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Are Teenagers Wired Differently Than Adults?
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Parents have long suspected that the brains of their teenagers function differently than those of adults. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, we have begun to appreciate how the brain continues to develop structurally through adolescence and on into adulthood.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Depression As Deadly As Smoking, But Anxiety May Be Good For YouEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Studies Suggest Males Have More PersonalityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Males have more pronounced personalities than females across a range of species - from humans to house sparrows - according to new research. Consistent personality traits, such as aggression and daring, are also more important to females when looking for a mate than they are to males.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Men's health Source Type: news
NC State Researchers Advance Understanding Of Stem CellsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons. The research is a significant advance in understanding the development of the nervous system, which is essential to addressing conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stem Cell Research Source Type: news
Nutrigenomics Researchers Replicate Gene Interaction With Saturated FatEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tufts University researchers have identified a gene-diet interaction that appears to influence body weight and have replicated their findings in three independent studies. Men and women carrying the CC genotype demonstrated higher body mass index (BMI) scores and a higher incidence of obesity, but only if they consumed a diet high in saturated fat.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
What Is Bone Cancer (Sarcoma)? What Causes Bone Cancer?Email this article to a colleague.
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Bone cancer is an uncommon cancer that begins in a bone. It can originate in any bone in the body, but the long bones that make up the arms and legs are most commonly affected. Several types of bone cancer exist. Some types of bone cancer occur primarily in children, while others affect mostly adults. Primary bone cancer is cancer that starts in the bone.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news
Movie popcorn still a nutritional horror, study findsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The nutritional value of popcorn at the largest movie chains has changed little since a similar study 15 years ago, the report finds. One chain gets kudos for switching to canola oil, however.
A medium-sized popcorn and medium soda at the nation's largest movie chain pack the nutritional equivalent of three Quarter Pounders topped with 12 pats of butter, according to a report released today by the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA to review Actelion's Zavesca for additional useEmail this article to a colleague.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion Ltd, Europe's largest biotech company, said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would review use of its drug Zavesca to treat a rare neurodegenerative disease early next year.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Interview: Ensuring American children's healthEmail this article to a colleague.
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As the debate over healthcare reform rages on in the United States, children's advocates are busy analyzing on how two healthcare bills in the House and in the Senate Finance Committee will affect children of low-income families when a national insurance program expires in 2013.
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Bullying link to eating disordersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Almost half of young people with eating disorders believe bullying contributed to their illness, it is claimed.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
New skin cancer campaign targets young AustraliansEmail this article to a colleague.
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CANBERRA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- A new campaign targeting 15 ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Several hundred nurses to work for A/H1N1 hotline in NYEmail this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Several hundred registered ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Family Life: The Old and Nestless -- childless by choiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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By JOSEPH CHRYSDALE While the term "helicopter mom" is increasingly used to designate hovering mothers, I am of "The Old and the Nestless" ilk -- a middle-age man and childless by choice.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One twin talking after successful separation in AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sydney - One of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins Australian
surgeons separated this week is talking and cuddling her
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As Smoking Rates Rise, Electronic Cigarettes Offer Viable Alternative To Harmful Combustible TobaccoEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Electronic Cigarette Association (ECA) urged decision-makers to seek alternatives to combustible tobacco that reduce Americans' exposure to the multitude of harmful chemicals and toxins found in cigarettes. His remarks came in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study released last week showing that smoking rates among U.S.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news
Physician bias may affect transplantsEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest physician bias might keep African-American and Hispanic patients from organ transplants.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NYC offers H1N1 assistance by telephoneEmail this article to a colleague.
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NEWYORK, N.Y., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- New York City health officials said 311 telephone operators will provide guidance to those who feel sick with a flulike illness.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Concerns about outdoor second-hand smokeEmail this article to a colleague.
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ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Indoor smoking bans resulted in outdoor smoking areas but they may be creating a new health hazard, U.S. researchers suggest.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
On College Football Game Days, Efforts to Deter Binge DrinkingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Students ejected from Minnesota home games for alcohol-related disturbances must meet with a counselor and submit to game-day breath analysis.
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By PAT BORZI Tags: College Athletics Alcohol Abuse Stadiums and Arenas Source Type: news
Academic Researchers’ Conflicts of Interest Go UnreportedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A report found that universities often do not disclose faculty members’ conflicts of interest in government-financed studies.
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By GARDINER HARRIS Tags: Research Conflicts of Interest Colleges and Universities Medicine and Health National Institutes of Health Source Type: news
Second wave of A/H1N1 outbreak in Thailand starts: ministerEmail this article to a colleague.
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BANGKOK, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The second round of the A/H1N1 ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
1 Conjoined Twin Talking After Separation SurgeryEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally Thursday after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Insurers Unlikely to Alter Policies in the Debate Over MammogramsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Medicare and private health insurers said they were unlikely to change coverage of breast cancer screenings after new guidelines recommended that women wait longer to have mammograms and have fewer of them.
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By NATASHA SINGER and REED ABELSON Tags: Mammography Health Insurance and Managed Care Breasts Medicine and Health Women and Girls Cancer Tests and Testing Medicare Source Type: news
1 Conjoined Twin Talking After SurgeryEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team says.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news
Rising Prices of Drugs Lead to Call for InquiryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Responding to news reports of unusually high wholesale price increases in brand-name prescription drugs, four House leaders and one senator asked for government reviews of the pricing practices.
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DUFF WILSON Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Reform and Reorganization Health Insurance and Managed Care House of Representatives Senate Politics and Government Source Type: news
Breast Cancer Screening Policy Won’t Change, U.S. Officials SayEmail this article to a colleague.
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The White House emphasized that the new screening standards were not binding on either physicians or insurers.
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By KEVIN SACK and GINA KOLATA Tags: Mammography Cancer Breasts Health Insurance and Managed Care Reform and Reorganization Source Type: news
Senate Health Plan Seeks to Add Coverage to 31 MillionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Harry Reid, the majority leader, put forward his version of the health care overhaul on Wednesday, promising it would reduce the deficit while covering most of the uninsured.
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Senate Reid, Harry Law and Legislation Source Type: news
Activation of immune system in schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of being able to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune system. The causes of schizophrenia are largely unknown, and this hinders the development of effective therapys. One theory is that infections caught early on in life might increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, but to date any direct evidence of this has not been forthcoming........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Why hepatitis is harder on men?Email this article to a colleague.
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Researchers in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder than women. Their study has been published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
As women ageEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, researchers are describing how the protein content of women's saliva change with advancing age. The discovery could lead to a simple, noninvasive test for better diagnosing and treating certain age-related diseases in women, they suggest in a report in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication. These diseases include lupus, Sjgrens syndrome (linked to dry mouth and dry eye), and other immune-related disorders that affect millions of women worldwide, oft...
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Transcendental meditation for college studentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Transcendental Meditation technique appears to be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, as per a newly released study to be reported in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009. "The Transcendental Meditation Program, a widely-used standardized program to reduce stress, showed significant decreases in blood pressure and improved mental health in young adults at risk for hypertension," said David Haaga, PhD, co-author of the study and professor of psychology at American University in Washington, D.C........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Morphine may stimulate cancer growthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Eventhough morphine has been the gold-standard therapy for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells. Two new studies advance that argument and demonstrate how shielding lung cancer cells from opiates reduces cell proliferation, invasion and migration in both cell-culture and mouse models........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Vitamin A deficiency in womenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Almost half of UK women could be suffering from a lack of vitamin A due to a previously undiscovered genetic variation, researchers at Newcastle University have found. The team, led by Dr Georg Lietz, has shown that almost 50 per cent of women have a genetic variation which reduces their ability to produce sufficient amounts of vitamin A from beta-carotene........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Smoking and seizureEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. Boston-based scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School also observed that long-term, moderate intake of caffeine or alcohol does not increase the chance of having a seizure or developing epilepsy. This is the first prospective study to examine the potential risks linked to cigarette smoking, caffeine intake, and alcohol consumption as they independently relate to epilepsy. Full findings of this study are currently available online and will appear in the February 2010 issue of Epilep...
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Liver protective effects of green teaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Several studies have shown that lipid peroxidation stimulates collagen production in fibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells (HSC), and plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. Hepatoprotective effects of green tea against carbon tetrachloride, cholestasis and alcohol induced liver fibrosis were reported in many studies. However, the hepatoprotective effect of green tea in dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced models has not been studied........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Movie Popcorn Has Shocking Calories, FatEmail this article to a colleague.
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Study Shows Medium Popcorn and Soda Combo Equivalent of 3 Quarter Pounders and 12 Pats of Butter
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Obesity Rates Will Continue To Increase, Drive Health Care Costs In Pennsylvania Over Next Decade, According To New StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new report released based on research by Emory University Health Care Economist Ken Thorpe, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), shows increasing obesity rates in Pennsylvania and across the country will result in higher health care spending for states and individuals.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Breast cancer: Early detection is keyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Breast cancer — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment of breast cancer in women.
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
C. difficile infection: Serious threat in hospitals and beyondEmail this article to a colleague.
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C. difficile — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment and causes of Clostridium difficile bacterial infection.
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Epididymitis: Symptoms, treatments for an inflamed testicleEmail this article to a colleague.
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Epididymitis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this inflamed testicle condition.
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hydrocele: See your doctor to rule out serious causesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hydrocele — Comprehensive overview covers causes and treatment of this generally harmless scrotal swelling.
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Narcissistic personality disorder: Overcoming your extreme esteemEmail this article to a colleague.
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Narcissistic personality disorder — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, risk factors and treatments.
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mammogram coverage won't change, companies sayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Insurance companies contacted by USA TODAY say they will continue paying for providing annual mammograms, despite new guidelines.
Source: USATODAY.com Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reid unveils broad U.S. Senate healthcare planEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid released a long-awaited healthcare reform plan on Wednesday that budget analysts said would extend coverage to tens of millions of the uninsured and reduce the deficit over 10 years.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
FDA Announces New Warning on Plavix: Avoid Use with Prilosec/Prilosec OTCEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Food and Drug Administration
Related MedlinePlus Topics: Blood Thinners, GERD, Heartburn
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
U.S. Democrats demand analysis of drug price risesEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress are seeking government investigations into recent price increases of brand-name prescription drugs, as lawmakers finalize an overhaul of the healthcare system.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Nepal to implement A/H1N1 flu protocol guidelineEmail this article to a colleague.
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KATHMANDU, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- With the increasing cases of ...
Source: Xinhuanet Chinaview Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
National Briefing | Science and Health: New Cases of Flu Drop on College CampusesEmail this article to a colleague.
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For the first time since fall began, new cases of flu among college students have started to drop, the American College Health Association reported.
Source: NYT > Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Swine Influenza Colleges and Universities Source Type: news
Lao lawmakers debate tobacco lawEmail this article to a colleague.
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Vientiane, Laos - Lao legislators are preparing to pass the
country's first cigarette-control bill, in keeping with anti-smoking
Source: Monsters and Critics Health News - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Catching circulating cancer cellsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by scientists at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, can provide critical information for examining and diagnosing cancer metastasis, determining patient prognosis, and monitoring the effectiveness of therapies........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
