Month: June 2018

DALLAS, June 4, 2018 --Limited healthy literacy is a major barrier blocking many people from achieving good cardiovascular health or ...

Polarized cells give the heart its fully developed form

Credit: Anne M. Merks, MDC When it first starts to develop, the heart is a simple tube. Reporting in the ...

A major step towards individualized cancer therapy

Credit: Izumi Mindy Takamiya Fuyuhiko Tamanoi of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and colleagues in the US ...

Improving patient transfer from ICU to ward: Resources, communication and culture

A new study has identified important factors that can improve the transfer of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) ...

Hepatitis C guideline recommends screening for all people born 1945-1975

A key recommendation in a new Canadian guideline on managing chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) is to screen all people ...

Inadequate sleep could cost countries billions

Inadequate sleep is a public health problem affecting more than one in three adults worldwide. A new study in the ...

Spironolactone may be an alternative to antibiotics in women’s acne treatment

PHILADELPHIA - In a finding that suggests the potential for practice change that would reduce the use of antibiotics in ...

ASCO: ALEX trial results show alectinib further outpacing crizotinib in ALK+ NSCLC

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Updated results of the global phase III ALEX trial comparing alectinib with crizotinib as ...

ASCO18: Updated Phase 1 results of crizotinib against MET-amplified lung cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The drug crizotinib has activity against a number of genetic targets relevant to non-small ...

ASCO18: Trial shows how PET scans help tailor therapy for esophageal cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Survival results for the CALGB 80303 Trial presented today at the American Society of ...

Predicting the outcomes of FIFA World Cup

One of the favourites in soccer's upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup, Germany, has just 13.3% chance of winning. And Australia ...

TAILORx trial finds most women with early breast cancer do not benefit from chemotherapy

New findings from the groundbreaking Trial Assigning Individualized Options for Treatment (Rx), or TAILORx trial, show no benefit from chemotherapy ...

Forced court appearances make cops more tired, generate more citizen complaints

Results from a new study conducted by researchers at Washington State University and Central Queensland University suggest that complaints against ...

A filthy first — the 6 common types of disgust that protect us from disease revealed

Disgust has long been recognised as an emotion which evolved to help our ancestors avoid infection, but now researchers have ...

Study shows taking aspirin before or after coronary

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark shows that in patients undergoing a coronary artery bypass ...

Study reveals hypnosedation as an effective alternative to general anesthesia for various surgeries

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark shows that hypnosedation is a valuable alternative to conventional ...

Why do some sleep-deprived people experience worse cognitive functioning than others?

BALTIMORE - The key to predicting how someone is affected by sleep loss may be found in microRNAs (miRNAs), according ...

Erdafitinib shows promise in urothelial cancer patients with specific mutations

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center CHICAGO - In an international Phase II trial led by researchers at The University of ...

Is exercise associated with lower risk of death for adult survivors of childhood cancer?

Bottom Line: Vigorous exercise is associated with reductions in the risk of death among adult survivors of childhood cancer. Why ...

Landmark study finds more breast cancer patients can safely forgo chemotherapy