Health & Medicine Week articles from August 2003

Health & Medicine Week archives from August 2003

Revised guidelines will ease selection of HIV/AIDS treatments.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new update of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents will make it easier for clinicians and...

Coronavirus confirmed as causative agent.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading scientists worldwide investigating the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) confirm that a novel coronavirus is the primary cause of the disease. SARS was first reported in...

FDA announces initiative to heighten battle against counterfeit drugs.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Commissioner of Food and Drugs Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, has announced a major new initiative to more aggressively protect American consumers from drugs that have been counterfeited. The new...

Skills in palliative care are important for appropriate end-of-life care.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Skills in palliative care are important for appropriate end-of-life care. "To increase the knowledge of the final phase of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a retrospective review of the medical and...

Spirituality among drug users influences HIV risk behavior.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spirituality among drug users with a high risk of HIV infection strongly influences their use of protective measures. "The relationship between spirituality and HIV risk behavior in a sample of 34...

Young athletes warned about rare but serious football injury.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While some injuries are inevitable in any sport, physicians caution young athletes about a subtle but serious football injury to the hip that often goes unrecognized. Claude T. Moorman III, MD,...

60 Million Africans affected, says UNAIDS executive director.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By continuing to devastate Africa's economies, communities, and development, HIV/AIDS has undoubtedly become Africa's biggest challenge. "Sixty million Africans have been touched by AIDS in the most...

Company begins U.S. licensing process for VScan HIV Rapid Test Kit.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Services International, Inc., (MSITF) announced it has begun the process with the appropriate regulatory agencies in the United States regarding the introduction and licensing of the company's...

Ritonavir-boosted Reyataz demonstrates comparable viral load reduction to Kaletra.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented at the 2nd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment demonstrate that a treatment regimen combining the drug Reyataz (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.), the first...

Study: HIV treatment regimens containing Viramune or efavirenz comparable.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment regimens with either Viramune (nevirapine) or efavirenz provide comparable antiviral efficacy in the early treatment of HIV infection, according to an analysis that compared the two in...

Novel adenovirus-based SIV vaccine effective in macaques.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel adenovirus-based vaccine against the simian version of HIV (SIV) has delivered promising results in a macaque model of infection, researchers in the...

Arixtra prevents pulmonary embolism, deep-vein thrombosis.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of the PEntasaccharide in GenerAl SUrgery Study (PEGASUS) presented at the XIXth Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis demonstrate that the novel synthetic...

Performance areas for random, unannounced surveys in 2004 to be revised.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Beginning in 2004, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) will revise the fixed and variable performance areas evaluated during random unannounced surveys. Under...

Treatment of differentiation arrest in pre-B-cell stage with SLP-65 is curative.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SLP-65 given at the pre-B-cell stage doesn't allow arrest of differentiation or acute lymphoblastic leukemia type disease in a mouse model. According to a study from Germany, "Acute lymphoblastic...

Immunotherapy effective for relapsed stem cell transplant recipients.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunotherapy can be effective for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients who relapse after stem cell allografting. Scientists in Austria described the case of a 35-year-old female AML patient "who...

Buprenorphine use in opioid-dependent mothers is safe for neonates.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Buprenorphine use in opioid-dependent mothers is safe for neonates. According to a study from the United States, "tt is estimated that 55-94% of infants born to opioid-dependent mothers in US will...

Metal and transition metal ions can enhance mast cell activation.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Asthma may be exacerbated by mast cell activation initiated by metal ions in air pollution. "Upon contact with allergen, sensitized mast cells release highly active proinflammatory mediators....

Army survey measures soldiers' risky drinking behaviors.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Soldiers who reported having more than 21 drinks a week on an Army survey were more likely to be hospitalized or discharged for alcohol-related problems later on in their military careers, according to...

Trace amounts of cashew nut in food can now be detected by sandwich ELISA.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trace amounts of cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale L.) in food can now be detected by sandwich ELISA. According to published research from the United States, "Trace amounts of cashew nut protein...

Early exposure to cat, dog allergen to reduce allergy later may be hard to prove.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It may be difficult to design early cat and dog exposure experiments to prove reduced allergies later in life. According to recent research published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical...

Pediatric Ascaris infection is protective effect against wheezing.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ascaris parasite infection had a protective effect against wheezing and asthma in Ethiopian children. "Epidemiological studies in developing countries suggest that intestinal parasite infection may...

Plasterboard composition may effect mold growth.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from Finland found that the composition of the core material of plasterboard, a commonly used building material, can alter the growth sporulation of harmful molds in the plasterboard. ...

Atopic dermatitis, subsequent pulmonary allergies may have other treatments.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Atopic dermatitis is frequently associated with later development of allergic rhinitis or asthma, and is linked to genetically determined immune regulation imbalances that might be targeted for...

Anti-inflammatory drugs lower risk.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) lower the risk of developing Alzheimer disease, claim researchers in a new report. The authors identified 15 studies published between 1996 and October...

Astrocytes in brain accumulate A beta 42; lysis creates amyloid plaque in brain.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alzheimer disease is formed by slow accumulation of Abeta42 in astrocytes, followed by lysis and plaque formation. "Beta-Amyloid(1-42) (Abeta42), a major component of amyloid plaques, accumulates...

Brain calcium sensor reflects cognitive deficits.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A protein that senses changes in calcium levels can be used to estimate the extent of cognitive deficits caused by toxic amyloid peptides found in Alzheimer brains, researchers at the Gladstone...

Eating fish weekly may reduce risk.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eating foods that contain n-3 fatty acids (found in foods including fish, nuts and oil-based salad dressings) and weekly consumption of fish may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer disease (AD)...

Histology, disease severity combine to form a sequence of events, grading system.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Disease severity and histological observation of primary visual cortex provide a grading system as well as a sequence of events in Alzheimer disease. "Progression of neuritic and Abeta pathology in...

Overweight at age 70 increases women's risk of AD.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from Sweden has found a striking association between women being overweight at 70 and developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) 10 to 18 years later. The study was reported in the July 15, 2003,...

Possible new treatment pathway identified.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Accumulation of a protein fragment believed to have a critical role in the devastating dementia of Alzheimer disease can be halted - and existing damage may be reversed - by blocking one of the...

Weight may affect female risk.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study has found that overweight women may have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer - the latest report to link the disease to vascular factors such as hypertension and diabetes. Researchers...

Pigment epithelium-derived factor polices prostate and pancreatic tissues.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pigment epithelium-derived factor polices prostate and pancreatic tissues. According to a study from the United States, "angiogenesis sustains tumor growth and metastasis, and recent studies...

Family link to brain aneurysms is studied.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Devastating brain aneurysms strike at least 16,000 Americans each year, killing nearly half of them. Sometimes, the only warning is that a relative collapsed under similar circumstances. That...

FDA panel to review Ranexa in September.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CV Therapeutics, Inc., (CVTX) announced that it has been informed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the company's new drug application (NDA) for Ranexa (ranolazine) for the potential...

5-HT2c gene associated with susceptibility to anorexia nervosa.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The 5-HT2c gene is associated with susceptibility to anorexia nervosa and minimum body mass index of patients with the eating disorder. "The association between a non-conservative Cys23Ser in the...

Researchers discover novel mechanism of how anthrax impairs immunity.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first study of its kind, researchers led by Bali Pulendran, PhD, at the Emory Vaccine Center and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center have shown that anthrax lethal factor (LF) impairs the...

Hot spots in Tcf4 for the interaction with beta-catenin studied.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hot spots in Tcf4 for the interaction with beta-catenin studied. According to recent research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, "The interaction of beta-catenin with T-cell factor...

Mitochondrial heat shock protein may be one determinant of drug sensitivity.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mitochondrial heat shock protein may be one determinant of drug sensitivity. According to recent research published in the journal Leukemia Research, "Since DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) has...

Epidermal Langerhans cells bind and are activated by enterobacterial OmpA.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epidermal Langerhans cells bind and are activated by enterobacterial OmpA from Klebsiella pneumoniae. "Outer membrane protein (OmpA) is highly represented and conserved in the Enterobacteriaceae...

Mechanisms of oxazolidinone activity elucidated.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The mechanisms of oxazolidinone activity have been elucidated. "Oxazolidinone antibiotics, an important new class of synthetic antibacterials, inhibit protein synthesis by interfering with...

Novel model describes release of antimicrobial agents from food packaging films.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel system can be used to characterize antibiotic release from food packaging films. "A mathematical model able to describe the release kinetics of antimicrobial agents from crosslinked...

Study: Foods rich in lycopene may reduce risk of CVD in women.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study found that women with the highest intake of tomato-based foods, rich sources of the antioxidant lycopene, had a reduced risk for CVD compared to women with low intake of those foods. ...

Oral DJ-927 has superior efficacy over i.v. paclitaxel or docetaxel.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oral DJ-927 has superior efficacy over i.v. paclitaxel or docetaxel. "DJ-927 is a novel taxane, which was selected for high solubility, non-neurotoxicity, oral bioavailability, and potent antitumor...

Oral glutamine did not protect against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oral glutamine did not protect against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. "The antioxidant activity of the amino acid glutamine was investigated to obtain protection against peroxidative...

Rat genomic assays available for real-time gene expression analysis.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Applied Biosystems Group (ABI), an Applera Corporation business, announced the initial release of pre-formulated gene expression assays for researchers studying the rat, an important animal model used...

Distribution agreement signed for Xolair.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AdvancePCS (ADVP) announced that its specialty pharmacy, AdvancePCS SpecialtyRx, has signed an agreement with Genentech, Inc., (DNA) to provide Xolair (omalizumab) for subcutaneous use to patients whose...

Age-related stem cell loss prevents artery repair.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aging has long been recognized as the worst risk factor for chronic ailments like atherosclerosis, which clogs arteries and leads to heart attacks and stroke. Yet, the mechanism by which aging promotes...

Flares are reduced by use of pimecrolimus cream at symptom onset.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Flares are reduced by use of pimecrolimus cream at onset of symptoms of atopic dermatitis. "Elidel is a steroid-free cream containing a 1% strength of the topical immunomodulator pimecrolimus....

An anatomical approach may prevent complications during left atrial ablation.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An anatomical approach may prevent complications during left atrial ablation. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery, "Atrial fibrillation ablation surgery...

Approval granted to sell new configuration microcatheter in Europe.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardima, Inc., (CRDM) announced receipt of the CE Mark for its Revelation Helix STX therapeutic microcatheter to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) originating in the pulmonary veins. The Revelation...

CDC and partners launch autism awareness initiative.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the Autism Society of America (ASA) have announced a joint initiative aimed at boosting awareness of the importance of early...

Pemphigus herpetiformis and systemic lupus erythematosus can occur together.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pemphigus herpetiformis and systemic lupus erythematosus were treated by corticosteroids and immunosuppressants. "A female patient with coexistence of pemphigus herpetiformis and systemic lupus...

Allelic variation of ICOS gene doesn't appear linked with amino acid changes.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lack of amino acid level allelic variation in genes related to autoimmune disease, such as ICOS, may indicate that transcriptional regulation may be involved in disease. "The human chromosome...

Helicobacter pylori disease may be exacerbated by in vivo cell invasion.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Helicobacter pylori is found to be readily invasive in cell culture, but there is scant evidence for invasion coming from clinical samples so far. "In this review we evaluate the pros and cons of...

Beta-lactamase export does not depend on signal recognition particle.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacterial beta-lactamase export does not depend on signal recognition particles. According to recent research from Germany, "in Escherichia coli, three different types of proteins engage the SecY...

The magnitude of hedgehog signaling activity defines skin tumor phenotype.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The magnitude of hedgehog signaling activity defines skin tumor phenotype. According to a study from the United States, "Gain-of-function mutations in SMO have been implicated in constitutive...

Antidepressant helps alleviate compulsive shopping disorder.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While a trip to the mall may mean a cute sweater or new CD for most of us, it has ominous implications for the thousands of Americans who suffer from compulsive shopping disorder, a condition marked by...

Fluorescent protein used for genetic reporting shouldn't harm humans.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fluorescent protein used for genetic reporting shouldn't harm humans. "Several proposed biotechnological applications of green fluorescent protein (GFP) are likely to result in its introduction into...

Implanted biomaterials allow scientists to inspect angiogenesis up close.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Implanted biomaterials allow scientists to inspect angiogenesis up close. "The aim of this study is the histological characterization of angiogenesis in a macroporous biomaterial with quantification...

Electron microscopy can differentiate poxviruses from herpesviruses.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Electron microscopy can differentiate poxviruses from herpesviruses. According to a study from the United States, "With increased threat of terrorism, much attention is being directed toward...

Plasma P-selectin levels rise in people with chronic liver diseases.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Plasma P-selectin levels rise in people with chronic liver diseases "P-selectin is a leukocyte receptor and platelet activation marker that has been shown to be involved in thrombogenesis as well as...

Finnish company announces alliance for AIDS vaccine research.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- FIT Biotech Plc and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have entered into a public-private research partnership to evaluate FIT Biotech's investigational vaccine to prevent AIDS. ...

A small fraction of giant cells potentially clonogenic.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A small fraction of giant cells might be potentially clonogenic. "This study was designed to examine the viability and proliferation of uninucleated and multinucleated giant cells formed after 6 Gy...

CE Mark approval granted for prostatic stent.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AbbeyMoor Medical, Inc., announced that it has received the CE Mark approval for The Spanner Temporary Prostatic Stent for temporary use, 30 days or less, in men with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) to...

Clot-imaging agent helps detect deep vein thrombosis.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Agenix Limited announced that it has made a significant breakthrough in the detection of blood clots at Royal Brisbane Hospital. Agenix's blood clot imaging agent ThromboView successfully detected...

One of 3 BLM helicase complexes, BRAFT, contains 5 Fanconi anemia proteins.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One of the three Bloom syndrome BLM helicase complexes, BRAFT, contains 5 of the Fanconi anemia proteins. "Bloom syndrome (BS) is a genetic disorder associated with dwarfism, immunodeficiency,...

Teens' distorted perceptions may lead to unhealthy behaviors.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High school girls tend to see themselves as 11 pounds over their ideal body weight while boys perceive their current and ideal body images as almost the same, according to a new study. How...

Cerebrospinal fluid ghrelin negatively associated with body mass index.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cerebrospinal fluid ghrelin is negatively associated with body mass index. According to a study from the United States and Greece, "Ghrelin is a 28 amino acid peptide hormone, predominantly...

Telomere resolvase, ResT, is a positionally dependent tyrosine recombinase.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Borrelia burgdorferi telomere structures are managed by ResT, and enzyme that is positionally dependent on a distance from the axis of symmetry to cleave. "An unusual feature of bacteria in the...

Phase II clinical trial of talampanel begins.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IVAX Corp. (IVX) has initiated a phase II trial of talampanel to treat patients with brain cancer at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Howard Fine, chief of the neuro-oncology...

Lack of endogenous VEGF may impede brain repair processes.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lack of endogenous VEGF may impede brain repair processes. "Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is upregulated following injury to the CNS. Our previous work has shown that exogenous...

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations may contribute to early-onset breast cancer in Germany.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations may contribute to early-onset breast cancer in Germany. "This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in 91 German patients...

Breast cancer worry and risk were determinants of prophylactic mastectomy.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast cancer worry and risk were determinants of prophylactic mastectomy. "Scientific reports suggest that women at risk for familial breast cancer may benefit from prophylactic mastectomy,"...

Common antioxidant may decrease risk.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers believe that higher total cysteine levels may be associated with a lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study presented July 14, 2003, at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American...

End users demand CAD systems with broader appeal.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Computer aided detection (CAD) system vendors in the U.S. are developing multimodality, integrated solutions to meet varied requirements of end users. These new product initiatives may increase the...

Experts in U.K. want entry age for mammographic screening lowered to 47.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two leading U.K. cancer experts are calling for the entry age for mammographic screening for breast cancer to be reduced from 50 to 47 years for women in Britain. Their rationale is detailed in a...

High fat intake associated with increased risk.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A large, prospective study of premenopausal women suggests that high intake of animal fat, especially from red meat and dairy products, is associated with an increase in risk of breast cancer. ...

Human breast cancer resistance protein may play a role in sterol transport.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human breast cancer resistance protein may play a role in sterol transport. "The human breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP, also know as ABCG2, MXR, or ABCP) is one of the more recently...

Ibuprofen, aspirin may reduce woman's risk.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests that regular ibuprofen use may cut a woman's risk of developing breast cancer in half. Findings reported July 13, 2003, at the annual meeting of the American Association of...

Multiple suppressor genes may exist on the short arm of chromosome 8.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multiple suppressor genes may exist on the short arm of chromosome 8. According to a study from Australia, "Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the short arm of chromosome 8 occurs frequently in breast...

Outreach program helps immigrants fight disease.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On a warm spring morning, a dozen women sit nervously on a bench outside a trailer parked at the Chandler Family Health Center in Phoenix, Arizona, waiting to have mammograms. None of them speaks...

Research methods could mask association with high fat intake.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imprecise methods of assessing dietary intake could be potentially obscuring a link between increased fat intake and breast cancer, suggest authors of a research letter in the July 18, 2003, issue of...

Risk higher for young women with Hodgkin disease treated with radiation.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young women with Hodgkin disease (HD) treated with chest radiation alone have an increased risk for breast cancer, according to a study in the July 23/30, 2003, issue of the Journal of the American...

Study seeks women with recurring disease to test new antibody.
August 4, 2003... 2003 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of California, Los Angeles, Jonsson Cancer Center is testing an experimental immune system-boosting antibody that could one day help women who have not responded to conventional...