Researchers have identified two genes which play a key role in determining whether a person is at risk for breast cancer. Identified as Brca1 and Brca2, individuals with both the ‘breast cancer genes’ are found to be at a greater risk of inheriting breast cancer. But new research shows there are two other genes, called Notch1 and Jagged1, which are linked to the more aggressive lung cancers. It’s believed patients are less likely to survive the disease when these two genes are found. Read more about WEEKLY HEALTH WRAP
While the cause of diabetes remains a mystery, doctors in New York could be a step closer to understanding one of the complications of diabetes: kidney failure. Researchers looked at patients with and without diabetes and found at least one way that diabetes causes destruction of on the renal system. Read more about DIABETES AND KIDNEY DISEASE SPECIAL REPORT
