Cancer care to be transformed by blood test
New frozen berry recall linked to 2015 Hep A outbreak
Last updated: 05 June 2017 Four cases of hepatitis A have been linked to Creative Gourmet's Mixed Berries, sparking the second nationwide frozen berry recall after a previous outbreak in 2015. Supplier Entyce Foods has initiated a recall of 48,000 Creative Gourmet's Mixed Berries in 300 gram packs, most of which were sold at independent supermarkets by March 2017. Entyce stopped sales of the suspect berries after the first reported case on 4 May, but the actual recall did not start unti..>> view originalStopping the flu's spread starts in nose
It might be possible to stop the flu from spreading to the lungs and causing a serious infection by targeting the common virus in the nose.Researchers at the University of Melbourne's Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity have, for the first time, discovered the nasal passage is home to virus-fighting white blood cells that when switched on can block inhaled influenza particles from spreading.Essentially, they have discovered how to stop influenza "at the gates". Professor Linda Wakim sa..>> view originalElectronic patient-reported symptom monitoring increases survival compared with usual cancer care - News
June 5, 2017 The integration of electronic patient-reported outcomes into the routine care of patients with metastatic cancer was associated with increased survival compared with usual care, according to a study published by JAMA. The study is being presented at the 2017 ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) annual meeting. Symptoms are common among patients receiving treatment for advanced cancers, yet are undetected by clinicians up to half the time. There is growing interest in integ..>> view originalStudies suggest increased risk of hypertension, diabetes in people with mild-to-moderate sleep apnea - News
June 5, 2017 Preliminary data from two studies suggest that mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension and diabetes. "We found that even mild sleep apnea was strongly associated with increased risk of developing hypertension by 4 times compared to individuals without sleep apnea," said principal investigator and lead author Alexandros N. Vgontzas, MD, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Pennsylvania State University College..>> view originalSouth Korea to raise bird flu alert to maximum from June 6
SEOUL South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Monday it will raise its bird flu alert to the maximum from June 6 as a case found on Saturday was confirmed to be the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain. This is only the second time that South Korea - Asia's fourth biggest economy - has raised the country's bird flu alert level to maximum. It raised the alert level to the maximum for the first time ever when an outbreak was confirmed in November last year. The latest move to raise the alert fo..>> view originalGrandmother of 'cancer sufferer' insists the family 'know the truth'
The grandmother of the Toowoomba girl says the cancer story is untrue.A QUEENSLAND woman who confessed her daughter was behind a cruel cancer hoax has lashed out at media and insisted the family knew “the truth”.Tina Mancini’s daughter Billie Jean Simon told family members her three-year-old daughter had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in early February and had undergone six rounds of chemotherapy at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane before additional treatment in Newc..>> view original5 tips for checking your moles for skin cancer
Summer is the perfect time to get outside and spend time in the sun, but while getting outside is healthy, overexposure to ultraviolet light is not - you need to protect yourself. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the US. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, 20 percent of Americans will develop skin cancer at some point in their lives if current trends continue. While not all skin cancers are deadly, melanoma, the most dangerous and third-most common kind, is extrem..>> view originalNew gene therapy could 'turn off' asthma
MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered a DNA switch which can 'turn off' our reaction to allergies, an advance that may lead to gene therapies providing life-long protection from diseases like asthma with a single treatment. Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia were able to switch off the immune response which causes allergic reaction in animals. "When someone has an allergy or asthma flare-up, the symptoms they experience results from immune cells r..>> view originalAust soft drinks linked to diabetes risk
Aust soft drinks linked to diabetes riskSarah WiedersehnAustralian Associated Press10:58AM June 5, 2017SaveAustralian soft drinks have higher levels of glucose that could be linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.Global analysis by researchers at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute found that in four popular soft drinks, total glucose concentration was 22 per cent higher in Australian formulations compared to similar drinks in the US.The report published in the Medic..>> view original
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