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Low Vitamin D Levels Seen in Breast Cancer Patients - Med India

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:19 PM PDT

The analysis showed women with late-stage disease and non-Caucasian women had even lower levels.

"Vitamin D is essential to maintaining bone health, and women with breast cancer have accelerated bone loss due to the nature of hormone therapy and chemotherapy. It's important for women and their doctors to work together to boost their vitamin D intake," said Luke Peppone, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Radiation Oncology, at Rochester's James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.

Scientists funded by the NCI analyzed vitamin D levels in each woman, and the average level was 27 nanograms per milliliter; more than two-thirds of the women had vitamin deficiency. Weekly supplementation with high doses of vitamin D -- 50,000 international units or more -- improved the levels, according to Peppone's study.

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New lab-on-a-chip technique developed at U of T - Science Centric

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 03:26 AM PDT

Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new 'lab-on-a-chip' technique that analyses tiny samples of blood and breast tissue to identify women at risk of breast cancer much more quickly than ever before.

'The concentration of the hormone oestrogen and its metabolites - the products of metabolised oestrogen - in breast tissue are known to be significantly increased in breast cancer patients compared to healthy women, and is therefore believed to increase the risk of breast cancer. Despite this, breast oestrogen levels in women at risk are not routinely measured because conventional techniques require large tissue samples obtained through invasive biopsies,' says Dr Noha Mousa, a Canadian Institute of Health Research fellow at Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute and a clinical fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto.

In response to this challenge, an interdisciplinary group of U of T scientists have used a new technology called digital microfluidics - where instead of moving electrons across tiny wires, minute droplets of fluid are manipulated electrically on the surface of a microchip. Because these devices can be used to integrate multiple different laboratory functions, this type of technology is sometimes called a 'lab-on-a-chip.'

'We applied this technique for the first time to analyse hormones in tiny clinical samples - we looked at blood, serum and breast cancer tissue,' says Aaron Wheeler, director of the Wheeler Microfludics lab in the Department of Chemistry. 'We developed methods to move droplets of several different kinds of reagents - a substance consumed during a chemical reaction - to extract hormones and purify them - all on a device that can fit into the palm of a hand.'

'The new methods we've developed may someday facilitate routine screening of clinical samples for analysis of hormones. This may be useful in many applications, including screening for risk of developing breast cancer, especially in high-risk populations, and monitoring the response to antioestrogen breast cancer therapies such as aromatase inhibitors. It could also help in monitoring hormone levels in infertility treatments and in detecting illegal doping in athletes,' added Wheeler.

Source: University of Toronto

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GOP candidate shoots target with Florida Democrat's initials - Honolulu Advertiser

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:12 AM PDT

MIAMI A South Florida Republican said it was a mistake to shoot at a target with the initials of the Democratic congresswoman he is trying to unseat.

Candidate Robert Lowry made a brief statement to a local newspaper but refused to speak further today about the incident, which happened Tuesday during a weekly GOP meeting at a gun range.

Organizer Ed Napolitano defended the gathering, as well as the use of targets that appeared to be gunmen with traditional Arab head scarves.

"That's our right," said Napolitano, president of the Southeast Broward Republican Club. "If we want to shoot at targets that look like that, we're going to go ahead and do that."

Lowry declined to comment to The Associated Press. He initially told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that shooting at a target with the letters "DWS" a not-so-veiled reference to Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was a "joke," but then said it "was a mistake."

His campaign manager, Chris Leggatt, said today: "I don't think we need to make any further comment about it. It's an issue that's been addressed."

Wasserman Schultz, who made headlines earlier this year when she announced she had been secretly battling breast cancer, represents a liberal district that includes a stretch of South Florida from Fort Lauderdale to Miami Beach. She is expected to easily win re-election, though Lowry and three other GOP candidates are vying to face her.

The congresswoman declined to comment. A spokesman, Jonathan Beeton, said "We didn't feel that behavior dignified a response."

Both Lowry and Napolitano said they were unsure who scrawled "DWS" on the target the candidate fired at during the event, which attracted about 50 people.

Many of the targets were basic silhouettes, though others were figures wearing traditional Arab head scarves, called kaffiyeh, and holding rocket-propelled grenades. Napolitano said the faces of those figures appeared to be white, though he understood why they would be assumed to be Arabs. He said critics of the event are simply angry that a Republican minority continues to exist in such an overwhelmingly Democratic area.

"I absolutely have no regrets. I don't care what the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee or any of them say I know that they're offended by the simple fact that we're here and we won't go away and we won't be quiet," he said. "For the Democrats, who are supposed to be the party of minority rights, they're not being very sensitive to our rights."

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FYI for Monday, Oct. 12. - Naples Daily News

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:38 AM PDT

FYI for Monday, Oct. 12:

Cooking class

Roy's Naples is offering a cooking class at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday that includes lunch at 475 Bayfront Place, Naples. $39. Information: 261-1416

UGG trunk show

Dillard's at Coastland Center, 1798 U.S. 41 N., Naples is staging an UGG Australia trunk show from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday in the women's shoe department. Information: 261-4100

New jewelry line

Zazou stores are now selling Victoria Mackenzie-Childs' new jewelry line for girls of all ages, and will donate 10 percent of the price of every piece purchased during October to the Susan B. Komen Fund in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. The stores are at 2950 U.S. 41 N., Naples, 261-2882; 2366 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples, 594-8265; 1170 Third St. S., Naples, 436-3927; and 24940 U.S. 41 S., Bonita Springs, 949-0217.

Discount on shoes

Cole Haan will offer a one time 20 percent discount on purchases through Oct. 18 when buyers make a donation to Common Cents, which supports sand creates service-learning programs for students. Minimum donation of one cent is required for the discount and 100 percent of the donation will be given to Common Cents. Cole Haan is at Waterside Shops, 5435 U.S. 41 N., Naples. Information: 591-0018

Cole Haan Outlet at Miromar is discounting its inventory by 50 percent during the month of October. The store is 10801 Corkscrew Road, Estero. Information: 498-5990

Artist's calendar

Naples artist John Bartoldus' 2010 Naples' calendars are available at all Collier County branch libraries for $14.95. The calendars come with a restaurant and city landmark foldout map. All proceeds go to funding children's services through the county library system.

Going north and south

* Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a fall festival Friday through Oct. 19 at Park and Fourth Streets. The event features a giant inflatable water slide, a barbecue cook-off, an artists village, an antique and classic car show, music and fireworks on the beach. Information: (941) 964-0568

* If you want to see the Miami Heat in person at the American Airlines Arena, Miami, go to nba.com/heat to buy tickets.

* Goombay Festival celebrates the cultural connection between Key West and the Bahamas and will be held from Oct. 23-24 on Petronia Street, Key West. Information: www.goombay-keywest.org

* Underwater pumpkin carving will take place Oct. 26 at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Key Largo. Information: (305) 451-3595

For your information

Do know the name of the first novel written on a typewriter? If you said "Tom Sawyer" you were right.

Deadline for FYI is 10 a.m. Thursday. E-mail to snmesulam@naplesnews.com or mail to Sheila Mesulam, Naples Daily News, 1100 Immokalee Road, Naples, FL 34110. All briefs are printed on a space-available baisis. Connect with Sheila Mesulam at www.naplesnews.com/staff/sheila_mesulam

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Breast Cancer Awareness walks coming up Oct. 23, Oct. 30 - Montgomery Advertiser

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:59 AM PDT

Central Alabama Health Care System will host two upcoming Breast Cancer Awareness walks. The first will be from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on the CAHCS Tuskegee (East) Campus, 2400 Hospital Road in Tuskegee. The second will be from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on the Montgomery (West) Campus, 215 Perry Hill Road, at the Pavilion.

For more information, go to www.centralalabama.va.gov/

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