Mutations in the ATM gene may increase the hereditary risk for pancreatic cancer, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most morbid cancers, with less than 5 percent of those diagnosed with the disease surviving to five years…
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Treatment that increases brain levels of an important regulatory enzyme may slow the loss of brain cells that characterizes Huntington’s disease (HD) and other neurodegenerative disorders…
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A Johns Hopkins-led team of experts in genetics, immunology, epidemiology and allergic disease has embarked on a four-year effort to map the genetic code, or whole genome, of 1,000 people of African descent, including men and women from Baltimore. Researchers say their initial goal is to find genetic variations underlying asthma and to explain why the disease disproportionately afflicts blacks…
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FRIDAY, Dec. 30 — Researchers have identified three gene abnormalities that appear to raise the likelihood for developing the thyroid cancer, with one in particular — the PTEN gene — implicated in children’s risk for the disease.
Dr. Charis Eng,…
THURSDAY, Dec. 29 — Overcrowding in emergency rooms appears to keep children with broken arms and legs from getting pain relief in a timely manner, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine said their…
FRIDAY, Dec. 30 — Taking up running is a good way to boost your fitness level in the year ahead, but one expert cautioned that anyone new to the sport — or exercise in general — should have realistic expectations about the commitment it takes to…
FRIDAY, Dec. 30 — New research suggests that in addition to the disabling lesions it’s known to cause, multiple sclerosis also damages the part of the brain that affects thinking skills, motor function and the senses.
“The thalamus is a central…
FRIDAY, Dec. 30 — Drug users who inject themselves with methamphetamine are 80 percent more likely to attempt suicide than those abusing other drugs, new research reveals.
The magnified risk for meth users is probably rooted in a mixture of…
FRIDAY, Dec. 30 — A new study suggests that about 90 percent of New York City residents may be at risk of hearing loss due to noise exposure, with MP3 players appearing to be a major culprit.
The research has major limitations: It doesn’t directly…
FRIDAY, Dec. 30 — Although colorectal cancer death rates in the United States have fallen across the board over the last 20 years, the dip has been smaller among blacks than whites, a new study indicates.
Specifically, the racial spread in death…