Is Fluoride in Drinking Water Safe? A New Study Reignites a Long-Standing Debate
A study published in JAMA Pediatrics has given new life to a long-running debate: whether adding fluoride to drinking water is a prudent way to prevent tooth decay, or a potentially toxic mistake.
The research, which focused on mother-child pairs from six Canadian cities, found that high fluoride exposure during pregnancy was correlated with lower IQ scores among young children, especially boys.
“Based on the current evidence, it is a reasonable recommendation to tell women to reduce their fluoride intake during pregnancy,” says study co-author Christine Till, an associate professor of psychology at York Univer...
Source: TIME: Health - August 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Research Source Type: news
i-Fect Delivers circRNA and miRNA
Blocks Bone Cancer PainAltered expression of circular RNA (circRNA) is recognized as a contributor to malignant pain where microRNA (miRNA) exerts an essential effect. Researchers used ouri-FectTMTransfection Kit to knock them down. Zhongqi Zhang, Xiaoxia Zhang, Yanjing Zhang, Jiyuan Li, Zumin Xing. Yiwen Zhang.Spinal circRNA-9119 Suppresses Nociception by Mediating the miR-26a-TLR3 Axis in a Bone Cancer Pain Mouse Model. Spinal circRNA-9119 Suppresses Nociception by Mediating the miR-26a-TLR3 Axis in a Bone Cancer Pain Mouse Model. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. pp 1 –10Intrathecal Administration of miRNA and circRN...
Source: Neuromics - August 4, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Bone Cancer Pain circRNA iFect miRNA Transfection Transfection Reagents Source Type: news
Toddler with cancerous tumour in his knee has leg amputated and reattached BACKWARDS
Maxi Richards, three, of Tasmania, suddenly lost the ability to walk at 15 months old due to osteosarcoma. An operation, called a rotationplasty, removed the cancerous knee. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Unique hybrid implant first installed to a cat
(National University of Science and Technology MISIS) Scientific team of a small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, based on the National University of Science and Technology MISIS together with their colleagues from the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of oncology developed a unique implant to replace the damaged bone fragment. The implant, which imitates real bone structure, was installed to a domestic cat with osteosarcoma by surgeons of the veterinary clinic 'Biocontrol'. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Study reveals genetic similarities of osteosarcoma between dogs and children
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) A bone cancer known as osteosarcoma is genetically similar in dogs and human children, according to the results of a study published today by Tufts University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope. The findings could help break the logjam in the treatment of this deadly disease, which hasn't seen a significant medical breakthrough in nearly three decades. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Texas girl, 11, who beat a rare bone marrow disorder is now battling cancer
Hallie Barnard, 11, from Denton, Texas, was born with a bone marrow disorder and received a transplant in November 2018. Just four months later she was diagnosed with bone cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Jersey signs 'Jake's Law' expanding medical marijuana usage after boy's death
On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act into law, in honor of the seven-year-old boy who died of a rare bone cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boy, 6, whose 'growing pains' were revealed to be cancerous leg tumors dies
Nixon Whatcott, seven, from Bluffdale, Utah, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, in February 2018. His parents announced that he passed away on June 25. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Timed release of turmeric stops cancer cell growth
(Washington State University) A WSU research team has developed a drug delivery system using curcumin, the main ingredient in the spice turmeric, that successfully inhibits bone cancer cells while promoting growth of healthy bone cells. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - June 20, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Can ancient herbs really treat cancer?
Karen Kwai-Ching Li, known as KC, has lived in fear of her osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone, for almost 28 years. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Devastated mum loses leg after being diagnosed with rare cancer
Dionne Brown, of Devon, began experiencing leg pain in November 2016. A year later, and when her twins were four months old, a tumour was found due to rare bone cancer osteosarcoma. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NaF-PET/CT rarely finds prostate cancer metastases
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NaF-PET could be valuable for osteosarcoma assessment (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 3, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Versatile nanoparticles take aim at complex bone diseases
Multifunctional nanoparticles being developed by EU-funded researchers are set to revolutionise treatments for complex bone diseases, enabling novel therapies for hundreds of millions of people worldwide suffering from bone cancer, bacterial bone infections and osteoporosis. (Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre)
Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre - May 24, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news
Boy, 5, diagnosed with hard-to-spot cancer after falling over and breaking his arm at school
Derrick 'DJ' Schott, five, from Hillview, Kentucky, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in December 2018 after he fell and broke his arm, which revealed a tumor. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Teenager who lost his leg to a bone cancer has a new knee formed from his backwards FOOT
Jacob Bredenhof, 14, from Canada, was found to have cancerous tumours in his thigh. He had the cancer-ridden bone removed, before rotationplasty to replace his knee with his ankle. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
