Tag: Medicine/Health

Mitochondria are found to be associated with the effectiveness of oncological drug therapies New York, NY (March 21, 2019) -- ...

Analyzing a Facebook-fueled anti-vaccination attack: 'It's not all about autism'

Credit: Image appears with compliments from Elsevier PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2019 - Social media has given those espousing anti-vaccination sentiments ...

Antibodies stabilize plaque in arteries

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found that type IgG antibodies play an unexpected role in atherosclerosis. A study ...

Affordable Care Act delivers significant benefits for women

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine demonstrates the ACA's positive impact on healthcare affordability and access, ...

Immigrant women more likely to be overweight during pregnancy

A new study in the Journal of Public Health finds that women in Norway from immigrant backgrounds are more likely ...

The Lancet: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation

Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more people than any other ...

Solving the ‘Catch 22’ of rectal cancer

Credit: Noam Shemesh, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Today's standard procedure to treat rectal cancer includes radical surgery to remove ...

New treatment of acute myeloid leukemia achieves remarkable results in a disease formerly with little hope

The prognosis for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor: very few achieve remission and for those that ...

UCLA researchers identify potential new combination treatment for pancreatic cancer

FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a possible new therapeutic strategy using two types of drug ...

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

Researchers to incorporate data into new, open access platform for exploration of the human brainCredit: Schneider et al. Each year, ...

As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations

LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz. ...

Generic advice doesn’t help patients drop pounds

Patients shed more weight when doctors give specific tips, study findsCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When it comes to ...

Stroke risk drops in both black and white older adults

March 20, 2019 - Recent reductions in hospitalization and death due to stroke extend to both black and white Medicare ...

Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Chemistry researchers at Oregon State University have patented a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now ...

Protein BRCA1 as a stress coach

Credit: Photographs: Christina Klotz, JMUW Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard ...

Precision-targeted liposomes curb triple-negative breast cancer, metastases in mice

Rational design improves cancer drug delivery, minimizes side effectsCredit: KRISTIN JOHNSON / VASCULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAM, BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Some 15 ...

Tracing the genetic origins of insecticide resistance in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes

Researchers have identified a single genetic alteration in a malaria-transmitting mosquito species that confers resistance to a widely-used insecticide, according ...

Pushing MYC inhibition closer to the clinic

Credit: VHIO VHIO-born spin-off Peptomyc S.L. has developed and preclinically validated mini-protein MYC inhibitor as effective and tolerable against notoriously ...

Premature babies could benefit from combined glucocorticoid and antioxidant therapy

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have suggested that subtle changes to the drugs administered to mothers threatened with preterm ...

Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure getting ready to begin commercialization