Shake Your Pixels » Health http://shakeyourpixels.com Scientific News for Non-Scientists Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:19:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Leukemia Treatment http://shakeyourpixels.com/2011/08/new-leukemia-treatment/ http://shakeyourpixels.com/2011/08/new-leukemia-treatment/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:58:31 +0000 joey http://shakeyourpixels.com/?p=62 Doctors have treated only three leukemia patients, but the sensational results from a single shot could be one of the most significant advances in cancer research in decades. And it almost never happened. In the research published Wednesday, doctors at the University of Pennsylvania say the treatment made the most common type of leukemia completely [...]]]>

Doctors have treated only three leukemia patients, but the sensational results from a single shot could be one of the most significant advances in cancer research in decades. And it almost never happened.

In the research published Wednesday, doctors at the University of Pennsylvania say the treatment made the most common type of leukemia completely disappear in two of the patients and reduced it by 70 percent in the third. In each of the patients as much as five pounds of cancerous tissue completely melted away in a few weeks, and a year later it is still gone.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44090512/ns/health-cancer/t/new-leukemia-treatment-exceeds-wildest-expectations/

]]> http://shakeyourpixels.com/2011/08/new-leukemia-treatment/feed/ 0 If you find yourself venturing indoors at times… http://shakeyourpixels.com/2009/11/if-you-find-yourself-venturing-indoors-at-times/ http://shakeyourpixels.com/2009/11/if-you-find-yourself-venturing-indoors-at-times/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:41:38 +0000 admin http://shakeyourpixels.com/?p=22 … try introducing indoor plants into your space.  One study found various common plants can significantly improve air quality.  You may think the air outside is more polluted, however, indoor air can be 12 times as foul.  The air may help cause asthma, cancer and various nasty disorders.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104140816.htm

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