Consumer Health: Treating sarcoma
Sarcoma is the general term for a broad group of cancers that begin in the bones and soft tissues. Soft tissue sarcoma forms in the tissues that connect, support and surround other body structures. This includes muscle, fat, blood vessels, nerves, tendons and the lining of your joints. There are more than 70 types of [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 5, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Skin cancer symptoms: Purple patches on the skin could be a sign of the deadly disease
SKIN cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, but like all cancers there's currently no cure. This makes spotting symptoms very important, and one sign to look out for is purple patches on the skin - a sign of kaposi sarcoma skin cancer. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Causes Kaposi Sarcoma?
Title: What Causes Kaposi Sarcoma?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 2/11/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/11/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - February 11, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
What Are the Symptoms of Uterine Sarcoma
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - February 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Is Sarcoma Cancer Deadly
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - January 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
What Is the Survival Rate of Ewing Sarcoma
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - December 30, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
On World AIDS Day, Those Who Fought the 1980s Epidemic Find Striking Differences and Tragic Parallels in COVID-19
More than three decades after the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the first World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, 1988, the world’s leading global health organization faces another public health crisis in COVID-19. On this World AIDS Day, those who raised awareness of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, find devastating similarities and haunting differences in America’s response to both crises.
In 1981, scientists recorded the first cases of a rare pneumonia, usually found among immunosuppressed patients, among a group of gay men in Los Angeles, and noticed more cases appearing among gay men in San Francisco and New ...
Source: TIME: Health - December 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Olivia B. Waxman Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature HIV/AIDS Source Type: news
It Happens Here: Marshfield ’ s Magical Moon Farm Needs Your Help
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Syndicated Local It Happens Here Magical Moon Farm Marshfield News Source Type: news
Anti-depressant repurposed to treat childhood cancer
(Karolinska Institutet) A new study has found that a commonly prescribed anti-depressant may halt growth of a type of cancer known as childhood sarcoma, at least in mice and laboratory cell experiments. The findings, from researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Texas, ignite hope of novel treatment strategies against this disease. The study is published in the journal Cancer Research. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What Causes Joint Pain?
DiscussionMusculoskeletal problems are common problems in pediatric practice with up to 15% of acute care visits being for this problem.
Joint pain is a common concern for families but the differential diagnosis is extensive and needs thoughtful consideration. History is a key to discerning the potential diagnosis but also in guiding the physical examination and laboratory examination. Family history especially for systemic diseases should be considered. On physical examination all joints should be examined include sacroiliac and temporomandibular joints.
Is this arthritis or arthralgia? Distinction between inflammatory...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 26, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Researchers uncover crucial gene for growth of Ewing sarcoma
(Center for Genomic Regulation) Researchers have discovered a gene that is critical for the development of Ewing sarcoma, a rare type of developmental cancer that presents in bones and soft tissues. Exploring the pharmacological inhibition of RING1B as a clinical therapy to treat Ewing sarcoma could open the door for new treatments for the rare disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 23, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
UT Health San Antonio researcher, Scottish colleague, receive grant to study Ewing sarcoma
(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) While COVID-19 has become the top health priority around the world, a child is still diagnosed with cancer every two minutes globally. To meet the continuing need for pediatric cancer treatments, Alexander Bishop, DPhil, from The University of Texas Health San Antonio and Professor Kevin Hiom at the University of Dundee, Scotland, are teaming up to investigate a unique biological hallmark of Ewing sarcoma, R-loops. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 19, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Immunotherapy combo halts rare, stage 4 sarcoma in teen
(Hackensack Meridian Health) The patient, whose tumor responded within two weeks after receiving the combination, resumed normal activity and was in a complete remission at the time of the report. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 16, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Virus-mimicking drug helps immune system target cunning cancer cells
This study helps us understand the interdependence between interferon signaling and antigen presentation, which gives us important insights into how tumor cells are recognized by the immune system,” said the study’s senior author, Dr. Antoni Ribas, a professor of medicine at the Geffen School of Medicine and director of the tumor immunology program at the Jonsson Cancer Center. “New strategies to promote antigen presentation to make tumors more visible to the immune system will allow immunotherapy to be effective for even more tumor types.”The findings also highlight the potential of other promising clinical approa...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 14, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Oncotarget: Exosomes secreted under hypoxia enhance stemness in Ewing's sarcoma
(Impact Journals LLC) The cover for issue 40 of Oncotarget features Figure 5, " miR-210 silences the proapoptosis member CASP8AP2, " by Kling, et al. which reported that hypoxic Ewing's sarcoma cells release exosomes that promote sphere formation, a stem-like phenotype, in EWS cells by enhancing survival. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 8, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
