| State asks voters to boost cancer research funding
News & World Report this year named the country's top cancer hospital, and Baylor. Houston will also be key to deciding the fate of the proposal. With the mayor, City Council and a major school bond package on the ballot here, Proposition 15 supporters predict that as much as 40 percent of the votes on the proposal statewide will come from Houston. The proposition's supporters — who include Republican Gov. Rick Perry — are getting a boost from cyclist Lance Armstrong, who is planning a bus tour later this month to drum up support. The seven-time Tour de France winner lobbied at the Texas Capitol for the proposal, which had to clear the Legislature to get on the ballot. Although there has been little organized opposition, there are critics. In his standard speech to groups like the Rotary Club, state Sen.
Now Every Man Can Enhance His Performance, Whatever His Sexual Style
Worse, 152 million men worldwide are estimated to suffer from erectile dysfunction, which can have a dramatic effect on relationships and cause as many as one in five affected couples to break up (2). A worldwide pilot study (3) has shown over 90 per cent success for treating men with erectile dysfunction using the Blakoe Ring (MarkIII)(TM). Worn regularly, but removed prior to anticipated sexual activity, the Blakoe Ring uses a steady electro magnetic current, which is undetectable to the wearer, to assist a full erection on arousal, for several hours after its removal. The Blakoe ring can be used to enhance performance without fear of side effects. "The Blakoe Ring is fantastic! I find it comfortable to wear and it really does work. I give it full marks! It makes one ready at a moment's notice," comments a satisfied US user.
DAB2IP gene linked to aggressive prostate cancer
Research teams from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions made the discovery jointly. Researchers suspect that the DAB2IP gene is involved in tumor suppression, suggesting that this protective mechanism goes awry in men with the variant form. The finding, reported today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, might one day help doctors tailor treatment based on a patient's genetic makeup. Both genetic and environmental factors are important in the development of prostate cancer, and it is only recently that some of the consistent genetic factors have been identified. It is not clear at present whether men who are genetically prone to the disease tend to have more aggressive disease than men who are not.
Centre’s ‘tight purse strings’: State to knock SC doors
Reeling under severe financial crunch the government has decided to file a writ in the Supreme Court to seek equitable distribution of funds for the state. Bikram Singh Majithia, minister for information and public relations, stated this while addressing an interactive session on �Amritsar-road map for economy revival� organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Amritsar alleged that the central government was discriminating against the state government by not releasing funds for its overall development. The state was facing a shortfall of funds, he added. He said the state government was left with no choice but to file a writ with the Apex Court to secure their legitimate right. Addressing a gathering of industrialists, Majithia said he would try his best to come up to the expectations of the business community and find solutions to their problems.
New cancer drug could aid thousands
Thousands of patients suffering breast and prostate cancer could benefit from a new drug, experts have said. Cancers such as breast and prostate are often fuelled by sex hormones, including oestrogen or testosterone. Many patients can benefit from hormone therapies aimed at cutting levels of these hormones, thereby "starving" the cancer and halting tumour growth. But some people have cancers that are resistant to such treatments while others build up a resistance to the hormone drugs. Such "hormone-independent" cancer cells are a major challenge to treat and current therapies are limited. Now a study by researchers at Imperial College London, published in the British Journal of Cancer, has revealed promising results for a new drug, STX140.
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Carolyn Y. Muller, MD, Chair, is currently the Director of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Dr. Muller completed her medical school education at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and her Ob-Gyn residency at the nation's first hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. After one year of general Ob-Gyn practice, she came to UT Southwestern for fellowship training in Gynecologic Oncology. She continued her postdoctoral training in molecular biology through the Reproductive Scientist Development Program. Her main research interests include developing molecular biomarkers for cervical cancer prevention and supporting novel therapeutics (such as gene therapy) for ovarian cancer. Her passion is in improving patient education in cancer prevention and treatment.
Breast MRI spots other cancers, may alter treatment
In about 20 percent of women with breast cancer who plan to undergo a lumpectomy, breast magnetic resonance imaging reveals important diagnostic information that alters their treatment plan, University of Florida surgeons reported.
MRI, which is not routinely administered to these patients, can find additional cancerous areas in the breast that previously evaded detection, discover cancer in the opposite breast that standard imaging tests such as mammography and ultrasound missed, or determine a tumor is actually larger than expected, the doctors say.
Some of these women end up needing a total mastectomy instead of breast-conserving lumpectomy. Others whose tumors are bigger than indicated on standard imaging could be less likely to face a second operation to remove cancerous cells left behind after a tumor is removed if MRI findings signal the need for surgeries to be more aggressive.
Retirees skip tube, see drama firsthand
OAKLAND An 8-year-old boy with a Russian accent testifies in a courtroom as his ashen father accused of killing the boy's mother looks on. With dark hair and serious eyes, the boy steps off the stand, sits on the floor, and curls into a fetal position. This, he says, is the shape he saw his father carrying down the stairs the night his mother disappeared. The scene is straight out of the television show "Law & Order," full of drama, mystery and heartbreak. But on a recent Tuesday, it unfolds in Department 9 on the fifth floor of the Rene C. Davidson building of the Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland. And, like its television counterpart, it too has followers. "We wanted to see the real thing," says Juanita Hornage, who has been retired for nine years, but nonetheless dresses smartly for court in a golden blouse and a necklace of carved wooden savannah animals.
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