Herceptin cures breast cancer in half the time

Professor Helena Earl, who led the Cambridge researchers, said: “We are confident that this will mark the first steps towards a reduction in treatment duration for many women with HER2-positive breast cancer. Women with aggressive breast cancer can be effectively cured in half the time compared to current treatment, minimising harmful side effects, researchers have said.compared to current treatment, minimising harmful side effects, researchers have said. Read more: The Telegraph

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Can binge eating cured by a supplement of oestrogen?

When oestrogen is high, binge eating is prevented, but when oestrogen is low, binge eating becomes more frequent. Women who have irregular menstrual cycles tend to be more likely to binge eat. 

Dr Xu and his colleagues first found that oestrogen can strongly prevent binge eating in mice - as had previously been found in humans. Dr Xu added: 'There are a few studies showing that binge patients tend to have decreased GLP-1 in their blood, but nobody had shown that GLP-1 suppresses binge eating in animals or humans until now.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2734942/Could-binge-eating-cured-sex-hormone-Cravings-linked-low-levels-oestrogen-study-claims.html

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