Breast cancer patients, going through endocrine treatment may show hot flashes, night sweats and joint symptoms which indicate toward gradual success of the treatment and reduction in estrogen level, that is a key risk factor of breast cancer, British researchers report.
They make comparison of women who reported these symptoms and those who didn’t, at their first visit during a trial evaluating tamoxifen or anastrozole for adjuvant therapy of postmenopausal breast cancer.
NEW YORK - Shock wave therapy is useless for the treatment of tennis elbow, researchers informed. “There is currently no place for shock wave therapy in the management of tennis elbow,” Dr. Rachelle Buchbinder from Monash University, Australia.
Tennis elbow, common injury caused due to the overuse of tendons around the outer side of the elbow. As the name explains, it often arises in racquet-sport devotees, but can also occur with repetitive arm motions such as, constant use of screwdriver, hammering or painting.
Though tennis elbow usually improves on its own but may persist in some people. So-called extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been tested to treat tennis elbow, in which shock waves are focused on the problem area. ESWT is believed to work by causing microscopic injuries to the affected tissue that stimulate the healing process.
Another potential benefit to breast-feeding has come forward as fewer behavioral problems in children.
A new study finds that parents of youngsters who were breast-fed as infants have been reporting less regarding behavioral problems in their children during the first five years of life.
Similarly, the possibilities of mental health issues reduce in proportion to the duration of breast-feeding, i.e. if a child has been breast-fed for a year is less likely to develop behavioral problems than a child who has been breast-fed for just two months.
Dr. Katherine Hobbs Knutson (a resident in the department of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston) presented the study at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting, in San Diego. She said: “Though it’s an early finding, it indicates that breast-feeding during infancy could have an effect on behavior during childhood.”
A Danish study finds that patients who were hospitalized for pneumonia and taking statins at the time (cholesterol-lowering drugs) had one-third lower death rate than those not taking statins.
According to experts, the findings are preliminary and further research is needed to prescribe statins as infection fighters.
Dr. Reimar W, Thomsen, who led the study, says: “We must interpret these findings with care.” The study has been published in Oct. 27 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Thomsen adds, “Staists have an anti-inflammatory effect, and we have just begun to understand that systemic infections like pneumonia cause inflammation can possibly trigger many adverse reactions in human bodies.”
WASHINGTON - The virus of acute coryza (common cold) can activates immune system genes present in the inner lining of the nose, including some natural antiviral that might have any therapeutic use in future, researchers reported.
Of particular interest is a gene that controls a natural antiviral called viperin, said David Proud of the University of Calgary in Alberta, who led the study.
Viperin, which was discovered in the late nineties, has involvement in other viral infections than common cold, Proud said. “This had never been examined during rhinovirus infections,” he said.
Researchers gathered 35 people, who accept to be a part of study and agreed to be infected with a common cold virus called human rhinovirus 16.
ATLANTA – A government panel has recommended vaccination especially for smokers, for the very first time. The panel decided that, smokers under 65 should get pneumococcal vaccine.
The shot is already recommended for adults aged 65 or older and provides protection against pneumonia, meningitis and other illnesses.
Studies have already proven that smokers higher degree than nonsmokers to suffer pneumococcal disease. Also, the number of cigarettes someone smokes each day is directly proportional to odds of developing illnesses.
The reason for, why smokers are highly susceptible is not exactly known. But some scientists believe, because smoking cause damage to lung which provide bacteria an atmosphere to attack lungs and trachea (windpipe).
Pneumococcal infections are top killer among vaccine-preventable diseases. It’s an advanced complication of influenza, specifically in the elderly. It is also responsible for, around 36,000 deaths per year.
Researchers from Osaka University examined eating habits of 3,000 people and reported it in the British Medical Journal whatever they found.
A UK nutrition expert says that problems in signaling systems that inform body to eat no more may play a role in obesity. He believes that deliberate slow down at mealtimes may affect on weight.
This new study examined the relation between eating speed, obesity and feelings of satiety. Almost half of the 3,000 people included in the study told researchers that they ate quickly.
The researchers found that people who ate quickly were 84% more likely to be overweight, and similarly women had almost a twofold risk of becoming obese.
Ever highest number of Americans is being treated for hypertension, say researchers from the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
The key factor in the striking increase in the number, appears to be the obesity prevalence in the U.S, they noted.
“Additional efforts are needed to prevent hypertension from developing in the first place, with primary emphasis on prevention of obesity. For those who have hypertension, additional efforts are needed to diagnose, treat and effectively control hypertension to reduce the adverse outcomes associated with hypertension.” said lead researcher Paul Sorlie.
According to a Dutch study, young women who receive radiation after surgery for breast cancer are more likely to develop a new tumor in the opposite or contralateral breast and this risk is even higher in the women who have a significant family history of breast cancer.
The study will be published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology current issue. In this study, the researchers examined some fairly recent radiation techniques and some experts have pointed out these techniques have been improved and refined with the passage of time.
Dr. Jay Brooks, who is chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La, says about this study: “Though it’s quite interesting, over the last 25 years radiation techniques have dramatically changed and many patients were treated with much older techniques.” …Click here to read more
BEIJING – More than 10,000 Chinese infants and children are still hospitalized after drinking toxic milk formulation, China said on Thursday, but suggested foreign consumers to take a “scientific” approach towards the safety profile of its products.
The country is still quarreling with tainted milk scandal that has taken four lives, made thousands ill and affected products globally.
“Every country has to ensure the food safety and the health of its domestic consumers,” foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular briefing.
“But we also need to find an objective, scientific approach to handle and analyze this problem,” he said, adding that foreign customers would recover their confidence in Chinese food exports as control measures are strengthened. …Click here to read more
MONDAY, Oct. 13– A new study says that higher alcohol intake can hurt or shrink your brain.
Rajesh Miranda, who is an associate professor of neuroscience and experimental therapeutics at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, says: “Though we known about that, it’s huge study which quantifies that.”
Miranda added, “It is not surprising that higher alcohol intake lead to the brain shrinkage, as such sort of things have also been observed in many other smaller studies and animal models. However, the astonishing thing is that the current study shows that even lower levels of alcohol intake are not protective.”
Their findings will be published in the Archives of Neurology in the October issue. …Click here to read more
A report says that it’s a respond from digestive system if you feel ill with bitter-tasting food.
The researchers from the University of California, Irvine examined mice and found that usually body takes bitterness as toxins and these flavors cause a slow down in digestive process that help to keep bad food in the stomach for longer duration with the chances of expelling it out. It also boosts the production of such a hormone as causes the feeling of satiety to avoid eating more toxic food.
The researchers believe that just like these mice, the human body can also react the same way. The findings have been published online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on Oct.9 issue. …Click here to read more
According to a UK/German research, the cells found in a man’s testicles can do a lot aside from just producing sperm, as they may provide any type of cell in his body.
The researchers say that sperm cells can be altered into stem cells with the same sort of characteristics to those that are found in the embryo.
The Study, which has been published in the journal Nature, shows some ray of hope for a supply of “repair tissue” to the other parts of the body.
However, a UK expert says that it’s too early to reach at a firm conclusion. …Click here to read more
A new study suggests that a fatty acid and other heart healthy monounsaturated fats found in olive oil can ward off hunger pangs.
According to the researcher, their findings may lead to the development of some new medicines to limit or enhance hunger.
Professor Daniele Piomelli from the University of California, Irvine, and his team injected the fat (named oleic acid) in to intestines of lab rodents and noted that the fat turned into a fat messenger known as oleoylethanolamide (OEA). …Click here to read more
