Study to determine which stool test is best for colorectal cancer…
Credit: Tommie Morelos / TTUHSC El Paso No one wants a colonoscopy. But there's no getting around the lifesaving procedure — the gold standard for...
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Personalized anti-nausea therapy better for cancer patients, Ottawa…
A new research study led by Dr. Mark Clemons, oncologist and associate cancer research scientist at The Ottawa Hospital, has shown that a personalized approach...
Commonly used drugs lead to more doctor’s office, hospital and emergency department…
Credit: Purdue University INDIANAPOLIS — Anticholinergic medications, a class of drugs very commonly used by older adults, are linked to an increased rate of emergency...
Location of spinal correction influences risk of PJK development
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery The surgical correction of adult spinal deformities often involves realigning the lower portion of the spine, or the 'lumbar' spine....
New guidelines aim to prevent medics from failing to diagnose patients with liver disease
Credit: University of Birmingham New recommendations, led by experts at the University of Birmingham, have been published to improve the use of liver blood tests....
Why aren’t more kids with sickle cell disease getting this test?
Credit: Sarah Pack Hematologist and researcher Julie Kanter says as few as 30 percent of children across the country with sickle cell disease are getting...
UTSW scientists discover a new role for RNA in safeguarding human chromosome number
IMAGE: Dr. Joshua Mendell Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec. 24, 2015 – Molecular biologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a...
How race consciousness influences your likelihood of getting a flu…
Credit: CDC/ Judy Schmidt acquired from Public Health Image Library College Park, Md. – African American adults are less likely than Whites to get an...
Antibiotic effective against drug-resistant bacteria in pediatric skin infections
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial scourge. As its name suggests, MRSA is resistant to most...
Pizza, burgers and the like: A single high-fat meal can damage the metabolism
Credit: © DDZ The global proliferation of overweight and obese people and people with type 2 diabetes is often associated with the consumption of saturated...
Democrat senators vote for public health policies 4 times more often…
Credit: Courtesy of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health Democrat senators are roughly four times as likely to use their vote to positively affect...
Non-invasive imaging predicts cancer malignancy
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) A new study by Osaka University scientists shows that non-labeling multiphoton microscopy (NL-MPM) can be used for quantitative imaging of...
Second contagious form of cancer found in Tasmanian devils
IMAGE: This is a photograph of a Tasmanian Devil with facial tumor. Credit: Gregory Woods, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania Transmissible cancers...
TACC key partner in Dell Medical School’s data science initiative for women’s…
Credit: Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin today announced a new partnership with...
ARCH Venture Partners, Flagship Ventures and MD Anderson collaborate…
Codiak BioSciences, Inc. announced today the closing of the first portion of a planned $80-plus million Series A and B financing. The company also executed...
