Non-small cell lung cancer patients see improved survival with durvalumab
TAMPA, Fla. -- Non-small cell lung cancer patients survive longer when their treatment includes durvalumab following platinum-based chemoradiotherapy, according to...
HPV vaccination can play critical role in global prevention of cervical and genital cancers
September 27, 2018 - In low-resource countries without well-developed screening programs, expanding access to human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination is...
Vatican-Based White Paper Presents Expert Consensus on Advancing Global Palliative Care
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2018--A new white paper, developed by the Vatican-based Pontifical...
Genetic analyses hone risk prediction for coronary disease
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (September 27, 2018) - Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading killer of people with...
Physical exercise improves the elimination of toxic proteins from muscles
A study published in Scientific Reports by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, in partnership with...
Combination antibody therapy results in long-term viral suppression in HIV infection
A new generation of broadly neutralising antibodies provides a novel approach to treating HIV infection. The research group of Prof...
Vaccine, anti-PD1 drug show promise against incurable HPV-related cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A tumor-specific vaccine combined with an immune checkpoint inhibitor shrank tumors in one...
Skin is a battlefield for mutations
Normal skin contains a patchwork of mutated cells, yet very few go on to eventually form cancer and scientists have...
High-pressure oxygen therapy may be beneficial in treating sudden hearing loss
Bottom Line: The addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (where patients receive pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber) to standard medical...
Unusual case of father-to-son HIV transmission reported
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2018--Diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in the 4-year old child...
Narrowing sexual health equity gap for Puerto Rican adolescents
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 27, 2018) - Persistent and significant health disparities related to sexual health, including a higher...
Sensation on the way to becoming a University of Excellence
Credit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn The University of Bonn received with great euphoria the commission's decision to fund six...
Research teams find widespread inflammation in the brains of fibromyalgia patients
Credit: Marco Loggia, PhD, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers...
Polymer professor awarded $200,000 for research in protecting first responders
Credit: The University of Akron AKRON, OH - Sept. 12, 2018 - It happens every day -- paramedics and police...
The brain diet
Credit: Barbara Marebwa and Leonardo Bonilha of the Medical University of South Carolina. Scientists at the Medical University of South...
WSU researchers develop sugar-powered sensor to detect, prevent disease
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University have developed an implantable, biofuel-powered sensor that runs...
Managing congenital adrenal hyperplasia requires shared decisions among patients, families, and heal
WASHINGTON--The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline that offers best practices for healthcare providers on how to promptly...
Loyola to become first Chicago center to produce cancer-fighting CAR-T cells
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola University Chicago and Loyola Medicine have announced plans to become the first Chicago center to produce...
University of Rochester receives grant for center for child maltreatment studies
The University of Rochester's Mt. Hope Family Center (MHFC), in conjunction with the University of Minnesota's Institute for Translational Research...
Deaths of despair: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem
September 27, 2018 -- Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60 000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines...
