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Booze and Family History of Colon Cancer a Bad Mix: Study FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- People who consume a few alcoholic drinks a day and have a family history of colorectal cancer are at increased risk for developing colon cancer, new research suggests.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:04:10 GMT Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't withstand.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:29:19 GMT Could a Blood Test Help Spot Depression? FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Depression can be a tough condition to diagnose accurately, but new research suggests that someday a blood test might help.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:04:09 GMT Health Highlights: Feb. 3, 2012 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:04:09 GMT Smaller Plate Won't Help Your Diet, Research Shows FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A smaller plate won't help you eat less, says a new study that challenges a widely held belief.
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Lupus News from Medical News Today
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Mutation Drives Viral Sensors To Initiate Autoimmune Disease A new study uses a mouse model of a human autoimmune disease to reveal how abnormal regulation of the intracellular sensors that detect invading viruses can lead to autoimmune pathology...
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST DNA Sequence Discovered That Causes The Most Severe Cases Of Lupus A "genetic accelerator" is responsible for the most severe cases of Lupus (systemic lupus erythemathosus), an autoimmune disease: the accelerator, called enhancer HS1.2, speeds up the activity of some critical genes of the immune system involved in the disease. A team of Italian researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome found that the enhancer HS1...
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST 32 Million Americans Have Autoantibodies That Target Their Own Tissues More than 32 million people in the United States have autoantibodies, which are proteins made by the immune system that target the body's tissues and define a condition known as autoimmunity, a study shows...