Longevity - Page 110

October 24, 2015

Estrogen-blocking drugs may lower breast cancer risk

Drugs that block estrogen may lower women's risk of breast cancer for 10 years, according to a new review of studies.

October 24, 2015

Marriage benefits may extend to cancer survival

For people with cancer, being married may improve survival, a new study suggests

October 24, 2015

Hide and seek: Brain cancer cells ‘lose’ mutations to evade cancer drugs

A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that brain cancer cells can actually evade many current cancer drugs – by temporarily scaling down a certain genetic mutation that the drugs target.

October 24, 2015

Heart group says e-cigarettes might help smokers quit

The American Heart Association's first policy statement on electronic cigarettes backs them as a last resort to help smokers quit. The American Cancer Society has no formal policy but quietly took a similar stance in May.

October 24, 2015

Antidepressants may help with heart disease

For some patients with heart disease, taking antidepressants may reduce the risk of heart problems brought on by mental stress, a new study suggests

October 24, 2015

Device keeps liver 'alive' outside body in medical first

A donated human liver has been kept alive, warm and functioning outside a human being on a newly-developed machine and then successfully transplanted into patients in a medical world first

October 24, 2015

Study of rare disease progeria helps in search for clues on aging

A drug first developed for cancer has shown promise as a treatment for progeria, a rare and fatal rapid-aging disease in children, and it may have implications in treating cardiovascular problems associated with normal aging

October 24, 2015

New drug in development to reverse spread of breast cancer

Researchers at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales, are working on a novel compound that targets a well-studied protein called Bcl3, which has been shown to play a crucial role in breast cancer’s spread throughout the body – a deadly process known as metastasis.

October 24, 2015

Your chances of dying by 2023? New test offers up clues

Want to know your chances of dying in the next 10 years? Here are some bad signs: getting winded walking several blocks, smoking, and having trouble pushing a chair across the room. That's according to a "mortality index" developed by San Francisco researchers for people older than 50

October 24, 2015

Heart attack risk may start in early childhood

Do you know how old your kids' arteries are? It's a potentially important question as scientists increasingly uncover links between healthy habits in childhood and risk for heart disease later in life