Controlling typhoid bacterium key to prevent gallbladder cancer in India and Pakistan
(Cell Press) Controlling bacterial infections responsible for typhoid fever could dramatically reduce the risk of gallbladder cancer in India and Pakistan, according to Cell Host & Microbe study. The findings establish the causal link between bacterial infection and gallbladder cancer, explaining why this type of cancer is rare in the West but common in India and Pakistan, where typhoid fever is endemic. Public policy changes inspired by this research could have an immediate impact. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 28, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Study finds association between exposure to aflatoxin and gallbladder cancer
In a small study in Chile that included patients with gallbladder cancer, exposure to aflatoxin (a toxin produced by mold) was associated with an increased risk of gallbladder cancer. In Chile, gallbladder cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in women. Exposure to aflatoxin, a liver carcinogen, is associated with gallbladder cancer in primates. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 26, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study finds association between exposure to aflatoxin and gallbladder cancer
(The JAMA Network Journals) In a small study in Chile that included patients with gallbladder cancer, exposure to aflatoxin (a toxin produced by mold) was associated with an increased risk of gallbladder cancer, according to a study in the May 26 issue of JAMA. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 26, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Jenny Ramage has NINE organs removed to treat 'one in a million' cancer
Jenny Ramage, 35, from Bristol, had her colon, spleen, gall bladder, ovaries, fallopian tubes, appendix, belly button, removed entirely as well as part of her liver and diaphragm. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Obese women 40% more likely to get cancer
Obese women have a 40 percent greater risk for developing at least seven different types of cancer, including bowel, post-menopausal breast, gall bladder, womb, kidney, pancreatic, and esophageal cancer, according to a new Cancer Research UK study.
Medical Daily (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - March 17, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Obesity raises women's risk of seven cancers by 40%
Obese women have a 40 per cent higher risk of developing at least seven types of cancer including bowel, post-menopausal breast, gallbladder, womb, kidney, pancreatic and oesophageal types. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Schiffman Adds Peritoneal Mesothelioma Expertise to Allegheny
The Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh didn't have to look far in
2014 to recruit one of the country's talented young surgeons, skilled enough to offer technically advanced care for patients with peritoneal mesothelioma.
Surgical oncologist Dr. Suzanne Schiffman was just across town.
Schiffman, an expert in complex abdominal malignancies, recently completed her dual fellowships at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
She served previously as chief administrative resident at the University of Louisville.
She was a natural choice and another key component today in the recent resurgence of Allegheny...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - February 10, 2015 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tim Povtak Tags: Treatment & Doctors Source Type: news
February 2015
Fixing Flawed Body Parts: Engineering New Tissues and Organs...Galled by the Gallbladder?: Your Tiny, Hard-Working Digestive Organ...Many Older People Take Anti-Anxiety Meds Despite Risks...Treatment for Alcohol Problems...Featured Web Site: Find a Cancer Center (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - February 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Was The Guardian's 2014 crystal ball accurate?
In January 2014, The Guardian took the brave, and possibly foolhardy, step of predicting the six big health breakthroughs of 2014.
We're taking a look at just how accurate the paper's crystal ball turned out to be, and gave each our own Behind the Headlines "Mystic Meg" rating for predictive accuracy.
Prediction one: IVF success rates to improve after 20 years of stagnation
Prediction two: Better screening for ovarian cancer
Prediction three: New insights into dementia
Prediction four: Open-access surgery
Prediction five: Ninja polymers to fight athlete's foot
Prediction six: Fae...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 30, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: QA articles Special reports Source Type: news
Diagnosing Gallbladder CancerDiagnosing Gallbladder Cancer
Lethality and the lack of a sensitive and specific screening mechanism make gallbladder cancer one to watch for. . . Journal for Nurse Practitioners (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Journal Article Source Type: news
North Texas Fracking Zone Sees Growing Health Worries
This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.
DALLAS—Propped up on a hospital bed, Taylor Ishee listened as his mother shared a conviction that choked her up. His rare cancer had a cause, she believes, and it wasn’t genetics.
Others in Texas have drawn the same conclusions about their confounding illnesses. Jana DeGrand, who suffered a heart attack and needed both her gallbladder and her appendix removed. Rebecca Williams, fighting off unexplained rashes, sharp headaches and repeated bouts of pneumonia. Maile Bush, who needed...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
UK 'among worst' for cancer linked to obesity
Conclusion
This international study has shown alarming increases in cases of cancer that can be attributed to high BMI.
Overall, they estimated that 3.6% of cancers in adults (aged over 30 years) worldwide are caused by high BMI, with the proportion attributed to obesity slightly higher in women than in men. In the UK, 4.4% of all cases of cancer per year in men and 8.2% of all cases of cancer per year in women, were estimated to be attributable to obesity.
The research focused on cancers that the WCRF has already established are linked to high BMI. When looking at these cancers, the UK was joint second highest in the worl...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Obesity Source Type: news
Crash diets 'work best' claim misguided
Conclusion
This study challenges the widely held view that losing weight gradually, as recommended in current guidelines, results in better long-term weight reduction and less weight regain compared to losing weight rapidly using a very low-calorie diet.
The study found that though initially more people in the rapid weight loss group achieved the target weight loss compared to the gradual weight loss group, when these participants then entered the longer-term maintenance phase where all followed individualised diets. Equivalent proportions in each group then regained weight.
The sad fact seems to be that whatever type of...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Obesity Source Type: news
Is UK obesity fuelling an increase in 10 cancers?
Conclusion
This large UK cohort study of more than 5 million people has found that, although there was variation in the effect of BMI on different cancers, a higher BMI was associated with increased risk of several cancers.
Overall, the researchers estimated that a 1kg/m² population-wide increase in BMI would result in 3,790 additional people in the UK each year developing uterus, gallbladder, kidney, cervix, thyroid, leukaemia, liver, colon, ovarian or postmenopausal breast cancer.
However, not all of the identified links were completely clear, with some showing a clearer linear association between increasing BMI and in...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity Cancer Source Type: news
