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RESEARCHERS WAKE UP VIRUSES INSIDE TUMORS TO IMAGE AND THEN DESTROY CANCERS

Researchers have found a way to activate Epstein-Barr viruses inside tumors as a way to identify patients whose infection can then be manipulated to destroy their tumors. They say this strategy could offer a novel way of treating many cancers associated with Epstein-Barr, including at least four different types of lymphoma and nasopharyngeal and gastric cancers.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MARCH 2007 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION

The March 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association contains articles and research studies you may find of interest.

GREEN TEA AND COX-2 INHIBITORS COMBINE TO SLOW GROWTH OF PROSTATE CANCER

Drinking a nice warm cup of green tea has long been touted for its healthful benefits, both real and anecdotal. But now researchers have found that a component of green tea, combined with low doses of a COX-2 inhibitor, could slow the spread of human prostate cancer.

NEW DETAILS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA TREATMENT TRIAL EMERGE

Two new studies from the CATIE trial provide more insights into comparing treatment options, and to what extent antipsychotic medications help people with schizophrenia learn social, interpersonal and psychosocial skills. Quetiapine, and to some extent olanzapine, may be more effective than risperidone among patients who were originally taking, but had to discontinue, perphenazine -- an older, first generation antipsychotic medication. Patients taking antipsychotic medications, regardless of type, experience modest improvements in social, interpersonal and psychosocial skills.

CHILDREN WITH SLEEP DISORDERS CAN IMPAIR PARENTS’ FUNCTIONING

Parents of children with sleep problems are more likely to have sleep-related problems themselves, including more daytime sleepiness, according to a new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Brown Medical School.

IMPROVED PREDICTIONS OF WARMING-INDUCED EXTINCTIONS SOUGHT

A team of researchers notes that fewer species went extinct during the past 2.5 million years than many ecological models would predict. Unexpected persistence of some species in adverse conditions could be the explanation of this "Quaternary conundrum."

UCLA STUDY UNCOVERS CLUES FOR WHY GRAVES’ DISEASE ATTACKS THE EYES

UCLA researchers have uncovered new clues that may explain why Graves' disease attacks the muscle tissue behind the eyes, often causing them to bulge painfully from their sockets. The findings may deepen understanding of how the autoimmune disorder damages the body and offer a new target for treating the disfiguring disease.

NEW STUDY IN THE JOURNAL SLEEP FINDS THAT TREATING INSOMNIA IS FAR LESS COSTLY THAN IGNORING IT

A study published in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep finds that, as opposed to treating insomnia, failure to treat it is much more costly.

NEW STUDY IN THE JOURNAL SLEEP FINDS THAT SLEEPY DRIVER NEAR-MISSES MAY PREDICT ACCIDENT RISKS

A study published in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep finds that sleepy near-misses may be dangerous precursors to an actual accident.