Humans May Give Swine Flu To Pigs In New

Twist To Pandemic
ScienceDaily (July 9, 2009) The strain of influenza, A/H11, that is currently !an"e#ic in
hu#ans has $een sho%n to $e infectious to !i&s an" to s!rea" ra!i"ly in a trial !i& !o!ulation'
(n research !u$lishe" July 9 in Journal of General Virology, Dr Tho#as )ahlen*a#! an" a tea#
of +irolo&ists fro# the ,rie"rich-.oeffler-(nstitut in /reifs%al"-(nsel 0ie#s, /er#any,
e1!eri#entally infecte" fi+e !i&s %ith the strain of s%ine flu that is causin& the current hu#an
!an"e#ic' 2ithin four "ays the +irus ha" s!rea" to three uninfecte" !i&s house" %ith the
infecte" ones an" all !i&s %ere sho%in& clinical si&ns of s%ine flu'
3Althou&h in the early sta&es of the s%ine flu !an"e#ic there %ere %orries that hu#ans %oul"
catch the +irus fro# !i&s, this has so far not $een "ocu#ente" an" !i&s an" other ani#als ha+e
not $een in+ol+e" in the current s!rea" of A/H11 influenza in hu#ans,3 sai" Dr )ahlen*a#!,
3Ho%e+er, %ith the increasin& nu#$ers of hu#an infections, a s!ill o+er of this hu#an +irus to
!i&s is $eco#in& #ore li*ely' The !re+ention of hu#an-to-!i& trans#issions shoul" ha+e a hi&h
!riority in or"er to a+oi" in+ol+e#ent of !i&s in the e!i"e#iolo&y of this !an"e#ic3'
Althou&h the +irus s!rea" 4uic*ly to the non-infecte" !i&s, it "i" not s!rea" to fi+e chic*ens that
%ere house" to&ether %ith the !i&s' This #ay i#!ly that %hile the +irus can !ass fro# hu#an to
!i& it "oes not !ass fro# !i& to chic*en' The e1!eri#ents %ere "one un"er strict contain#ent
con"itions (5iosafety .e+el 5S.67), to !re+ent any further trans#ission of the +irus fro# the
infecte" !i&s'
The scientists reco##en" that !ersons %ho are sus!ecte" of ha+in& s%ine flu shoul" not $e
allo%e" to ha+e contact %ith !i&s an" that re&ulatory $o"ies shoul" a&ree on a!!ro!riate
restriction #easures for s%ine hol"in&s %here A/H11 infection is "etecte"' 81!eri#ents are
un"er%ay to "eter#ine %hether currently a+aila$le +accines #ay $e a$le to !ro+i"e !i&s %ith a
certain i##unity to sto! a !otential s!rea" of the +irus
Coffee Reduces Breast Cancer Ris! Study
Suggests
ScienceDaily (9ay 10, 2011) 0ecently !u$lishe" research sho%s that coffee "rin*ers en:oy
not only the taste of their coffee $ut also a re"uce" ris* of cancer %ith their cu!!a' 9ore "etaile"
research !u$lishe" 9ay 10 in 5io9e" ;entral<s o!en access :ournal Breast Cancer Research
sho%s that "rin*in& coffee s!ecifically re"uces the ris* of antiestro&en-resistant estro&en-
rece!tor (80)-ne&ati+e $reast cancer'
0esearchers fro# S%e"en co#!are" lifestyle factors an" coffee consu#!tion $et%een %o#en
%ith $reast cancer an" a&e-#atche" %o#en %ithout' They foun" that coffee "rin*ers ha" a lo%er
inci"ence of $reast cancer than %o#en %ho rarely "ran* coffee' Ho%e+er they also foun" that
se+eral lifestyle factors affecte" $reast cancer rates, such as a&e at #eno!ause, e1ercise, %ei&ht,
e"ucation, an" a fa#ily history of $reast cancer' =nce they ha" a":uste" their "ata to account for
these other factors they foun" that the !rotecti+e effect of coffee on $reast cancer %as only
#easura$le for 80-ne&ati+e $reast cancer'
The &rou! fro# >arolins*a (nstitutet e1!laine" that, 3There is often conflictin& infor#ation
a$out the $eneficial effects of coffee -- %hen %e co#!are" our results to that of a /er#an stu"y
%e "isco+ere" that their "ata sho%e" the sa#e tren", $ut the relationshi! %as #uch %ea*er' 2e
su&&est that this #ay ha+e so#ethin& to "o %ith the %ay the coffee %as !re!are", or the ty!e of
$ean !referre"' (t is unli*ely that the !rotecti+e effect is "ue to !hytoestro&ens !resent in coffee
since there %as no re"uction in the inci"ence of 80-!ositi+e cancer in this stu"y'3
So %hile it is e+i"ent that coffee #ay ha+e $eneficial effects in !rotectin& %o#en fro# 80
ne&ati+e $reast cancer the e1act #echanis# an" co#!oun"s in+ol+e" are not yet clear an" not all
ty!es of coffee are the sa#e'
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#ournal ReferenceA
1. Jin&#ei .i, Betra Sei$ol", Jenny ;han&-;lau"e, Dieter ,lesch-Janys, Jian:un .iu, >a#ila
;zene, >eith Hu#!hreys an" Ber Hall' Coffee consum$tion modifies ris of estrogen%
rece$tor negative &reast cancer' Breast Cancer Research, 2011 Clin*D
'&ese (omen Have Hig)er Ris of Suffering
Breast Cancer! S$anis) Study Finds
ScienceDaily (=ct' 1E, 2011) Fni+ersity of /rana"a researchers ha+e sho%n that o+er%ei&ht
%o#en -- es!ecially those %ith #or$i" o$esity -- "e+elo! this "isease at an earlier a&e'
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5reast reconstruction
9eno!ause
Hor#one re!lace#ent thera!y
5reast cancer
A total of G2H %o#en %ith $reast cancer !artici!ate" in the stu"y' The researchers foun" that
%o#en %ho starte" #enstruatin& at a +ery early a&e -- $et%een 9 an" 10 years -- "e+elo!e"
$reast cancer at a youn&er a&e'
=$ese %o#en "e+elo! $reast cancer at a youn&er a&e than other %o#en' ,urther#ore, the
li*elihoo" of "e+elo!in& $reast cancer is #uch hi&her in !atients %ith #or$i" o$esity'
This is one of the #ain conclusions "ra%n in an article recently !u$lishe" in the S!anish :ournal
Nutrici%n &os$italaria $y the Fni+ersity of /rana"a research &rou! ;TS 6IE, coor"inate" $y
the ursery De!art#ent !rofessor 9arJa JosK A&uilar ;or"ero'
The researchers e1a#ine" a sa#!le of G2H %o#en "ia&nose" %ith $reast cancer %ho %ere
treate" at the uni+ersity hos!ital San ;ecilio fro# January 2009 to Se!te#$er 2010 in /rana"a,
S!ain' They assesse" the nutritional status of these !atients (nor#al %ei&ht, o$esity an" #or$i"
o$esity) an" their a&e at "ia&nosis' 2o#en %ith a fa#ily history of $reast cancer %ere se!arate"
fro# those lac*in& it'
The researchers foun" that o$esity in %o#en is associate" %ith "ia&nosis of $reast cancer at a
youn&er a&e' This fin"in& contrasts %ith the results o$taine" in !re+ious stu"ies that
"e#onstrate" that in"i+i"uals %ith hi&her $o"y #ass in"e1 ha" lo%er ris* of sufferin& $reast
cancer'
*ge *t First Menstruation
The Fni+ersity of /rana"a researchers foun" that %o#en "ia&nose" %ith $reast cancer at an
earlier a&e %ere those %ho starte" #enstruatin& %hen youn&er than 10 years' Thus, a&e at
#enarche is "eter#inant in the "e+elo!#ent an" "ia&nosis of $reast cancer, es!ecially in %o#en
%ith #or$i" o$esity'
Therefore, althou&h &enetics an" fa#ily history of cancer are +ery rele+ant factors (u! to 1LM of
$reast cancer in o$ese %o#en ha" a &enetic factor), this stu"y "e#onstrate" that o$esity --
es!ecially the #ost se+ere cases -- is the #ost rele+ant factor in early "e+elo!#ent of $reast
cancer'
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