Updated: 2012-11-29 20:37:37
: Health News Boys With Undescended Testicles at Higher Risk for Testicular Cancer : Study Print E-mail THURSDAY , Nov . 29 HealthDay News Boys whose testes have not descended at birth have an increased risk of developing testicular cancer later in life , a new study . says The findings raise the question of whether these boys should be regularly monitored to lower their potential risk for testicular cancer , the researchers . said When testes fail to descend into the scrotum and remain in the abdomen , the condition is called cryptorchidism . It's the most common birth defect in boys and affects about 6 percent of newborn . males Researchers analyzed 12 studies published between 1980 and 2010 that examined the link between cryptorchidism and testicular cancer . Based on the collective
Updated: 2012-11-29 03:12:10
, Health News Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer , Death From Liver Disease Print E-mail WEDNESDAY , Nov . 28 HealthDay News Aspirin use seems to be associated with a decreased risk of liver cancer and death from chronic liver disease , according to a large new . study This new study included more than 300,000 people aged 50 to 71, who reported their aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug NSAID use and were followed for 10 to 12 years . During that time , more than 400 participants died from chronic liver disease and 250 were diagnosed with liver . cancer Compared to people who didn't take NSAIDs , people who took aspirin were 45 percent less likely to die from chronic liver disease and 41 percent less likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer . People who took non-aspirin
Updated: 2012-11-29 03:12:09
Health News New DNA-Based Blood Test May Spot Signs of Cancer Print E-mail WEDNESDAY , Nov . 28 HealthDay News A new study raises the possibility of a DNA-based blood test that doctors could routinely use to determine whether a patient has . cancer There are many caveats . The research is preliminary , and the test is not cheap . Even if it does detect cancer , the test like the one currently used to detect prostate cancer could raise big questions about how to deal with the . results Even so , a genetic test for cancer would be a major advance , experts . say This would be a way of detecting cancers earlier , and to tell you the level of cancer as you're going through the therapy , said Dr . Victor Velculescu , co-director of the Cancer Biology Program at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer
Updated: 2012-11-20 03:29:56
When a child is born, some blood remains in the placenta and umbilical cord. This blood is known as umbilical cord blood. This blood is very important to medical science as it contains hematopoietic stem cells which can form white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. If extracted and stored in cord blood banks, [...]
