Tag: Medicine/Health

Denver--July 1, 2019--Early detection and treatment through screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has been investigated as a potential means ...

Credit: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at The Rockefeller University From a biological standpoint, the earliest stages ...

Findings from a study of patients who received radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment for hyperthyroidism show an association between the dose ...

Bottom Line: Radioactive iodine has been used since the 1940s to treat hyperthyroidism, an overactive thyroid. This study is an ...

Collaboration of businesses and universities aims to transfer technology from the lab scale to practical industrial applicationsCredit: photo/©: Arne Wickenbrock ...

CHOP researchers: A repurposed drug reshapes anatomy, brings dramatic clinical improvementCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, July 1, 2019—Faced with ...

Babies born after being exposed to both opioids and benzodiazepines before birth are more likely to have severe drug withdrawal, ...

RIKEN researchers have developed a promising method to deliver a drug to cancer cells without affecting surrounding tissues, involving a ...

A more effective seasonal flu vaccine is about to be tested in the US A more effective seasonal flu vaccine ...

Additional benefit for sleep apnea sufferers Researchers have found that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment of obstructive sleep apnea ...

Bitter (taste) receptor with health effect?Credit: Dr. Antonella Di Pizio / Leibniz-LSB@TUM Antonella Di Pizio and Maik Behrens of the ...

An instrument and brief training can help doctors accurately detect the deadliest skin cancer, according to article in The Journal ...

Prescribing restrictions for anti-epileptic drugs expose flaws in the review process of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), a University of ...

New York, NY (June 30, 2019) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named five new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators ...

Study finds five health problems per person Seeing a health professional for a full health screening - even when you ...

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute More than 60 years ago, British physician Denis Parsons Burkitt and his associates achieved one of ...

Credit: Nitish Padmanaban Though it may not have the sting of death and taxes, presbyopia is another of life's guarantees. ...

Keeping medications in easy-to-reach places and easy-to-open containers can raise the risk of accidental poisoning or intentional misuseCredit: University of ...

DALLAS, July 1, 2019 -- The Fontan procedure has allowed more people born with only one ventricle -- the lower ...

Hypertension Journal report DALLAS, July 1, 2019 -- Vitamin D deficiency from birth to early childhood was associated with an ...