• DNA Genotek Grant Program winner to be announced on March 27, 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-29 19:16:00
    Follow us Subscribe to our blog Your : email Listen to this Blog Post About DNA Genotek Welcome to The Genetic Link a blog providing new insights into DNA and RNA sample collection by DNA Genotek DNA Genotek is a subsidiary of OraSure Technologies , . Inc Most Popular Posts Rinse , Swab or Spit What's the Real Source of DNA in Saliva 7 Simple Steps to Maximize DNA Yield with Oragene•DNA Saliva-based DNA Collection Solves a Tropical Disease Mystery 3 reasons DNA from saliva is ideal for GWAS Lifestyle Management , Weight Loss and Genetics DNA saliva samples for SNP and CNV analysis on microarrays Epigenetic change and gene inactivation demonstrated in the saliva of a cancer patient carrying an “epimutation of . MLH1” TLC†s “Little Couple” looks to DNA from saliva for genetic

  • Sleeping Pills Linked to Raised Risk of Death Cancer Study

    Updated: 2012-02-28 11:22:37
    , : Health News Sleeping Pills Linked to Raised Risk of Death , Cancer : Study Print E-mail MONDAY , Feb . 27 HealthDay News Prescription sleeping pills may help you get some much needed rest at night , but using them routinely might also make it more likely that you will die or develop certain types of cancer , research . suggests A new study suggests that those who take these medications are four times more likely to die than people who don't take them . What's more , the research shows that sleeping pill use is also associated with a raised risk for certain cancers . The findings appear online Feb . 27 in the journal BMJ Open Sleeping pills linked to these risks included benzodiazepines such as temazepam non-benzodiazepines such as Ambien zolpidem Lunesta eszopiclone and Sonata zaleplon

  • Chemo Brain' May Linger 20 Years After Breast Cancer Treatment

    Updated: 2012-02-28 11:22:37
    Health News Chemo Brain' May Linger 20 Years After Breast Cancer Treatment Print E-mail MONDAY , Feb . 27 HealthDay News Chemo brain , the name given to the mental fog and related memory problems that can occur during and after chemotherapy , may last for two decades after breast cancer treatment , new research suggests . In the new study , 196 women with breast cancer who were treated with chemotherapy roughly 21 years earlier performed worse on tests of their memory , processing speed and other thinking cognitive skills when compared to their counterparts who had never been diagnosed with cancer . Participants had all been treated for breast cancer with a chemotherapy combination that included the drugs cyclophosphamide , methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil between 1976 and 1995. This

  • Why Cancer Symptoms May Elude M.D

    Updated: 2012-02-24 19:40:44
    . Health News Why Cancer Symptoms May Elude . M.D Print E-mail FRIDAY , Feb . 24 HealthDay News Diagnosing cancer is more difficult in certain groups of patients , according to a British . study Researchers analyzed data gathered from more than 41,000 patients with 24 types of cancer who were treated in 158 hospitals across England . They found that 77 percent of those who saw their family doctor about suspicious symptoms were referred to a hospital after only one or two . consultations However , the study found that women , young people , non-white patients and patients with less common cancers were more likely to see their family doctor three or more times before they were referred to a . hospital The researchers identified large differences in the promptness of family doctors in England

  • Dr. Mintzer Addresses the Question of Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment with Targretin

    Updated: 2012-02-23 14:27:02
    Dr. Jacobo Mintzer recently appeared on Channel 2’s Medical Myths series to address the question of using a skin cancer drug, Targretin (Bexarotene) to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer’s diesease.  A recent article published in the journal Science reported that the drug had been able to remove the abnormal plaque  in the brains of mice infected . . . → Read More: Dr. Mintzer Addresses the Question of Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment with Targretin

  • Kids of Cancer Parents Camp For Free

    Updated: 2012-02-22 02:37:02
    This is so very awesome — a free summer camp run by college students for kids with a parent who has (or has had) cancer. Don’t know a whole lot about the camp, but it’s called Camp Kesum, it’s offered in several states (Florida!), and, well, click on the link, see for yourself, then pass it [...]

  • National Donor Day

    Updated: 2012-02-14 16:34:54
    National Donor Day is celebrated on February 14. Transplant patients from MUSC talk about the importance of becoming an organ donor and how grateful they are to those . . . → Read More: National Donor Day

  • The Hair Hits the Road

    Updated: 2012-02-13 19:45:02
    It’s been on my head. It’s been to Melbourne, Florida — twice. It’s been to Akron, Ohio. And off it goes now to Vienna, Virginia, where newly diagnosed Michelle will wear this wig once chemo takes full effect. Michelle, just now recovering from a mastectomy, is a married, working mom of two little boys, ages [...]

  • Cancer Doesn’t Discriminate; Nor Does the American Cancer Society

    Updated: 2012-02-09 18:54:53
    Guest Post by VC August on behalf of the American Cancer Society’s Diversity Initiative; ACS is a friend of the Center’s Lesbian Cancer Initiative You don’t usually think of a party and cancer in the same sentence. But the American Cancer Diversity Initiative is fighting the prevalence of cancer, as well  as the reluctance toward early screening for cancer, [...]

  • Some Donors Flee Komen for Other Cancer Groups (Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2/07/2012)

    Updated: 2012-02-08 21:37:10
    Our president and CEO Jeanne Rizzo is quoted in this Chronicle of Philanthropy article about how the Susan G. Komen for the Cure controversy is affecting other breast cancer organizations.

  • California’s Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional!

    Updated: 2012-02-07 18:50:58
    Breaking equality news from California today.  As reported by Metro Weekly’s Chris Geidner: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today affirmed the August 2010 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker that California’s 2008 amendment banning same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional, deciding the case on narrow grounds relating to the facts of the [...]

  • Values. Trust. Power. Rizzo reflects on Komen controversy

    Updated: 2012-02-04 00:05:25
    Over the last few days, we've all watched as the Susan G. Komen for the Cure story broke and exploded...

  • Celebrating Heart Month

    Updated: 2012-02-03 21:25:16
    MUSC employees wore red in support of National Go Red Day on Feb. 3 February is American Heart Month, and MUSC is working hard to get the word out about heart disease and prevention. Heart disease kills an estimated 630,000 Americans each year and is the leading cause of death for both men and women. In the . . . → Read More: Celebrating Heart Month

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