Health
A new tactic for starving tumors
Credit: Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics at The Rockefeller University A tumor's goal is simple: to grow, grow, grow,...
Novel nuclear medicine approach shows promise for treating wide array of cancerous tumors
Credit: SM Cheal et al., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. PHILADELPHIA - A novel nuclear medicine approach...
Long-lasting radionuclide therapy for advanced neuroendocrine tumors proves effective
Credit: J Zhang et al., Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China; X Chen et al., Laboratory of Molecular Imaging...
Plaster which sticks inside the mouth will revolutionize treatment of oral conditions
Credit: University of Sheffield A plaster which sticks to the inside of your mouth is revolutionising the treatment of painful...
Are gestational age at birth and symptoms of ADHD associated?
Bottom Line: Early premature birth at less than 34 weeks was associated with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in preschool-age...
‘Substantial portion’ of childhood cancer survivors not concerned about future health
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Seth Dixon A research team led by a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
‘Smart’ prosthetic ankle takes fear out of rough terrain, stairs
It's virtually impossible to know Mike Sasser's left leg is a prosthetic one - after a decade of practice, he...
‘Embattled’ breast cancer drugs could be revived by UCSF discovery
More than 60 percent of breast cancer cases involve defects in the same biochemical chain of events within cancer cells--...
Disparities in opioid abuse treatment increased among Medicaid recipients, study finds
The number of Medicaid recipients receiving medication to treat opioid abuse increased sharply in the years after approval of a...
Cost, coverage and more drive hearing aid inequality
Hearing loss seems like one of the great equalizers of old age, striking people of all kinds as their ears...
Discovery of a major technical error will improve epigenetics research
(Linköping University) An error in one of the most widely used methods in epigenetics, DIP-seq, can cause misleading results. This...
Proteins found in semen increase the spread of Ebola virus infection
Credit: NIAID PHILADELPHIA - Protein fragments, called amyloid fibrils, in human semen significantly increase Ebola virus infection and protect the...
Youth need different approach to type 2 diabetes treatment
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado A major study has found that medicines used to treat diabetes in adults are not effective...
Clinical outcomes and patient experiences vastly improved with hospital a
A new study to be published online June 25 in JAMA Internal Medicine reports that hospital at home (HaH) care...
Salk Institute scientist Eiman Azim wins prestigious McKnight Scholar Award
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 25, 2018) Eiman Azim, an assistant professor in Salk's Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, has received a...
New technology transforming blood & stem cell collection
A new cord blood processing technology, Toticyte, developed by the UK's leading blood cord bank, Cells4life, has been launched to...
T-cell leukaemia: Cancer cells take advantage of ‘survival protein’
The overproduction of the BCL-2 protein is due to a defect in the ribosome, the protein factory of the cell....
Cranium of a four-million-year-old hominin shows similarities to that of modern humans
Credit: Wits University A cranium of a four-million-year-old fossil, that, in 1995 was described as the oldest evidence of human...
DOE funds field test of Rice’s solar desalination technology
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 25, 2018) -- The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $1.7 million to...
Researchers discover a new type of lung cancer
Credit: Vakoc Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Researchers have discovered a new kind of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC)....
