Why don’t we get cancer all the time?
NewsRx.com
12-27-07
The seemingly inefficient way our bodies replace worn-out cells is a defense against cancer, according to new research (see also Cancer).
Having the neighboring cell just split into two identical daughter cells would seem to be the simplest way to keep bodies from falling apart.
However that would be a […]

Men’s hormones make them ‘feel’ pain differently than women do
Posted on : 2007-12-31 | Author : DPA News Category : Health Hamburg, Germany

- Men’s hormones make them “feel” pain less intensely or at least differently than women do, according to pioneering new research involving transsexuals in Germany. Female-to-male sex-change procedures involving transsexuals undergoing hormonal treatment […]

Testosterone patch has benefits in aging men
Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:16am IST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with testosterone can help curb the gain in abdominal fat as well as the loss of skeletal muscle seen in non-obese aging men, according to a new study.
“Though use of testosterone therapy as a means of defying the […]

Omega-3s Linked to Prevention of Parkinson’s Disease and MorePR Newswire12-26-07
DENVER, Dec 26, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — A milestone report links long-chain (marine) omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) with the prevention of Parkinson’s disease, according to the December 2007 Fats of Life and PUFA Newsletter electronic publications, which summarize the latest scientific findings on PUFAs.“Papers […]

To Save His Son
The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
12-24-07
Each day, Sam Hutchison swallows 44 pills, most of which weren’t prescribed by his physician. They were chosen by Sam’s father, who devised the treatment cocktail - and tests many of the medicines on himself - in a desperate effort to save his 7-year-old son. Neil […]

Life Extension Update Exclusive
Wake up and smell the coffee
A forthcoming article in the British Journal of Nutrition, published online on December 6, 2007, reported the finding of Finnish researchers that an increased intake of coffee is associated with lower mortality over a 14.5 year period.
Dr Pertti Happonen and associates evaluated data from 311 men and […]

The Omega Man
The New Straits Times
12-17-07
YOU have heard of Omega-3 and all that fish oil stuff. Now meet the man who invented the name for it - Dr Jorn Dyerberg.
As a young doctor, he was very curious about the Inuit’s high fat diet and low incidence of heart disease. It was totally against the convention […]

Many breast cancer patients can skip chemo or take gentler versions: studies
Canadian Press
12-14-07
SAN ANTONIO - Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests.
One study found that certain women did better - were less likely to […]

Testosterone Relieves Atrophic Vaginitis in Breast Cancer Patients
By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. 
 
 
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 17 — Intravaginal testosterone may offer relief from atrophic vaginitis without the risks of estrogen to breast cancer patients taking aromatase inhibitors, according to a pilot study.
Note: […]

Monthly fasting may help heart By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer
Mon Dec 10, 9:10 PM ET
 
Mormons have less heart disease — something doctors have long chalked up to their religion’s ban on smoking. New research suggests that another of their “clean living” habits also may be helping their hearts: fasting for one day each month.
A […]