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In the News: ResveratrolResveratrol is a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products and is sometimes sold as a dietary supplement. Recently, a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute looked at how resveratrol works at the cellular level, identifying how it may provide its health benefits.
Source: Nutrition.gov
MD Anderson study finds SUMO-snipping protein plays crucial role in Tand B cell development When SUMO grips STAT5, a protein that activates genes, it blocks the healthy embryonic development of immune B cells and T cells unless its nemesis breaks the hold, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in Molecular Cell.
Source: NCI News
Pitt study finds that flexible sigmoidoscopy increases detection of colorectal cancer Repeated screening by flexible sigmoidoscopy increased the detection of colorectal cancer or advanced adenoma in women by one-fourth and in men by one-third, according to a study published Jan. 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Source: NCI News
Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Disappoints in TrialVaccine-based approach didn't affect insulin needs or other markers
Source: Nutrition.gov
Child Abuse, Neglect a Major Public Health Problem: CDCReport found it costs U.S. $124 billion a year; overall price tag similar to diabetes, stroke
Source: Nutrition.gov
Health Highlights: Feb. 1, 2012ALS Researcher Dies of Disease He StudiedBreast Cancer Charity Severs Ties With Planned ParenthoodStudy Identifies New Location for Brain Speech Center/l
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St. Jude-led study finds inherited risk factors for childhood leukemia are more common in Hispanic patients Hispanic children are more likely than those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are more likely to die of their disease. Work led by St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital scientists has pinpointed genetic factors behind the grim statistics.
Source: NCI News
Pitt-led study finds more than half of hookah tobacco websites don?t include the word ?tobacco? Of the growing number of businesses promoting hookah tobacco smoking on the Internet, fewer than 1 percent included a tobacco-related warning about the practice on the first page of their websites, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study available online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Source: NCI News
FDA approves Inlyta to treat patients with a type ofadvanced kidney cancerThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Inlyta (axitinib) to treat patients with advanced kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) who have not responded to another drug for this type of cancer.
Source: FDA
FDA and industry reach agreement in principle on medical device user feesThe FDA and representatives from the medical device industry have reached an agreement in principle on proposed recommendations for the third reauthorization of a medical device user fee program. The recommendations would authorize the FDA to collect $595 million in user fees over five years, plus adjustments for inflation. Details of the agreement, such as the fee structure, are expected to be finalized soon.
Source: FDA
