University of Minnesota, the earliest event in the development of sun-induced skin cancer may have been identified. The researchers found that the point of entry for skin cancer in response to sun exposure is in receptor molecules, molecular "hooks" on the outer surface of cells that also pull cannabinoid compounds found in marijuana out of the bloodstream.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com2009 Annual Scientific Sessions Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography And Interventions To Be Held In Las Vegas The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)has announced that it will hold its 2009 Annual Scientific Sessions May 6-9, 2009, at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas. The focused, collegial interventional cardiology meeting will move to a late February or early March meeting time beginning in 2010.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMaxi-K Gene Transfer May Prove To Be Safe And Effective Erectile Dysfunction Treatment Maxi-K gene therapy may be a safe and effective future option for men whose erectile dysfunction (ED) is not treatable with oral therapy. Two studies presented at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) may give hope to these individuals. Researchers present their findings to reporters in a special press conference on May 20, 2008 at 10 a.m.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Drug Reduces One Cause Of Vision Loss In the industrialized world, most diseases that cause vision loss do so by altering the permeability of the blood vessels in the retina of the eye such that fluid accumulates in the retina impairing eyesight.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAccess To Urologists And Prostate Cancer Screenings Lead To Better Outcomes For Patients Men with greater access to prostate cancer screenings and treatment have better outcomes from the disease, a new study shows. Urologist population density was directly related to increased numbers of screening programs and decreased mortality rates from the disease.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com3,000 Evacuated After Train Chemical Spill, Louisiana, USA Over three thousand people were evacuated after a train derailed in Lafayette, Louisiana, releasing approximately 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid - a toxic chemical. Authorities say two of the railroad cars leaked hydrochloric acid. Eye-witnesses say the spill formed a yellowish pool. Everybody who lived within a mile of the derailment have been taken to a school outside the city.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com25 Years Of HIV: Dr. Anthony Fauci Reflects On the 25th anniversary of the first scientific article linking a retrovirus to AIDS, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of
Health, reflects in an essay in Nature on his experience treating and studying HIV/AIDS for the past quarter century.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBehaving Violently At School: Adolescents' Values Can Serve As A Buffer Researchers in Israel have found that teenagers' values helped determine whether or not they engaged in violent behavior at school, especially in schools where violence was common.The researchers are from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The study is published in the May/June 2008 issue of the journal Child Development.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Research Findings Enable More Reliable Prognoses For Breast Cancer Researchers at Umea University in Sweden have shown that the length of telomeres in blood cells in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients is tied to survival rates. The study, published in the journal Cancer Research, was carried out by a research team headed by Professor Goran Roos at the Department of Medical Bioscience, Pathology.
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