‘Cancer’

Tumors in The Brain

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Stop Tumors In The Brain

In laboratory experiments on rats, found that blocking c-Fos protein can interfere with the development and progression of brain cancer. Globally, the study of this disease does not present a major advancement because it is very difficult to smuggle drugs into the blood-brain barrier.

Unique in the world of work this problem from this approach, Chemical Biology Research Center (Ciquibic) from UNC to try to determine whether blocking c-Fos protein reasonable measures to prevent the growth of tumors in the brain.

“We were always the basic sciences, namely the study is not intended to cure brain cancer, but to understand how cells work. And in the process of finding a new role for c-Fos protein,” explains Beatriz Caputto, director of the research team responsible for the project.

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Electric Brain Tumor

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Electric brain tumor

June 25, 2010. University of Illinois at Chicago participated in a multicenter, international for newly diagnosed patients, the most common type of aggressive brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme glioblastoma multiforme, which is supported by the use of medical devices that apply an electric field of the brain.

Clinical trials will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of research tools that target the cancer cells are growing rapidly with the frequency of the electric field. Treatment with the device will be tested in combination with standard therapy and maintenance therapy compared with standard care alone.

The Novo-TTF is a non-invasive medical devices that change the distribution of cells in brain cancer with an alternating electric field is called “tumor treating fields,” sent to the surface of the scalp electrodes isolated.

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Abnormal uterine bleeding

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Vaginall bleeding is anyone coming from the uterus (womb) that is different from the woman’s normal menstruation. It is characterized by the presence of bleeding at a time unexpected or excessive bleeding during the regular menstrual period, which causes the woman discomfort, anxiety, fatigue and risk of developing anemia.

Considerations

Menstruation is the only normal uterine bleeding. It is characterized by menstrual bleeding of approximately 50 to 70 mL, with three to six days and intervals of 25 to 35 days.

Abnormal uterine bleeding is a public health problem very often, it is estimated that 30% of women have this condition. Particularly affected are of reproductive age or perimenopausal (age 45 years), the latter have been associated with greater likelihood that affected this cancer.

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Iron Deficiency Anemia

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

iron deficiency anemia

When the body has insufficient iron stores may suffer from iron deficiency anemia, which causes a decrease excessive red blood cell so that body tissues do not receive adequate oxygen.

This is the most common form of anemia, it is known that 20% of women of childbearing age, 50% of pregnant women and 3% of men have an iron deficiency.

As in a previous article we have discussed, this substance is obtained through foods and the use of old red blood cells. When iron deficiency blood oxygen transport is not necessary that triggers a cellular malfunction.

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