Obesity is blamed for 12,000 cancer cases every year
Researchers estimate that excess weight could account for 41 per cent of womb cancers and 10 per cent or more of gall-bladder, kidney, liver, and colon cancers in the UK. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Overweight and obesity linked to 10 common cancers, over 12,000 cases every year in UK
A higher body mass index (BMI) increases the risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers, the largest study of its kind on BMI and cancer, involving more than 5 million adults in the UK, shows. Each 5 kg/m² increase in BMI was clearly linked with higher risk of cancers of the uterus (62% increase), gallbladder (31%), kidney (25%), cervix (10%), thyroid (9%), and leukemia (9%). Higher BMI also increased the overall risk of liver, colon, ovarian, and breast cancers. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 14, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
TGen and Scottsdale Healthcare begin study of new drug for patients with solid tumors
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational Genomics Research Institute are studying the safety and effectiveness of a new drug, AG-120, for treatment of patients with solid tumors, especially those with brain tumors and gallbladder bile duct cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - June 17, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery review
Patients see neurosurgeons as gods, but what is the reality? Henry Marsh has written a memoir of startling candourWe go to doctors for help and healing; we don't expect them to make us worse. Most people know the aphorism taught to medical students, attributed to the ancient Greek Hippocrates but timeless in its quiet sanity: "First, do no harm." But many medical treatments do cause harm: learning how to navigate the risks of drug therapies, as well as the catastrophic consequences of botched or inadvised surgical operations, is a big part of why training doctors takes so long. Even the simplest of therapies carries the ri...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Gavin Francis Tags: The Guardian Private healthcare Culture Society Reviews Books Neuroscience UK news Hospitals NHS Source Type: news
Gallbladder Cancer
Title: Gallbladder CancerCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 4/2/2008 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/19/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - March 19, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
UK's annual cancer diagnosis numbers rise by 50,000 in a decade
Cancer numbers have gone up mainly because people are living longer but alcohol and obesity have also contributed to riseThe number of people being diagnosed with cancer each year in Britain has increased by 50,000 over the past decade, according to figures published on Tuesday.Cancer numbers have gone up primarily because people are living longer although alcohol and obesity are also playing a part in the rise in the numbers.Cancer Research UK, which released the figures, said there has been an increase in the number of diagnoses from around 283,000 cases in 2001 to 331,487 in 2011. Most cancers are a result of the ageing...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 14, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: The Guardian Obesity News Health Medical research Society Cancer UK news Alcohol Science Source Type: news
Synthetic vs Bio-identical HRT
Dr Bram Brons offers his take on the main differences between bio-identical and synthetic variants of HRT (hormone replacement therapy).
Despite the effectiveness of hormone replacement therapy to relieve symptoms of menopause, many women are afraid of the associated risks, particularly with synthetic therapy. Consistent negative feedback, perhaps most famously brought to the public’s attention during the Women’s Health Initiative Trial, which continues to be highlighted by mainstream media, has embedded itself in the psyche of women. As a result, the emergence in popularity of bio-identical therapy practices has incre...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 27, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Dr Bram Brons Tags: Alternatives to HRT bio-identical hrt hormone replacement therapy Source Type: news
Asteroid named after Scottish author Iain Banks
Massachusetts scientist Dr Galache successfully applies for asteroid name change after meeting author at book signingFans of the late Scottish author, Iain Banks, now only have to look towards the heavens in order to remember the staunch atheist after an asteroid has been named after him.Asteroid 5099 is now officially known as Iainbanks. Dr Jose Luis Galache of the Minor Planets Centre (MPC), part of the International Astronomical Union in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts applied for the name change after reading of the writer's battle with gall bladder cancer in April on his own website.Writing on the MPC blog, Galac...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 4, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Roxanne Escobales Tags: Science fiction United States Astronomy Culture World news guardian.co.uk Books Iain Banks Editorial Asteroids Space Source Type: news
Adenocarcinoma of GallbladderAdenocarcinoma of Gallbladder
Does chronic inflammation increase the frequency of expression of intestinal goblet-cell phenotypes and p53 -- in gallbladder cancer? Journal of Clinical Pathology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Hematology and Oncology: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Assistant Professor at University of ChicagoDisseminated Cryptococcosis in a CLL patient. NEJM, 05/2014.Leukemia cutis. Lancet, 10/2012.Biliary ileus. Lancet, 07/2012.Corneal snowflakes due to IgG-kappa multiple myeloma. Lancet, 08/2012.Splenic Spirals due to hepatoblastoma. NEJM, 06/2012.Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy and Tripe Palms due to lung cancer. NEJM, 01/2012.Metastasis of Renal-Cell Carcinoma. NEJM, 10/2011.Amelanotic choroidal melanoma. Lancet, 03/2011.Retroperitoneal liposarcoma with lamellar bone inside.A painful cranial bulge. Lancet, 05/2011.Splenic Calcification in sick...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 22, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Hematology Images Oncology Source Type: news
