A new breast cancer gene shows hope of determining a woman’s chance for developing the disease.
A woman harboring a CHEK2 mutation, for instance, would have a 34 percent risk of developing breast cancer if her mother or sister had the disease.
For women who test negative for the BRCA 1 this is great news for further early detection.
The Bird Flu or H5N1 strain is potentially making a resurgence.
The deadly flu is resistant to most recent vaccines and cases in China and Vietnam are causing concern.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday urged increased surveillance and preparation for a potential outbreak of the virus, which it says has infected 565 people since it first appeared in 2003, killing 331 of them.
The virus was eliminated from most of the 63 countries infected at its peak in 2006 after mass poultry culling, but since 2008 it has been expanding geographically in both poultry and wild birds, partly due to migration patterns.
Health risks for medical evacuees make many vulnerable as resources become compromised.
On Friday and Saturday, the city shifted thousands of patients out of low-lying hospitals and nursing homes in the projected path of the hurricane. The goal was to avoid a situation like the one after Hurricane Katrina, when vulnerable patients suffered or died after institutions in New Orleans lost power and evacuations took days.
Prestorm evacuations, however, came with their own risks, and difficulties were apparent over the weekend at hospitals and shelters. Eventually, the Promenade residents were accepted at the armory.
Some of us need no encouragement to treat ourselves to deep dark rich chocolate.
But for those of us feeling guilty when it comes to treating ourselves worry no more!
Stick to moderate amounts of high quality dark chocolate.
It is rich in antioxidants and flavanols which are good for your cardiovascular system.
Chocolate can indeed be good for your heart.
Those at risk for heart attack might surprise you.
For people with genetic risk factors and a family history of heart disease, a “healthy” lifestyle may not be enough.
Aggressive dietary and exercise changes and early screening for signs of illness are a must.
Dr. Dean Ornish, who has researched the relationship between lifestyle and health, says even the most malignant family history can be overcome.
“I don’t think anyone is doomed to have heart disease,” said Ornish, founder and president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute.
“You know, even if your mother and your father and your sister and your brother all die from heart disease it doesn’t mean you need ever to die from it,” he added. “It just means you need to make bigger changes in your life than someone else who doesn’t have those kinds of genes.”
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