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Breast Cancer Links To Diet And Sunlight
A unique study of breast cancer mortality rates and dietary factors for 35 countries being published
January 1, 2002 in the journal Cancer presents strong evidence that diet is the most important risk factor for breast cancer.
Specifically, the data from the study shows that the fraction of daily calories derived from animal products exhibits a very strong
correlation with increased mortality by this cancer, while the fraction derived from vegetable products shows an equally strong
correlation with a decreased mortality. more
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Drawing A New Map Of Cancer: Gene Chips Help Sort Out Cancer Types
Even under a microscope, cancer cells can baffle the most experienced of pathologists, making it hard
to give a patient an accurate diagnosis and prognosis. Now, using "gene chips" to identify abnormal genes in a cancer cell,
Dana-Farber scientists and colleagues at the MIT/Whitehead Center for Genome Research are working toward a new
classification of cancer based on their abnormal genetic "profile" instead of their outward appearance, or what organ or tissue
they arose from. more
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Depression And Anxiety Increase Risk Of Fatal Stroke
Middle-aged men who have symptoms of psychological distress, such as depression and anxiety, are
more than three times as likely to have a fatal stroke than middle-aged men who are not depressed, according to research
reported in the January issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. more
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Disparities In Newborn Testing Among States Leaves Many Babies Vulnerable
Disparities among states in health screening tests given at birth mean too many babies with serious birth
defects are not being diagnosed and treated in time, the March of Dimes says. more
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Researchers Explain How Protein Inhibits Angiogenesis
A new discovery led by a team of researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)
offers one of the first explanations for how angiogenesis -- the growth of small blood vessels -- is inhibited in the body. The
study, which appears in the Jan. 4 issue of Science, focuses on a protein called tumstatin, and could prove key to understanding
how to stop the overgrowth of blood vessels that occur in cancerous tumors when the angiogenesis process goes awry.
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