Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Has Anti-Cancer Components

Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Has Anti-Cancer Components
Good quality extra-virgin olive oil contains health-relevant chemicals, 'phytochemicals', that can trigger cancer cell death. New research published in the open access journal BMC Cancer sheds more light on the suspected association between olive oil-rich Mediterranean diets and reductions in breast cancer risk.

Medical Alliance Pays Off-Collaboration Leads To Expanded Research Opportunities
A vast resource of information critical to cancer research is now leading to new opportunities for scientists - information that could lead to improved cancer treatments. The collaboration known as the Huntsman-Intermountain Cancer Care Program is now yielding data that can be used for studies relating to genetics, health services and public health.

In Juvenile Diabetes Metabolic Disturbances Indicate Progress Of The Disease Even Years In Advance

Finnish scientists have reported a breakthrough in the attempts to understand the development of type 1 diabetes. They discovered disturbances in lipid and amino acid metabolism in children who later progressed to type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes. The alterations preceded the autoimmune response by months to years. The study may prompt new approaches for prediction and prevention of type 1 diabetes in pre-autoimmune phase of the disease. Complete news at...

Addex Starts A Second Phase IIb Trial Of ADX10059 In GERD

Addex Pharmaceuticals (SWISS: ADXN), the allosteric modulation company, announced the start of a Phase IIb trial of ADX10059 monotherapy in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the cause of heartburn and other symptoms. ADX10059 is a first-in- class reflux inhibitor that works by reducing activation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) through negative allosteric modulation (NAM). Read more ...

The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental Report is published by the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia. Read more ...