Cancer
23 Sep 2008
Chemotherapy Patient: Danny Moss 1
Jazz musician Danny Moss discusses travelling with cancer and how chemotherapy to treat mesothelioma didn't stop him living his life.
Cancer
23 Sep 2008
Chemotherapy Patient: Danny Moss 2
Danny talks about the effects of chemotherapy, and how he recovered from cancer with his doctor’s help and travelled through Europe playing jazz.
Anatomy
24 Jul 2008
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
DNA is a very important chemical that contains all of a living cell's genetic material. DNA contains all the information required for cell growth, function…
Cancer
11 Jun 2008
Vitamins, Supplements and Cancer
Many cancer survivors use supplements to try to strengthen their immune system, help them to feel better, and to cope with stress. Most believe that…
Cancer
04 Jun 2008
Possible cure of fatal childhood skin disease
Physicians at the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview have set the path to a cure for a young boy’s fatal genetic skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), by using a cord blood and bone marrow transplant. Nate Liao, a 25-month-old from Clarksburg, N.J., underwent…
Blood
01 Jun 2008
Survivors of childhood hodgkin’s lymphoma at higher risk of future health problems
Adults who survived childhood Hodgkin’s Lymphoma should be especially vigilant about cancer and cardiovascular screenings, according to researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues. Reporting at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago today, Sharon Castellino, M.D., a pediatric oncologist, said a…
Cancer
29 May 2008
Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN)
Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) are abnormal changes in the cells of the prostate gland that may lead to the development of prostate cancer.
Blood
18 May 2008
New drug combination brings 1-2 punch against acute leukemia
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a drug combination that kills leukemia cells by shutting down their energy source and hastening cell starvation. In a preclinical study, Lauren Akers, D.O., postdoctoral fellow from the Children’s Cancer Hospital at M. D. Anderson, found that…
Cancer
13 May 2008
Ovarian cancer: Adenocarcinoma of the ovary
Ovarian cancer affects the ovaries, reproductive organs which produce hormones and eggs. It is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related death in women.
