Peoples' immune systems can now be duplicated in mice

Peoples' immune systems can now be duplicated in mice: "Because everyone’s immune system is different, it’s impossible to predict with absolute certainty how any given person will react to a specific medication. In the not-too-distant future, however, at-risk patients may get their own custom-altered mouse, with an immune system that’s a copy of their own."

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Physicians grow retinas from human blood-derived stem cells

Physicians grow retinas from human blood-derived stem cells: "Among the primary causes of adult-onset blindness are degenerative diseases of the retina, such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. While some treatments have been developed that slow down the rate of degeneration, the clinical situation is still generally unsatisfactory."

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Taking a pill to fight cancer? Avoid these dangerous drug interactions - Daily Dose: A Boston Globe blog with health news, advice, and information.

Taking a pill to fight cancer? Avoid these dangerous drug interactions - Daily Dose: A Boston Globe blog with health news, advice, and information.: "ommon cancer treatments nowadays include not just radiation, surgery, and infusion chemotherapy treatments, but also pills that patients take every day for weeks, months, or even years. Many of these pills, however, interact with common medications such as acid blockers and antihistamines, rendering the cancer drugs less effective or dangerously potent."

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Older People With Poorer Reading Skills Have Higher Mortality Risk

Older People With Poorer Reading Skills Have Higher Mortality Risk: "Approximately one third of older individuals with poor literacy skills appear to have a higher chance of dying over a five-year period, compared to others of the same age, researchers from University College, London, reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) today."

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Cadmium intake is linked to breast cancer risk - Los Angeles Times

Cadmium intake is linked to breast cancer risk - Los Angeles Times: "In a finding that strengthens the link between environmental pollutants and rising rates of breast cancer, new research finds that women whose diets contain higher levels of cadmium are at greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who ingest less of the industrial chemical in their food."

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Blueberries and apples tied to lower diabetes risk | Reuters

Blueberries and apples tied to lower diabetes risk | Reuters: "Eating more blueberries, apples and pears may be linked to lower risk of diabetes, according to a new U.S. study."

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Vitals - Hurt on the stairs: A child is treated every 6 minutes in the U.S.

Vitals - Hurt on the stairs: A child is treated every 6 minutes in the U.S.: "For weeks after the accident, Candice Johnson couldn’t sleep. Over and over, she kept reliving the moment last October when she dropped her 9-month-old daughter down a flight of stairs in their Pennsylvania home."

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Bio-marker predicts rate of mental decline in Alzheimer's patients

Bio-marker predicts rate of mental decline in Alzheimer's patients: "A new marker of Alzheimer's disease can predict how rapidly a patient's memory and other mental abilities will decline after the disorder is diagnosed, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Just released in Neurology were the results of a three-year long study that followed 60 patients with early Alzheimer's disease."

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A NOSH-aspirin a day may just help keep cancer away

A NOSH-aspirin a day may just help keep cancer away: "What began as an effort to make aspirin safer for regular use may have resulted in a powerful new weapon in the fight against cancer. Scientists from The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed a new aspirin compound that is safer than the classic medicine cabinet staple, but also exhibits greatly enhanced anticancer properties."

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Researchers discover how to fight fat ... with fat

Researchers discover how to fight fat ... with fat: "Though it's long been known that there are two forms of fat or adipose tissue, white, which stores calories, and brown, which burns them for energy and warmth, figuring out how to safely create more of the desirable brown type has remained elusive."

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