Health

ASCO Perspective "This study provides strong evidence to support adding abiraterone to standard hormone therapy, primarily for men with metastatic...

Web-based system for self-reporting symptoms helps patients live longer

ASCO Perspective "Online technologies have transformed communications in practically every aspect of our lives, and now we're seeing they're also...

Pregnancy after breast cancer does not increase chance of recurrence

ASCO Perspective "These data provide reassurance to breast cancer survivors that having a baby after a breast cancer diagnosis may...

Global study sets new risk-based standard to personalize chemotherapy for colon cancer

ASCO Perspective "In this case, less is more. We're now able to spare many patients with colon cancer unnecessary side...

Development of a novel vaccine for Zika

New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 - Research presented by Farshad Guirakhoo, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, GeoVax, Inc., at...

Fertility preservation for children with differences of sex development

Chicago...Children with differences of sex development (DSD) are born with reproductive organs that are not typically male or female. They...

ERC Starting Grant for allergy research in the gut

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) The European Research Council (ERC) will be funding the ALLERGUT...

Gene therapy could ‘turn off’ severe allergies

A single treatment giving life-long protection from severe allergies such as asthma could be made possible by immunology research at...

Low-dose THC can relieve stress; more does just the opposite

Cannabis smokers often report that they use the drug to relax or relieve stress, but few studies provide clinical evidence...

Details of Lassa virus structure could inform development of vaccines, therapies

Credit: Christina Corbaci, TSRI WHAT: A 10-year Lassa virus research project has yielded structural and functional details of a key...

Patients nearing end of life receptive to having cholesterol medicine ‘deprescribed’

PORTLAND, Ore. - New research suggests patients nearing the end of their lives because of a "life-limiting illness" such as...

Recommendations to optimize continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes clinical research

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 2, 2017 -- The advantages of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)...

Timing meals later at night can cause weight gain and impair fat metabolism

BOSTON - New findings suggest eating late at night could be more dangerous than you think. Compared to eating earlier...

Olive oil nutrient linked to processes that prevent cancer in brain

A compound found in olive oil may help to prevent cancer developing in the brain, a study shows. Research into...

Penn’s David Dinges honored with Distinguished Service Award

BOSTON - David F. Dinges, PhD, chief of the division of Sleep and Chronobiology, and director of the Unit for...

Tumor induction from a distance

Credit: Graphics: Ralf Baumeister Current view is that cancer development is initiated from cells that acquire initial DNA mutations. These...

US National Academy of Medicine to establish its first intl. health policy fellowship

WASHINGTON - The U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today that it will establish the National Academy of Medicine...

Secukinumab and ixekizumab in psoriasis: Considerable added benefit for certain patients

Psoriasis is an incurable chronic disease with a hereditary component, in which the body's immune system attacks parts of the...

Combination therapy targets genetic mutation found in many cancers