More evidence has been found to link the cold sore virus to Alzheimer's disease, an expert says.

Scientists use the latest cell staining techniques to create a colourful "brainbow" of the tissues of the brain.

ITN Reading this may just save your life, if cancer experts are right

Scientific American Kill the Virus, Stop the Cancer

A new paper to be published in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist ( TOG ) discusses the treatment of women with cornual (interstitial) pregnancies. A cornual pregnancy is a rare type of ectopic pregnancy which occurs when the fertilised egg implants in that part of the fallopian tube buried deep in the wall of the uterus. [click link for full article]

Practice parameters published in the November 1 issue of the journal SLEEP are a guide to the appropriate assessment and treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSDs). The standards will have a positive impact on professional behavior, patient outcomes and possibly health care costs. [click link for full article]

People who suffer from anxiety from stressful life situations may be more likely to experience sleep disturbances for at least the first six months after the event, according to a study published in the November 1 issue of the journal SLEEP. [click link for full article]

A sleep-related breathing disorder, common in heart failure, increases one's heart rate variability. Further, central sleep apnea (CSA) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) produce different patterns of heart rate variability, which are likely to reflect the different pathophysiological mechanisms involved, according to a study published in the November 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.Matthew T. [click link for full article]

The first known attempt to evaluate the sleep patterns of children with Asperger Syndrome (AS), taking into account sleep architecture and the cyclic alternating pattern (CAP), finds that children with AS have a high prevalence of some sleep disorders and mainly problems related to initiating sleep and sleep restlessness together with morning problems and daytime sleepiness, according to a study published in the November 1 issue of the journal SLEEP. [click link for full article]

Daily Mail Vitamin A may reduce risk of lung cancer

Launching World Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, medical experts warned that 87 per cent of people who die of lung cancer either smoke or suffer exposure to secondhand smoke. The Chinese Anti-Cancer Association said that 600,000 people die each year of lung cancer in China out of a population of 350 million smokers. [click link for full article]

Tobacco users are accustomed to having certain levels of nicotine in their bodies. Because of its addictive qualities, when a person quits using tobacco, nicotine cravings are likely. A new feature on MayoClinic.com provides users with 20 ways to bust nicotine cravings. Sample tips -- which can help users overcome the urge to smoke and ultimately quit smoking for good -- include: - Move. [click link for full article]

The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a new clinical practice guideline on diagnosing and treating stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a slowly progressive lung disease involving the airways and lung tissue, resulting in a gradual loss of lung function, typically as a result of smoking.COPD affects more than 5 percent of the adult population in the United States and is the fourth leading cause of death and twelfth leading cause of illness. [click link for full article]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday said he is willing to delay a vote on revised legislation (HR 3963) that would reauthorize and expand SCHIP to compromise further with House Republicans, with the hopes of obtaining a veto-proof majority in the House, [click link for full article]

A new study appearing in International Journal of Gynecological Cancer states that Bevacizumab, a biologic anti-cancer agent that prevents tumor growth by interfering with the formation of new blood vessels, may have the potential to improve the efficacy of standard combination chemotherapy in ovarian cancer.Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women, accounting for nearly 14,000 deaths annually in the United States. [click link for full article]

Women who followed a combination of five or more lifestyle factors, including changing specific aspects of their diets, experienced more than 80 percent less relative risk of infertility due to ovulatory disorders compared to women who engaged in none of the factors, according to a paper published in the November 1, 2007, issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. [click link for full article]

Earthtimes Homer Simpson way of life linked to cancer risks

Globe and Mail Weight, Exercise, and Diet Have Key Role in Preventing Cancer

Obesity link to cancer brings ad ban call Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 2 hours ago The coalition called on the Government to act on recommendations in a report made public yesterday by the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute ...

Cat bred to lose sight sheds light on causes of human blindness New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour ago The discovery of feline leukemia virus in the 1960s led scientists to realise that viruses can cause cancer . "This led to oncogene development and some of ...