Credit: Giudice Lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC – Muscular dystrophies, congenital heart muscle defects, and other muscle disorders often arise for reasons...
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio For more than a year, Tom Hobman and his research team have devoted most of their waking hours to a headlong pursuit...
Credit: ATS Varenicline, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for helping people quit smoking, may put them at higher risk for a cardiovascular event,...
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan — As thyroid cancer rates rise, more people are having surgery to remove all or part of their thyroid....
IMAGE: Dr. Ganesan Ramesh, Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University. Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. – Diabetes is the...
Lisbon, Portugal: Patients with breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastasised) and who have higher insulin levels than normal, but...
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Feb. 6, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified an ion channel required for brain cells to suppress...
IMAGE: Stem Cells and Development is an authoritative peer-reviewed journal published 24 times per year in print and online. The Journal is dedicated to communication...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients who develop ovarian cancer appear to have better outcomes if they have a history of oral contraceptive use, according to a...
Credit: CHLA A team of investigators has determined that young children participating in a clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of reduced radiotherapy did worse...
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute All countries face the challenge of funding ever-new and expensive treatments, with increasing pressure on budgets, harmful deficit spending, and ever-higher...
IMAGE: University of Illinois chemists found that a number of drugs approved to treat various conditions also have antibiotic properties. Pictured, from left: research scientist...
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital About 11 percent of females who survive childhood cancer have an ovarian condition that leaves them at risk for...
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Results of a national study led by public health scientist Elizabeth Evans at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with...
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – After surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome, a disease in which fluid begins to leak into the lungs of...
