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New educational program provides information and insights to those touched by cancer. Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 10, 2012 The Cancer Support Community (CSC), the largest professionally-led network of cancer support, is proud to launch Frankly Speaking About Cancer: Living Healthy with Cancer. The goal of the educational program is to raise awareness about the unique physical and emotional needs of those living with cancer and how to develop healthy habits to meet these needs....
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Love smoking that Mary Jane? Well, a new study says that your passion for rolling up that five-leafed friend might be affecting your nether regions if you’re a dude, bro. University of Southern California (USC) researchers wrote in the peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society that they have linked marijuana smoking to an increased risk of developing testicular cancer. Testicular cancer is most commonly diagnosed in men...
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dan Duffy believes humor and shared experiences can give individuals diagnosed with cancer the strength they need to fight the deadly disease. After he successfully beat testicular cancer ten years ago, Duffy was inspired to launch a non-profit organization, which combines his passion for the arts with helping others through their battles with cancer. That inspiration gave way to The Half Fund. It was created to find and finance mass...
Funding Is Needed to Advance Research and Treatment to Cure Kids with Cancer Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) September 02, 2012 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia launches 30 Days, 1 Cause, an advertising and social media campaign to bring the issue of funding for pediatric cancer research to the forefront as part of September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The 30 Days, 1 Cause campaign encourages the community to register for the Four Seasons Parkway Run/Walk, and learn how to...
Author of Single Source Cancer Course Talks about Cancer Prevention, Screening and Treatment on the Sharon Kleyne Hour Radio Talk Show. Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) August 28, 2012 Susan Wilking Horan discussed cancer prevention, screening and treatment with Sharon Kleyne on the Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water radio talk show on May 14, 2012. Podcasts of the interview may be heard on WorldTalkRadio.com and Sharon Kleyne Hour.com. Cancer is the number one cause of death in the developed world...
Six Local High School Students to Receive "Path to a Future in Medicine" Award NORTHFIELD, Ill. , Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The College of American Pathologists (CAP) will honor six San Diego high school students with the College's 2012 "Path to a Future in Medicine" award. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120314/DC69899LOGO-a) The students will be invited to attend and display their winning projects at the College's annual meeting, CAP '12 - THE...
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The College of American Pathologists (CAP) will recognize five CAP junior members for their outstanding scientific posters and original research. The award recipients will be honored at a special ceremony on September 9, 2012, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, Calif., at the College's annual meeting, CAP'12--THE Pathologists' Meeting(TM). All winners will have their abstracts published in the September issue of the...
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert W. Doms, M.D., Ph.D. has been selected as pathologist-in-chief and chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), effective September 15, 2012. Dr. Doms joins CHOP from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where he was chairman of the Department of Microbiology. He is a nationally recognized researcher in the study of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Doms was...
Cancer metastasis, the escape and spread of primary tumor cells, is a common cause of cancer-related deaths. But metastasis remains poorly understood. Studies indicate that when a primary tumor breaks through a blood vessel wall, blood's "stickiness" tears off tumor cells the way a piece of tape tears wrapping paper. Until now, no one knew the physical forces involved in this process, the first step in metastasis. Using a statistical technique employed by animators, scientists created a new...
Having healthy gut bacteria could have as much to do with a strategy that insurance companies use to uncover risk as with eating the right foods, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Findings published today in Ecology Letters show how researchers applied a strategy used by insurance companies to understand how animals and plants recruit beneficial bacteria. The breakthrough brings scientists closer to understanding the human body's relationship with...
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Wolbachia is a genus of bacteria which infects arthropod species, including a high proportion of insects (~60% of species). It is one of the world's most common parasitic microbes and possibly the most common reproductive parasite in biosphere. Studies have suggested that 25-70% of all insect species are estimated to be potential hosts. Marshall Hertig and Burt Wolbach first identified the bacterium in 1924 in a species of mosquito. Hertig described the genus as Wolbachia pipientis. Not...
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a curved, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterium found in brackish saltwater, which, when ingested, causes gastrointestinal illness in humans. V. parahaemolyticus is oxidase positive, facultatively aerobic, and does not form spores. This species is motile, with a single, polar flagellum. Ingestion of raw or undercooked seafood is the most common cause of the acute gastroenteritis caused by V. parahaemolyticus. Infection can also occur from fecal-oral route as well...
Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC), is a group of catalase-producing, non-lactose-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria composed of at least nine different species. It is an important human pathogen that often causes pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals with underlying lung disease. They are typically found in water and soil and can survive for prolonged periods in moist environments. Spread between people occurs often in hospitals, clinics, and camps. Infected hosts are often treated in...
Actinomyces israelii is a species of Actinomyces and is sometimes known as the "most misdiagnosed disease" since it is often confused with neoplasms. It is a colonizer of the vagina, colon, and mouth. Infection happens through breach of the mucosal barrier during various procedures, aspiration, or pathologies such as diverticulitis. The chronic phase is also known as the classic phase due to the acute, early phase being commonly missed by health care providers. It is characterized by slow...
Strawberry vein banding virus (SVBV) is a plant pathogenic virus and a member of the family Caulimoviridae. It was first described by Frazier after differential aphid transmission to susceptible wild strawberries. He identified suitable virus indicators and demonstrated virus transmission by various aphids, dodder, and grafting. He also established the inability of the virus to transmit via sap. Stenger purified and cloned the SVBV genome. Due to the limited techniques of the time he was...
